Massachusetts Girls Soccer News 2026

Six lower seeds advanced, Braintree, Belchertown, South Hadley, Hampshire and David Prouty won on penalty kicks, and all five unbeaten teams are in the Round of 8.

All 40 Round of 16 finals are in, including Medfield's 8-0 win over Medway and Masconomet's 6-0 win over Silver Lake. The Round of 8 is Saturday, Nov. 14, and Sunday, Nov. 15, across Divisions 1–5.

Andover's 3-2 win over Lawrence Academy put Dexter Southfield back in first in Class B. Thayer and Worcester are tied at .688 for the last two Class A spots on our table, with Nobles 10th. NEPSAC seeds come out Sunday, Nov. 15.

Eleven Wednesday finals are in, including Medfield 8-0, Duxbury 4-0 and a 3-2 win for Tewksbury at Hanover. Twenty-eight games are Thursday, with Braintree vs. Lexington now at 2:15 p.m. and Winchester vs. Newton North at 5 p.m. at Knowlton Stadium.

Ipswich, Newton North, Holliston and Georgetown advanced, every preliminary-round road winner is out, and the Round of 16 starts Wednesday with Hopkinton at Wellesley.

No. 33 Durfee won at Andover and now visits top seed Concord-Carlisle, Hopkinton scored seven in the first Round of 32 game, and every No. 1 seed knows its opponent.

All 80 MIAA girls soccer Round of 32 matchups, with official dates, Eastern times and sites across Divisions 1–5. Sunday games begin at noon.

Andover leads Class A and Lawrence Academy leads Class B after Wednesday wins. Nobles holds eighth in Class A, Thayer is ninth, and Tabor is seventh in Class B. NEPSAC seeds come out Nov. 15.

The MIAA's 208-team girls soccer tournament has begun. Concord-Carlisle, Duxbury, Medfield, Cohasset and Granby hold the top seeds; Westport, Frontier and Southwick are among the first preliminary-round winners.

Concord-Carlisle passed Wellesley for Division 1's top spot after a 4-0 win at Franklin, Millbury holds Division 4's last top-32 place by 0.0029 over Gardner, and Plymouth North fell out of the Division 1 field with no games left.

Teagan Forde had 14 goals through Oct. 28, Giovanna Pimental leads Tabor in assists, and wins over Milton and Groton have stretched the Seawolves' streak to five. First-year coach Matt Mones explains what changed after a 2-0 loss at Andover.

Medfield won 7-1 at Hopkinton to finish the regular season 18-0, Cohasset was tied 2-2 by Hull, Granby won its third straight Western Mass. Class D title, and Duxbury plays at Bishop Feehan on Monday with neither team beaten.

Austin Prep (9-0-3) and Andover (10-1-1) are both at .875 atop Class A. Dexter Southfield leads Class B after Noble & Greenough beat Lawrence Academy 2-1. NEPSAC seeds come out Nov. 15.

Newburyport has not allowed a goal since a 3-2 loss to Lynnfield on Sept. 8. It is 15-0-1 with a 64-0 margin over 16 straight shutouts and finishes the regular season at Central Catholic on Monday, Nov. 2.

Andover (6-6-6) holds the last Division 1 spot in the top 32 by 0.0048 over North Andover after the two drew 0-0 Tuesday, Plymouth North and Nashoba Regional moved inside the line, and every division still has exactly one team without a loss, four days before the Nov. 3 cutoff.

Wellesley, Duxbury, Medfield, Cohasset and Granby would be the No. 1 seeds, unbeaten Bishop Feehan would be the fifth seed in Division 1, and 48 play-in games would fill out 208-team fields, based on the MIAA's official Oct. 30 power rankings.

King Philip handed Franklin its first loss since Oct. 13, Arlington beat Winchester 2-0 for its third straight win, Central Catholic won 3-2 at Acton-Boxborough, and all four unbeaten teams that played won.

Fitchburg beat Quabbin 2-1 on Tuesday, Oliver Ames beat King Philip 2-1 to split their Hockomock meetings, and Duxbury and Hingham both won with the MIAA's Nov. 3 rankings cutoff a week away.

Bishop Feehan won 1-0 at Central Catholic on Thursday and Braintree beat it 4-0 on Saturday. Medfield (16-0) is the only MIAA team without a loss or a tie, Feehan drew 0-0 at Notre Dame (Hingham) on Monday, Cardinal Spellman beat Bishop Fenwick 2-1, and Concord-Carlisle won 7-2 at Weston.

Tabor moved into the Class B top eight in the tournament-picture table and Groton dropped out, with Dana Hall eighth at .545. In Class A, Austin Prep is 7-0-3 and second behind Taft, level with Andover at .850, and Milton has won seven straight. Seeds come out Nov. 15.

Division 2's top two teams drew 1-1 in Duxbury on Tuesday. Duxbury stays unbeaten and keeps a two-point lead, but Hingham has a game in hand and passes the Dragons on the league table if it wins its last three.

Bishop Fenwick beat Cardinal Spellman 2-1, Keefe Tech edged Parker Charter 3-2, Frontier blanked Hopkins Academy 3-0 and Hopedale won 3-1 at Bay Path RVT, while Central Catholic won 3-2 at Belmont and Duxbury and Hingham drew 1-1.

Greater Lowell Tech (11-1-0) drops out of the Division 3 top 32 while Manchester Essex (2-10-2) climbs into Division 4's, Cohasset takes No. 1 in Division 4, and three divisions have a No. 32 line under 0.025 in the MIAA's Oct. 20 release.

Pope Francis started 10-0, went to New Jersey to play two national powers, and is No. 2 in Division 3. Coach Brent Dillard says the lesson is the same every time: "details matter."

Central Catholic beat Masconomet 2-0, Acton-Boxborough won 2-1 at Shrewsbury, West Springfield stunned Northampton 1-0, and Bishop Feehan, Medfield and Duxbury kept rolling into a big Tuesday.

Tuesday brings three head-to-head league title games, in the Patriot League, the Dual County League and the Cape Ann League, plus a Bay State Conference race that comes down to a tiebreaker. Here's what each game decides.

Medfield beat Medway 6-2, Central Catholic won 2-1 at Billerica, Duxbury tied Whitman-Hanson 1-1, and Wayland fell 2-1 at Lincoln-Sudbury.

Medfield (No. 1, Division 3) has five Division I commits, the most of any MIAA team in our database. Concord-Carlisle, Grafton and Norwell have four each, and 28 juniors and seniors on nine contenders are committed.

The Pingree School has four committed players, and Worcester Academy, Lawrence Academy and Northfield Mount Hermon have three each. Eight of the state's top NEPSAC programs have 20 committed juniors and seniors, all headed to Division I and five to the Ivy League.

Austin Prep and Dexter Southfield drew 0-0 on Wednesday at Austin Prep. Dexter Southfield is now 5-0-1 and Austin Prep is 4-0-3. Lawrence Academy and Milton Academy both won on Oct. 14 to keep the ISL race close, and Pingree leads the EIL as tournament applications come due.

Medfield won 4-3 at Franklin, Central Catholic blanked Lowell 7-0, Duxbury won 7-0 at Silver Lake, and Bishop Feehan played Masconomet to a scoreless draw.

Bishop Feehan, Duxbury, Medfield, Douglas and Granby stay on top, Franklin, King Philip and Sutton move up to No. 2, and the No. 32 line shifts in all five divisions in the MIAA’s Oct. 13 release.

Bishop Feehan, Duxbury, Medfield, Douglas and Granby would be the No. 1 seeds, and 48 play-in games would fill out the five fields, based on the MIAA's official Oct. 13 power rankings.

Milton Academy handed Lawrence Academy its first loss but Lawrence still leads the ISL, Pingree tops the EIL on goal difference, and Austin Prep and Dexter Southfield are unbeaten. NEPSAC's 2026 tournament dates are still to be announced.

Medfield scored six against Concord-Carlisle, Bishop Feehan won 4-0 at Winchester, Danvers blanked Lynnfield, and Addison Brosnihan scored twice as Central Catholic moved to 10-0.

Minnechaug beat Pope Francis 1-0, Tyngsborough won 4-0 at Greater Lowell Tech, Marblehead held Masconomet scoreless, and Sarah Tressler scored three as Central Catholic moved to 9-0.

The Skippers have scored 50 goals, allowed seven and posted seven shutouts. After rallying from 3-1 down to draw at Norwell and winning 6-0 at Martha's Vineyard, they sit No. 2 in the MIAA's Division 4 power rankings behind Douglas heading into Wednesday's game at East Bridgewater.

Douglas takes over No. 1 in Division 4, Wellesley moves into the Division 1 top five, and the No. 32 line shifts in four of the five divisions in the MIAA’s Oct. 9 release.

Cardinal Spellman edged Bishop Fenwick 3-2, Newburyport won 2-0 at Lynnfield, Wayland beat Acton-Boxborough 2-1 and Groton-Dunstable won at North Middlesex, while Norwell held Cohasset to a 3-3 draw and Masconomet and Pope Francis moved to 10-0.

Bishop Feehan takes over No. 1 in Division 1, Masconomet climbs to No. 2 in Division 2, and the No. 32 line moves in all five divisions in the MIAA’s Oct. 6 release.

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Winchester spoiled Concord-Carlisle’s perfect start 1-0, Bishop Feehan edged Belmont, Cardinal Spellman blanked Ursuline, Northampton topped Mount Greylock, and Masconomet, Cohasset and Greater Lowell Tech stayed perfect across a busy Friday-Saturday slate.

Concord-Carlisle shut out a 6-1 Hopkinton team 5-0, Masconomet and Norwell handed Beverly and East Bridgewater their first losses, Central Catholic and Pope Francis stayed perfect, and Tyngsborough survived a 4-3 test at Hudson in a busy week from the Berkshires to the Cape.

From a Middlesex rebound to a Class B climb at Walker's to a Groton group still finding its voice, the early prep read is the same — depth everywhere, soft weeks nowhere.

Labor Day's MIAA board is thin. Tuesday brings ~ninety high school girls soccer games — Duxbury's repeat bid, Franklin–King Philip, the Blosser twins, Feehan's LaBrecque, and a Concord-Carlisle night with Emmy O'Donnell on a U-20 World Cup alternate asterisk.

The 2026 NEPSAC girls soccer season promises a grueling, collegiate-level gauntlet as reigning Class A champion Miss Porter's defends its title against loaded rosters from rivals like 2024 champion Worcester Academy, Westminster, and BB&N. Fueled by elite club-level prospects, these prep powerhouses face a razor-thin margin for error as they battle to survive the regular season and capture November championship glory.

Medfield opens as national No. 4 on a middle-school field. Natick is dark until the 15th. Tuesday is when the rest of Massachusetts starts.

The 2026 MIAA girls soccer season promises high drama as established dynasties like Sutton and Natick look to defend their titles against hungry, revenge-driven challengers. While tactical skill continues to elevate across Massachusetts, the path to a state championship will ultimately come down to grit and resilience during the grueling, sub-freezing playoff matchups of November.