Steve Waters

In 34 seasons at Farmington, Waters has led the Indians to nine state titles and 529 wins. He has a record of 529-82-48 and his teams have made 14 state finals. After taking over an already strong program with plenty of pressure, Waters has put his own touch on the program and made Farmington the premier high school soccer town in Connecticut.

He’ll start the 2017 season one win behind E.O. Smith coach John Blomstrann for the all-time wins record in boys soccer. Since taking over as the boys coach at Farmington in 1983, Waters has proven to be a master at getting the most out of his teams and competing against the best.

Waters won his first title with Farmington in 1986 over Avon in Class M and has won titles in each of the last four decades. He has won Class LL, Class L and Class M titles.

Recently, Farmington has advanced to a state final in six of the last eight seasons, losing just once to Glastonbury in overtime in 2014. The Indians won their first Class LL championship in 2008 and have since won it again in 2010 and 2016. They won Class L titles in 2012 and 2013.

At Wethersfield, Waters helped lead the Eagles to a Class LL championship in 1975 over Manchester. Waters was an All-State defender his senior year. But he wasn’t just a soccer player. He was also a standout All-Conference third baseman. After graduating high school, he went to a Pittsburgh Pirates regional camp.

He played both soccer and baseball (switching to catcher) at Hartford. But eventually stopped playing baseball after two years to focus exclusively on soccer, where he was later drafted to play with in the MISL with the Philadelphia Fever. Waters was a central defender in high school and later played sweeper at Hartford, where he scored 13 goals his junior and senior seasons.

In 2011, he was inducted into the Connecticut soccer Hall of Fame.