NESCAC

[nescac1]

I'm guessing Jeff Stauffer may be related to former Eph Matt Stauffer? 

https://ephsports.williams.edu/sports/2020/8/11/sports-msoc-History-Matt-Stauffer-Tribute.aspx?id=1101

[Newenglander]

Saw that the extended spring training for D3 passed - wonder if NESCAC will allow it or continue to be more restrictive.....selfishly I hope they follow suit.

[Kuiper]

ED1 notification dates have come and gone and a new year is here, so maybe it's time to share the first -- and thus half-baked, incomplete, and semi-reliable -- version of a 2023 NESCAC recruits list. It's assembled from the expected public sources, which means you should trust it as much as you'd trust anything posted at this time in the cycle on social media. I can't stress "incomplete" enough, and I wouldn't put much faith in listed positions. Info about some programs and certain types of recruits (especially international and transfer students) is harder to come by than others, and thus it's no surprise that certain programs are underrepresented at this early stage, as usual. Please add/correct!

Amherst
Lucas Liu F Davis Legacy SC/Davis HS - CA

Bates
Beckham Alderucci M Connecticut FC/Newington HS - CT
Isaiah Brown FC Westchester - NY
Andrew Goddard D Connecticut FC/Choate Rosemary Hall - CT
Luc Parr Beachside SC/Wooster S - CT
Oliver Schiff Stein M Manhattan SC/Laguardia HS - NY

Bowdoin
Jack Banks M Seacoast United/Brunswick HS - ME
Johnny Delionado F Weston FC/Belen Jesuit HS - FL
William Fowler M Cedar Stars/Columbia Secondary S - NY
Luke Peltz D South Kent S - NY/CT

Colby
Joseph Beshel M New England Surf/Belmont Hill S - MA
Lleyton Bristow F Shattuck-St. Mary’s S - MN
Gus Confalone G SYC/St. John’s College HS - DC
Myles Culley M Seacoast United/Waynflete S - ME
Drew Davis M Lower Merion SC/Lower Merion HS - PA
Nick Donnelly D RNY FC - NY
Andrew Kirwan D Penn Fusion SA/Haverford S - PA
Luke Pentikis M South Kent S - NJ/CT
Jacob Sams D Tampa Bay United SC/Berkeley Preparatory S - FL

Conn
Charlie Emery D Bethesda SC/Gonzaga College HS - DC
Max Haberman M Albion SC/Francis Parker S - CA
Nicholas Kempe G Pennington S - NJ
Gavin Mpiana F/M Penn Fusion SA/Hill S - PA
Anish Reid D AC Connecticut/Hotchkiss S - CT
Liam Rorke M Steel United/Tabor A - NH
Casey Shea G TSF/Northern Valley Regional HS - NJ

Hamilton
Patrick Ferrare M Parsippany SC/Montville HS - NJ
Adam Molusis D Connecticut FC/Glastonbury HS - CT
Peter Montesano Scheibe G FC Stars/Lawrence A - MA
Albert Van Ness D Westchester Flames/Bronxville HS - NY

Middlebury
Owen Davis D Albion SC/La Jolla HS - CA
Colin Dugan F FSA FC/Avon Old Farms S - CT
Jay Hoke RNY FC/Manlius Pebble Hill HS - NY
Hugo Horwitz D TSF/Academy Glen Rock HS - NJ
Ari Klayman D PDA/Staten Island Technical HS - NY
Harper Nicholl F/M Blau Weiss Gottschee/UN International S - NY
Will Sawin M South Kent S - CT (a 2022.5 “Feb”?)

Trinity
Sam Singer American S in London - UK

Tufts
Bijan Akhtarzandi-Das M Arlington SA/Washington International S - DC
Ben Brown M Boston Bolts/Concord-Carlisle HS - MA
Demis Calkap M PDA/Northern Valley Regional HS - NJ
Xavier Canfin M FC Westchester - NY
Ethan Jett M Rise SC/Kinkaid S - TX
Zackary Salfi F Real Colorado/East HS - CO
Zach Ubamadu G Chattanooga Red Wolves/Baylor HS - TN

Wesleyan
Zach Feldman D STA/Livingston HS - NJ
Joshwin Jennings M TSF/Delbarton S - NJ
Yousuf Saeed M Rise SC/Episcopal HS - TX
Colin Tsay D STA/Delbarton S - NJ

Williams
Kellan Grace M Beachside SC/Weston HS - CT
Griffin Labonski D Beachside SC/Staples HS - CT
Leon Ma M PDA/Pingry S - NJ
Spencer Mix F FSA FC/Loomis Chafee S - CT
Atticus Ross D Seacoast United SC/Phillips Exeter A - NH
Jeff Stauffer F/M Seacoast United SC - MA

Amherst continues its tradition of ginormous GKs by securing the commitment of Lucas Searl, a 6'5" GK from Atlanta, GA and Southern Soccer Academy MLS Next

[nescac1]

The Ephs bring a lot back from their title game run at GK, D (Boardman obviously a huge loss, but Morriello, Wang and Gara Grady all played big roles in the post-season) and MF, but the one thing they lacked last year was any kind of real finisher, and they do lose a lot of the guys responsible for shot attempts - 45 of their 96 SOG lost to graduation. 

Hopefully the Ephs will generate more offense from the frosh group of Keussom (definitely expect to see more of him next year), Vasquez, Gibson and Kirkman, all of whom seem capable of making things happen with the ball, but none of them are really strikers.  They desperately need a real finisher (or two!) from the incoming class.  Spencer Mix looks like a natural goal scorer with a great finishing touch, so maybe he can be a guy who finishes more plays for the Ephs. 

[NESCACfan100]

I predict the camels will have a strong upcoming season. After having a rough regular season they got hot in the nescac tournament and will want to come out on fire to start the season. Scoffone, Jaran, Kelesoglu, Creus, Horvath, Silvester, Cerezo, Mendo are among the returners with tons of experience from both the 2021 national championship and 2022 season

[Le ‘CAC]

Will Bates ever hire?

[Kuiper]

I imagine the cover story of this month's New England Soccer Journal will be of interest to NESCAC faithful, even though an article titled "Rise of the NESCAC Juggernaut:  Inside the Emergence of the Premier Division 3 Conference in the Country" with a picture of Tufts from one of its championship years on the cover might not have been the best timing considering Conn College won more recently, Williams got farther this year, Tufts had a down year by its standards, and this year a UAA team won the championship.

https://twitter.com/NESoccerJournal/status/1628801717012688898?s=20

[d4_Pace]

No I think it was the perfect picture

[Newenglander]

I thought I heard the NESCAC President's were going to take a vote to see if they would adopt the new spring season training guidelines approved for D3 - anyone hear anything on that?

[EnmoreCat]

I imagine the cover story of this month's New England Soccer Journal will be of interest to NESCAC faithful, even though an article titled "Rise of the NESCAC Juggernaut:  Inside the Emergence of the Premier Division 3 Conference in the Country" with a picture of Tufts from one of its championship years on the cover might not have been the best timing considering Conn College won more recently, Williams got farther this year, Tufts had a down year by its standards, and this year a UAA team won the championship.

https://twitter.com/NESoccerJournal/status/1628801717012688898?s=20

I would have been surprised to see a publication from that part of the world, talking to NESCAC coaches, to have said anything else really.  None of that means that there are no other good teams/conferences, clearly Chicago proved that.  It would be hard to argue that there would be that many conferences that run deeper than NESCAC.

[Viking]

March is here and ED2 notifications have been released, so even though there isn't much new stuff out there, maybe it's time for an updated list. Changes since the January 1 list are in red.

The usual Surgeon General's warning: This list is a crude compilation of public reports in the expected places, supplemented with info from a few forum folks. It's incomplete, semi-reliable, and shouldn't be treated like any kind of official announcement (the latter will start showing up later in the spring). Also, don't assume that any individual school having a short list below is an indicator of having fewer 2023 recruits. Among the types of recruits that tend to be more digitally quiet at this stage are international students and transfers, for example.

Speaking of transfers, I'm adding something new at the end: known outgoing transfers. In recent years, high-profile NESCAC student-athletes have been transferring to D1 schools. The departing transfers in NESCAC men's soccer haven't been as prominent or made as immediate an impact at the D1 level as the NESCAC men's lacrosse emigrants, but it's likely to continue, especially among the COVID-impacted cohorts. Lots of stuff happening at Colby, with Franco departing and intriguing recruits like Culley incoming (Culley's story is worth looking up if you haven't already).

Please share updates, corrections, etc.!

KNOWN INCOMING RECRUITS

Amherst
Lucas Liu, F, Davis Legacy SC/Davis HS - CA
Lucas Searl, G, Southern SA/Westminster S - GA

Bates
Beckham Alderucci, M, Connecticut FC/Newington HS - CT
Isaiah Brown, (?), FC Westchester – NY
Andrew Goddard, D, Connecticut FC/Choate Rosemary Hall - CT
Luc Parr, (?), Beachside SC/Wooster S - CT
Oliver Schiff Stein, M, Manhattan SC/LaGuardia HS - NY

Bowdoin
Jack Banks, M, Seacoast United/Brunswick HS - ME
Kamar Burris-Khan, M, Valeo FC/Newton South HS - MA
Johnny Delionado, F, Weston FC/Belen Jesuit HS - FL
William Fowler, M, Cedar Stars/Columbia Secondary S - NY
Luke Peltz, D, South Kent S - NY/CT

Colby
Joseph Beshel, M, New England Surf/Belmont Hill S - MA
Lleyton Bristow, F, Shattuck-St. Mary’s S - MN
Gus Confalone, G, SYC/St. John’s College HS - DC
Myles Culley, M, Seacoast United SC/Waynflete S - ME
Drew Davis, M, Lower Merion SC/Lower Merion HS - PA
Nick Donnelly, D, RNY FC - NY
Andrew Kirwan, D, Penn Fusion SA/Haverford S - PA
Luke Pentikis, M, South Kent S - NJ/CT
Jacob Sams, D, Tampa Bay United SC/Berkeley Preparatory S - FL

Conn
Charlie Emery, D, Bethesda SC/Gonzaga College HS - DC
Max Haberman, M, Albion SC/Francis Parker S - CA
Nicholas Kempe, G, Pennington S - NJ
Charlie Miles, D, New York SC - NY
Gavin Mpiana, F/M, Penn Fusion SA/Hill S - PA
Anish Reid, D, AC Connecticut/Hotchkiss S - CT
Liam Rorke, M, Steel United/Tabor A - NH
Casey Shea, G, TSF/Northern Valley Regional HS - NJ
Noah Sides, M, New York SC - NY

Hamilton
Patrick Ferrare, M, Parsippany SC/Montville HS - NJ
Adam Molusis, D, Connecticut FC/Glastonbury HS - CT
Peter Montesano Scheibe, G, FC Stars/Lawrence A - MA
Albert Van Ness, D, Westchester Flames/Bronxville HS – NY
Finn Wheeler, G, Christian Brothers A Syracuse - NY

Middlebury
Owen Davis, D, Albion SC/La Jolla HS - CA
Colin Dugan, F, FSA FC/Avon Old Farms S - CT
Jay Hoke, (?), RNY FC/Manlius Pebble Hill HS - NY
Hugo Horwitz, D, TSF/Academy Glen Rock HS - NJ
Ari Klayman, D, PDA/Staten Island Technical HS - NY
Harper Nicholl, F/M, Blau Weiss Gottschee/UN International S - NY
Will Sawin, M, South Kent S - CT (a 2022.5 “Feb”?)

Trinity
Sam Singer, (?), American S in London - UK

Tufts
Bijan Akhtarzandi-Das, M, Arlington SA/Washington International S - DC
Ben Brown, M, Boston Bolts/Concord-Carlisle HS - MA
Demis Calkap, M, PDA/Northern Valley Regional HS - NJ
Xavier Canfin, M, FC Westchester - NY
Sandy Duggal, F/M, Shattuck-St. Mary’s S - NY/MN
Ethan Jett, M, Rise SC/Kinkaid S - TX
Zackary Salfi, F, Real Colorado/East HS - CO
Zach Ubamadu, G, Chattanooga Red Wolves/Baylor HS - TN

Wesleyan
Dylan Clack, M, CT Rush/Choate Rosemary Hall - Canada/CT
Zach Feldman, D, STA/Livingston HS - NJ
Joshwin Jennings, M, TSF/Delbarton S - NJ
Yousuf Saeed, M, Rise SC/Episcopal HS - TX
Colin Tsay, D, STA/Delbarton S - NJ

Williams
Andrew Coelho, M, New England Surf/Worcester A - CT
Kellan Grace, M, Beachside SC/Weston HS - CT
Griffin Labonski, D, Beachside SC/Staples HS - CT
Leon Ma, M, PDA/Pingry S - NJ
Spencer Mix, F, FSA FC/Loomis Chafee S - CT
Atticus Ross, D, Seacoast United SC/Phillips Exeter A - NH
Jeff Stauffer, F/M, Seacoast United SC - MA

KNOWN OUTGOING TRANSFERS

Colby
Ethan Franco, F, to Northeastern U (D1)

[camosfan]

I think Luta has left Tufts.

[Skipper]

now at UNH, according to social media

[LibbyMoore]

Saw that the extended spring training for D3 passed - wonder if NESCAC will allow it or continue to be more restrictive.....selfishly I hope they follow suit.

I hope so too! Does anyone recall when the NESCAC fall soccer schedules are generally published?

[Newenglander]

Saw that the extended spring training for D3 passed - wonder if NESCAC will allow it or continue to be more restrictive.....selfishly I hope they follow suit.

I hope so too! Does anyone recall when the NESCAC fall soccer schedules are generally published?

Anybody in the know? I believe the Presidents of the NESCAC voted on this issue in Feb.  The NESCAC's did extend during COVID but had already voted to return to normal for Spring 2023 before the NCAA rule change for 2024........