NPSL Southeast Week 2 Review/Preview: May 23-26

South Atlantic Conference

Upward Stars played twice, went 1-1 with a win over FC Carolina and a loss to Gate City, and they get the weekend off. Myrtle Beach Mutiny are second with a game in hand. Their tie with Carolina Railhawks under-23's gave the Hawks their first point of the year.

Myrtle Beach host Gate City this weekend who are a point back. The Railhawks and FC Carolina Discoveries are at the bottom of the table a point apart and get each other at WakeMed #2 Saturday night.

South Central Conference

OKC FC are set to play Joplin Demize this Saturday. OKC are 3-for-3 with 9 points and Joplin are in the group behind at 6. Here's highlights of the first match-up of the two that OKC FC won 1-0 back on the 16th in Joplin.
((HT: Gabriel Hershewe))


Four squads are at 6 points- Tulsa, Joplin, Corinthians, and Dallas City FC

Tulsa hasn't given up a goal all year and are +18 hosting Liverpool. Dallas City FC are set for their return match with BCS Clash- who gave up 13 in their first match-up a few weeks ago. One of the bright spots for DCFC has been Karhim Gattaz- who has one appearance and a hat trick as DC FC are +14 on the season.
((HT: Dallas City FC))


Corinthians are a +9 in goal difference and got 11 on the board themselves against BCS Clash in their 11-1 win.
Here's the highlights
((HT: CFC SA TV))


And postgame with head coach Jon Burklo and CFC's Martin Hansson


Fort Worth played a murderous two-game roadie last week in Joplin and OKC, so they get the week off.

Southeast Conference

Nashville FC is at the top of the table after games against the Georgia Revolution and Silverbacks Reserves.
The Williamson Source has highlights from the second match


OSG Sports caught up with Nashville FC keeper Stephen Lunney:

"It was an amazing weekend. To be through 4 games and sitting top of the table with 10 points is a great position to be in but we know that there is plenty of work still to do. To play 2 games back-to-back and come out of both with wins shows the strength and depth of our squad. We must have used our entire active roster over the course of the weekend.

"Without doubt, the crowd that came out to support us in our inaugural home game was the major talking point of the weekend. To get over 1,800 fans (some of them owners) through the gates for the game was something special and something that I know the players and coaches really appreciated. Hopefully everybody liked what they saw and we can try surpass that figure when we take on Rocket City in Murfreesboro this Saturday."

Rocket City held on 2-1 over Pensacola City FC Friday night.
Here's how that game ended
((HT: Rocket City United))


Chattanooga FC is hanging out at the top of the standings with their New Orleans-Pensacola road trip behind them once and for all. Here's the Pensacola match-up from the Chattahooligans


The Silverbacks Reserves and Jesters play this weekend at Oak Park while the Chattahooligans go to Knoxville to play the Force. The Revs host Pensacola City FC

Sunshine Conference

This one is all Miami United so far as they're 4-for-4 and 7 points clear of Tampa. These two square off at Naimoli this weekend. Jacksonville, after their win over Cape Coral, get the weekend off.

Storm FC and Cape Coral battle at the bottom of the table this weekend.
Here's Storm FC getting their only point this season- their early season draw with Tampa
((HT: Tampa Marauders))

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The South Atlantic Conference has already started their criss-cross play awaiting Gate City FC's debut on the 24th against Upward Stars. Myrtle Beach beat FC Carolina 2-1 last weekend and gets the Railhawks U-23 squad next week who are coming off a 1-0 loss to Upward last weekend. FC Carolina gets Upward on Wednesday before getting ten days off...

South Central Conference

Tulsa Athletics has already put a big statement out with their 18 goals in their first two games beating the Ft. Worth Vaqueros 5-0 and putting 13 on BCS Clash. Next up is OKC over the weekend. Dallas City FC is already plus-11 with their 1-0-1 start- losing at OKC and putting 13 of their own against BCS.

Here's their visit to Univision 23 in Dallas to talk about the OKC match-up


Next up for DCFC is Corinthians of San Antonio Sunday. OKC FC gets the Vaqueros Sunday and Liverpool Warriors get the Joplin Demize for their first conference game Sunday night as well.

Southeast Conference

The Atlanta Silverbacks Reserves are on top and travel on Nashville for a game against NFC- who beat Knoxville Force in their team debut, 3-1. Nashville FC put together this behind-the-scenes look at Game One


Stephen Lunney talked to OSG Sports after the inaugural game: "It was an honor to be involved in the club's first ever game. The coaches had been asking us- 'Are we a team or just a group of individuals?'- constantly since my first tryout in March. I think we proved that we are the former by battling back after going a goal down early on. As for Knoxville, they had a lot of talented players but it seemed that they needed a bit more time to gel. 4-1 was a great result but I expect the return fixture to be a lot closer."

The Georgia Revs visit there Friday night after their 2-0 loss to Chattanooga FC. The Chattanooligans host the New Orleans Jesters and Rocket City gets Knoxville Friday after their 2-1 win over Pensacola FC. PFC has home games this weekend with Knoxville and Chattanooga.

Sunshine Conference

Miami and Tampa have already played four games this season and Miami United is out of the blocks at 4-0. Bernardo and Camilli have three goals each for United and they get the week off before a trip to Tampa. The Marauders are 1-2-1 in their first four as well.

Here's the highlights of the Tampa-Cape Coral match earlier this season
((HT: Tampa Marauders FC))


Jacksonville United are heading to Cape Coral and Storm FC have the week off...