Photo Credit: Brett Rojo The National Premier Soccer League is proud to announce its ninth National Player of the Week for the 2013 regular season. The winner, for the week ending June 2nd, is Tulsa Athletics defender Blaine “the Flyin’ Hawaiian” Gonsalves. The Ewa Beach, Hawaii native scored a hat trick and anchored two shutouts in the same weekend. The result would be 7-0 and 6-0 wins over Regals SCA, adding to Tulsa’s impressive run in the South Central Conference. Gonsalves was a
“The Battle for Ohio” took place Friday night between AFC Cleveland and Zanesville Athletic FC at Krenzler Field on the Cleveland State University campus. The coveted Presidential Cup, the first piece of hardware awarded in the 2013 NPSL season, went to AFC Cleveland in a 3-2 win and a 6-4 score on aggregate. Photo Credit: Pam Moody/ISNSoccer.com The Royals came into the match leading the Presidential Cup standings thanks to a 3-2 AFC Cleveland victory against Zanesville on May 19th. A great
The National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) is proud to announce that the Virginia Legacy Soccer Club has joined the league as an expansion team. Virginia Legacy will start play in the Mid-Atlantic Conference in 2014. The Mid-Atlantic Conference already includes CASL Elite (Raleigh, NC), Chesterfield United FC (Chesterfield, VA), D.C. United U-23s, Myrtle Beach Mutiny, and RVA Football Club (Richmond, VA). “On behalf of the NPSL, I’d like to welcome Virginia Legacy to the NPSL to start play in the 2014
Red cards change games and that was certainly the case as AFC Cleveland fell 2-0 to FC Buffalo at Krenzler Field. The game was knotted at 0-0 for most of the match until 2 red cards, that’s right 2 red cards, gave Buffalo a serious advantage. The result was 2 goals scored in an amount of 10 minutes. The first was a penalty kick by FCB midfielder Ian Mort in the 86th minute. The second goal came from another Buffalo midfielder, Ozzy
ISNSoccer.com has partnered with NPSL side RVA FC for a special promotion. Allstate, a sponsor of the U.S. Men’s National Team, has provided us with a chance to give away 2 tickets for the U.S./Germany match in Washington, D.C. It is going to be an incredible match between two world-class teams. Simply put, it is the beautiful game at its best. So how can you win these great seats? Just tell us what RVA FC means to you. RVA FC is the newest sports franchise to hit Richmond,
The National Premier Soccer League is proud to announce its seventh National Player of the Week for the 2013 regular season. Photo Credit: Pam Moody/ISNSoccer.com The winner, for the week ending May 19th, is AFC Cleveland forward Vinny Bell. A two-time NSCAA All-American at Case Western Reserve, Bell has been a stalwart in the Royals’ attack. He was able to score a total of three goals in matches against Detroit City and Zanesville Athletic in a single weekend. Bell is the epitome of
An undermanned AFC Cleveland traveled to Hurley Field on Sunday night to face newcomer FC Sparta Michigan, a team that defeated the Royals 1-0 to open the NPSL regular season. It was more of the same as Sparta came away with a 2-1 home win over the Ohio side. Cleveland was without several key players, including several starters like Tommy Schmitt and Ruairidh Winters. The Royals went on the board early with a 2nd minute goal from forward Tommy Granot. But Sparta
The Carolina Dynamo were crowned USASA’s National Amateur Champion Sunday at Macpherson Stadium in Greenboro, North Carolina. The four champions of USASA competition, PDL Champion, NPSL Champion, USASA Open Champion and USASA Amateur Champion took part. The Dynamo topped NPSL champion FC Sonic 1-1 (3-2) PKs. The third place game was won by USASA’s Open Champion Croatian Eagles from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. They defeated USASA’s Amateur Champion Battery Park Gunners from Boston, Massachusetts 3-1.
Photo Credit: FC LVU Sonic The Lehigh Valley United Sonic team representing the NPSL’s Northeast Conference took to the MacPherson Stadium pitch on Friday, May 24th in the inaugural U.S. National Amateur Championship against the Croatian Eagles. This year marks 100 years of U.S. Soccer and in celebration the four best amateur teams representing their leagues are competing for a National Championship and the Hank Steinbrecker Cup. During the first twenty minutes versus the Eagles, Sonic had a few chances come their way, but failed
