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
Orlando City SC scored two second half goals to draw Columbus Crew SC 2-2. “I think it’s about the mentality,” Crew SC Sporting director and Head Coach Gregg Berhalter said after the match. “Winning is about the mentality to compete on every single play and I didn’t see that tonight.” Photo Credit: Richard Kruszynski/ISNSoccer.com Crew SC opened the match with one of the strongest halves of the season, creating numerous chances and firing ten shots on goal. In the 20th minute, Tony
Real Salt Lake has now pushed their winless streak to six games after tying with the San Jose Earthquakes Friday night in a 1-1 score. This is the longest such streak for the team since 2011. While the match ended in a tie, it’s not like Real Salt Lake didn’t have ample opportunities, especially in the second half. The team far and away won the time of possession battle against their opponent. Real Salt Lake possessed the ball for 56 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
Real Salt Lake fell to Inter Milan by a score of 2-1 in an international friendly match between the MLS and Italian Serie A teams on Tuesday night. Both teams played most of their starters in the early part of the match before turning to their reserves. It was during this time that Real’s Jordan Allen made his mark. Moments after colliding with Inter Milan goalkeeper Samir Handanovic, Allen capitalized on a corner kick opportunity in the 18th minute. Inter Milan
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,”