As the Division 1 women's soccer season nears, our continued review of the region's top players position-by-position continues.
Up next are the forwards, and there's plenty of attacking talent set to grace campuses throughout New England.
Can any raise their game to the level of Midge Purce during her time at Harvard? Or what about Rachel Hill (Rollinsford, N.H.) when she starred at UConn or McKenzie Meehan (Glocester, R.I.) and her starring role at Boston College? Each player is now in the NWSL.
Let’s get right on into things, looking at 20 of the top forwards across New England for 2019. They're sorted in alphabetical order, with a dozen holding hometowns in the region's six states.