Soccer - Girls 1st Team

Schedule
Overview
Soccer - Girls 1st Team
Coaches
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Head Coach
A USSF C license and NSCAA Advanced National holder with experience coaching soccer at the university and club level, Jason Braga joined Brooks in 2022. For more than a decade, he has been the vice president of the New England Futbol Club, where he is also a staff coach and leads all marketing and operations. As a staff coach with NEFC, Braga reached the National Premier League Finals as well as the Development Player League National Semi-Finals. As a collegiate coach, Braga spent three years at WPI, plus four years as an assistant at Division I Umass-Lowell. During those four years, UMass-Lowell reached its first America East Conference Championship and claimed its first regular-season title. Braga earned a bachelor's degree in business administration with a concentration in accounting from Worcester State University, as well as a master's degree in recreation and sports science with a concentration in coaching education from Ohio University.
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Assistant Coach
Alexandria Sacco began as the assistant coach for girls 1st soccer in 2014. She came to Brooks after graduating from New England College in 2009, where she was a four-year starter for the women's soccer and softball programs. Sacco also earned Female Rookie of the Year as a freshman. She went on to represent her team as a two-year captain. Sacco continued to coach while completing her degree in Radiologic Technology. When she is not coaching, she works at Lowell General Hospital as a Radiographer and looks for her next travel adventure.
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Jessica McNally grew up in the Philadelphia region, where she played club soccer and was a member of the Pennsylvania state ODP team. She played Division 1 soccer at University of Delaware for four years. McNally has coached all ages of soccer from children to college athletes. She is currently a family nurse practitioner and resides in Newburyport, Mass., with her husband Kevin and golden retriever Wrigley.