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Wednesday, June 25, 2014

NPSL South Region Week 9 Review/Preview

South Atlantic Conference

It's Upward Stars on top- five points clear (15) over FC Carolina Discoveries (10). Myrtle Beach and Carolina Railhawks Under-23's have 8 and Gate City have 4.

Upward's loss to Railhawks kept them from getting further ahead. Discoveries had a 4-point week with a win over Gate City and a draw with Myrtle Beach.

This week, Upward hosts Gate City. Myrtle Beach hosts Railhawks and FC Carolina Discoveries has the week off.

The Mutiny are enjoying the tourney in Brazil as much as the next guy
((HT: WMBF-TV))
WMBFNews.com, Myrtle Beach/Florence SC, Weather

South Central Conference

Tulsa Athletics are five points clear of the group (21 points). Oklahoma City and Dallas City are next in line (16 and 15 points). Corinthians and Joplin are 4th and 5th (12 and 10). Then, it's Liverpool Warriors (7 points), the Fort Worth Vaqueros (4 points), and BCS Clash. The Clash have now given up 80 goals in 7 games, only scoring 4.

Tulsa knocked off Corinthians 3-0. Here's the highlights
((HT: Tulsa their own selves))


Dave Saunders is along side Man of the Match, Levi Coleman


Dallas City FC's week included a 3-1 win over Liverpool Warriors
((HT: jacob tuygun))


Joplin put 9 on BCS Clash
((HT: Gabriel Hershewe))


And Fort Worth put 11 on BCS as well for their first win of the year- here's the highlights
((HT: Ft Worth Vaqueros their own selves))


Sarah Bruener caught up with head coach Mark Snell after the game


This week, Tulsa hosts Dallas City. DCFC also plays at Fort Worth. BCS hosts Liverpool and Corinthians also goes to Dallas for the back end of thier weekend home stand.

Southeast Conference

It's two halves...

Chattanooga FC, New Orleans Jesters, Nashville FC, and Silverbacks Reserves are all within three points of each other (17, 17, 15, and 14 points). Rocket City United, the Georgia Revolution, and Knoxville Force are in the bottom half at 5, 4, and 2.

CFC had a 4-point week drawing at Rocket City and winning over Knoxville.
Here's the match against the Force at Finley where CFC won 6-1
((HT: Chattahooligans))


New Orleans also got three points from their match with RCU.
Nashville had their week with the Revs and Rocket City in a 2-0 win
((HT: Williamson Source))


Goalkeeper Stephen Lunney told OSG Sports when asked about the week: "We're looking forward to this weekend's game. It gives us a chance to continue our good run of form and improve our seeding for the playoffs."

Silverbacks reserves shut out Knoxville as well.

This week, it's huge match-ups in the conference. Nashville travels to Silverbacks and Chattanooga hosts New Orleans who also play the Georgia Revs the night before. Rocket City travels to Knoxville before hosting the Silverbacks.

Sunshine Conference

Miami United and Jacksonville United are the class of the conference at 17 points each. Storm FC and Tamps Marauders FC are at 7 points each with Cape Coral at 3 points- still looking for their first win of the year.

Miami drew both matches this past week with Jacksonville and Cape Coral.
Here's the highlights of the Jacksonville match set to music
((HT: Miami United FC their own selves))


Jacksonville also beat Storm FC.
This week, Miami hosts Cape Coral. Jacksonville goes to Tampa. Storm FC gets the week off...

Friday, July 12, 2013

NPSL This Week: July 13, 2013

Well, it's playoffs for some and the end of the regular season for others as they get ready for the playoffs...

Let's start with what we know...

Western Region

It's FC Hasental vs. Sacramento- Saturday 5:30 local time... but the more interesting situation came from the battle for the #2 seed in the Southern Division. The San Diego Flash make it through to play Sonoma County Saturday night on an odd situation- surviving a 1-1 draw with FC Santa Clarita. But not without controversy...

Okay, a lot of controversy...

In the 72nd minute, the Flash was awarded a Penalty Kick. Jose Torres took the kick, but this happened...
((HT: SD Diego))


But, then, according to the Flash:

Finally in what was obviously the play of the match, a Storm player was given a Penalty Kick opportunity in the 78th minute. The goal was converted and it look as if the Flash would have to come up with an equalizer with only 12 minutes left. Enter the Center Referee. To the astonishment of almost everyone in the stadium, the goal was waved off.

When asked for an explanation of the call afterward, the referee explained. A Storm player was assigned to take the PK. In his attempt, he stutter-stepped. At that moment, one of his teammates encroached on the area. This gave the referee the right to disallow the goal. Now, should the PK be retaken or should the Flash be given the ball? The ref gave the ball to the Flash.

FC Santa Clarita Storm have filed a protest with the National Premier Soccer League after the match. So for now, the Flash have won their way into the Playoffs. We’ll hear from the league in a few days to see if the score and or the game stands.


FCSC lost the protest... San Diego moves on...

And how do the Sol celebrate (or break it down) after a refreshing workout...???
It goes a little something like this...
((HT: The Sol their own selves))


Midwest Region

The Central Conference still has a game left on the board and the Bavarians have a game in hand over Madison for the weekend to determine who is in with Quad Cities and who goes home. The Bavarians have a game with Eau Claire and one with Quad City on the last day of the regular season.

In the Great Lakes Conference, Erie and FC Buffalo play each other in the first round of the playoffs while Detroit City FC and AFC Cleveland go at it as well. Le Rouge will be hosting a two-day tourney at Cass Tech to determine who gets to play at Quad City next Saturday. Winners win out and move on...

The HQ gives a tip of the hat to Dion Degennaro (@DionDege) for the update...

South Region

The Tulsa Athletics, South Central Conference champs host Chattanooga FC, the winner from the Southeast Conference. The match will take place at Tulsa’s historic Drillers Stadium on July 13 at 7:30 pm CST. Tickets, priced at $5 for general admission and $10 for reserved, are available at the gate or online at https://www.tulsa-athletics.com/tickets/.

Mid-Atlantic Conference champion RVA Football Club will host Jacksonville United FC from the Sunshine Conference. That match will take place on July 13 at 8 pm EST. The venue is Richmond’s Sports Backers Stadium, which is located at 100 Avenue of Champions. Tickets are $5 at the gate with season passes being honored as well.

RVA knocked off Chesterfield United 4-0 to get the match-up... Don Smart scored twice...
Here's their celebration...
((HT: Grover Gibson))


Jacksonville beat Tampa last weekend 2-1 to solidify their place in the second season...
Here's some highlights from Jax United their own selves...

JUFC Highlights 7-6-2013 from Elite Sports Video on Vimeo.


Atlantic Region

These two divisions still have some work to do...

In the Atlantic, it's still the Red Bulls and the Italians. We just don't know the seeding...
The Red Bulls have a game in hand, but play Brooklyn Saturday afternoon...

In the Keystone, it's Lehigh Valley and Binghamton as the 1-2. We just don't know the total points they'll have in the end of the year. And if Binghamton wins twice, they could have the division.

Binghamton had last weekend off while Lehigh Valley beat Buxmont 5-1...

Player of the Week

The winner, for the week ending June 30th, is Myrtle Beach Mutiny striker Tom Butler.

Butler has been one of the South Region’s top goal scorers all season. Most recently he had a hat trick in a 3-3 draw with RVA FC on June 28.


Teams: Let us know your news and notes so we can pass the word along as the season heads to a champion...