The NEP is excited to announce our partnership with Duktig Brand, a company that manufactures high quality soccer-specific notebooks for coaches and players. 

League Director Adam Scott says, "Partnering with a women run business is a fantastic step for our League and our Women in Coaching & Leadership Initiative.  Through our partnership with Duktig Brand any of our women coaches who register for NEP coaching education opportunities will receive a 20% discount off all of the wonderful Duktig Brand materials/gear/items.  Further, all NEP coaches will receive a 10% discount on Duktig Brand products, which are wonderfully made and perfect for the modern day soccer coach."

"We are especially excited about the NEP's initiative to support female coaches in continuing their education in the game and hope to contribute to it as well," said Duktig Co-Owner Tiffany Weimer.

Owners Adelaide Gay and Tiffany Weimer are both soccer players and coaches themselves who have played at the highest levels in the world. We look forward to the continued growth of this partnership moving forward! 

About Duktig Brand

Duktig Brand was founded by Tiffany Weimer and Adelaide Gay, two professional soccer players at the time, who wanted a soccer-specific notebook for their own personal use. While playing overseas in Sweden, the two began the process of designing and purchasing the perfect soccer notebook. With lots of advice from others and trial and error, they settled on the Trainer as the first-ever product from Duktig Brand. 

In the past two years, Duktig Brand has sold more than 50,000 notebooks in places like the US, Canada, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, France, Spain, Russia, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and more! There is a Duktig Brand product in each of the 50 states in the US. Our goal is to continue to create products that are affordable and accessible while using the highest quality materials we can possibly find. We love the soccer community and have been a part of it our whole lives. We want to contribute to its continued growth and make your lives as coaches and players a bit easier. In order to do that we need your input and feedback. 

To learn more about Duktig Brand and their products, please visit their website here: https://www.duktigbrand.com/

NEW ENGLAND PREMIERSHIP ANNOUNCES PARTNERSHIP WITH HONEST GAME

Boston, Mass. (July 19, 2021) ― The NEP is thrilled to announce that we have forged our first partnership of the 2021-22 competitive season with our friends from Honest Game. Honest Game are academic eligibility experts and will be a virtual compliance tool for all NEP member clubs and their student athletes and families. Honest Game makes navigating NCAA academic eligibility to college sports simple, using unofficial transcript data to calculate and project NCAA academic eligibility.  Honest Game gives NEP student-athletes a guided plan to become Academic Qualifiers, increasing access to college sports.

“The NEP is deeply committed to supporting all of our student athletes.  We believe in providing support to our NEP Family not only on the field of play but off of it as well.  All of our member clubs are dedicated to supporting their players and families as they look to reach their goals of playing at the collegiate level.  As a league, we want to do all that we can to help this process and know that the addition of Honest Game as the official academic arm of the NEP will be a fantastic value add and resource.  Through this partnership with Honest Game, our member clubs and their players / families will have discounted and affordable access to Honest Game’s amazing virtual platform that will provide immediate academic eligibility clarity and support in what can be a challenging area for aspiring student athletes and their families” noted Adam Scott, League Director of the New England Premiership.

About Honest Game  

Honest Game, founded in 2019 by Kim Michelson and Joyce Anderson, is a Chicago startup in the sports technology space. Honest Game’s technology helps high school student-athletes navigate the college academic eligibility process and works with public and private high schools, coaches and counselors, club sports teams and individual athletes to ensure student-athletes complete the academic requirements required to play sports in college.

As a public benefit corporation, Honest Game is the first digital platform to track a student-athlete’s academic progress in real time so they can meet National Collegiate Athletic Association requirements and access available college athletic scholarships. The startup provides academic eligibility status for each player and can identify when a student needs summer school or credit recovery courses to become college eligible, allowing college coaches to know immediately if student-athletes meet academic eligibility requirements to be recruited.

Quote from Honest Game (Kim Michelson - CEO) “We are excited to be the official academic partner for the New England Premiership and are thankful for them valuing the holistic student-athlete. This partnership is a transformational opportunity for the New England Premiership and Honest Game to use sport as a vehicle to higher education and impact future generations”

To learn more about Honest Game and utilize our NEP membership perks, please visit their website here. 

NEP Announces Partnership with Inside College Athletic Recruitment
 

Boston, Mass. (May 7, 2021) ― The NEP is proud to announce our most recent partnership with Inside College Athletic Recruitment. The goal of Inside College Athletic Recruitment is to help prospective college athletes and their families maximize their potential during the recruitment process and optimize the resources available to them. Inside College Athletic Recruitment is an educational course for athletes to enroll in to help them on their athletic recruitment journey. The course is led by creator and current University of Massachusetts Amherst Men’s Head Coach Fran O’Leary.  

“Coach O’Leary’s wealth of experience in collegiate athletics will best support aspiring athletes currently competing in the NEP on an individual basis as they navigate their recruitment journeys. This is  especially true during such a unique time period as we continue to work through the pandemic and adjusted recruitment time periods. The NEP is committed to finding new ways to support our players across all of our member clubs and feel that Inside College Athletic Recruitment will provide added value and support to players and their families as they look at the next phase of their athletic and academic journey,” noted Adam Scott, League Director of the New England Premiership.

The Inside College Athletic Recruitment course will help players and families (both male and female) understand:

• How to get started on the college athletics recruitment journey
• How to navigate the college search during a pandemic
• What college coaches look for in prospects
• Best strategies to get noticed
• How to correspond with a coach

The Inside College Athletic Recruitment course will also provide:

• 21 high-quality videos, broken into 8 sharply focused modules
• All-in access to bi-weekly podcasts from current NCAA Head Coaches
• $50 discount for the regularly priced $149 course for all NEP players and families

Coach O’Leary will also be joining a Zoom podcast with NEP League Director Adam Scott for NEP families only. “We are delighted to partner with the New England Premiership and look forward to sharing our educational course with their teams throughout New England. Our goal is to provide an inside and practical look into the world of college recruitment, which in turn will help bring focus and clarity to the search process,” added Coach O’Leary. 

You can learn more and register here. Don’t forget to use our discount code, NEP1.

NEP Announces Strategic Partnership with Go4Ellis

The New England Premiership (NEP) has formed a strategic partnership with Go4Ellis, an app to connect schools, coaches, leagues, tournament directors, and camps directly with Athletic Trainers to make sports safer and help athletes at all levels perform.

As an existing partner of Go4Ellis, US Club Soccer provided the backdrop for the new relationship. Utilizing the only nationwide solution for staffing per diem athletic trainers, the partnership will provide the NEP access to the over 12,000 licensed athletic trainers currently on the Go4Ellis platform.

The NEP New England Regional Cup and NPL Final 4 feature boys and girls teams from Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maine, and New Hampshire ranging from U13-U19. The spring 2021 competition provides an opportunity for these players to compete for the title of New England Champion and the chance to advance to the US Club Soccer Nationals.

The NEP is committed to providing a superior experience for their member clubs. This includes a commitment to minimum standards such as coaching licensure, proper facilities, and safety. US Club Soccer has strict guidelines on staffing certified Athletic Trainers at tournaments, and the partnership with Go4Ellis provides a streamlined avenue for NEP to fulfil those requirements.

When designing the league guidelines, League Director Adam Scott knew that he could provide a better player development environment by honing in on problem areas of the sport; younger age groups have fewer players-per-side and the league includes a referee mentoring program to control the quality of the game play. Now with the Go4Ellis partnership, NEP is also taking the next step towards ensuring the safest environment possible for all participants.

“The NEP is excited to be working with our newest partner Go4Ellis to support both our NEP New England Regional Cup as well as our NPL Final 4 competitions this Spring season.  The Go4Ellis platform connects the NEP with on-demand National Athletic Trainers' Association Athletic Trainers for our upcoming competitions.  The health and safety of our competing players is our most important concern and we know our players will be in good hands and well taken care of while striving to reach their collective team goals at these upcoming NEP events. If you are a local athletic trainer that is interested in working with us and Go4Ellis, please click here for more information.”

Athletic trainer services include injury and illness prevention, wellness promotion and education, emergency care, examination and clinical diagnosis. As healthcare professionals, athletic trainers are also trained and equipped in executing COVID-19 protocols as well as in managing and enforcing state or local return-to-play guidelines.

Athletic Trainers on the Go4Ellis platform also have exclusive access to the only HIPAA-compliant mobile EMR. ATs can now focus on patient-centered treatment with documented evaluations and proof of action that provides efficient collaboration with the next clinician that treats the patient. De-identified data is also aggregated to drive education and policy in youth sports.

"The New England Premiership is committed to standards that provide a better experience on and off the field. We are excited to be able to help the league and their member clubs with staffing healthcare professionals. Especially in today's environment, athletic trainers are helping us return to sports in the safest and fastest way possible," said Ricky Schwartzberg, Director of Business Development at Go4Ellis.

Go4Ellis believes that there should be an athletic trainer on every sideline, everywhere. Streamlined access to healthcare professionals has been a constant challenge within the amateur sports world. With the Go4Ellis platform, NEP coaches and league organizers will be able to select from a pool of qualified applicants, mitigating their risk of operating. The shift poster is able to set the pay rate, meaning the benefits are also budget conscious.

NEP Announces Partnership with Sport Session Planner

We are pleased to announce that the NEP has forged a partnership with SportSessionPlanner that will provide all NEP member clubs with discounted access to their state of the art online session plan builder.  

Each Club will receive the following: 

• Reduced price, Pro Club system 
• Reduced price, Coaches Login
• Reduced price, Curriculum Libraries
• SportSessionPlanner.com will provide each club in partnership with New England Premiership with 12 Bespoke Curriculum Libraries created by EPL Academy Coaches
• Animation Included
• Match Day Included
• Access to 1 million sessions

The Pro-Club system means that each club will receive training from one of our SSP Gurus and a club administrator will be appointed to add on all of the coaches and prepare the Club Platform.

To read more about Sport Session Planner, please click here. 

NEP Announces Partnership with Boston Dream 

Boston, Mass. (April 12, 2021) ― The NEP is proud to announce our most recent partnership with The Boston Dream Association.  The Boston Dream Association is a nonprofit organization founded in 2020 to foster leadership development for women and girls. The Dream offers soccer players education and training in leadership, coaching and career development, and connects these women to opportunities and young players throughout New England via community-based initiatives.

“The NEP is thrilled to be working with The Boston Dream Association with immediate effect.  We are committed to supporting girls and women in the game of soccer and have recently announced our NEP Women in Coaching and Leadership Initiative where we will look to support the growth and education of female coaches in the New England region.  We are aligned with The Boston Dream Association in our efforts to support women in the game and are looking forward to providing greater opportunities to not only our women competitive athletes but also to our women coaches.  We believe this partnership is a wonderful first step for our League as well as for our region in order to support a much needed and deserved effort in the soccer community.” noted Adam Scott, League Director of the New England Premiership. 

"The Boston Dream Soccer Association is thrilled to be working with the best clubs in New England through the Premiership.  Our goal is to create more women leaders, especially in soccer, and working with the players, staff, and community connected to the NEP will help achieve that goal.  We want the women we work with to be engaged with soccer for life and have a positive, meaningful, and long-term impact on the sport."

To read more about the Boston Dream Soccer Association, please click here.

New England Premiership X Veo

Official video provider for New England Premiership

The New England Premiership is excited to have Veo as our official video provider! We are fully committed to enhancing our League experience for all of our NEP member clubs, their members of staff and most importantly their players and families. Veo’s first in class technology and unmatched support resources make them an ideal partner for our League.

Through our partnership we are able to provide all or our affiliating clubs $200 off a Veo camera purchase. This offer is eligible with the purchase of any annual subscription and by completing the New England Premiership x Veo membership discount form HERE. 

"We look forward to working with Veo and providing onsite video components to our NEP / NPL League play, our NPL Final 4 Weekend as well as to our NEP New England Regional Cup competitions. With the increased need for game film, we are thrilled to be able to find new ways to highlight our players and to support our coaches and clubs. Being able to work with Veo and directly provide value to our developing players and families is essential for the NEP as we look to continue to grow and develop as a League" noted Adam Scott, NEP League Director.

"Additionally, we look forward to supporting our Referee Mentorship Program with Veo video support. Being able to have our local referees watch game film and reflect on their role within each and every game is incredibly important towards helping this vital part of our game feel supported. We are confident that our new partnership with Veo will be met with tremendous excitement around the NEP and will result in a positive experience for all involved!"

To learn more about the NEP's partnership with Veo, please click HERE