NPSL West/Midwest Region Week 11 Review/Preview

It's the playoffs...

The Sonoma County Sol advance after a 2-0 win over FC Hasental (goals by Brenton Frame and Taylor Jones).
They will play Spartans Futbol Club from the Northwest Conference next Sunday.

The Sacramento Gold defeated the San Diego Flash 2-1 on Saturday.
The Gold advance to play FC Force next Saturday.

Central Conference

The top three teams are separated by five points and the next two aren't far behind.

Quad Cities are three points ahead of Minnesota United (20-17) and five ahead of the Madison 56'ers.
Here's how the Eagles got that lead in part- a 5-1 win over Minnesota at home
((HT: WQAD-TV))


Twin Stars and FC Bordo are at 12 and 11 points, respectively, while Eau Claire Aris are still pointless.
Last week, Quad Cities lost to United as did Madison. TwinStars beat Eau Claire and FC Bordo had the week off.

This week is the last week of the regular season...

Quad Cities has Eau Claire. United Reserves goes to Madison. TwinStars are done, FC Bordo has Eau Claire as well.

Great Lakes East Conference

Fort Pitt Regiment has come from the pack to be on top heading into the last weekend- two points up on AFC Cleveland (20-18). Erie is at 14 and FC Buffalo is at 10 points.

The Regiment had their weekend made with a win over FC Buffalo while AFC beat Erie, 2-1.
Erie started their week with a shut out of FCB... highlights at the 3:00 mark
((HT: ErieTVNews/WICU))
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This week, Fort Pitt travel to Cleveland and Detroit City FC. Cleveland also host Erie. Erie host Michigan the day before. FCB host Detroit City and Michigan Stars.

Great Lakes West Conference

The top three teams are separated by three points heading into the last weekend. Indiana Fire are at 24 points. Lansing United are at 23 points and Detroit City are at 21. Michigan Stars are at 13 points and Cincinnati are at 10.

Lansing got their 6 points beating Michigan and Cincinnati.
Here's the highlights of the 4-1 United win over the Saints
((HT: Lansing United their own selves))


With post from head coach Eric Rudland


DCFC split their match-ups with Cincinnati and Michigan and Indiana Fire had the weekend off.

This week, Lansing hosts Indiana and DCFC to decide the conference crown. Indiana also travels to Cincinnati.

NPSL Midwest Week 3 Review/Preview

Central Conference

Five of the six teams here are within four points of each other...

Minnesota United Reserves lost to FC Bordo 4-1 in the back end of a home and home. The win for Bordo gets them to third- two points back. Madison 56'ers are in between with 5 points after putting 6 goals in the net against Eau Claire Aris. Quad City Eagles are 4th with Minnesota Twin Stars in behind. Eau Claire are still looking for their first win of the season.

This week, Eau Claire travel to Madison and host Quad City. Minnesota Twin Stars have two home matches with Quad City and Minnesota United Reserves. The 56'ers have two matches themselves- home to Eau Claire and away to FC Bordo.

Great Lakes East Conference

AFC Cleveland is making early in roads to stay up top with 8 points in their first 5 matches. They split last weekend with a loss to Westfield Select and a win over Fort Pitt. For Pitt also lost a cross over match with Lansing United, 1-0

Here's the highlights
((HT: Lansing United their own selves))


Erie drew closer to FC Buffalo in the middle of the table after a 2-1 win for their first three of the season. Two days before, Lansing shut out Erie 3-0 for an important three points on the road.

Head Coach Eric Rudland discusses the win
((HT: Lansing United again))


This week, Lansing hosts AFC Cleveland before a road game with Cincinnati Saints. FCB has two huge home games with Detroit City FC in a crossover before a home game with AFC Cleveland. Erie is on the road at Detroit City and Fort Pitt.

Great Lakes West Conference

A lot of points being taken by the top three here- Westfield Select/Indiana Fire, Detroit City FC, and Lansing United. Westfield had their six point weekend at home with FCB before the AFC Cleveland win. You already know Lansing United's story...

Detroit City FC won against Cincinnati and tied Westfield Select on the road. The match against the Saints wasn't decided until stoppage time when Michael Lamb did this- and the Cincinnati fans thought this could have been a hand ball call...
((HT: Michael Kitchen))


Michigan Stars and Cincinnati are tied with three points each. The Stars have two home games this week against AFC Cleveland and Westfield Select.

Your 2013 NPSL Title Game Recap Plus Off-Season News...

((HT: NPSL their own selves/Parlor City Football))

Here's the highlights from the title match between RVA FC and the Sonoma County Sol
RVA, the expansion franchise, had the home game and got the win 2-0...


Congrats to the champs...

In off-season news...

Two new teams are added into the mix for next season...maybe...

The Cincinnati Saints are coming in to fill the gap left by the Cincinnati Kings. Cincinnati will join fellow Ohio clubs Zanesville Athletic and AFC Cleveland in the Great Lakes division.

Here's the official announcement from the Saints their own selves...


Also, SO Samba FC of Hood River, Oregon could be the first Pacific Northwest member of the league. But the larger issue isn't SO Samba FC, but the astronomical amount of travel that could be in the team's future- especially if no other northwest teams come about for 2014. Commissioner Michael Hitchcock is looking to expand and add Samba FC, so we'll have to wait on this one...

WEDNESDAY UPDATE: Our friends at Madison Soccer, through their Twitter, tell the HQ that SO Samba would be the second team from the Pacific Northwest...

SO Samba would be second Oregon team in NPSL history. Southern Oregon Fuego played in 2009+'10