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Local soccer
Lowell’s Ford-Hunt joins Rough Diamonds as Director of Football
Along with a new coach, the Greater Lowell Rough Diamonds will have a new Director of Football in 2020. Rough Diamonds owner Andrea Gauntlett told BayStateSoccerSentinel.com that Lowell native Dan Ford-Hunt, formerly the goalkeeper coach at a number of intercollegiate institutions around New England, has taken on the new title ahead of the NPSL season. […]
Greater Lowell hires Webster native Simonis as new coach
Greater Lowell FC in the NPSL has a new head coach, and just like at inter-Commonweath rival Boston City FC, it’s a former player taking the reins. Rough Diamonds owner Andrea Gauntlett told BayStateSoccerSentinel.com that former Greater Lowell striker Jacob Simonis, a Webster, Mass. native who played for the club in 2017, will be the […]
Bay State Soccer League to add nine teams in 2020
Nine amateur teams will start their journeys with the hopes of reaching the pinnacle in Massachusetts amateur soccer this season, the Bay State Soccer League announced Sunday evening. Of the nine, three will join Division 3 North: Boston Siege AFC of South Boston, FC Hawks of Lowell, and the Worcester Boys Boys. The remaining six […]
Boston City names De Souza as new head coach for 2020
MEDFORD — Following a long offseason of wondering just who would head up Boston City FC for the 2020 NPSL season, the Lions have answered the question. On Saturday, BCFC named former defensive stalwart Gabriel de Souza as the third full-time head coach in the club’s history. The club made the announcement in a Facebook […]
FC Cincinnati waives Connecticut native Logan Gdula — who gets him next?
With less than a month to go until the start of the 2020 Major League Soccer regular season, FC Cincinnati continued its recent set of waiver moves Wednesday by waiving East Lyme, Conn. native Logan Gdula. The 23-year-old Gdula, a defender, was the 13th overall selection by FCC out of Wake Forest in the 2019 […]
Rhode Island Reds hire Fall River’s Resendes as new manager
Johnston, R.I.-based NPSL side Rhode Island Reds have named Fall River native Ruben Resendes as the club’s new manager. The Reds announced the move on its website, as well as Twitter and Instagram. “Our core values and principles align very well,” Resendes said in a club statement. “We share the same passion for helping aspiring […]
Western Mass. to host Portland Phoenix in Open Cup first round
U.S. Soccer has announced the first round matchups for the 2020 US Open Cup competition, with the Western Mass. Pioneers to host GPS Portland Phoenix at Lusitano Stadium in Ludlow, Mass. on Tuesday, March 24. Kickoff is slated for 7 p.m. 2020’s edition of the Open Cup — which will be the 107th edition of […]
Sweeney: Revs are doing a good thing in signing Academy/local talent to Revs II… but they can go a step further
On Tuesday morning, the Revolution announced Roxbury’s Meny Silva to the roster of their USL League One side, Revs II. The forward has impressed in his short time, only the last year and a half, with the Revolution Academy, and the dynamic duo of Curt Onalfo and Clint Peay — the club’s technical director and […]
Make that nine: Revs add Roxbury’s Meny Silva to Revs II roster
The Revolution continued to build its Revs II roster on Tuesday, signing 17-year-old Revolution Academy product Meny Silva of Roxbury, Mass. According to a release form the club, Silva will join the roster pending approval from USL League One. Silva, a striker, is the first player from the Revs Academy to go directly to New […]