The Atlanta Silverbacks will look to go 2-0 against the NASL's two Florida teams when they go into St. Petersburg to face-off against the Tampa Bay Rowdies, Saturday at 7:30 p.m.
The Silverbacks opened up their season last week at home, defeating the Strikers from Ft.
San Antonio were hoping to start life in their new home with a win, Tampa Bay decided to spoil that.
The Scorpions opened up their home season in their new soccer-specific stadium on Saturday, but it was the Rowdies who took the victory at Toyota Field in front of 8,100 fans in attendance.
For the second straight season, Minnesota Stars FC will be in the NASL Championship Series but only after handing out what may have been the biggest upset of the playoffs.
The Stars kept their hopes of defending their championship alive by rallying to defeat regular-season winners the San Antonio Scorpions, 2-1, at Heroes Stadium on Sunday night.
The celebration began even before kickoff and even that was not enough to stop the San Antonio Scorpions.
Having already clinched the NASL regular season title a day earlier because of the Tampa Bay Rowdies' failure to pick up three points, the Scorpionsplayed to a 1-1 draw with Minnesota Stars FC in their regular season finale on Sunday.
The San Antonio Scorpions returned home to their faithful fans for the first time in nearly a month, but the Carolina RailHawks crashed the party by pulling off the upset.
The RailHawks stunned the league-leading Scorpions, 2-1, during the penultimate week of the NASL regular season on Saturday courtesy of a second-half goal from Ty Shipalane at Heroes Stadium on Sunday night.
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 [.
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.
FC Dallas head coach Schellas Hyndman sees the benefit of sending young forward Ruben Luna on
loan to San Antonio Scorpions FC of the North American Soccer League as being twofold.
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Labor Day weekend not only marks the unofficial end of summer, but also the beginning of the
NASL playoff stretch run. 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 [.
Déj vu. That may have been what spectators of the Minnesota Stars game may have been thinking
after Saturday nights 1-1 tie with NASL league leading San Antonio Scorpions. Just like last weeks
match against Edmonton, the Stars had a strong first half, going ahead of their opponent 1-0. And
just like last week, Minnesota's [.
San Antonio Scorpions owner Gordon Hartman announced yesterday that his team has landed a
significant sponsorship with Toyota for both the new soccer specific stadium being built for the
team and his inclusive amusement park, Morgan's Wonderland. Hartman also stated that the stadium,
which will be call Toyota Field when it opens next spring, will [.
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. 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 [.
Speculation abounds on a press conference that has been called next Tuesday, August 28th, at
Morgan's Wonderland, the theme park owned by Gordon Hartman and created for those with special
needs. Hartman has promised to give all profits from his San Antonio Scorpions to Morgan's
Wonderland and recently president Michael Hitchcock has indicated that with [.
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 [.
FC Dallas Homegrown forward Ruben Luna will join the NASL's San Antonio Scorpions this week for
the remainder of 2012. Dallas can recall Luna any time, if needed.
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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. On Saturday, the struggling
Carolina RailHawks registered a comeback win over FC Edmonton. Saturday's matches also included
the return of the Puerto Rico Islanders to their Estadio [.
San Antonio Scorpions FC took on the Tampa Bay Rowdies at Heroes Stadium still holding on to the
top spot in the NASL with 39 points before Sunday's match against the Rowdies. The Scorpions came
in to the contest four points ahead of the Rowdies who were tied on points with Puerto Rico. In
their [.
As Major League Soccer's (MLS) all-time leader in regular-season goals scored with 134, it
wouldn't be too out of the box to think a memorable goal was Jeff Cunningham's, new player for the
North American Soccer League's (NASL) San Antonio Scorpions, single greatest soccer moment. He was,
after all, a rookie that played in twenty-five [.
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. The third Saturday match was a scoreless
draw between the Atlanta Silverbacks and the [.
San Antonio Scorpions 1-0 Minnesota Stars It's widely understood in the world of soccer that
goal scorers cost money. Usually, a lot of money. That's something the NASL Minnesota Stars do not
have much of as a league-owned team. So it's no surprise Minnesota have struggled to find goals as
the season has pushed beyond [.
For the second year the Minnesota Stars will be celebrating History Night and they'd like you to
be part of it. The Stars will honor more than 35 years of professional soccer history in Minnesota
August 11 when they take on the North American Soccer League leading San Antonio Scorpions at NSC
Stadium.
Inclement weather has played a part of several NASL matches in recent weeks, and again Mother
Nature had an effect on a league match. The restart to the second half of Wednesday's FC Edmonton
-San Antonio Scorpions match at Clarke Field was delayed over 2 and a quarter hours. Neither team
added a goal after [.
Hmph. Well, shows how much I know. I spend all last week gushing about the Scorpions, and how they
are clearly the best team in the NASL, and they can't be beat, and blah, gush, gasp, ooh and aah,
and what do you know? I went into that game giving Puerto Rico a roughly 1% chance of winning after
coming off a mid-week tilt in CONCACAF Champions League play, a game in which they played away to
Isidro Metapan, and guess what?
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. Saturday in the NASL the Tampa Bay Rowdies staged a furious comeback to
earn a point against their hosts, [.
The Puerto Rico Islanders defeated the San Antonio Scorpions 2-1 with a brace from Nicholas
Addlery. The spirited match was played at Heros Stadium on Sunday evening in front of 10,183 fans.
This match was highly touted in San Antonio as a rivalry in the making with both teams at the top
of the table and [.
San Antonio Scorpions forward Pablo Campos was been named the North American Soccer League
Player of the Month for July 2012, the league announced on Friday. Campos who played for the
RailHawks in the NASL last year and ended the season in 2nd place for goals scored with 12 behind
league leading Etienne Barbara.
It didn't take former FC Dallas forward Jeff Cunningham long to catch on after he was released
by CSD Comunicaciones of Guatemala earlier this month. No, the former MLS Golden Boot winner is now
playing for the San Antonio Scorpions of the NASL, a club which has several former FCD players on
its roster like Aaron Pitchkolan and Blake Wagner as well as former SMU goalkeeper Craig Hill.
MIAMI, Fla. (July 30, 2012) San Antonio Scorpions forward Pablo Campos has been named North
American Soccer League Offensive Player of the Week after scoring four goals against the Carolina
RailHawks on Saturday night. Campos scored the second goal of the match after winning a ball inside
the box and placed a shot past Carolina [.
The Carolina RailHawks were humiliated with a 8-0 thumping by the San Antonio Scorpions on
Saturday night at Heros Field in front of 7,186. Pablo Campos, who know leads the NASL with 15,
scored 4 in this contest with Greg Janicki scoring 2. Esteban Bayona and Blake Wagner each got on
the scoring sheet and Walter Ramirez had [.
San Antonio shuts out Carolina 8-0 behind a four goal performance by NASL scoring leader Pablo
Compos. The Carolina Railhawks visited Heroes Stadium Saturday night for the first time ever,
looking to improve their away form with only one win on the road. The Railhawks have improved in
recent weeks adding six wins to their [.
Luke Lohr is joined by head coach of the Vancouver Whitecaps, Martin Rennie to discuss the team's
progress under his tenure and what he envisions for the future. Rennie also discusses his team's
place in the West and shows respect to several opponents. Major League Soccer's All-Time leading
goalscorer Jeff Cunningham lends his time as well to talk about his move back to the states and
joining the NASL leading San Antonio Scorpions.
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!
FC Dallas has already loaned out two homegrown players in 2012. Defender Moises Hernandez was
sent to Guatemalan first division side CD Comunicaciones earlier this summer and more recently,
forward Ruben Luna was loaned to San Antonio Scorpions SC, an NASL club that is being run by former
FCD general manager Michael Hitchcock and a side featuring several former Dallas players in Jeff
Cunningham and Aaron Pitchkolan.
The head of North America's Professional Referee Organization (PRO), Peter Walton, and San
Antonio Scorpions president Michael Hitchcock join Peter Wilt and Tom Dunmore on episode 7 of the
Pitch Invasion podcast.
The show is available to stream or download below and is also on iTunes or available via
RSS.
In our 2013 predictions article, we answered a number of questions about the new MLS season. But one of the questions veered off slightly: who will win the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup?
Of the predictions I made, this was the one I spent the least amount of time thinking about. I ended up writing that the Chicago Fire would triumph over the San Antonio Scorpions of the North American Soccer League.
Orlando's mayor will visit PPL Park this weekend as her city considers building a soccer-specific stadium for a prospective MLS club. She'll get a complex view in Philadelphia, and if MLS officials are smart, they'll look at the complex view cities like Orlando offer.
Wait, this is it? Were done? This is the last week? What're we all going to do? We're going to the playoffs, that's what were doing! Well, Atlanta and Edmonton aren't, but everyone else is. We've even got all the seeds finally set as well, even though it took to the final week.
Some FC Dallas fans were a bit puzzled to see their beloved side loan out homegrown forward
Ruben Luna to San Antonio Scorpions FC recently. But the move makes sense on several fronts for
everyone involved. For FCD, they get Luna something he wouldn't figure to get in Dallas,
minutes.
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