[NASL: Fall Week 3] The first-place San Antonio Scorpions extended their record to four wins in four games in the fall championship and their unbeaten streak to
nine matches with a 2-0 victory at the Tampa Bay Rowdies in battle of unbeaten and untied teams.
San Antonio opened the scoring on an own goal in the 30th minute, and
Sainey Touray added an insurance goal in stoppage time. The Scorpions are now five points clear in the fall standings and two clear for the overall lead in the
combined standings.
Spring champion Minnesota United FC, the only other unbeaten and untied team, had to settle for a 1-1 draw at the Atlanta Silverbacks when
Jaime Chavez scored on a penalty kick in the 90th minute.
Christian Ramirez had his league-leading seventh goal for Minnesota United FC, whose
unbeaten streak is seven matches.
"I thought we played very well," said new Silverbacks coach
Jason Smith. "Should have been a fight, more
fight than we had last week so it's something to build on. I like to see better but overall I'm satisfied with a point but I wanted three"
The Carolina RailHawks ended a three-game skid
with a 3-0 victory over the Ottawa Fury. Forward
Zach Schilawski scored twice, and
Nazmi Albadawi added the third
goal.
The Fort Lauderdale Strikers also picked up their first point of the fall campaign with a 1-1 tie with the New York Cosmos at Lockhart Stadium.
Jemal Johnson scored in the sixth minute for the Cosmos, but
Jenison Brito responded with the equalizer in the 24th minute from a penalty shot.
NASL WEEK 3, Results: Saturday, July 26 Atlanta 1 Minn. United 1
Carolina 3 Ottawa 0
Ft. Lauderdale 1 New York 1
Tampa Bay 0 San Antonio 2
Wednesday, July
23 San Antonio 2 Carolina 0
NASL WEEK 3, Schedule: Sunday, July 27 4 pm ET FC
Edmonton vs. Indy Eleven
NASL Fall Standings: PTS TEAM W-L-T GF/GA
12 San Antonio 4-0-0 9/1
7 Minn. United 2-0-1 5/1
6 Tampa Bay 2-1-0 5/5
4 Atlanta 1-1-1 4/4
4 New York 1-1-1 3/4
3 Indy Eleven 1-1-0 3/3
3 Carolina 1-3-0 4/5
1 Ottawa 0-2-1 0/4
1 FC Edmonton 0-1-1 0/1
1 Ft. Lauderdale 0-2-1 1/6