After playing to a 1-1 tie for 100 minutes of soccer, Livingston, No. 17 in the NJ.com Top 20, defeated No. 19 Cherokee in penalty kicks, 3-1, to win the Group 4 title for the first time in program history.

EAST LANSING, Mich. — For the first time ever, Michigan State’s women’s soccer team is dancing into the Elite Eight. The second-seeded Spartans defeated No. 3 seed Colorado in front of a full DeMartin Stadium crowd during the third round (or Sweet 16) of the NCAA Tournament on Sunday afternoon, 2-1.

Reagan Kotschau can’t say her return to Colorado worked out perfectly, because in a perfect world Kotschau and her Buffaloes teammates would still be playing.

Ramsey, No. 3 in the NJ.com Top 20, scored two goals in the first two minutes of the game and three in the first half in a 3-0 victory over Allentown to win the Group 2 state championship and complete a perfect 25-0 season.

The 2025 MLS Best XI features five players from the U.S. and Canada, which is the most in a single season since 2015, when there were also five. Six different individuals are first-time honorees, and nine different MLS clubs are represented, with the Philadelphia Union and Vancouver Whitecaps FC leading the pack with two representatives each.

Both Virginia soccer teams were ousted from their respective NCAA championship tournaments Sunday at Klockner Stadium in penalty kicks under similar circumstances in back-to-back matchups. COLLEGE

Massachusetts’ top high school boys soccer players: Meet the state’s best goalkeepers Nov. 18, 2025, 11:21 p.m. For complete coverage of Massachusetts high school sports, including schedules, scores, recruiting news and additional player spotlights, visit MassLive’s high school sports section throughout the season.

More than 200 scholastic boys and girls soccer players, coaches, officials and their families welcomed the five-member Class of 2025 to The Tribune-Democrat High School Soccer Hall of Fame Thursday.