The shocker of the 2016 National Premier Soccer League postseason saw the NPSL’s newest playoff darling stun its defending national champion. Defender Dennis Correia scored midway through the second half and goalkeeper Matt Perrella chalked up a timely clean sheet as New Jersey Copa FC ousted New York Cosmos B, the defending NPSL champion, 1-0, in the NPSL Northeast Region semifinals on July 20. Sixth-seeded NJCFC (7-1-6) advances to face Keystone Conference rival Clarkstown SC Eagles, the region’s top seed, in
It took nearly six hours to complete at two different sites. In the end, after nine rounds of penalty kicks, the New Jersey Copa FC NPSL team is heading to the National Premier Soccer League Northeast Region semifinals. NJCFC scored on all nine shots it took in the shootout and when Mid-Atlantic Conference champion Fredericksburg FC’s ninth shot caromed off the post, New Jersey Copa FC—the first rookie team in the Keystone Conference to ever qualify for the playoffs—advanced following