“It’s been a honor to play for a coach like Brendan Keyes. He helped me achieve my dreams and always supported me.” Photo Courtesy of Brendan Keyes Those words came from Indian football phenom Pratik Shinde, who became the youngest Indian footballer in history to play abroad when he signed with the NPSL’s Galveston Pirate in 2012. “I would say Coach Keyes truly loves the game,” Shinde added. “He has been a great player in the past and continues his legacy through
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 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 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
Photo Credit: Pam Moody/ISNSoccer.com The Battle for Ohio is usually reserved for the Indians and the Reds or the Browns and the Bengals. But this weekend the Battle for Ohio was all about the NPSL as AFC Cleveland hit the road to face newcomer Zanesville Athletic FC in a weekend of firsts. It was the first home match for ZAFC, the first meeting between Zanesville and Cleveland, and the first-ever Presidential Cup match. What’s the Presidential Cup? The teams’ faithful are
The home opener for the Quad Cities Football Club NPSL team will take on historic significance as they host the Blau-Weiss Wiehre Football Club from Freiburg, Germany, at 6 p.m., Wednesday, May 22, at the Davenport Soccer Complex, 8991 North Division Street, Davenport, Iowa. Tickets are available on the Quad City Eagles website or at the game. Ticket prices are $7 for Adults, $5 for kids 10-14 and children 9 and under are free with a parent. This is an unprecedented event
