Showing posts with label Sacramento Gold. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sacramento Gold. 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

Friday, July 18, 2014

NPSL West/Northeast Region Playoffs Review/Preview

West Region

The Sacramento Gold (10-3-1) and Sonoma County Sol (9-2-3) play at River City High School in West Sacramento for the first spot in the Final Four.

The teams have already met four times this season -- in a U.S. Open Cup qualifier back in February and in Golden Gate Conference showdowns in March, April and May -- and the Sol have won three of them.

Scott French has the complete breakdown hyah...

The Sol are trying to get back to the title game- where they lost to RVA FC, 2-0 in Richmond last season...
Here's the highlights from last year
((HT: Tourbeau Sports))


Northeast Region

The region final is between the GBFC Thunder and the Red Bulls Under-23's...

GBFC upset DC United 1-0 on the road and Red Bulls knocked off the Brooklyn Italians 4-3 (again) to set up the Saturday title game.

Wednesday, July 2, 2014

NPSL Week 10 Western Region Review/Preview

Golden Gates Conference

All the positions in the West are figured out except for one game down south- we'll get to that in a minute...

Sacramento held off Sonoma County 25-24 and CD Aguiluchos finishes third with 17. Real San Jose finishes with 11 points and San Francisco was fifth with 8 points.

The Gold put 10 on San Francisco while Sonoma tied CD Aguiluchos at Raimondi Park. Their conference title gives them an automatic bid in the West Region playoffs.

Northwest Conference

Spartans Futbol Club wrapped up the season at 32 points- 13 ahead of Seattle Sporting FC. Inter United finished with 9 points and Gorge FC finished with 6.

Gorge and Inter tied at 2 and Seattle and Spartans tied at 1.

Southwest Conference

The last game of the season out west is with Temecula and Del Rey City this weekend.

Force FC wrapped up with 40 points. FC Hasental was 3 better than San Diego Flash at 28. Temecula has 16, FC Santa Clarita has 10, and Del Rey City has one point.

Last week, Force knocked off Flash 3-2, but both teams are in the playoffs.
Here's the highlights
((HT: San Diego Flash their own selves))


Temecula finishes their season on a hot streak that included their 7-0 finale against FC Santa Clarita
((HT: Garrett Reese))