Soccer (Boys)

Deerfield has been a perennially strong team in the Western New England Prep School Soccer Association (WNEPSSA), a league of nearly fifty schools. We take a great deal of pride in how well we play, but we also stress good sportsmanship and positive team spirit. We also are lucky to play in one of the most picturesque settings in all of interscholastic soccer.  It is hard to imagine a more beautiful setting than Deerfield on a clear, brisk October afternoon.

Deerfield fields four competitive boys soccer teams, ranging from a freshman-sophomore team for beginning players to the varsity boys team. The level of play on the varsity would challenge the best high school player. We play against several college junior varsity teams; as a member of WNEPSSA we play against league members such as Choate-Rosemary Hall, Loomis-Chaffee, Hotchkiss, Taft, and Northfield-Mount Hermon. Recent graduates of Deerfield are now playing soccer at many NCAA programs.

If you would like additional information on the Deerfield Academy boys soccer program, please contact Coach Jan Flaska at 413.774.1639 or jflaska@deerfield.edu.

Varsity

Junior Varsity

Junior A

Junior B

Boys Varsity Soccer

Jan Flaska

Jan Flaska came to the Deerfield community in the fall of 2005, after three years at Dexter School (MA) and Boston University. He has served as the Academy’s Dean of Ethical and Spiritual Life, and is currently is the Assistant Dean of Students. He teaches in the Philosophy and Religious Studies Department, and has taught interdisciplinary courses within the Science Department.

He and his wife Jill and their son Stefan live in Johnson Dormitory with 11th and 12th grade boys.

Jan also possesses a "B" level coaching license from US Soccer, as well as an Advanced National Coaching Diploma from the NSCAA. Prior to his work at Dexter, Jan coached both boys and girls soccer teams at Choate Rosemary Hall from 1998 - 2002. His talents are not limited to the soccer field, however. He also spent nine years coaching lacrosse at both prep and college levels. He was the head coach at Dexter and Choate and served as coach of the Boston University men’s team from 2002 - 2004.

A ’96 graduate of Bowdoin College, Jan contributed to the soccer, hockey, and lacrosse teams and was a three-time captain.

Send email to Jan Flaska (jflaska@deerfield.edu)