Soares’ late strikes have Weymouth in opener

Weymouth's Alessandro Oreadi, left, and Braintree's John Pucillo eye a loose ball during boys soccer at Weymouth High School, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020. Tom Gorman/For The Patriot Ledger

WEYMOUTH — The only matter more distressing than being ushered out of the playoffs in extra time is not getting invited to the playoffs in the initially area.

The Weymouth High and Braintree Significant boys soccer teams every endured the former previous slide. This time, by way of no fault of their individual, they’ll have to face the latter.

There are no drop MIAA playoffs in any sport, many thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic.

That is far too undesirable for Braintree, which was hoping to develop on final year’s 1st-spherical in close proximity to-overlook versus powerhouse Brockton (1- decline in double-OT), which came just after the Wamps had skipped the 2018 playoffs entirely.

And it is really a actual bummer for Weymouth, which final time celebrated its 30th straight postseason visual appearance, which finished with a Division 1 South quarterfinal decline to Silver Lake on penalty kicks.