Jake Young has a lofty goal this year: to win two soccer national championships. How could this be possible? Young has been playing for the Chattanooga Football Club this summer before he returns to the University of Charleston for his senior season. “I feel like it’s time for me to get greedy and win two national championships in one year,” Young said. Photo Credit: Ray Soldano Photography While winning two national championships with two different teams might seem like an unrealistic goal
The National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) is proud to announce Rhode Island Reds midfielder Isaac “Nana” Addai and CD Aguiluchos USA forward Simon Rawnsley as co-winners of the 2016 PUMA Golden Boot. Both players finished with 18 goals in the regular season. “This award means a lot to me,” Addai commented. “I am humbled and honored to win the Golden Boot. I would like to thank the RI Reds and my teammates for making this possible.” Addai, who just completed his first
Albion SC Pros was handed their first loss of the year against Sonoma County Sol, 1-0 in the West Region finals Saturday night. In the first ten minutes of play, Albion had a couple of solid chances on goal but couldn’t capitalize. Both plays were attempted from forward Tre Hayes as he used his speed to collect the ball played over the top. The first shot hit the crossbar and second just missed wide right. Sonoma answered back with an attempt of
Photo Credit: R. Daffurn After a slow start to the season, the Sonoma County Sol have found themselves playing in the West Region final on Saturday. They will be squaring off against Albion SC Pros to vie for a chance to advance in the NPSL playoffs. “It’s been a roller coaster of a season,” said Diego “Toluca” Lopez, who plays left wing for the team. “We just have to stay focused and take it one game at a time.” The Sol started
The odds had been stacked against James Weber for some time until this year’s NPSL season. Before playing for the Milwaukee Torrent in their inaugural 2016 season, Weber was dealing with the adversity of tearing the same ACL twice in two years. This is why the young forward managed to only play one game for the Milwaukee Wave, an indoor league team, in two seasons. These ACL tears came after Weber scored 30 goals in 34 games for a fifth
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
Chattanooga FC forward Luke Winter has been selected as the 15th and final Mitre National Player of the Week for the 2016 NPSL season. The English striker continued his prolific play-making for Chattanooga this week, scoring game-winners against both the Knoxville Force and Memphis City FC. He had five game-winning goals during 2016 and is the current record holder for most goals by an NPSL player in the U.S. Open Cup. “Luke is a special player with an incredible ability to score goals,”
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
Albion SC Pros continue undefeated with a 2-1 win against OSA FC in the NPSL West Region semifinals on Saturday night. Within the first five minutes of play, Albion SC took the early lead with a goal from captain Matt Clare. A quick give-and-go pass was made from Albion when Tre Hayes played a through ball to Clare, who pocketed it for the goal. “It’s how we wanted to start the game because we knew it was going to be a frenetic first