Our coaching philosophy helps many players in the region improve as players. Aztecs have earned spots on US National, Regional, and State teams. Our players have become High School captains and all-stars, NSCAA All-Americans, and College All-Stars.
Our philosophy is simple - at the youngest ages, our focus is on teaching technique and tactics. We teach our players to compete, but without sacrificing the training they will need to succeed at the highest levels as they grow up. At the U11 & U12 age groups, some teams are simply taught how to play kick ball and run track meets to satisfy coaches and parents desires for winning. We don't operate that way and we never will.
At the U13 & U14 age groups, there is still a large development aspect to the coaching, but players are beginning to catch up in physical maturity while the earlier lessons are bearing fruit. Once you reach U15, winning is on equal footing with technical and tactical prowess. It is clear when you look at the numbers which club North of Boston is developing the best players, boys and girls, day in and day out.
Bay State club soccer players have many choices. Teams compete in Region I, Super Y, MAPLE, and MASC leagues. Most teams compete in MAPLE. Since 2004, NE Aztec teams have won 26 MAPLE Division championships - 21 from U13 & above, 15 Girls titles, 10 Boys titles, and ten total in MAPLE D1 or D2.
In the spring of 2008 from the U13-U18 age groups, NE Aztec had one state champion (U17 Girls), a state finalist (U18 boys), a state semifinalist (U14 boys), three other state cup qualifiers (two U15 Girls, U17 boys), six division champions, seven promotions and three promotion matches, and nine second place teams. Only one team had a losing record, and eleven teams qualified for MAPLE D1 or D2 in 2008-09. The overall U13-U18 record was 83-33-15. We had three teams ranked in the top five in the state and four in the top ten. Our teams also won five Memorial Weekend tournament championships and five spring tournament championships in March.
In the spring of 2009, 25 New England Aztec boys and girls teams competed in the U11-U19 age groups. 13 teams in the U13-U18 age groups played in Region I (U18G, U16G-Simpson), MAPLE D1 (U18B, U15B-Kodiat, U14B, U16G-Slack), or MAPLE D2 (U17B, U16B-Murray, U15B-Flessas, U17G, U15G-Simpson, U14G-Kersker, U13G-Macdonald), and the U19 Boys made another run in State Cup after reaching the finals as U18s. The U15-Kodiat boys won the State Championship for their age group, and the club had six other participants at State Cup (13 Boys, U18 Boys, U19 Boys, U15-Simpson Girls, U16-Simpson Girls, U18 girls).