New Faces Across the Top of Lists for Greater Boston League Champions

Revere unseats Malden as GBL Field Hockey Champ; Lynn English wins first GBL Football Crown

By Steve Freker

Call it a true “changing of the guard” in the Greater Boston League this past fall. In every sport across the board, there is a new Greater Boston League (GBL) Champion this year from last year, something that does not occur as often as one might think.

In Football, Lynn English rolled over all four opponents for a 4-0 GBL mark to claim its first League Championship since the “Lynns” and Revere came over to the GBL five years ago. In Boys Soccer, Chelsea has been knocking on the door for the past three years… this year it got answered with a GBL title!

For the past five years, it has been either Revere or Somerville on top of the Boys Soccer roll call. Revere was the league champion in two of the last three years. The years that Revere or Somerville did NOT rule the GBL roost, they finished in second place to one another. Revere Boys Soccer DID finish tied for second place in the Greater Boston League with Lynn English at 7-3-4 in GBL play, and the Patriots did qualify for the postseason at 7-5-5 overall

In Boys Soccer, Everett and Malden had similar fates, both missing qualification for the MIAA State Tournament by just one game. Everett finished 2 points (2 pts./win, 1 pt./tie) out of the running, while it was even more agonizing for Malden: at 6-7-5 overall, only ONE standings point from state tourney status. For Malden, it was especially stinging since last season the Golden Tornados managed only one win all year and this season showed marked, dramatic improvement with the 6 wins and 5 ties.

In Girls Soccer, Medford battled it out all season with Somerville, but won the two matches that counted the most, against the Highlanders, to finish unbeaten in league play at 13-0-1.

Revere Field Hockey broke a title drought stretching back to 2019 and won the crown this year, unseating Malden, which won a GBL Championship in 2024 and was Greater Boston League co-Champ with Everett in 2023 and 2022.

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2025 GREATER BOSTON LEAGUE

FALL SEASON STANDINGS

FOOTBALL


Team                     League  Overall

Lynn English       4-0            6-2

Somerville           3-2            6-2

Lynn Classical     2-3            3-5

Revere                 2-3            2-5

Medford              1-3            3-5

Malden                1-3            2-6

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BOYS SOCCER

Team                     League  Overall

Chelsea                10-2-1     12-4-2

Lynn English       7-3-4        7-5-5

Revere                 7-3-4        9-4-5

Somerville           6-5-3        8-7-4

Everett                 6-6-2        6-8-4

Malden                5-5-4        6-7-5

Lynn Classical     2-10-3     2-10-3

Medford              1-11-2     3-12-2

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GIRLS SOCCER

Team                     League  Overall

Medford              13-0-1     13-5-1

Somerville           10-2-0     11-6-0

Malden                8-4-2        12-5-2

Lynn Classical     5-7-3        5-10-3

Everett                 4-8-2        6-10-2

Revere                 4-9-1        4-11-1

Chelsea                3-6-3        7-7-3

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FIELD HOCKEY

Team                     League  Overall

Revere                 2-0-1        5-7-1

Everett                 2-1-1        5-11-1

Malden                0-3-0        1-11-1