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Three months of club soccer can change things.
Since our inaugural Best of New England rankings dropped in March, players have committed to Division 1 schools, broken out for league champions and emerged as fast-rising prospects. Next week, we'll unveil the second installment of our Best of New … [Read more...]
The calculus for all the teams in this story just changed. Significantly.
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Lee Popper had been talking about it for years.
And the demand was there — both from the coaches of New England’s top prep school programs and from college coaches within the region and beyond.
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It’s a position that is often overlooked — and one that certainly isn’t considered sexy — but it’s hard to find a college coach who will underestimate the difficulty of playing fullback.
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The NEPSAC boys soccer postseason is getting a facelift.
A significant one, too.
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As he’s travelled across New England to watch youth games at various levels, Stefan Defregger has noticed a rather concerning trend — for the most part, the UConn men’s soccer associate head coach can watch an entire match without seeing a goalkeeper take a single long goal kick.
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