Published on November 3rd, 2023
The state soccer tournament is a 32-team affair. All teams with a .400 or better record qualify. Some years, the #1 team gets a bye. The Wreckers — with a 12-1-3 regular season record — are [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 30th, 2023
The first time Staples and Stamford met this year — in the fourth match of the regular season — the Knights came from behind to tie, 1-1. It was the first goal the Wreckers surrendered all [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 27th, 2023
Two years ago, a controversial penalty kick awarded to Fairfield Warde just 56 seconds before halftime changed the FCIAC quarterfinal dramatically. Number 3-seeded Staples chased the game well, but the #6 Mustangs tacked on a second [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 24th, 2023
Both teams had something to play for, this afternoon at Westhill’s J. Walter Kennedy Stadium. The Wreckers needed a tie or win, to have a shot at winning the Ralph King Cup as the top team [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 23rd, 2023
The Staples boys soccer team is enjoying a banner year. They head into this week’s FCIAC playoffs, and next month’s state tournament, as the #2 team in Connecticut. To keep our program on top — and [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 19th, 2023
Staples is the top-rated “LL” (extra large) team in the state. They’re second — by a point — to Greenwich in the FCIAC. (The league uses a different method to compute points.) The Wreckers have lost [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 17th, 2023
Danbury coach Antony Howard brought just 16 players to Wakeman Field today. But what the Hatters lacked in numbers, they made up for with tenacity, crisp passing and their trademark tight defense. In a match that [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 16th, 2023
In June, the FCIAC Hall of Fame will induct a new member: Dan Woog. The Wreckers’ former head coach — who stepped down last year — becomes the 13th Staples coach in any sport to join [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 14th, 2023
Some marquee soccer matches don’t live up to their billing. Some games played in bad weather lead to luck trumping skill. Neither was the case today at Wakeman Field. Staples and Trumbull — the #1 and [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 12th, 2023
Harding-Bridgeport was a member of the FCIAIC from 1992 to 2014. When the Presidents left the league, the Wreckers’ all-time record against them was 19-2-1. Today marked the first match between the schools in nearly a [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 10th, 2023
Someone who has seen Fairfield Ludlowe play often this fall said they have “underperformed.” But the Falcons — who brought a 3-5-2 record into tonight’s’ Taft Field Match — performed well against 8-0-2 Staples. They scored [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 8th, 2023
In his time at Staples, Charlie Scott has done a lot. He’s played Staples soccer. He’s announced matches, on both the livestream and WWPT-FM. Now he’s produced a great video, with highlights of the Wreckers’ big [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 7th, 2023
Last night’s match at Fairfield Warde was a big one: 7-0-2, FCIAC Western Conference leader Staples at 5-1-3, East-leading Fairfield Warde. The game lived up to its expectations. It was well-played, hard-fought — and, in the [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 4th, 2023
Staples arrived at Kennedy Stadium tonight far below full strength. Keeper Nick Sikorski was out, after a red card at Darien for a foul outside the box. Leading scorer Avery Mueller was out too, after receiving [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 2nd, 2023
There are many challenges in high school soccer. One of them is playing lots of games, in very few days. This was supposed to be a week of recovery for Staples — a time for the [&hellip... Read More →