Showing posts with label Lansing United. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lansing United. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 30, 2014

NPSL Championships Preview: Red Bulls Takes On CFC

Red Bull Arena will host the National Premier Soccer League final Saturday between the New York Red Bulls Under-23 squad and Chattanooga FC. The final will follow the New York Red Bulls – New England Revolution MLS regular season match.

The Red Bulls Under-23 squad advanced to the NPSL Final with a 2-0 win over Lansing United at Red Bull Training Facility in one semifinals. Sean Sheridan and Mike Innocenzi each scored for the U-23s in a 2-0 win. The U-23s have posted a perfect 14-0-0 record en route to advancing to the NPSL Final in 2014 and have outscored its opponents 62-7.

Here's the highlights from Lansing United


Chattanooga FC earned their berth with a 4-1 win over the Sacramento Gold. This will be the club’s third overall appearance in the final but they have yet to win the title. CFC drew a club record crowd of 8,878 fans last Saturday at Finley for their semifinal match against Sacramento.

Here's the look from our friends at Mad Kemp

Wednesday, July 23, 2014

NPSL Semi-Finals Review/Preview

The NPSL is down to its Final Four

One semifinal is in Chattanooga as Chattanooga FC taking on Sacramento Gold...

Chattanooga beat Tulsa Athletics in the South Regional final at Finley Stadium
((HT: Mad Kemp))


Lansing United takes on Red Bulls Under-23's in the other semi at the Red Bulls training facility. The larger issue with this match-up is capacity in New Jersey. It doesn't currently meet minimum standards for attendance in a semi-final and there is no word on how the league is going to have Red Bulls meet capacity- or if they are at all.

The fans in Lansing are less than pleased at the turn of events.
The first year franchise won the Midwest after beating Fort Pitt in the final.
Here's the celebration...
((HT: Lansing United their own selves))


Wednesday, July 16, 2014

NPSL Midwest Region Playoffs Review/Preview

Central Conference

Quad Cities 5-0 shutout of Eau Claire cemented their conference title- a 3-point difference over Minnesota United Reserves (23-20). Here's their celebration...
((HT: QC Eagles FC their own selves))


The Reserves beat the Madison 56'ers as they finished third (15 points). FC Bordo also beat Eau Claire to finish 4th with 14 points. Minnesota TwinStars were idle and finished with 12 points and Aris was winless for the season.

Great Lakes East Conference

Fort Pitt Regiment survived a last week loss to Detroit City FC to keep the top spot- one point better than Erie Admirals and two better than AFC Cleveland. Here's DCFC head coach Ben Pirmann after the win over Fort Pitt
((HT: Press Row Sports))


Erie had a 6-point week with wins over Michigan and AFC Cleveland. FC Buffalo finished their season with a win over Michigan Stars as well and a total of 16 points. Here's a look at their home finale
((HT: Buffalo Live))


Great Lakes West Conference

Lansing United wrapped the final weekend with a 4-point performance- a win over Indiana Fire
((HT: Lansing United their own selves))


And a draw with DCFC to wrap with 28 points- one more than Le Rouge.
Here's highlights of the draw


And postgame sound from head coach Eric Rudland


WILX-TV's Susan El Khoury looks at the first-year franchise


Indiana Fire wrapped up their season with a third place finish and a win over Cincinnati. Michigan ended up with 13 points and Cincinnati finished with 10.

Lansing United hosts the region playoffs Saturday and Sunday at the East Lansing Complex. Fort Pitt gets Quad City at followed by United vs. the Minnesota United Reserves at 7:30pm. The winners meet Sunday for the region title.

Tuesday, July 8, 2014

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.

Wednesday, July 2, 2014

NPSL Week 10 Midwest Region Review/Preview

Central Conference

Quad Cities is ahead and the group behind seems to taking good pieces of each other...

The Eagles lead is 5 over Madison (20-15) while FC Bordo (11) and the Minnesota squads TwinStars (9) and United Reserves (also 11) are all within reach of one another for the home stretch. Eau Claire Aris are still looking for their first win of the season.

Last week, QC pulled out 4 points against the Minnesotans while Madison watched. TwinStars lost to FC Bordo and Quad Cities while United reserves drew the conference leaders. Aris also had the weekend off.

This week, QC are at United. Madison also travel there. Aris also travel to TwinStars.
The Eagles did a little behind the scenes thing to let us know how they hold up before games
((HT: QC Eagles))


Great Lakes East Conference

This is one of the most fun conferences to pay attention to all season long...
Four teams now separated by five points... AFC Cleveland (15), Fort Pitt Regiment (14), Erie Admirals (11), and FC Buffalo (10)

Last week, AFCC beat FCB but lost at Erie. Fort Pitt lost a crossover match with Indiana Fire, but beat Cincinnati. FC Buffalo also lost to Lansing United, 2-1.

Here are those highlights
((HT: Lansing United their ownselves))


This week, Erie hosts Buffalo but then travels to Cleveland. Fort Pitt also goes to Buffalo Sunday.

Great Lakes West Conference

Another scramble, but in two separate groups...

Indiana Fire are a point ahead of Le Rouge (21-20) with Lansing at 18. Then, Cincinnati and Michigan are paired at 9 points heading into the weekend.

After beating Fort Pitt, Indiana lost 4-0 at DCFC.
Here's goal number two for DCFC, a spectacular free kick
((HT: Sam Raffa))


Michigan was idle.

This week, Indiana are off and Detroit City can make some serous moves with a game at Michigan before a home game with Cincinnati. Lansing does the reverse- hosting Cincinnati before heading to Michigan.

Tuesday, June 24, 2014

NPSL Week 9 Midwest Region Review/Preview

Central Conference

The top five teams are only separated by 8 points. Quad Cities are on top with 16 that included a 2-1 win over FC Bordo last week. Madison 56ers are only one point back at 15 after their 2-1 win over Minnesota TwinStars. Minnesota United Reserves are 3rd at 10 after their win over Eau Claire and TwinStars put 7 on Aris the next night- Aris are still winless this season.

This week, Quad Cities hosts United Reserves. TwinStars play at FC Bordo and Quad Cities. Eau Claire have the weekend off.

Great Lakes East Conference

This one is fun...

Four points among four teams...

AFC Cleveland had the week off and the group came back to them. Fort Pitt won two out of three and now have 11 points- beating FC Buffalo and Erie Admirals at home before losing at FC Buffalo in the return. The Wolves are now at 10 points with Erie at 8.

Here's the first half of the 4-0 Fort Pitt win over FCB
((HT: WNYMedia))


Great Lakes West Conference

Another street fight with three teams- Indiana Fire, Detroit City FC, and Lansing United all within three points of each other (18, 17, and 15). The Fire had a four-point weekend- beating DCFC and drawing Lansing United. Cincinnati Saints and Michigan Stars are tied at 4th with 9 points.

Here's the highlights from the 1-1 draw between Indiana and Lansing
((HT: Lansing United))


With postgame from Lansing head coach Eric Rudland


Cincinnati and Michigan had the weekend off...

This weekend, Indiana is on the road at Fort Pit and DCFC. Lansing gets FC Buffalo and Cincinnati hosts Michigan.

Wednesday, June 11, 2014

NPSL Midwest Region Week 5 Review/Preview

Central Conference

The Madison 56ers are on top and it took a huge effort against Eau Claire Aris to pull it off- like a PK in stoppage time...

Here's the ending...
((HT: Wisconsin Soccer Central))


Quad City came in with a 7-0 win of their own over Aris and they're one point back with 10.

Minnesota United Reserves, Twin Stars, and FC Bordo are in the second group (with 6, 5, and 4 points respectively). United lost to Twin Stars to close the gap among the three and Twin Stars lost in turn to Quad Cities. Bordo also lost to Madison and Aris is still looking for their first win of the year.

This week, Madison hosts Bordo and goes to Quad Cities. United hosts Twin Stars and Bordo goes to Eau Claire as well.

Great Lakes East Conference

It's AFC Cleveland and everyone else...

A tie at Lansing and a win at Michigan Stars give them 12 points in 7 games. Tyler Pasher scored for Lansing United to give them a 2-1 lead, but AFC scored late for the 2-2 draw- here's the highlights
((HT: Lansing United))


This week, AFC Cleveland takes on FC Buffalo and travels to Detroit City FC in a huge game against Le Rouge at Cass Tech. FCB also goes to Cincinnati in a crossover.

Erie Admirals tied Detroit City at twos to get a huge point. Josh Rogers of DCFC scored on a penalty kick to give them a 2-1 lead, but they couldn't keep it in front of a sell-out crowd at home.
((HT: Jeff Corrion))


Head coach Ben Pirmann discusses
((HT: Press Row Sports))


Fort Pitt has some ground to make up and can do it with games against Erie and Michigan Stars

Great Lakes West Conference

Another highly competitive conference at the top with Detroit City, Lansing, and Indiana Fire all with 14 points.

Lansing has the weekend off and Indiana, after a loss at Michigan, go to Erie.

Head coach Eric Rudland's dropped points on the road at Cincinnati in a 4-3 loss to the Saints to give them their second win of the season...
((HT: Lansing United))


Cincinnati hosts FCB and Michigan as the Stars and Saints have 6 points each.

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

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.