NEW BEDFORD- No. 28 Winchester came into the Whaling City and upset No. 5 New Bedford 2-1 in the First Round of the MIAA Division 1 Boys Soccer tournament on Thursday evening.

The Red and Black (11-3-4) came into this game after their 1-0 win against no. 37 Andover on Monday in the Preliminary Round. New Bedford (14-5-0) came into this game trying to get their first tournament victory since the 2019 South Sectional tournament.

Despite the Red and Black entering the game with a much lower seed than the Whalers, Winchester Head Coach Vinnie Musto said his team didn’t enter with an underdog mentality.

“We didn’t go into this match thinking that if we won, it was going to be a big upset,” Musto said. “We were confident from minute one, we thought we were the better team, and we came out as

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