June 2012
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Knights Claim First Home Win of Season
In the two USL PDL Mid-Atlantic matches last night, the Knights beat the Bohs, 2-1, and Reading United AC drubbed the Hogges 4-0.
Kingsley Onwuka (26) got on the board first for the Bohs. The Knights’ Raphael Abreu (19) tided it up in the second half, then went on to score a second time to put the Knights ahead. Jose Batista is credited with the assist on that second goal.
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NASL Rewind Expanded?
I’ve been following the NASL casually this season, mainly by watching the weekly “NASL Rewind”, a video highlight compilation that covers the week’s matches in about five minutes.
As I watched the Rewind for Week 12 I thought, Alright, you’re showing me the goals, but there’s more to football than just the goals. What came before? What surrounds those goals? ...
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Knights Hosting Bohs, Hogges at Reading United
The Baltimore Bohs are coming to the Met Oval tonight to play the Brooklyn Knights. Kick-off at 8pm.
The other Mid-Atlantic match-up tonight is in Reading. Reading United AC is hosting the Bermuda Hogges. Kick-off at 7pm. Third place Reading is 7 points behind Ocean City, just 3 points ahead of the Rough Riders. The bottom-feeding Hogges have only one win this season, and that win came...
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Rough Rider Roundup
Despite last Saturday’s loss to the Wildcats (2-1), the Lady Rough Riders retain the top position in the W-League’s Northeast Division.
The Lady Rough Riders are in action against tomorrow when they host New Jersey Rangers FC. Kick-off is at 5:00pm at Cy Donnelly Stadium in South Huntington (at St Anthony’s High School).
That match is the first in a double header. The...
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“Many bloggers seem to favor brief, poorly-proofed observations or commentaries....”
– Christopher Dobens, Total Footblog
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Rough Riders Fall to Nor'easters, 2-1 →
What started off as a beautiful night filled with hope for a win, turned to disappointment as the Rough Riders were defeated by the Ocean City Nor’easters 2-1.
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MLS has selected Flushing Meadow-Corona Park as... →
The league has pin-pointed an eight-acre area in the northern section of the park as the No. 1 target for a soccer-specific stadium, the newspaper reported. The stadium’s capacity would be between 20,000-25,000. No club has yet been named to play in the stadium.
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Nor'easters Ready To Face Rough Riders →
The Ocean City Nor’easters return to New York as they take on the Long Island Rough Riders one Wednesday night in a big game in the PDL’s Mid Atlantic playoff race. This is the only meeting between the two teams this season, and it is sure to be a great and competitive game.
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“The new and future game of football is very different from it’s humble and...”
– From “The Origins of Football”
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Why We Should Care About Soccer
I’m reading Gabriel Kuhn’s book Soccer vs. the Stateand the latter part of the book is drawn from a pamphlet called the “Anarchist Football (Soccer) Manual.” In the opening part of the manual I found this quote: “Football, as the embodiment of a need to communicate and to share, is one of the greatest concepts of humanity.” This idea intrigued me so I went...
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“With 20 minutes remaining, Christian Barreiro charged up the left flank,...”
– Jeff Hemelt describing the Bohs goal in their Sunday victory over Central Jersey Spartans.
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Riders Draw, Bohs Win
The Long Island Rough Riders traveled to Reading United AC today and played to a 1-1 draw. Reading scored first in the 37th minute, a Deshorn Brown to Pedro Ribeiro combination. The Rough Rider answered back in the 44th minute when Keith Ketelj got on the end of a Cross from Sean Sepe. Late in the game the Riders had flurry of chances, but couldn’t find the back of the net.
The Baltimore...
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“Reading dominated possession for the first quarter of the match, but it was the...”
– Jeff Hemelt, Baltimore Soccer Examiner
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Mid-Atlantic Roundup
While I was sitting at the Met Oval watching the Brooklyn Knight fall to the Ocean City Nor’easter last Wednesday, the Long Island Rough Riders (PDL) where at NJIT Stadium coming up short against the Jersey Express. The Riders ended their four match winning streak that night with a 1-nil loss to the Express. The Riders’ loss propelled the Express into the top spot on the Mid-Atlantic...
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Last Minute Drama at the Met Oval
A pair of late PKs marked a dramatic ending to the match tonight between the Brooklyn Knights and the Ocean City Nor’easters. A questionable (at least from where I was sitting) handball in the box call against the Knights in the 89th minute added insult to injury setting up the Nor’easters for what looked like a 3-nil drubbing of the Brooklyn krewe. But the Knights continued to push...
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Lady Rough Riders in Action Against North Jersey...
Tonight at 8 pm, the Long Island Rough Riders women’s team kicks off against the North Jersey Valkyries in New Jersey. The last time these teams met was June 9th when the Valkyries snatched a last minute goal (against the run of play) to win the game. I wouldn’t have minded so much except that there was a really annoying lady in the stands not so much cheering for the Valkyries,...
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All-American Soccer Podcast
Episode 5 of “The All-American Soccer Podcast” features an interview with Kim Tate. She’s into soccer marketing and has some interesting things to say about promoting “lower division” soccer via social media. She mentions a number of clubs on the west coast that might be good models for existing or new clubs elsewhere.
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Good (old) days for the Cosmos →
Roger Allaway writes about the original NASL Cosmos.
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PDL Mid-Atlantic Action Tonight
The Brooklyn Knights host Ocean City Nor’easters at the Metropolitan Oval tonight. Kick-off is a 8pm. The Knights are coming off a loss last week to the Long Island Rough Riders. Also, the Brooklyn Knights are the subject of a documentary film (currently in production) called Going Pro: American Soccer by filmmaker Sebastian Podesta.
Reading United AC travels to Baltimore to take on the...
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NASL Expansion Speculation →
NASL commissioner David Downs said St. Louis has been targeted for expansion by 2014.
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Red Bull Rebranding Soccer →
What strikes me first about the history of Red Bull GmbH’s involvement in soccer is the arrogance of its approach, its sense of entitlement, its complete disregard for fans as supporters of a club, and its view of fans as “customers” from whom money is to be extracted.
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“At this point, the devil himself could show up and, if he happened to have a few...”
– Said Matthias Gärtner of the Alliance of Active Football Fans speaking of the 2009 takeover of the fifth tier German team SSV Markranstädt and the club’s subsequent rebranding as Rasen Ball Leipzig e.V. or “RB” Leipzig. Red Bull anyone?
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“Yet Mateschitz’s brazenness in treating the re-named “Red Bull Salzburg” as a...”
– From an article in When Saturday Comes by Paul Joyce which appeared in issue 223 in September 2005. FC Salzburg was acquired by Red Bull owner Dietrich Mateschitz on 6 April 2005.
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Jersey Express Shuts Out Reading United
Joseph Ovenseri scored in the 60th minute (a shot from 30 yards out) to put the Jersey Express up 1-nil. In the 79th minute, Ovenseri connected with Jerrod Laventure for the Express’ second goal of the night. Despite getting many chances, Reading United come up empty handed and surrender the first place spot in the Mid-Atlantic Division to the Express.
The race for the top spot is still...
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LISFL Division 1 Semifinal Results
Port Jefferson beat Istria 3-0 in their Division 1 semifinal. They will go on to face Integral Kings, who defeated Mineola Portuguese by the same score line.
The date for the Long Island Soccer Football League’s Division 1 final will be announced later.
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Lady Rough Riders in First Place
A second half goal by Grace Hawkins was enough to give the Lady Rough Riders the victory today over the New York Magic, 1-0. The Magic will return to Cy Donnelly Stadium in South Huntington on July 8th to face the Rough Riders again.
The win puts the Rough Riders in first place in the Northeast Division, but just one point ahead of the New Jersey Wildcats who they beat last Thursday.
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Rough Riders On A Winning Streak →
The Long Island Rough Riders celebrated another big win defeating the New Jersey Rangers FC 3-1, adding another game to their four game winning streak. Follow link for the match report.
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“Free beer is the lure, but American soccer is the message. When you buy a soccer...”
– The Free Beer Movement, Building American Soccer, One Beer at a Time
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Rough Riders Beat New Jersey Rangers FC
The Rough Riders (men) defeated the New Jersey Rangers FC last night, 3-1. The win puts the Rough Riders firmly in the fourth spot in the Mid-Atlantic Division with 16 points. Only three points separates them from the top place Reading AC. The second and third spots in the table are held by Ocean City Nor’easters and the Jersey Express respectively.
Update: According to the match report,...
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Lady Rough Riders Host New York Magic
One Father’s Day, 17 June at 5pm, the Lady Rough Riders will kick-off against New York Magic. The Rough Riders (4-2-0) currently sit at the top of the table in the W-League Eastern Conference’s Northeast Division.
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Rough Riders Travel to New Jersey Rangers FC
Tonight, the Rough Riders will travel to Drew University in Madison, NJ where they will take on New Jersey Rangers FC. Kick-off is at 7:30pm. The Rough Riders (4-2-1) are just ahead of the Rangers (3-3-2) in the Mid-Atlantic Division standings. The Rough Riders are currently in 4th place out of 10 teams in the division.
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Scott Bates Joins Orlando City Ownership Group →
Bates is an attorney with a long time connection to the game in Florida. This is viewed as a step towards Orlando City SC making a bid to enter the MLS as an expansion team.
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FC New York: Paul Shaw Heads to Orlando City SC
Today’s match between FC New York and the Brooklyn Italians at Allen Park in Farmingdale will be the last for manager Paul Shaw as FC New York’s manager. Shaw is heading south to Orlando City SC to become the Academy Director and U23 coach. Orlando City SC has its sights set on being the MLS’s 20th team.
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Rough Riders Earn 1-0 Victory Over Wildcats →
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FC New York Hands NY Red Bulls U23 First Loss →
FC New York’s Alexis Garcia scored early in the second half to put his side ahead and to give FC New York their first win of the 2012 season.
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USL/NASL Discussion →
A bulletin-board-style discussion forum for second tier and lower soccer in the US, including the Long Island Rough Riders, Brooklyn Knights, and FC New York (listed under “former clubs”). Also, there’s an area for W-League teams.
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“Only a few years ago, MLS nearly stopped the Macoumba Kandji transfer from a USL...”
– posted by “Jossed” on BigSoccer.com on 7 Feb 2012 in the discussion “Can Soccernomics explain the USL?”
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Rough Riders Defeat Knights, 4-2
I had too much on my plate tonight to drive to Queens to catch this match between the Long Island Rough Riders and the Brooklyn Knights. However, I was able to keep up with the match (somewhat) via the Brooklyn Knights Twitter feed (@bklynknightspdl). Here’s what I make of the info on that feed:
The Rough Riders scored two goals in the first 12 minutes. Who? Keith Detelj (#14) scored in...
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LISFL Division 1 Semifinals Set for Sunday
The Long Island Soccer Football League’s men’s Division 1 semifinals are set for Sunday, 17 June 2012. The first semifinal between Port Jefferson and Istria kicks off at 10am at the Mitchell Athletic Complex Field #1 in Uniondale. The second semifinal between Integral Kings and Mineola Portuguese at Liberty Park Field #1 in Queens. The winners of these two matches will play in the...
