With the MIAA going with 4 soccer in the fall who gains the most from "moving down?" Should make for some new rivalries. D4 teams will be very small. D2 teams will be very good as Hock and some Bay State League teams go down a division. Thoughts?
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Walpole is the 1 Bay State team that moves down. They will go to the last week before clinching a .500 record to qualify for states. Because E.Mass. boys soccer won't consider schedule strength when seeding, they will be seeded about 14th. They'll coast through a home game against 19, then complete an "upset" of whoever's seeded 3rd. That will be no upset.Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
Interesting twist: with Walpole moving down, that means the D2 teams in BSC now have 6 league games vs D2s, and 10 league games vs D1s. In recent years it's been 4 D2/12 D1. Does this change their eligibility to apply that rule that lets them get into tourney with a .500 record vs non-D1s? The BSC passed a new rule that lets some teams opt out of a certain number (2?) of league games. Seems like this is the escape hatch they are providing. A couple of the schools are opting out, as they should. Dedham, for example, has a hard time competing against the giants. But then they opted out against the wrong teams, like Newton North and Brookline, which are down. -
Sullivan rule will no longer apply to these teams. Dedham, however, goes d3 so they can still get in with it. As far as Walpole coasting in the prelim round it wont happen. The realignment will mean an average of 16 teams making the tournament, no "play in games" Makes it more fair for eastern mass teamsComment
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Another school that may be in the new d2 is greater New Bedford vocational technical. They should win the south sectionComment
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