Tag: boys soccer

NAUGATUCK — With a 5-0 lead over Kennedy late in the first half of Tuesday’s season opener, Naugatuck boys soccer coach Art Nunes wasn’t...

BEACON FALLS — Thirty-six of the Woodland boys soccer team’s 88 goals last season came from the cleats of Eric Dietz. But the All-New England...

NAUGATUCK — High expectations come with the territory in Naugatuck. It’s hard for the boys soccer team to accept anything but the best after...

BEACON FALLS — Nick Oliveira shouted both encouraging and not-so-uplifting messages toward his teammates on the soccer practice field before Woodland's Class M second-round tournament game last Monday. The Woodland senior is the manager of the boys soccer team. And he’s only the manager because he can’t play the sport he loves. Oliveira has cerebral palsy, which requires him to either walk with crutches or use his electric wheelchair. But his physical limitations haven’t kept him from being as much a part of the team as anyone else.

BEACON FALLS — Tony Moutinho led the Woodland boys soccer team to an undefeated regular season record, a second division title in a row, the program’s first Naugatuck Valley League championship, and the top seed in the Class M state tournament this fall. Moutinho employs a unique coaching style. He’s humorous but serious. He barks at his players while still letting them take care of business on the field.

NAUGATUCK — The Naugatuck boys soccer team advanced to the second round of the Class L tournament, defeating Fermi last Friday before falling to...

BEACON FALLS — This was the best boys soccer team in Woodland history, and the best chance for the program to win its first...

WATERBURY — After Naugatuck’s 1-0 loss to Woodland in the Naugatuck Valley League tournament semifinals last Saturday, ‘Hounds head coach Art Nunes put his...

WATERBURY — After Matt Moutinho scored the go-ahead goal on a header off a corner by Rich Vadala with 7:23 to play in the...

The Woodland boys soccer program began in the fall of 2001 as a junior varsity squad with Tony Moutinho serving as the assistant coach....