Bay State Conference - boys soccer 2014

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Walpole 2, Wellesley 1. Wellesley controlled more of the play, but Walpole scored twice off flick headers to win.

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Natick 2, Milton 0
Norwood 1, Dedham 1
Weymouth 1, Newton North 0

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Standings thru 9/17

Updating this because boston.com's table does not show ties. Very low scoring round of games on Tuesday = plenty of excitement as well. Weymouth moves up with their win, while Walpole and Natick move ahead of Wellesley in the smalls division.

W-l-t in league games, goal difference noted to break ties
Needham 4-0-1, +12
Braintree 4-0-1, +9
Framingham 3-0-1
Weymouth 3-2-0
Brookline 2-1-2
Walpole 2-1-2
Natick 2-2-1
Wellesley 2-3-0
Newton North 1-4-0
Norwood 0-3-2
Dedham 0-3-1
Milton 0-4-1

Braintree gets their first real tests now, facing Framingham and Needham in their next two.

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Any team that Dedham and Norwood opt not to play received 2 points in the LEAGUE standings. I think it is only affected Framingham thus far. That puts them at 4-0-1 in the LEAGUE. The 2 points do not count for the tourney.

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Any team that Dedham and Norwood opt not to play received 2 points in the LEAGUE standings. I think it is only affected Framingham thus far. That puts them at 4-0-1 in the LEAGUE. The 2 points do not count for the tourney.

Interesting point. Does the team that opted out get a loss in the league standings only? If not, the league standings would not balance, as there should always be an equal number of wins and losses.

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Updating this because boston.com's table does not show ties. Very low scoring round of games on Tuesday = plenty of excitement as well. Weymouth moves up with their win, while Walpole and Natick move ahead of Wellesley in the smalls division.

W-l-t in league games, goal difference noted to break ties
Needham 4-0-1, +12
Braintree 4-0-1, +9
Framingham 3-0-1
Weymouth 3-2-0
Brookline 2-1-2
Walpole 2-1-2
Natick 2-2-1
Wellesley 2-3-0
Newton North 1-4-0
Norwood 0-3-2
Dedham 0-3-1
Milton 0-4-1

Braintree gets their first real tests now, facing Framingham and Needham in their next two.

Needham 4-0 over Weymouth. Weymouth could not penetrate. Only opportunities on corner kicks. Needham has more depth than originally recognized.

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Needham 4-0 over Weymouth. Weymouth could not penetrate. Only opportunities on corner kicks. Needham has more depth than originally recognized.

Weymouth only threatens through that one player. Against most teams, his speed poses a challenge, but Needham has the team speed to handle him.

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Interesting point. Does the team that opted out get a loss in the league standings only? If not, the league standings would not balance, as there should always be an equal number of wins and losses.

Yes the teams are given a league loss.

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Framingham 2, Braintree 1
Wellesley 4, Norwood 0

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Natick 3, Dedham 0

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Walpole 3, Milton 0

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Playing on consecutive days, Norwood lost 3-1 to Boston Latin.

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Playing on consecutive days, Norwood lost 3-1 to Boston Latin.

Did Newton No play Andover? Score?

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Did Newton No play Andover? Score?

Andover 2, NN 1

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Standings after 3 weeks

W-l-t in league games
Needham 5-0-1
Framingham 4-0-1
Braintree 4-1-1
Walpole 3-1-2
Brookline 2-1-2
Natick 3-2-1
Wellesley 3-3-0
Weymouth 3-3-0
Newton North 1-4-0
Norwood 0-4-2
Dedham 0-4-1
Milton 0-5-1

The interesting thing will be to see which of the 6 teams immediately below Needham and Framingham make the tournament. All made it last year, but 3 of them narrowly.