With their 7-6 penalty kick win over the Laredo Heat last night, the Fort Lauderdale Strikersof the NASL will now host FC Dallas in the 3rd round of the US Open Cup. The match will take place in Fort Lauderdale on May 28th at 7:30 PM ET at Lockhart Stadium.
MLS teams join play in the 2013 US Open Cup in Round 3 and FC Dallas has drawn the winner of2nd Round match between the Fort Lauderdale Strikers of the NASL and the Laredo Heat of the PDL.
The Laredo Heat face the Fort Lauderdale Strikers onTuesday, May 21, at 7:30 p.m. ET atLockhart Stadium.
With his five goals on the season, forward Brian Shriver looks to lead the Carolina RailHawks when they visit the Atlanta Silverbacks at Atlanta Silverbacks Park on Saturday in North American Soccer League action.
The RailHawks, who sit three points clear atop the NASL table, are entering this weekend's play after mauling the San Antonio Scorpions, 5-2, last week.
Much has been happening in the last several weeks around the North American Soccer League. Here's a NASL recap with some inside rumors and talk. Player Moves Some teams have already been announcing player moves while other teams have been pretty quite. Under the NASL rules, teams have 30 days to notify the league office [.
With the end of the NASL regular season, IMS takes a look at some of the top young, up-and-coming players who are 24 years of age or younger and who MLS should be inviting into training camps in the offseason. In Alphabetical order: Jeff Attinella Age 24 (Goalkeeper Tampa Bay Rowdies) Real Salt [.
Welcome to episode #48 of the IMSoccer News North American Soccer League Podcast. This week Gerry Wittmann, Jay (Yankiboy) Long, and yours truly, Brian Quarstad, have a lively discussion about the most recent activities in the NASL. You can find all past episodes of the North American Soccer League Podcast here and the RSS Feed [.
A season of transition for the Carolina RailHawks, which have included plenty of ups and downs, took a very positive turn as Coach Colin Clarke's side advanced to the semifinal round of the NASL playoffs by defeating the Fort Lauderdale Strikers 3-1 Saturday night in Cary, North Carolina. Two RailHawks who left for greener pastures [.
What conclusions can I draw from watching one full NASL match? Quite a few apparently... On Sunday afternoon I took the time to watch the full 90 minutes between the Fort Lauderdale Strikers and FC Edmonton. After watching Tottenham Hotspur ... Continue reading →
The last weekend of NASL regular season play saw the expansion San Antonio Scorpions finish the regular season with the best record in the league on a weekend where all four matches ended in draws. On Saturday, the Atlanta Silverbacks continued their improved play, finishing out the season with a 1-1 draw in Puerto Rico, [.
We are in the final week of NASL action and all 6 playoff spots are still too close to call. While it would be virtually impossible for anyone to bump San Antonio out of first place because of their superior goal differential, the other 5 remaining playoff teams are jockeying for position. Here's a team [.
As the NASL regular season winds down, there were two Saturday matches this weekend and another two on Sunday. On Saturday night the Atlanta Silverbacks continued their fine stretch of defensive soccer, earning all three points at home against the Fort Lauderdale Strikers while the Puerto Rico Islanders shut down the Minnesota Stars FC 2-0 [.
Only 3 points separate spots 3-6 in the NASL standings. The Minnesota Stars got the proverbial monkey off their back on Tuesday night with a 4-0 win over the Puerto Rico Islanders. The Stars had gone 9 games without a win going back nearly 8 weeks to July 12th. Oddly, it was the second time [...]
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This week in the NASL saw the controversial announcement by the league office that the NASL
would be going to a split season format next year. Â As far as this week's action Saturday, the San
Antonio Scorpions pushed their claim to be the league's regular season champions with a 1-0 win
over the Carolina RailHawks.
This week in the NASL saw the controversial announcement by the league office that the NASL would be going to a split season format next year. As far as this week's action Saturday, the San Antonio Scorpions pushed their claim to be the league's regular season champions with a 1-0 win over the Carolina RailHawks.
Labor Day weekend not only marks the unofficial end of summer, but also the beginning of the
NASL playoff stretch run. Â On Saturday, the Tampa Bay Rowdies closed to within four points of
first place San Antonio by winning 3-0 over Fort Lauderdale at Lockhart Stadium while the Scorpions
drew on the road with the [.
MIAMI, Fla. (Aug. 27, 2012) – The NASL has named Fort Lauderdale Strikers forward Abe Thompson
Offensive Player of the Week. The award is the first of the season for the veteran Striker who
scored both goals in Fort Lauderdale's 2-1 win against the San Antonio Scorpions on Saturday at
Lockhart Stadium.
All eight NASL teams were in action Saturday, with the Fort Lauderdale Strikers striking the
biggest blow of the weekend, knocking off first-place San Antonio 2-1. Â The Carolina RailHawks
moved up a notch in the standings as they defeated the Atlanta Silverbacks 1-0. while the Minnesota
Stars could only manage a 1-1 draw at home [.
MIAMI, Fla. (Aug 20, 2012) San Antonio Scorpions forward Pablo Campos has been named North
American Soccer League Offensive Player of the Week after scoring two goals against the Tampa Bay
Rowdies on Sunday night to help the Scorpions clinch a playoff spot. Campos beat Tampa Bay
defenders and goalkeeper Jeff Attinella in the [.
Week 20 of the NASL season featured a Sunday showdown between the league's top two teams, San
Antonio and Tampa Bay, with the Texans downing their visitors 4-0. Â On Saturday, the struggling
Carolina RailHawks registered a comeback win over FC Edmonton. Â Saturday's matches also included
the return of the Puerto Rico Islanders to their Estadio [.
The week started out well for the Fort Lauderdale Strikers on Monday after a home win against
visiting Atlanta on the previous Saturday and word from the NASL front office that forward Andy
Herron had received NASL Offensive Player of the Week honors. Herron was awarded the honor for his
one goal performance in leading [.
MIAMI, Fla. (Aug. 13, 2012) – The North American Soccer League has named Fort Lauderdale
Strikers forward Andy Herron Offensive Player of the Week. The award is the third of the season for
the first-year Striker who scored the lone goal in Fort Lauderdale's 1-0 win against the Carolina
RailHawks on Saturday at Lockhart Stadium.
After some high scoring NASL matches recently, goals were hard to come by in Saturday's matches,
as the San Antonio Scorpions defeated the Minnesota Stars 1-0 while the Fort Lauderdale Strikers
also won by a 1-0 margin over the Carolina RailHawks. Â The third Saturday match was a scoreless
draw between the Atlanta Silverbacks and the [.
MIAMI, Fla. (August 6, 2012) – Atlanta Silverbacks forward Pedro Mendes has been named North
American Soccer League Offensive Player of the Week, the league announced Monday afternoon. The
Brazilian forward is coming off a two-goal performance in the Silverbacks' 4-2 win against the Fort
Lauderdale Strikers on Saturday night at Atlanta Silverbacks Park.
Sunday's final regular season meeting between the two teams who've jockeyed for first place most
of the season ended with an away win for the Puerto Rico Islanders, 2-1, at the San Antonio
Scorpions' Heroes Field. Â Saturday in the NASL the Tampa Bay Rowdies staged a furious comeback to
earn a point against their hosts, [.
Do you like goals? Â There were 18 goals scored in four NASL games this weekend, four alone by
the Scorpions league-leading striker, Pablo Campos. Â Do you enjoy good defending? Â Three NASL
goalkeepers earned shutouts this weekend, while a midfielder denied an opponent's certain score
with a header from the goalline.
If all goes according to plan the Puerto Rico Islanders will finally be back in their home venue
of Estadio Juan Ramón Loubriel for their August 18th match when they host they host the Fort
Lauderdale Strikers. The Islanders have not had use of the stadium all season and have been playing
all home games [.
Welcome to episode #39 of the IMSoccer News North American Soccer League Podcast. This week
Gerry Wittmann , Jay (Yankiboy) Long, and yours truly, Brian Quarstad, have a lively discussion
about the most recent activities in the NASL. You can find all past episodes of the North American
Soccer League Podcast here.
Welcome to episode #39 of the IMSoccer News North American Soccer League Podcast. This week
Gerry Wittmann , Jay (Yankiboy) Long, and yours truly, Brian Quarstad, have a lively discussion
about the most recent activities in the NASL. You can find all past episodes of the North American
Soccer League Podcast here.
Welcome to episode #39 of the IMSoccer News North American Soccer League Podcast. This week
Gerry Wittmann , Jay (Yankiboy) Long, and yours truly, Brian Quarstad, have a lively discussion
about the most recent activities in the NASL. You can find all past episodes of the North American
Soccer League Podcast here.
Welcome to episode #39 of the IMSoccer News North American Soccer League Podcast. This week
Gerry Wittmann , Jay (Yankiboy) Long, and yours truly, Brian Quarstad, have a lively discussion
about the most recent activities in the NASL. You can find all past episodes of the North American
Soccer League Podcast here.
Welcome to episode #39 of the IMSoccer News North American Soccer League Podcast. This week
Gerry Wittmann , Jay (Yankiboy) Long, and yours truly, Brian Quarstad, have a lively discussion
about the most recent activities in the NASL. You can find all past episodes of the North American
Soccer League Podcast here.
Welcome to episode #39 of the IMSoccer News North American Soccer League Podcast. This week
Gerry Wittmann , Jay (Yankiboy) Long, and yours truly, Brian Quarstad, have a lively discussion
about the most recent activities in the NASL. You can find all past episodes of the North American
Soccer League Podcast here.
When Brian Kidd was named caretaker manager of Manchester City on Monday, it brought me down memory lane. As a young Fort Lauderdale Strikers ball boy, Kidd had been one of the goal scoring heroes of mine. In 1982, when the Strikers signed Kidd, it was such a big deal that my family and I set out on the road for a five hour drive north to Jacksonville to see the legendary attacking player's first game in the bumblebee Strikers kit.
Ladies and gentlemen, we are to the home stretch. The games mattered before, but now they really matter. Way more than they did before. Now it's lose and you're out. Done. Finished. All those other words. As we talked about last week, the Scorpions and the Rowdies don't have to compete in this play-in game, due to their being one and two respectively in the league standings.
I thought coming into this week, we would be talking a little more about how the NASL playoff
picture would be a little clearer. Of course, every team did everything possible to not move away
from each other. Well, thats a bit of an over statement, as the bottom of the table became a little
clearer, but that doesn't help many people.
Huh. Where did all the goals go? Did the heat wave finally get to everyone? Did every team suddenly
start signing better defensive players(Hint: No)? To put this into perspective, more goals were
scored in ONE game last week than were scored by all the teams this week, which even included an
extra midweek game!
After last weeks news extravaganza, we actually got to (mostly) just enjoy the games this week and
get down to work on who will start getting a hold on their spots and most teams begin their push to
the playoffs. The top 6 teams in the table get into the playoffs, with only the bottom two feeling
all sad and lonely.
Eight games left to go for the Sounders this season, and chances are that Seattle is out of the
supporter's shield, nine points behind the San Jose Earthquakes. But even without a win down in Big
D, Seattle's tie in near Dallas held some positive developments, as this article from some guy
named Jeremiah Oshan outlines.
After a shaky last week, the San Antonio Scorpions solidified themselves as the cream of the NASL
crop. With a dominating 4-0 win over the second place Tampa Bay Rowdies, the Scorpions have
clinched at least a playoff spot with 6 games left in their schedule.
