{
  "id": 4972332,
  "title": "CIAC girls soccer stars New Canaan's Clare Greisen, Amity's Maggie Kershnar to miss 2026 season",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/ciac-girls-soccer-stars-new-canaans-clare-greisen-amitys-maggie",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-02T00:19:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/ciac-girls-soccer-stars-canaans-001925441.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "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.",
  "summary": "Greisen is committed to play women's soccer at Northwestern, while Kershnar is committed to play at UConn next year.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Yahoo Sports",
        "title": "What you need to know about the 2026 CIAC high school boys cross country season",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-2026-ciac-high-school-boys-cross",
        "published": "2026-08-31T19:16:58.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}