Published on November 6th, 2017
The race for president of US Soccer just got tighter. Kyle Martino’ 99 has announced his candidacy for the top spot. Three weeks ago the former Gatorade High School Player of the Year, MLS Rookie of [&hellip... Read More →
Published on November 3rd, 2017
The state tournament pairings are out. Staples travels to Stamford on Monday, in round 1 of the LL (extra large schools) tournament. Kickoff is 2 p.m. The Wreckers — in search of their 1st state title [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 29th, 2017
Joe Greenwald ’14, Noah Schwaeber ’16 and Ziggy Hallgarten ’17 play for different teams. But all 3 former Staples soccer players were in the same place this weekend: the University of Delaware, for the college club [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 28th, 2017
That headline may sound hyperbolic. But former Staples soccer player Grant Sirlin ’16 has found a way to help NCAA athletes make money related to their sports skills — something most people thought impossible. And he’s [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 26th, 2017
Staples-Greenwich matches are almost always classics. Especially FCIAC tournament games. Consider last year: The 2 sides drew 0-0 in the regular season. The Cardinals then eked out a 2-1 league playoff quarterfinal match, a crazy affair [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 24th, 2017
Staples Class of 1971 graduate Lynn U. Miller is a great photographer. She has become a big Staples soccer fan recently, thanks to former Wrecker (and classmate) Fred Cantor. She was at Senior Day recently, and [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 23rd, 2017
The Wreckers honored their 8 seniors prior to today’s final regular season match, against St. Joseph. It was probably their last game ever at Loeffler Field. Staples had already sewn up an FCIAC tournament berth. They [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 21st, 2017
Do you know how people answered the phone before they said “Hello”? The fast food franchise with the most locations worldwide? The leading scorer in US national team history? The team of varsity assistant coaches Kurt [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 20th, 2017
Two 2nd-half goals — one by Patricio Perez Elorza, the other by Timmy Liles — and a penalty kick save by Ry Cohen with the score still 1-0 powered Staples over New Canaan today. The win [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 17th, 2017
In the wake of the US men’s national team’s disastrous World Cup flameout, Kyle Martino ’99 gave serious thought to running for president of US Soccer. He ultimately decided against it. Bleacher Report has a fascinating [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 16th, 2017
The Wreckers ended last week with a 0-0 draw against league-leading Ridgefield. They began this week against the team team with the fewest losses in the FCIAC. Fairfield Ludlowe came to Loeffler Field with a 7-1-4 [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 15th, 2017
There was a good reason Tom Henske missed yesterday’s Staples soccer car wash: He was being inducted into the Northport High School Athletic Hall of Fame. The ceremony — at the school just across the Sound [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 15th, 2017
The 13th annual — and always highly anticipated — Staples boys soccer Quiz Night is set for Friday, October 20 (7:30 p.m., Staples cafeteria). Varsity, reserve and freshman players are busy selling tables for the event. [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 14th, 2017
Staples boys soccer’s annual car wash faced challenges this year. The weather was iffy. Due to a funeral at Christ & Holy Trinity Church — the event site — the Wreckers lost 2 afternoon hours of [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 12th, 2017
The Wreckers could have been worried about today’s match with Ridgefield, at Tiger Hollow. Staples was coming off 2 consecutive 1-0 losses. The first — last Saturday — was a dramatic, hard-fought, end-to-end physical and emotional [&hellip... Read More →