Despite being down by a goal to start their Women’s Premier Soccer League (WPSL) Elite League match against the Philadelphia Fever, the New England Mutiny managed to rally for the home victory. The win allowed New England to improve their record to 2-1-1; Philadelphia now fall to 0-3-1. As in their previous match with Philadelphia, New England found themselves in an early hole as they surrendered an 11th minute goal to the Fever’s Myriam Bouchard. It was Bouchard’s late goal in
The US Open Cup is a special event that has gotten a lot of attention as of late. MLS teams have crashed out of the competition at an alarming rate in our country’s version of the FA Cup. Josh Hakala, senior editor of TheCup.us, helped us answer a few questions about this year’s matchups. 1. Some analysts have claimed that Cal FC’s defeat of the Timbers is the greatest upset in Cup history. Do you agree or disagree? How will they
Katie Schoepfer scored her league leading seventh and eighth goals of the Women’s Premier Soccer League (WPSL) Elite League season, sending the first-place Breakers to 5-0 on the season with a 4-0 victory over FC Indiana Friday night on the road. Schoepfer has now scored in all five games and has five goals combined in her last two games. FC Indiana came into the game having lost the first meeting between the two teams, 4-1. Head coach Shek Borkowski reshuffled his
This week has been an exciting one for a lot of reasons. High-profile international friendlies, the upcoming EUROs, and some big changes in the world’s best leagues. The Guardian was one of the first to report the move of Porto’s Hulk to Chelsea for £38m. Hulk has been a goalscoring beast in the Portugese top-flight, claiming 57 goals in 91 games. Some questioned the price, but I will be the first to say that it was an absolute bargain.
The New York Fury dominated the field, defeating the Philadelphia Fever 3-0 at Hofstra University Thursday night. Kim Yokers scored two second-half goals, and Massapequa native Gina DiMartino added a third as the Fury ran their record to 3-1. “I thought tonight was an improvement on last week,” said Fury coach Paul Riley, referring to the team’s 2-1 loss to the Boston Breakers in their home opener. “We were more positive, energetic and brighter with the ball. They parked the proverbial bus in
For the second year in succession the Crew were knocked out by lower league opposition in the US Open Cup. In a game that Columbus dominated from start to finish with 18 shots on goal, wasteful finishing cost them dear. A frantic two minute period in the second half lead to all of Dayton 3 shots with 2 of them producing the decisive goals. Columbus dominated the first half, with their best opportunity coming from Chris Birchall. His fiercely struck free kick
For a team that has yet to win a match in the USL PRO League no one expected the Dayton Dutch Lions to even keep up with a hot Columbus Crew squad. And yet in spite of all the experts the Lions stunned the Columbus Crew 2-1 in the third round of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. It was the first matchup between two Ohio teams in the modern era of the cup, and the second straight year that
The New England Mutiny of the Women’s Premier Soccer League (WPSL) Elite League have announced that Head Coach Tony Horta has taken a leave of absence from the team for personal reasons. In his place, long-time New England “charter” staff member Chris LeGates has been named the interim Head Coach and will lead the Mutiny (1-1-1 WPSL Elite) into this Saturday’s home match against. the Philadelphia Fever (0-1-1 WPSL Elite) at East Longmeadow H.S. (7:00 PM kick-off). After a three-year hiatus
The Boston Breakers took a commanding early lead in the Women’s Premier Soccer League (WPSL) Elite League standings with a 4-0 record and 12 points. After downing New York Fury in a close 2-1 match on Wednesday the Breakers took on old WPS foe Western New York Flash in a sold-out game at Dilboy Stadium on Saturday night, May 26. Although the Flash dominated play early in the first half, it was Boston taking the lead in the 33rd minute when