Today was a sight to see for soccer fans as the Rhode Island Reds set foot onto Malden Catholic High School to take on Boston City FC. Before kickoff, tension ran through the air as two teams prepared to throw everything they had into a game for the ages. This was much more than your average NPSL game; it was a battle for a playoff spot. It began as a game of nerves and early jitters as each team struggled to
It was a busy weekend for Kingston Stockade FC at home as they had both a dominant 6-1 win over Seacoast United Phantoms on Saturday and a hard-fought 2-1 loss at the hands of the Brooklyn Italians on Sunday. Saturday’s win ended a rough patch for Kingston, a stretch of six straight matches without a win. Stockade FC opened the scoring in the 16th minute with a strike from forward Corey Phillips. Vincent Gonzalez would equalize just a minute later for the visitors,
Fort Worth’s Matt Rochowski did all he could for the Vaqueros with a pair of goals on Sunday against the Rafters. Despite his brace, the Vaqueros fell 4-2 to Shreveport (5-3-2, 17 points) in NPSL South Central Conference play in Louisiana. Fort Worth (1-9-1, 4 points) fell behind 3-0 at the half before Rochowski pulled the Vaqueros back in the match with strikes in the 60th and 61st minutes. “It was a poor first half and once again their goals came off of our errors,” Vaqueros coach
Super sub Mez nets two in Gold road win Chimdum Mez came off the bench at halftime to score two goals and power Sacramento Gold FC to a 2-1 road win over Real San Jose Saturday at PAL Stadium. Mez’s two goals came courtesy of the Gonzalez brothers, Nico and Sammy. The lone goal the Gold conceded was an own goal. It was the home squad who had the first two chances of the game. In both the fourth and eighth minute, Heriberto
AFC Cleveland midfielder Skye Harter has been selected as the 12th Mitre National Player of the Week for the 2016 NPSL season. Harter scored a hat trick in AFC Cleveland’s 4-2 win over the Photo Credit: AFC Cleveland and Rachel Kraynak Erie Commodores. The win helped the Royals remain atop the Great Lakes East Conference. Harter has played a hand in five of Cleveland’s last eight goals in league play, for a total of three goals and two assists. Including friendlies, Harter has tallied three
No matter your age, you probably recognize the last name McQueen. Of course there is the legendary Steve McQueen, who was a famous actor from the 1950s to the 1970s before he died in 1980. Steve’s son, Chad, is known for playing Dutch in The Karate Kid and later as a major player in the racing industry. Chad’s son Steven R. McQueen is a TV actor, most famous for the CW’s The Vampire Diaries and NBC’s Chicago Fire. But Chad
The Meijer State Games of Michigan is excited to announce that the Grand Rapids Football Club (GRFC) will compete in the 2016 Summer Games Soccer Tournament on July 29-31. GRFC will open the tournament with a game at EGR Memorial Stadium on Friday, July 29. GRFC will then participate in the rest of the tournament on July 30-31 at MVP Fieldhouse, giving opposing teams across the state the opportunity to try to beat a minor league soccer team. The tournament gives anyone regardless of
A single, unlucky two-minute stretch. The Vaqueros suffered a brief run of bad play that allowed the defending South Central Conference champions FC Wichita to take a 3-0 victory on Tuesday at Texas Wesleyan University’s Martin Field. “We made two costly errors in the first 15 minutes and then we spent the rest of the time chasing the game,” Vaqueros coach Mark Snell said. “I thought we played well at times, created lots of chances hit the bar several times but just
The Vaqueros will celebrate Fourth of July with an exhibition match against popular Mexican club Santos Laguna’s U20 side. The exhibition game marks the second this season against a club from Mexico as the Vaqueros are slated to face Monterrey Rayados’ U20 side on June 30. The match is slated for 7:30 p.m. at Texas Wesleyan University’s Martin Field. “We can think of no better way to celebrate Independence Day than with a soccer match,” Vaqueros Director of Business Operations Tobias Xavier Lopez said. “We had