[SCOREBOARD] The Minnesota Stars sealed the final berth in the NASL playoffs with a 2-1 win Saturday night at theregular-season champion Carolina RailHawks. Brian Cvilikas’ game-winner in the 52nd minute was the difference. The Stars needed to win because theMLS-bound Montreal Impact had won at the Atlanta Silverbacks, 4-0. The Impact and Silverbacks were the […]
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American soccer this weekend …
[SCOREBOARD] Nine points out of the playoff race in mid-August, the MLS-bound Montreal Impact (5-1-2 in its last eightgames) have a chance to overtake the NSC Minnesota Stars for the sixth and final playoff berth in the NASL if it beats the last-place Atlanta Silverbacks on the road and the Stars don’t win at theregular-season […]
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American soccer this week …
[SCOREBOARD] The Puerto Rico Islanders finished the NASL regular season with a 1-0 win over FC Tampa Bay to remainunbeaten at home, the only team in the league to do so this season. The Islanders, winners of last year’s D-2 Pro League title, finished the NASL regular season in second place behind the CarolinaRailHawks. The […]
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American soccer this weekend …
[SCOREBOARD] In its last regular-season home game at Stade Saputo before joining MLS in 2012, the Montreal Impact beatFC Edmonton, 2-0, before more than 12,000 fans to move to within one point of the NSC Minnesota Stars for the sixth and final berth in the NASL playoffs. A pairof MLS loan players, Ryan Pore and […]
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American soccer this weekend …
[DATEBOOK] In its last regular-season home game at Stade Saputo before joining MLS in 2012, the Montreal Impact mustbeat FC Edmonton on Saturday night to have any realistic hope of catching the NSC Minnesota Stars for the sixth and final berth in the NASL playoffs. For all the weekend action … MLS RESERVE LEAGUE Standings: […]
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Hankinson picked to coach expansion Scorpions
[NASL] Globetrotting coach Tim Hankinson has been named head coach of the San Antonio Scorpions FC, who will begin playnext spring in the North American Soccer League. “We searched for a top-tier head coach who can skillfully recruit, manage, motivate and mentor world-class athletes,” saidScorpions president Michael Hitchcock, “and we believe we’ve definitely found this […]
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American soccer this weekend …
[SCOREBOARD] The Fort Lauderdale Strikers clinched a spot in the NASLplayoffs with a 2-1 win at FC Edmonton on Sunday night. The NSC Minnesota Stars clung to a three-point lead over the MLS-bound Montreal Impact for the sixth and final berth with two games to play inthe regular season. For all the action … MLS RESERVE […]
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American soccer this weekend …
[SCOREBOARD] The MLS-bound Montreal Impact faces a must-win situation when it hosts the first-place Carolina RailHawksin NASL action on Saturday. With three games to play, the Impact is in seventh place, three points behind the NSC Minnesota Stars, who host the last-place Atlanta Silverbacks. The top six teams makethe playoffs. For all the action … […]
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American soccer this week …
[SCOREBOARD] Despite falling to the Fort Lauderdale Strikers, 1-0, the Carolina RailHawks clinched the NASLregular-season title when the Puerto Rico Islanders could only tie the Montreal Impact, 1-1, on Wednesday. The Islanders’ point was good enough to clinch second place and a first-round bye in theplayoffs. The top six teams in the eight-team league go […]
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American soccer this weekend …
[SCOREBOARD] The Chicago Fire got goals from Colombian Cristian Nazarit andUruguyan Diego Chaves and beat Real Salt Lake, 2-0, to remain in first place in the MLS Reserve League’s Central/Mountain Division. FC Tampa Bay clinched an NASL playoff berth with a 2-1 win at the NSC Minnesota Stars. For all the action … MLS RESERVE […]