MIAA girls soccer brackets 2026: the fields are set, and preliminary results arrive

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.

Mass Pitch Staff · 2026-11-06

Concord-Carlisle, Duxbury, Medfield, Cohasset and Granby are the No. 1 seeds in the 2026 MIAA girls soccer tournament, and the first preliminary-round results are in.

The MIAA released its brackets Thursday, Nov. 5. The 208-team tournament opened Friday, Nov. 6, with fields ranging from 34 teams in Division 1 to 48 in Division 4. These are the official brackets, not the October projections.

The MIAA tournament hub links all five divisions. The seeds below come from MIAA's brackets; records are those on the schools' Mass Pitch team pages checked Nov. 6.

Division 1

Top four seeds: 1. Concord-Carlisle (16-2-0); 2. Wellesley (14-1-3); 3. Bishop Feehan (14-0-4); 4. Needham (14-1-3).

Defending champion Natick is seeded 20th and faces No. 13 Beverly in the Round of 32. No. 3 Bishop Feehan faces No. 30 Chelmsford. The field has 34 teams.

Division 1 bracket, seeds and results.

Division 2

Top four seeds: 1. Duxbury (14-0-5); 2. Hingham (16-1-2); 3. King Philip Regional (12-3-3); 4. Masconomet Regional (13-2-3).

Duxbury returns as the defending champion and top seed in a 41-team field. No. 12 Newburyport faces No. 21 Burlington in the Round of 32, while No. 14 Westwood meets No. 19 Danvers.

Division 2 bracket, seeds and results.

Division 3

Top four seeds: 1. Medfield (18-0-0); 2. Norwell (13-1-4); 3. Dover-Sherborn (12-4-2); 4. Pope Francis (14-4-1).

Defending champion Medfield enters at 18-0. The 46-team field includes a preliminary meeting between No. 32 Falmouth and No. 33 Quabbin Regional. No. 15 Wilmington faces No. 18 Apponequet Regional in the Round of 32.

Division 3 bracket, seeds and results.

Division 4

Top four seeds: 1. Cohasset (16-0-2); 2. Sutton (13-2-3); 3. Douglas (14-2-2); 4. Sandwich (14-3-0).

Defending champion Sutton is No. 2 behind unbeaten Cohasset in the largest field, with 48 teams. On Friday, No. 35 Westport beat No. 30 O'Bryant 2-1 to advance to a meeting with No. 3 Douglas. No. 23 Frontier Regional beat No. 42 Springfield Int'l Charter 8-0 and advances to No. 10 Littleton. No. 19 Southwick Regional beat No. 46 Athol 10-0 and next faces No. 14 Wahconah Regional.

Division 4 bracket, seeds and results.

Division 5

Top four seeds: 1. Granby (16-0-3); 2. Hopedale (13-4-1); 3. Hull (8-5-3); 4. Hopkins Academy (15-3-1).

Defending champion Hull is seeded third in a 39-team field. On Friday, No. 29 Mahar Regional beat No. 36 Pathfinder RVT 8-0; No. 31 Gateway Regional beat No. 34 Avon 10-5; and No. 27 Lee beat No. 38 South Shore Charter 7-0. Mahar advances to No. 4 Hopkins Academy, Gateway to No. 2 Hopedale, and Lee to No. 6 Rockport.

Division 5 bracket, seeds and results.

Following the tournament

Game dates, times and sites are added to MIAA's brackets as they are finalized. Check the division bracket before traveling. MIAA sells digital tournament tickets through GoFan; consult MIAA's ticket information for current details.

For the final pre-bracket ratings, see the Nov. 3 power-rankings story and the statewide rankings.

Sources: MIAA's bracket announcement, the five official MIAA division brackets, and Mass Pitch team pages, checked Nov. 6, 2026. Preliminary-round results are those posted on MIAA's brackets at the time of this report. Card photo: Duxbury High School by John Phelan, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Corrections: editorial@themasspitch.com.