USL: Ottawa knocks out W-League champion New Jersey
- by Soccer America , Jul 31, 2006
Amy Vermeulen scored a hat to lead the Ottawa Fury to a fourth straight W-League semifinal appearance as it upset the defending champion New Jersey Wildcats 3-2 Sunday to join the host Vancouver Whitecaps, the Central Conference champion Charlotte Lady Eagles and the Seattle Sounders Saints, who won the Western Conference tournament in the W-League final four.
In the PDL, the tradition of tops seeds falling continued with No. 7 seed Laredo being the only one in the top eight advancing to the PDL semifinals next weekend. Michigan drubbed No. 3 Boulder and No. 4 Chicago by a combined 8-1 score to win the Central Conference. The Bucks will host Orange County, while Laredo will face Westchester.
USL First Division
Wednesday, July 26
Montreal 1 (Salles 9) Seattle 0.
Thursday, July 27
Virginia Beach 3 (Own goal 60, Simmonds 80, Brillant 83) Portland 1 (Kreamalmeyer 39).
Minnesota 0 Charleston 1 (Hollingsworth 85).
Friday, July 28
Atlanta 1 (Hayes pen. 55) Montreal 2 (Salles pen. 78, Biello 90).
Miami 3 (Romario 27, 45, M Rodriguez 32) Puerto Rico 2 (Marcina 9, Gomez pen. 35).
Rochester 2 (Delicate 43, Menyongar 60) Seattle 1 (Weaver 12).
Saturday, July 29
Toronto 0 Portland 0.
Virginia Beach 2 (Fenger 33, 47) Charleston 0.
Sunday, July 30
Miami 0 Puerto Rico 1 (Marcina 43).
Toronto 4 (Jeffrey 16, Palleschi 25, Pottinger 85, Neto 86) Seattle 2 (Klaas 4, Weaver 44).
Minnesota 2 (Tarley 35, Toure 88) Atlanta 3 (Ukah 84, Hughes 90, Dawkins 90).
USL Second Division
Wednesday, July 26
Richmond 1 (Ssejjemba 7) Wilmington 2 (Maher 73, Bagley 81).
Long Island 0 Cincinnati 4 (Krause 20, 24, 61, Koshi 90).
Friday, July 28
Wilmington 1 (Nylen 79) Harrisburg 2 (Mormon 40, Tanzini 90).
Western Mass 2 (Krause 23, Teixeira 87) Pittsburgh 0.
Saturday, July 29
Charlotte 3 (Daka 22, 25, Ruud 78) Harrisburg 2 (Severs pen. 40, Caruso 68).
New Hampshire 2 (Stewart 69, Fernandes 71) Pittsburgh 1 (Own goal 64).
Premier Development League
Conference Playoffs
Central Conference (at Des Moines, IA)
Friday, July 28
Boulder 0 Michigan 4 (Uzoigwe 18, Jafta 32, Holody 43, Dube 71).
Des Moines 3 (Boltnar pen. 62, 111, Kother 113) Chicago 3 (R Anderson 73, North 93, 108).
(Chicago wins 5-3 on penalties).
Saturday, July 29
Chicago 1 (Bode 24) Michigan 4 (Jafta 27, 62, 66, Turpin 34).
Eastern Conference (at Virginia Beach, VA)
Friday, July 28
Cape Cod 3 (Bulow 70, pen. 75, OÆRielly 90) Williamsburg 0.
Virginia Beach 1 (Haywood 64) Westchester 3 (Shapiro 15, 20, Davies 32).
Saturday, July 29
Cape Cod 1 (Britcher 84) Westchester 2 (Meyer 71, Davies 86).
Southern Conference (at Greensboro, NC)
Friday, July 28
Laredo 3 (Almack 38, Presas 75, 87) Augusta 2 (Charowski 52, Irazarry 90).
Carolina 0 Bradenton 1 (Dallman 115) (OT).
Saturday, July 29
Laredo 2 (Sanchez 41, Su 84) Bradenton 1 (Bello 39).
Western Conference (at Provo, UT)
Friday, July 28
Abbotsford 2 (Peetoom 37, Wilson 44) Orange County 3 (Hamilton 53, Larrabee 70, Lopez 84).
BYU 2 (Clark 37, Cavanaugh 61) Southern California 1 (Hansen pen. 45).
Saturday, July 29
BYU 2 (Marshall 86, Norton 90) Orange County 2 (Marian 26, Evans 41).
(Orange County wins 4-2 on penalties).
W-League
Playoffs
First Round (Divisional)
Wednesday, July 28
Ottawa 3 (Vermeulen 41, pen. 62, Parker 49) Toronto 2 (Riverso 8, Marrosszeky 84).
Western Mass 1 (DÆAgostino 70) Northern Virginia 0.
Boston 0 Long Island 1 (Roehrig 66).
Central Conference (at Charlotte, NC)
Friday, July 28
Michigan 0 Richmond 2 (Parsons 2, 68).
Charlotte 1 (Rife 18) Minnesota 1 (Smith 49) (Charlotte advances on penalties 4-3).
Saturday, July 29
Charlotte 1 (Drummond pen. 70) Richmond 0.
Eastern Conference (at West Windsor, NJ)
Saturday, July 29
Ottawa 3 (Vermeulen pen. 63, Robinson 72, Wilkinson 73) Western Mass 0.
New Jersey 3 (Fletcher 22, Formiga 56, Tomecka 120) Long Island 2 (Shulman 27, C Arikian 90) (OT).
Sunday, July 30
New Jersey 2 (Formiga 20, Yamaguchi 61) Ottawa 3 (Vermeulen 21, 30, 36).
Western Conference
Sunday, July 30
Seattle 1 (Pulse 76) Mile High 0.
