Foxborough Boys Soccer Eliminated by Hingham

The successful turnaround of the Foxborough Warriors boys soccer program came to an end against fourth seeded Hingham. Facing a tough team in the Harbormen, the Warriors could not find a way past one of the state’s best teams in a 4-0 loss in the first round of the MIAA Division 2 South Sectional tournament.

The Harbormen set the tone early with a goal in the second minute of play to take a quick lead. Brian Blanchard was able to beat the defense coming down the left wing for a momentum building score.

“It’s good when you score a goal because it sort of sets up the other team to think ‘Oh boy here we go.’ So it creates momentum for your team and maybe a lack of momentum for the other team," said Hingham Head Coach Ken Carlin.

The Harbormen continued to attack the net hard. Levi Durger scored from the far right off the left post to extend the lead to two in the 15th minute of play.

The Warriors best chance to score in the first half came off a Sawyer Fleck free kick from the top of the penalty arch in the 31st minute. A good shot by Fleck was stopped by an even better save by Hingham goalkeeper Ben Fisher to keep the Warriors off the board.

The second half was no better for the Warriors. After a shot by Blanchard hit the crossbar in the 47th minute of play, Craig Hildreth was able to recover the ball and get it to James Rosso who snuck it past the Foxborough defense. The move took the Warriors a bit by surprise.

”We haven’t seen anyone throw moves like than in a couple years honestly,” said Foxborough coach Pat Nash.

The Harbormen remained cool and collective on defense. Not letting many chances get by them, the Harbormen maintained control of the ball before things could get out of control.

“Even the wing forwards comes back and play defense when we don’t have the ball and everybody is willing to play the ball back to the defense before there is a lot of trouble. They’re composed enough to play across the back so they’re not in a rush to just knock it forward,” said Carlin.

A final goal by Blanchard in the 57th minute gave the Harbormen a 4-0 lead and a ticket to the quarterfinals.

Despite the bad loss, the season as a whole for Foxborough was a success compared to last year.  The one win team from last year was nowhere to be found with this year’s success story.

“This team is night and day. These seniors worked so hard to turn this program around and they did this year. They got the younger kids involved where now all those kids from the middle school want to step up and be them. You couldn’t ask for anything more, they worked so hard,” said Nash.

The Harbormen will host Norwell in their quarterfinal round match on Nov. 9th at 2:30pm.