Albion PROS forward Travis Nicklaw has been selected as the fourth Mitre National Player of the Week for the 2017 NPSL season. “It’s an honor to be named Player of the Week,” Nicklaw commented. “I would like to thank my teammates and coaching staff. It’s great to get the win after a tough couple weeks. I think the coaching staff did a tremendous job preparing us for the match during the week.” Photo Credit: Keith and Michelle Dereld Nicklaw tallied one goal
Albion PROS forward Travis Nicklaw has been selected as the fourth Mitre National Player of the Week for the 2017 NPSL season. “It’s an honor to be named Player of the Week,” Nicklaw commented. “I would like to thank my teammates and coaching staff. It’s great to get the win after a tough couple weeks. I think the coaching staff did a tremendous job preparing us for the match during the week.” Photo Credit: Keith and Michelle Dereld Nicklaw tallied one goal
Saturday’s match between Columbus Crew SC and Orlando City SC might has well been called “The Justin Meram Show” as the midfielder’s brace helped the Ohio side cruise to a 2-0 win, their third victory of the young season. Photo Credit: Richard Kruszynski/ISNSoccer.com Fresh off a contract extension in March, Meram has been the fulcrum of the Crew SC attack with three goals on the season. He is, after all, the longest-tenured player in the current Black & Gold roster and
FC Arizona goalkeeper Andrew Weber has been selected as the third Mitre National Player of the Week for the 2017 NPSL season. “I am honored to receive this award,” Weber commented. “It wouldn’t have been without my teammates and coaches. I want to thank them for their continued dedication and hard work.” Photo Credit: Garrett Cleverly/FC Arizona Weber made several key saves to preserve the team’s third consecutive shutout on Saturday, a 1-0 win over Albion SC PROS. Weber made a total
Riverside Coras is off to an incredible start to the 2017 NPSL season, steamrolling their opponents en route to a perfect 3-0-0 record and a +9 goal differential. Much can be said about the team’s improvement across the board, but a lot of the credit should go to a pair of Mitre National Player of the Week winners that lead the squad from different sides of the ball. Photo Credit: JCPIXX Cody Shelton earned Player of the Week honors after scoring
The home opener for the Pittsburgh Riverhounds featured no other than New York Red Bulls II, a team that won just about everything last season including the Regular Season, Eastern Conference, and USL Cup titles. Photo Credit: ISNSoccer.com The weather was perfect, the atmosphere absolutely electric, and the gameplay was much more of the same. The first half featured a goalfest of sorts as four goals were scored and both sides played entertaining football. The goals came at a frenzied pace,
Columbus Crew SC exacted some revenge over the 2015 MLS Cup victors, the Portland Timbers, with a 3-2 home victory at MAPFRE Stadium on Saturday. This would end Portlands unbeaten start to the season. Photo Credit: Ken Tishenkel/ISNSoccer.com The winning goal came late in the second half and was from debutant Niko Hansen on as a second half substitute. The chance was initiated by Harrison Afful right wing cross, which was met by the head of Ola Kamara. Jake Gleeson in
Riverside Coras goalkeeper Alonso Lara has been selected as the second Mitre National Player of the Week for the 2017 NPSL season. “I am very fortunate to be given the Mire National Player of the Week award,” Lara commented. “I couldn’t have done it without my teammates and my goalkeeper coach. I would like to give a huge thank you to the NPSL for this recognition.” Photo Credit: JCPIXX Lara finished with four dramatic saves in Sunday’s 2-0 win over Albion SC
Despite the rain and no goals scored from open play, Columbus Crew SC was able to grind out a complete 2-0 victory against D.C. United at RFK Stadium. Without Designated Player and standout defender Jonathan Mensah due to a red card suspension from the week before against the Dynamo, Head Coach Gregg Berhalter brought out a new formation with Columbus in a 3-4-2-1 formation. Photo Credit: John Jankosky On the new formation, Berhalter said they had “been working on it since preseason.
