Two more Eastern Conference teams nailed down postseason berths last weekend. A 1-0 defeat of Orlando City B nailed down a sixth consecutive playoff berth forRichmond Kickers. Scott Thomsen scored his first pro goal in the Kickers’ ninth straight game without defeat. The City Stadium crowd also celebrated the return ofMatt Delicate, who has recovered […]
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USL Rewind: RBII takes control of Eastern Conference
A penalty kick by Brandon Allen enabled first-place Red Bulls II to edge Louisville City FC, 1-0, and clinch aplayoff spot as well as open up a three-point gap at the top. LCFC nearly took the lead in the first half when Chandler Hoffman put the ball in the net but an offside call nullified theplay. […]
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USL Rewind: Saint Louis FC changes head coach
Following a 4-3 home loss to Sacramento Republic FC, Saint Louis FC has dismissed head coach Dale Schilly and named former assistant Tim Leonard toreplace him on an interim basis. “We’re expecting this move to energize the team and give us the push necessary to reach the playoffs,” said team GM JeremyAlumbaugh in a statement […]
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USL Rewind: Big crowd sees Cincy win River Cities Cup
Drained by a busy schedule of league matches and a friendly against Crystal Palace, FC Cincinnati summoned enough energy to beat Louisville City FC, 2-0, on Saturday at Nippert Stadium. For the third time this season the team drew a home crowd announced at more than 20,000. Most of those 20,151 fans in attendance celebrated […]
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USL Rewind: San Antonio win is tale of two penalties
Keeper Matt Cardone’s save of a penalty kick inspired San Antonio FC, which converted a PK of its own and added a stoppage-time goal to defeat Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2, 2-0, Saturday atToyota Field. USL: Week 15Results Cardone’s stop of Kyle Greig’s attempt following a foul on Marco Bustos sent the teams into the locker […]
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USL Rewind: Allen hat trick drives Red Bulls II to victory
The first hat trick scored by a Red Bulls II player overpowered FC Montreal, 4-2, at the Claude Robillard Sports Complex on Saturday. Brandon Allen, who set scoring records atGeorgetown, took over NYRBII’s all-time goals lead by bagging a hat trick. The previous record, seven, was held by Anatole Abang, and Allen wiped out that […]
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USL Rewind: FC Cincinnati draws another big crowd
A seventh straight crowd count in five figures has pushed FC Cincinnati past the 100,000 mark in its inaugural USL season. USL: Week 12 Results
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USL Rewind: Louisville City short-circuits Battery
Eastern Conference leader Louisville City FC parlayed goals by George Davis IV and Kyle Smith into a 2-0 triumph that snapped Charleston’s 29-game home unbeaten streak Saturday onan MUSC Health Stadium field saturated by heavy rains. LCFC ran its unbeaten streak to nine games by scoring twice in the first half and fending off the […]
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USL Rewind: Greig is on tear for Whitecaps FC II
Kyle Greig has not stopped scoring since leaving OKC Energy after two seasons to join Vancouver’s USL team; he hit the first two goals in a wild 4-3 defeat of Galaxy II Sunday at UBCThunderbird Field. Greig’s sixth and seventh goals of the season staked the Whitecaps to a 2-0 lead and when Alphonso Davies […]
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USL Rewind: MLS expansion candidates drawing well
Sacramento, San Antonio and Cincinnati have all been mentioned in recent weeks as MLS expansion candidates, and their representatives in the USL all drew big crowds to help the league set a single-dayaverage attendance on Saturday of 5,856 per game. USL: Week 6 Results Thebiggest crowd of the weekend was 11,569 — the 33rd consecutive […]