The Columbus Crew triumphed 2-1 on Wednesday evening over USL PRO side Dayton Dutch Lions in the Third Round of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. The win comes exactly one year to the day that the Black & Gold fell to their in-state counterpart by the same scoreline, with Eddie Gaven and Justin Meram supplying the goals on this occasion to move the Crew into the Fourth Round of the centennial edition of U.S. Soccer’s premier club tournament. The Crew took
ISNSoccer.com has partnered with NPSL side RVA FC for a special promotion. Allstate, a sponsor of the U.S. Men’s National Team, has provided us with a chance to give away 2 tickets for the U.S./Germany match in Washington, D.C. It is going to be an incredible match between two world-class teams. Simply put, it is the beautiful game at its best. So how can you win these great seats? Just tell us what RVA FC means to you. RVA FC is the newest sports franchise to hit Richmond,
The National Premier Soccer League is proud to announce its seventh National Player of the Week for the 2013 regular season. Photo Credit: Pam Moody/ISNSoccer.com The winner, for the week ending May 19th, is AFC Cleveland forward Vinny Bell. A two-time NSCAA All-American at Case Western Reserve, Bell has been a stalwart in the Royals’ attack. He was able to score a total of three goals in matches against Detroit City and Zanesville Athletic in a single weekend. Bell is the epitome of
Time Warner Cable SportsChannel is producing a new soccer show called “Center Circle” that will air weekly for the duration of the Major League Soccer season, with new episodes premiering on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. The 30-minute show reviews the previous week’s MLS games and their impact on the standings, then looks ahead to the following week’s games. “Center Circle” will be hosted by award-winning Time Warner Cable Metro Sports anchor/reporter Brad Porter and will showcase happenings and highlights from around the league, supplemented
D.C. United today announced that the club has signed Gambian midfielder Sainey Nyassi. The 24-year-old joins United after playing seven seasons with the New England Revolution, and will occupy a domestic spot on United’s roster. Nyassi will also be available for selection for the Black-and-Red’s third-round Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup match at USL PRO affiliate the Richmond Kickers tonight at 7 p.m. “We are pleased to add Sainey to our roster,” said D.C. United General Manager Dave Kasper. “He possesses
An undermanned AFC Cleveland traveled to Hurley Field on Sunday night to face newcomer FC Sparta Michigan, a team that defeated the Royals 1-0 to open the NPSL regular season. It was more of the same as Sparta came away with a 2-1 home win over the Ohio side. Cleveland was without several key players, including several starters like Tommy Schmitt and Ruairidh Winters. The Royals went on the board early with a 2nd minute goal from forward Tommy Granot. But Sparta
Columbus Crew captain Federico Higuain converted a 74th-minute penalty kick, but the Black & Gold (4-4-4, 16 points) conceded a 91st-minute equalizer and were unable to secure a full three points in a 2-2 draw at the New York Red Bulls (7-4-4, 25 points) on Sunday at Red Bull Arena. The Crew got off to a fast start as Dominic Oduro scored his team-leading sixth goal of the campaign in just the second minute, but the Ghanaian was also injured on
The Carolina Dynamo were crowned USASA’s National Amateur Champion Sunday at Macpherson Stadium in Greenboro, North Carolina. The four champions of USASA competition, PDL Champion, NPSL Champion, USASA Open Champion and USASA Amateur Champion took part. The Dynamo topped NPSL champion FC Sonic 1-1 (3-2) PKs. The third place game was won by USASA’s Open Champion Croatian Eagles from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. They defeated USASA’s Amateur Champion Battery Park Gunners from Boston, Massachusetts 3-1.
Photo Credit: FC LVU Sonic The Lehigh Valley United Sonic team representing the NPSL’s Northeast Conference took to the MacPherson Stadium pitch on Friday, May 24th in the inaugural U.S. National Amateur Championship against the Croatian Eagles. This year marks 100 years of U.S. Soccer and in celebration the four best amateur teams representing their leagues are competing for a National Championship and the Hank Steinbrecker Cup. During the first twenty minutes versus the Eagles, Sonic had a few chances come their way, but failed
