Published on July 30th, 2014
The creative team at MadisonMott — the brains behind StaplesSoccer.com — has just released a mobile version. Designed for smartphones, it shows the red news flash, the next event on the calendar (with a link to [&hellip... Read More →
Published on July 28th, 2014
The team of Graham Gudis and Patrick Beusse took the top spot in this month’s Jack Scott Octathlon of Champions. They captured the soccer tennis title at Loeffler Field, defeating Andrew Puchala and Kenji Goto in [&hellip... Read More →
Published on July 26th, 2014
As we prepare for the 2014 season, let’s look back one last time at 2013. The season write-up has just been added to this website. Just click “History” in the navigation tab above, then “Year by [&hellip... Read More →
Published on July 26th, 2014
Workout of the Week #5 tested endurance. WOW #6 is about building power. Start at the traditional WOW spot: the jetty by the intersection of Soundview Avenue, and Compo Road South/Hillspoint Road. Do 3 burpees (click here for proper [&hellip... Read More →
Published on July 24th, 2014
Staples soccer’s roots reached all the way to the White House yesterday. Current tri-captain Andrew Puchala, former captain Jack Scott ’14, Mark Gudis P’11, ’16 and Al Puchala P’15 met with the Secretaries of Agriculture, Transportation [&hellip... Read More →
Published on July 22nd, 2014
Mark Noonan ’83 has a new — and very exciting — job, The former MLS and Soccer United Marketing executive vice president, who most recently ran his own sports marketing firm, is joining the Association of [&hellip... Read More →
Published on July 20th, 2014
If you played for a few programs in the FCIAC, their fitness test would be a 2-mile run in under 13 minutes. This week, test yourself against their standard. If you are over 13:00, you may [&hellip... Read More →
Published on July 18th, 2014
In just 5 years, the Preston Hirten 7-v-7 Tournament has grown into one of the highlights of the summer calendar. This year — in addition to over 100 competitors — Michael and Thomas Catenacci videotaped the [&hellip... Read More →
Published on July 13th, 2014
Germany’s World Cup win is a victory for 2 contest entrants. Kyle Hoberman ’12 and Shane Dasbach — a rising sophomore at Staples — both ended up with 26 points in our predict-the-knockout-round-winners event. Both had [&hellip... Read More →
Published on July 12th, 2014
WOW #4: Sprint Endurance Workout on Compo Beach and up Compo Hill Start at the WOW traditional intersection of Soundview Drive and South Compo/Hillspoint Roads (the wall by the beach on Soundview). Begin with 10 hops of [&hellip... Read More →
Published on July 9th, 2014
With 4 big points up for grabs in both semifinal rounds of our World Cup contest, rising junior Andreas Marmelo roared into the Staples soccer World Cup contest lead. His 23 points put him 1 ahead [&hellip... Read More →
Published on July 6th, 2014
Workout of the Week #3 adds some hills to the usual beach runs. But Staples soccer players are up to the challenge: 1-mile run; 8 sprints up Burnham Hill; a half-mile run back to the start, [&hellip... Read More →
Published on July 6th, 2014
So far, Peter Perry has been perfect. He picked all 8 round of 16 matches, then went 4-for-4 in the quarterfinals. That gives him 16 points, and a razor-thin lead in our latest World Cup contest. A [&hellip... Read More →
Published on July 5th, 2014
Over 100 soccer players — former Staples, Mary Washington and Beachside teammates; recent and current Staples players; family members and friends — spent a glorious holiday weekend morning honoring Preston Hirten ’07. The 5th annual 7-v-7 [&hellip... Read More →
Published on July 5th, 2014
When 250 Westport Soccer Association players descended on Staples for the Wreckers’ World Cup event — the afternoon of the US-Portugal match — videographer Johnny Donovan was there. Click below to see all the action, as [&hellip... Read More →