Aztec Soccer Club
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The Aztec Soccer Club is a full-scale developmental soccer
organization located on the North Shore of Massachusetts. The Aztec Soccer Club is structured like a pyramid, running programs for all age groups and genders. The club runs Soccer Tots and Youth Clinics for ages 18 months – 6 years, youth teams ages 7-19 and the pro-caliber Boston Aztec men’s and women’s amateur teams.
Boston Aztec men’s and women’s teams play in three separate leagues. The men play indoors in the winter in the Premier Arena Soccer League (PASL
) New England Division, and outdoors in the summer in the National Premier Soccer League
(NPSL) Northeast Division. The women play outdoors over the summer in the Eastern Conference - North Division of the Women’s Premier Soccer League (WPSL
).
Aztec men’s and women’s teams feature high-level players who have been award-winning high school and collegiate players, and some with professional and international experience. Recent examples include Meotis Erikson (WPSL
; Boston Breakers
– WUSA
; Notre Dame
All-American), Kareem Smith (PASL
; Trinidad & Tobago U20 National Team; Univ. of S. Florida Big East All-Star) and Ebbie Kodiat (NPSL
& PASL
; Boston Bulldogs, NH Phantoms – USL; India National Team).
NPSL team began its inaugural season in the summer of 2007. The NPSL, the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid
, is expanding to the east coast for the first time in ’07, and the Aztec squad will be one of the Northeast Division’s charter members. In 2006, the Aztecs fielded a team that played in the Eastern Mass. Men’s Soccer Association (EMMSA), advancing to the semi-finals. The squad also played exhibitions against the NH Phantoms and Vermont Voltage from the professional USL-2 league, and earned a 3-3 draw with the Phantoms. The home field for their inaugural season in the NPSL in 2007 has yet to be announced.
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organization located on the North Shore of Massachusetts. The Aztec Soccer Club is structured like a pyramid, running programs for all age groups and genders. The club runs Soccer Tots and Youth Clinics for ages 18 months – 6 years, youth teams ages 7-19 and the pro-caliber Boston Aztec men’s and women’s amateur teams.
Boston Aztec men’s and women’s teams play in three separate leagues. The men play indoors in the winter in the Premier Arena Soccer League (PASL
Premier Arena Soccer League
The Premier Arena Soccer League is an Indoor Soccer league with amateur and semi-professional teams. PASL-Premier currently has 38 teams in 6 divisions across the USA and Mexico. PASL-Premier is the official developmental league of the Professional Arena Soccer League .Teams play in regional...
) New England Division, and outdoors in the summer in the National Premier Soccer League
National Premier Soccer League
The National Premier Soccer League is a United States soccer league recognized by the United States Soccer Federation and FIFA as a Division IV league...
(NPSL) Northeast Division. The women play outdoors over the summer in the Eastern Conference - North Division of the Women’s Premier Soccer League (WPSL
Women's Premier Soccer League
The Women's Premier Soccer League is a national women's soccer league in the United States and Puerto Rico, and is on the 2nd level of women's soccer in the United States soccer pyramid, alongside the W-League and below Women's Professional Soccer....
).
Aztec men’s and women’s teams feature high-level players who have been award-winning high school and collegiate players, and some with professional and international experience. Recent examples include Meotis Erikson (WPSL
Women's Premier Soccer League
The Women's Premier Soccer League is a national women's soccer league in the United States and Puerto Rico, and is on the 2nd level of women's soccer in the United States soccer pyramid, alongside the W-League and below Women's Professional Soccer....
; Boston Breakers
Boston Breakers (WUSA)
The Boston Breakers were a professional soccer team that played in the Women's United Soccer Association. The team played at Nickerson Field on the campus of Boston University in Boston, Massachusetts. The team held a "name the team" contest that Laura DeDonato of Easton Massachusetts won with the...
– WUSA
Women's United Soccer Association
The Women's United Soccer Association, often abbreviated to the WUSA, was the world's first women's soccer league in which all the players were paid as professionals. Founded in February 2000, the league began its first season in April 2001 with eight teams in the United States...
; Notre Dame
University of Notre Dame
The University of Notre Dame du Lac is a Catholic research university located in Notre Dame, an unincorporated community north of the city of South Bend, in St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States...
All-American), Kareem Smith (PASL
PASL
PASL may refer to:* Professional Arena Soccer League * Premier Arena Soccer League* Pro-Active South London * Sleetmute Airport , in Sleetmute, Alaska, United States...
; Trinidad & Tobago U20 National Team; Univ. of S. Florida Big East All-Star) and Ebbie Kodiat (NPSL
NPSL
NPSL may stand for:*National Premier Soccer League - a soccer league considered to be at the 4th level of the American Soccer Pyramid*National Professional Soccer League - a 1960s U.S. outdoor soccer league....
& PASL
PASL
PASL may refer to:* Professional Arena Soccer League * Premier Arena Soccer League* Pro-Active South London * Sleetmute Airport , in Sleetmute, Alaska, United States...
; Boston Bulldogs, NH Phantoms – USL; India National Team).
The Men - Indoor
The Boston Aztec indoor team was established in 2002 and joined the PASL in 2004. They have reached the New England Regional final four straight years (2004-07), winning Back-to-Back-to-Back PASL Regional Championships in 2005-07. In 2005, in Albany, New York the Aztecs won their first PASL National Championship. Prior to joining the PASL, the Aztecs won the American Indoor Soccer League (AISL) crown in 2003, and the Northeast Arena League (NEAL) title in 2002. The PASL is the top feeder system indoor league for the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL), the indoor soccer professional league in the United States. The team plays its home games at Soccer ETC in Beverly, MA.The Men - Outdoors
The Boston AztecBoston Aztec
Boston Aztec is an American soccer team based in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 2006, the team plays in National Premier Soccer League , a national amateur league at the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Eastern Atlantic Division.The team plays its home games at...
NPSL team began its inaugural season in the summer of 2007. The NPSL, the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid
American Soccer Pyramid
The United States soccer pyramid is a term used in soccer to describe the structure of the league system in the United States. The country's governing body for the sport, the United States Soccer Federation , oversees the system but does not operate any of its component leagues—with one temporary...
, is expanding to the east coast for the first time in ’07, and the Aztec squad will be one of the Northeast Division’s charter members. In 2006, the Aztecs fielded a team that played in the Eastern Mass. Men’s Soccer Association (EMMSA), advancing to the semi-finals. The squad also played exhibitions against the NH Phantoms and Vermont Voltage from the professional USL-2 league, and earned a 3-3 draw with the Phantoms. The home field for their inaugural season in the NPSL in 2007 has yet to be announced.