The Fort Worth Vaqueros dropped a fast-paced friendly match 3-0 to Santos Laguna’s U-20 squad at Martin Field on Monday. Although the Vaqueros were unable to put a number on the scoreboard, they enjoyed close chances on two headers in the first half. Several hard shots from the top of the box in the second half also came inches from finding the back of the net. Santos Laguna’s U-20 team won Liga MX’s U-20 division this past season, and they displayed their talents
The Vaqueros’ 2016 NPSL South Central Conference season came to an end on Saturday in Tulsa. The Vaqueros fell 6-0 to the new conference champions in Oklahoma to close out league play. The Athletics (11-1, 33 points in NPSL) claimed the South Central Conference title in three of the past four years. “We fought as hard as we could, but when you are not at full strength it is very difficult to compete with the number one team in the conference,” Vaqueros coach
Tobacco Road FC midfielder Evan De Ycaza has been selected as the 13th Mitre National Player of the Week for the 2016 NPSL season. The Furman University standout scored a hat trick in a 4-1 win over FC Carolina Discoveries. He has a total of four goals and two assists for the season. “Evan has been a tremendous addition to Tobacco Road FC during our inaugural season in the NPSL,” Tobacco Road FC founding partner Seth Kaplan commented. “From early on, Evan led by
The Vaqueros produced several chances to draw level with Monterrey’s U-20 squad in a friendly match on Thursday night at Martin Field. Unfortunately, the home side could not find the back of the net in a 1-0 loss. The Vaqueros took a break from National Premier League Soccer play to take on the youth squad from Liga MX’s Monterrey. The Mexican squad traveled to Fort Worth as part of a competitive tour of the United States. Monterrey launched several long balls on
FC Carolina Discoveries played against Georgia Revolution FC on Thursday, June 30th and came away with an impressive 8-2 win at home. Four minutes into the match, the Discoveries seemed to have found their counterpart’s weak spot and got into the penalty area, only to come up empty. Though the team kept pushing, Georgia’s Aigbekan Nosegbe scored the first goal during the seventh minute. The Discoveries did not let this get them down, and the team kept looking for scoring opportunities
The Knoxville Force men took on the New Orleans Jesters tonight at Sansom Sports Complex. While the Force had several good looks at goal, the team ultimately could not find the back of the net. Ryan Reid came up big for the Jesters, scoring both goals of the night. The Force dominated the beginning of the game against New Orleans. For the first ten minutes, the ball rarely left the Jesters’ defensive half. It was evident to all that the Force
It could not have been a better evening for a soccer match, as the skies were clear, the air was chilled, and Boston City FC were set to take on Seacoast United Mariners under the beautiful Boston lights. Boston were coming off of a great team win against the Rhode Island Reds, a 3-2 result. Tonight would be more of the same as BCFC took all three points in a 1-0 home victory over the Mariners. It appeared to be another
1st Round (Conference Playoffs) July 9 and 10 Group A – Southwest Conference Match 1: 1st Seed of the Southwest Conference hosts 4th Seed of the Southwest Conference Match 2: 2nd Seed of the Southwest Conference hosts 3rd Seed of the Southwest Conference Group B – Golden Gate and Northwest Conference Match 3: 1st Seed of the Golden Gate/Northwest Conference hosts 4th Seed of the Golden Gate/Northwest Conference* Match 4: 2nd Seed of the Golden Gate/Northwest Conference hosts 3rd Seed of the Golden Gate/Northwest Conference* *The three
Midwest Region Playoffs July 22-24 Match 1 (Midwest Region Semifinal #1): 1st Seed of the Great Lakes East Conference plays the 2nd Seed of the Great Lakes West Conference Match 2 (Midwest Region Semifinal #2): 1st Seed of the Great Lakes West Conference plays the 2nd Seed of the Great Lakes East Conference Match 3 (Midwest Region Final): Winner of Match 1 versus Winner of Match 2 The host city for all the above matches shall be determined on or before July 1, 2016 2016 NPSL