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United Soccer League scores

All the weekend scores for the United Soccer League, one of the top adult amateur leagues in the Delaware Valley.

March 29, 2010 United Soccer League 0 Comments

Want to be a ref? EPSA ref classes starting

Ever consider being a ref? The Eastern Pennsylvania Soccer Association is offering classes for new referees. Costs range from $60 to $100. Courses are available right now and throughout the spring. For info on how to sign up, check out this link.

February 16, 2010 Local Leagues 0 Comments

USL – Tryouts, Home Openers, and Notes

With all of the posturing occuring on the MLS Collective Bargaining Agreement and the mess that is being sorted out with the USL and NASL, it is easy to overlook some big happenings in USL -2 soccer in Pennsylvania. Tryouts The Pittsburgh Riverhounds (USL – 2) held their 11th Annual Open Tryout on December 5-6. [...]

January 1, 2010 Harrisburg City Islanders, Local Leagues, USL 0 Comments

Casa Soccer League — playoffs this Saturday

The Casa Soccer League’s playoffs are set, and this Saturday’s matches at Philadelphia Soccer Club will finally settle Casa’s longest, wettest season ever. In the Primera Division, the Allstars snuck into the playoffs with a 1-0 win over Penn United on Saturday, thanks to a first half goal by George Owura Brew. The two teams were essentially in a win-or-go-home scenario, [...]

December 14, 2009 Local Leagues 0 Comments

Phoenix SC wins EPSA Cup

Phoenix SC scored in overtime Sunday to defeat United German Hungarians 2-1 and claim the EPSA Open Cup. Kamara Freebolle and Jack Pocorobba both netted for Phoenix, which now lays claim to the title of best amateur soccer team in eastern Pennsylvania. Tim O’Neill scored UGH’s lone goal. The two teams played despite an afternoon downpour [...]

December 14, 2009 Local Leagues, U.S. Open Cup 2 Comments

Eastern PA Open Cup final on for this Sunday

The Eastern Pennsylvania Open Cup final between Phoenix SC and United German Hungarians has been rescheduled for this Sunday in Plymouth Meeting. The winner moves on to advance to qualifiers in the U.S. Open Cup, the nation’s most prestigious knockout tournament, which was won this year by Major League Soccer’s Seattle Sounders. Sunday’s game starts [...]

December 10, 2009 Local Leagues, U.S. Open Cup 0 Comments

England, the USA, Philadelphia and the 1950 World Cup

It first started during the unlikely run of the US in the Confederations Cup: was the victory over Spain the US team’s greatest victory since the 1-0 victory over England in the 1950 World Cup hosted by Brazil? If the US had beaten Brazil in the Confederations Cup final, would that have been the greatest [...]

December 10, 2009 England, History, Local Leagues, Philadelphia Soccer History, U.S. World Cup History, World Cup - International 2 Comments

Casa Soccer League roundup — week 9

Real Optimus shut out Philadelphia Athletic 3-0 on Saturday to win the regular season title in the Casa Soccer League’s second division. Leland Raum scored two goals, and Nick Jennings added another to earn Real Optimus promotion to Casa’s Primera division next spring. Real Optimus came into the match sitting in second place, needing some [...]

December 8, 2009 Casa Soccer League, Local Leagues 0 Comments

Casa Soccer League — week 9

The Casa Soccer League plays its last round of regular season games this week (weather permitting), with playoff and promotion spots on the line. In the league’s top division, five teams are vying for the final two playoff spots, with West Philly FC and Deportivo Arsenal already having clinched postseason berths. The Penn United vs. [...]

December 4, 2009 Casa Soccer League, Local Leagues 0 Comments

Clement Beecroft: the father of league soccer in Philadelphia

The origin of soccer in Philadelphia rests squarely on the shoulders of the city’s 19th Century British immigrant population. British immigrants came to work in Philadelphia’s bustling steel and shipbuilding industries but large numbers came to work in the city’s textile trades. The soccer/textile connection can be found both in Britain and the United States. [...]

December 3, 2009 History, Local Leagues, Philadelphia Soccer History 6 Comments

Casa Soccer League weekend roundup

Saturday’s matches in the Casa Soccer League‘s Primera division set up a nail-biting final week to the season, with almost every game having playoff or relegation implications. Week 8 saw first place West Philly FC and 2nd place Deportivo Arsenal fail to pick up maximum points. West Philly narrowly fell to newly promoted Penn United [...]

November 23, 2009 Local Leagues 0 Comments

Local league weekend preview

The biggest question facing local soccer leagues may not be who wins their fall seasons. Rather, it’s this: Will it ever stop raining? In the Casa Soccer League, Philly’s largest, more than half the fall season’s games have been rained out as an El Nino cycle has dropped buckets of rain on the Delaware Valley, [...]

November 20, 2009 Casa Soccer League, Local Leagues 0 Comments

Sons of Ben host food drive this Saturday

The Sons of Ben are taking food donations at this Saturday’s soccer matches at Pennypack Park in northeast Philadelphia, with plans to give the food to a charity in Chester. Last year, the SoBs and Philadelphia Union gave $2,501 and 600 pounds of food to the Bernadine Center, a nonprofit group providing food and supplies [...]

November 17, 2009 Daily news roundups, Local Leagues 0 Comments