ABOUT
You love soccer. You crush it on your high school team in the fall.
You want to keep playing and growing during the offseason.
But, you are a multifaceted student-athlete who commits to other sports and activities in life. You think the only offseason soccer option is club but that time investment doesn't fit your dynamic life.
HSSL is for you.
OUR MISSION is to close the high school soccer opportunity gap by giving the multifaceted athlete an innovative and accessible spring soccer league experience that can coexist with their other sports and activities.
LEAGUE MODEL
REGISTER AS AN INDIVIDUAL
FIELD & GKs
You don't need to gather 11 teammates from your town to play in HSSL, just you. HSSL identifies your skill level in our questionnaire and strategically unites you with a well-balanced team of local players.
MATCHES ARE
SMALL SIDED
HSSL competes in 4v4, 5v5, 6v6, or 7v7 which allows for more touches, more decisions, and more playing time. Play is fast and fun and accelerates your growth. Someone who plays all 90 minutes of a full-sided 11v11 match only has the ball at her feet for 78 seconds.
6 WEEK SEASON
Our season lasts 6 weeks (late April - early June) and we play 1 day per week on Sunday afternoons. Your offseason has a new, balanced playing option instead of either complete soccer hibernation or months of midweek club practices and full game weekends.​
TRAIN & PLAY ALL IN THE 1 WEEKLY SESSION
HSSL combines skills training and a match into a single 1hr. 45min. session on Sunday afternoons. We target the skills that will give you the most impact on your high school team: 1v1 attacking, 1v1 defending, and making the huge save. Get 1,000 touches on the ball each week and take home drills that you can do in your yard!
HSSL VALUES
Our goal for HSSL athletes is growth - growth in your techniques, tactics, and love of soccer. We accomplish this goal by providing a quality experience that is fueled by our four HSSL Values.
The HSSL model is what sports should be about - leaving feeling better than when you arrived. HSSL values bringing the joy back to soccer. From our Matchday music pumping to juggle-off tie breakers, there is no soccer burnout in HSSL.
ENJOYMENT
COMPETITION
Nothing accelerates growth like competition. HSSL values players giving their all to their teammates and the pursuit of the win. When combined with a respect for your opponent, competition makes you better.
COURAGE
Add confidence to your game. HSSL values breaking the fear of failure and empowering you to take risks, try new skills, and have the courage to excel. Soccer isn't a game of mistakes, it's a game of growth.
COMMUNITY
We intentionally create the season's teams to be a mix of like-minded players from different towns. HSSL values leaving our comfort zone and working with new teammates who support each other, teach each other, and become new friends.
OUR IMPACT
HSSL Athletes come from a multitude of schools and 94% are multisport athletes who are looking for an alternative to club soccer. Our players also play...
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Lacrosse
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Track & Field
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Basketball
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Ice Hockey
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Softball
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Swim & Dive
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Alpine & Nordic Ski
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Tennis
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Plus more!
Natick
Medfield
Holliston
Wellesley
Dover-Sherborn
Westwood
Hopkinton
Medway
Weston
Wayland
OUR STORY
Coach Evren, Coach Tara, and Coach Chris are multisport athletes who loved competing in high school sports, particularly soccer. They were able to play soccer during their other sports seasons through town leagues and club - which was much less of a time investment back then. Each continued playing in college and into adulthood - two of them even met playing on opposing teams and got married! Their passion for high school sports got them into coaching.
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Today, club soccer has become an exceptional and ideal model for those athletes who are soccer specialists. But, it also has become an often inaccessible commitment for the multisport athlete. Without a viable playing option, non-club players rarely touch a ball between fall seasons. As a result, Coach Evren, Coach Tara, and Coach Chris began noticing a growing gap - the club soccer athlete's skills and game sense developed rapidly while the multisport athletes stagnated. We wanted our multisport athletes to have a practical opportunity to play offseason soccer so we created HSSL!
OUR DIRECTORS
Coach Evren Gunduz
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Dover-Sherborn Varsity Girls Head Coach
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4x Tri-Valley League Coach of the Year
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1x Massachusetts Div. III Coach of the Year
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1x National Coach of Significance Award Recipient
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United Soccer Coaches National Diploma
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Harvard University Master of Education in Leadership & Developmental Psychology
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CEO of Enjoy Life Education, Inc.
Coach Tara Gunduz
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Dover-Sherborn Varsity Girls Asst. Coach
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Director of Operations Enjoy Life Education, Inc.
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Certified Yoga Instructor, RYT 200
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Certified Meditation Instructor, C.MI
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Certified Flexibility Coach
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Framingham State University Master of Education and Mathematics
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AP Calculus and General Math Teacher
Coach Chris DiCecca
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Weston Varsity Boys Head Coach
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Colby Sawyer College Bachelor of Science in Sport Management & Business
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United Soccer Coaches Diplomas:
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​Director of Coaching
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Modern Trends of the Game
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High School Development
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Grassroots 11v11 license
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NASM Certified Personal Trainer
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CEO of Propath
SPRING '24 SEASON
ELIGIBILITY
9th-12th grade female athletes
MATCH DATES
April 28
4pm-5:45pm
May 5
4pm-5:45pm
May 12
4pm-5:45pm
May 19
4pm-5:45pm
June 2
4pm-5:45pm
June 9
4pm-5:45pm
FIELD SITE
Dover-Sherborn
High School
155 Farm Street
Dover, MA
REGISTRATION FEE
$385
includes team jersey
GOT QUESTIONS?
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