Urgent.News

What's breaking now, across thousands of outlets.

Culture

CIAC girls soccer stars New Canaan's Clare Greisen, Amity's Maggie Kershnar to miss 2026 season

Greisen is committed to play women's soccer at Northwestern, while Kershnar is committed to play at UConn next year.

CIAC girls soccer stars New Canaan's Clare Greisen, Amity's Maggie Kershnar to miss 2026 season

New Canaan and Amity girls soccer standouts Clare Greisen and Maggie Kershnar will miss the 2026 season due to injuries. Coach Rich Hickson of New Canaan revealed that Greisen, an All-American and future Division I player, was sidelined since late August due to an undisclosed injury, which is not ACL-related. Amity's striker Kershnar, committed to UConn, suffered an ACL injury and will not play this year.

Both players were named All-Americans in 2025 and led their respective teams to the CIAC Class LL semifinals and final. Greisen, a two-time GametimeCT All-State First Team selection, recorded 26 goals and 10 assists last season, while Kershnar scored 22 goals and 15 assists.

Written by urgent.news from Yahoo Sports's reporting — not their text. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.

This story

This is one outlet's version. Read the fullest account.

Read the original at sports.yahoo.com →

More in Culture

More from Wednesday 2 September →