2026 Connecticut high school girls soccer coaches polls: Greenwich, St. Joseph ready for showdown

St. Joseph's Sara Wicker, left, and Greenwich's Carter Madden in action during the FCIAC championship soccer game played in Fairfield, Conn. Oct. 28, 2025. (Ned Gerard/Hearst Connecticut Media) There was some movement in the girls soccer coaches' polls this week, but the teams at the top remained the same.Greenwich stayed at No. 1 in Class LL/L, while East Hampton, the only unbeaten in the M/S poll, is the clear No. 1 there, with 14 of the 15 first-place votes. Greenwich has five first-place votes, while No. 2 St. Joseph has six. St. Joseph hosts Greenwich in a 1 vs. 2 FCIAC matchup Friday at 4 p.m. Ridgefield posted three more shutouts and is in third, just ahead of undefeated Glastonbury, which has one first-place vote. Unbeaten Simsbury rounds out the top five in LL/L.Lauralton Hall, which beat Cheshire last week, picked up the other first-place vote in the M/S voting and remained fifth. Tolland moved up one spot to No. 2, Stonington up five spots to No. 3 and Foran dropped two spots to No. 4.Barlow dropped out of the top 10 in M/S, replaced by Suffield at No. 10. Suffield beat No. 7 Granby last week.Class LL/L Girls Soccer PollTeam (1st-place votes)RECPTSLAST1. GREENWICH (5)10-0-111912. ST. JOSEPH (6)10-0-111723. RIDGEFIELD8-0-39634. GLASTONBURY (1)11-0-09445. SIMSBURY (1)11-0-07956. NOTRE DAME PREP9-0-26077. TRUMBULL10-1-04588. AMITY8-1-23899. MERCY8-2-133610. FARMINGTON8-2-11110Dropped out: None. Others receiving votes: Hall (8-1-2), 7; Cheshire (7-2-2), 6; Masuk (8-2-2), 4; Staples (5-4-2), 2; Pomperaug (9-1-1), 2; Conard (6-1-4), 1; North Haven (8-2-1), 1.Coaches voting: PJ Louis, Conard; Marvin Miller, Westhill; Eric Rothbart, Cheshire; Kim Rasmussen, Warde; Angelo Tsingerliotis, McMahon; Richard Geremia, Avon; Mark Landers, Glastonbury; Barry O'Reilly, Ridgefield; Alex Joslyn, Berlin; Marcus Harley, Mercy; Adam Pelz, West Haven; Ryan Kaufman, South Windsor; Wayne Mones, Notre Dame Prep.Class M/S Girls Soccer PollTeam (1st-place votes)RECPTSLAST1. EAST HAMPTON (14)10-0-013912. TOLLAND8-3-09733. STONINGTON10-1-09384. FORAN7-3-28025. LAURALTON HALL (1)7-2-17856. OLD SAYBROOK10-2-26347. GRANBY MEMORIAL9-3-05468. LEWIS MILLS6-3-23579. DANIEL HAND7-2-228910. SUFFIELD10-2-023NRDropped out: Barlow (10). Others receiving votes: Barlow (7-2-1), 22; Thomaston (10-1-0), 21; Seymour (9-0-2), 14; Coginchaug (9-3-0), 11; New Fairfield (8-3-1), 8; Weston (7-3-1), 3; Holy Cross (7-3-0), 1.Coaches voting: Rob McConville, Hand; Moose Dzielak, Granby Memorial; Leo Germiniani, Lauralton Hall; Matt Rafala, Bacon Academy; Cait Hernon, Woodland; Thomas Cunningham, Seymour; Erin Reed, Tolland; Adam Brutting, Nonnewaug; DJ Reese, Northwestern; Gustavo Reaes, Weston; Jon Hader, Morgan; Christian Ghiglia, Waterford; Andrea Giuliano, East Hampton; Jerome Canzoneri, New Fairfield; MaryKate Simoes, Holy Cross.Sign up for the Connecticut Briefing from CT Insider. Get the biggest headlines of the day from our network of journalists around the state.This article originally published at 2026 Connecticut high school girls soccer coaches polls: Greenwich, St. Joseph ready for showdown.