NPSL Midwest Region Round Up: First Round Playoffs Featured National Premier Soccer League by Ashle Paige - July 23, 2021July 23, 20210 Tuesday night saw the opening of the 2021 NPSL Midwest Regional playoffs. Cleveland SC faced Pittsburgh Hotspurs while Duluth FC hosted Carpathia FC. The two matches could not have gone in more opposite directions. Cleveland dominated Hotspurs from start to finish in Berea, OH. Vincent Bell's fourth minute goal put CLE on track and Alec Nagucki added one just around the half hour mark. Thomas Beck and Smith Pepper would both add second half goals to give Cleveland a 4-0 win to send them to face FC Milwaukee Torrent. Duluth FC vs Carpathia could not have been more opposite of that. The BlueGreens' Jake Starling broke the match open with his 26' goal before NPSL Golden Boot winner Sidney Warden added a
NPSL Midwest Regionals: First Round Preview Featured National Premier Soccer League by Ashle Paige - July 20, 2021July 20, 20210 The 2021 National Premier Soccer League season has come to a close. All the playoff teams are set and the Region playoffs start tonight. For a full recap of the Great Lakes/North's final week you can check out Tim's recap of Week 11. But Week 11 did a few things, City winning gave them a bye and got Duluth FC in. Cleveland not picking up a win propelled City into first and gave Milwaukee a bye as well. Quarter-Finals: Cleveland SC (Rust Belt 1) vs Pittsburgh Hotspurs (Rust Belt 2): 6 PM - George Finnie Stadium, Berea, OH - Eleven Sports The first of the two matches in the opening round is a match entirely within the Rust Belt Conference. Rust Belt champions
NPSL Midwest: Week 11 Recap Featured National Premier Soccer League by Tim Abbott - July 19, 2021July 20, 20210 Friday: Med City FC 1 vs Minneapolis City SC 2 : Rochester Regional Stadium, Rochester, MN - Eleven Sports Med City's season ended with a whimper as they fell 2-1 to the Crows, and fell out of the playoff positions. Minneapolis opened the scoring in the 37th minute through Max Stiegwardt and doubled their margin in the 78th minute, with a goal by Aidan O'Driscoll. The Mayhem spoiled the clean sheet with an 86th minute tally from Joshua Balsiger. With their win, Minneapolis City secured the top seed for the playoffs and a bye into the regional semifinals - which they are also hoping to host. Duluth FC 5 vs Sioux Falls Thunder 2 : Public Schools Stadium, Duluth, MN - Eleven Sports The
NPSL Midwest Week 11: Preview Featured National Premier Soccer League by Tim Abbott - July 16, 2021July 17, 20210 Friday: Med City FC vs Minneapolis City SC: 6:45pm - Rochester Regional Stadium, Rochester, MN - Eleven Sports Med City look to limit the damage against the red hot Crows, and in the process keep their playoff run going. A Minneapolis City win would restore some of the momentum lost against Joy last time out and would knock the Mayhem out of the playoffs regardless of the result in Duluth. Duluth FC vs Sioux Falls Thunder: 7pm - Public Schools Stadium, Duluth, MN - Eleven Sports With the tiebreakers in their favor, and a kickoff scheduled for 15 minutes later, Duluth FC enter this match against an inconsistent Thunder side looking set for the playoffs. A win by the BlueGreens or matching Med City's
NPSL Midwest Week 10: Recap Featured National Premier Soccer League by Ashle Paige - July 14, 20210 Wednesday: FC Columbus 3 vs FC Indiana 0 : Roberts Field at The Wellington School, Columbus, OH - Eleven Sports After a rough weekend which saw Columbus draw with FC Indiana then Carpathia win to knock FCC out of the playoffs, Columbus came back looking for vengeance. Amadou Dia broke open the match for Columbus in the 20th minute and Hamid Shariff added another just before the half time break. FCC added yet another when Chukwuemeka Eneli drilled home a PK in the 67th. FC Milwaukee Torrent 5 vs Panathinaikos Chicago 0 : Hart Park, Wauwatosa, WI - Eleven Sports The second midweek match effected by the Columbus and Carpathia matches from Saturday was another barn burner, and even more one sided. With a
NPSL Midwest Week 9: Recap Featured National Premier Soccer League by Ashle Paige - July 7, 20210 Wednesday: Carpathia FC 2 vs FC Columbus 3 : Avondale High School, Auburn Hills, MI - Eleven Sports In a must win match FC Columbus surprised the home side by pulling out an upset victory to keep their playoff hopes alive. Carpathia took an early 1-0 lead but Columbus would tie it up a quarter-hour later. FCC held the lead the rest of the night scoring their second and third goals before Carpathia managed their second. Duluth FC 1 vs Minneapolis City SC 6: Public Schools Stadium, Duluth, MN - Eleven Sports Minneapolis City SC just needed a win to wrap up back to back to back NPSL North Championships, and a win did they get. It didn't look great initially as Duluth's Aidan
NPSL Midwest Week 10: Preview Featured National Premier Soccer League by Tim Abbott - July 7, 2021July 7, 20210 Wednesday: FC Columbus vs FC Indiana - 6pm - Roberts Field at The Wellington School, Columbus, OH - Eleven Sports FCC face a winless Indiana squad, with only pride on the line. FC Milwaukee Torrent vs Panathinaikos Chicago - 7pm - Hart Park, Wauwatosa, WI - Eleven Sports After their perfect season came to an end vs Carpathia, Torrent looking to get back on the beam and fight for the playoff bye. PAO will be looking to improve their sub zero goal differential. Duluth FC vs La Crosse Aris FC - 7pm - Public Schools Stadium, Duluth, MN - Eleven Sports Duluth's battle for the second playoff spot continues with the visit of the -20 goal differential of Aris and one of the hottest strikers in
NPSL Midwest Week 9: Preview Featured National Premier Soccer League by Tim Abbott - June 30, 2021July 7, 20210 Wednesday: Carpathia FC vs FC Columbus: 6 PM - Avondale High School, Auburn Hills, MI - Eleven Sports Two playoff spots are on the line in each division in the Midwest Region. With four games left to play the points difference makes this a do or die for FC Columbus. If they win they keep their hopes of making the playoffs alive. If the hosts Carpathia FC win, the playoff representatives from the Great Lakes are set with every team still having 3-4 matches to play. Duluth FC vs Minneapolis City SC: 7 PM - Public Schools Stadium, Duluth, MN - Eleven Sports Host Duluth FC needs to win to keep the Crows from winning their third straight North Conference title. However Minneapolis City
NPSL Midwest Week 8: Recap Featured National Premier Soccer League by Tim Abbott - June 27, 20210 Friday: Med City FC 4 vs Dakota Fusion FC 1 - 6:45pm - Rochester Regional Stadium, Rochester, MN - Eleven Sports Med City did what they need to do in the playoff hunt, jumping up to second with a masterful display of set piece play. The scoring was opened from a corner, finished by Jack Hilton-Jones. Ayrton Redmore finished off a free kick in the 32nd minute for 2-0. The third goal came from a corner, finished off by Till Trippner. Two minutes later, Fusion spoiled the clean sheet with a goal from Aaron Pike but Redmore made it 4-1 off a corner in the 80th minute to complete the home team's scoring. Saturday: Minneapolis City SC 3 vs LC Aris SC 0 -
NPSL Midwest Week 8: Preview Featured National Premier Soccer League by Tim Abbott - June 24, 2021June 26, 20210 Friday: Med City FC vs Dakota Fusion FC - 6:45pm - Rochester Regional Stadium, Rochester, MN - Eleven Sports Coming off the back of back to back losses to Duluth FC which dropped them out of playoff position, comes an opportunity to run up the score against a Fusion side which has nothing to play for but pride. That said, the same logic applied before the Fargo side's recent match up against hot firing Joy and that match ended in favor of the Fusion, so don't be completely surprised if they pull another upset. Saturday: Minneapolis City SC vs LC Aris SC - 6pm - Edor Nelson Field, Minneapolis, MN - YouTube There's not much to be said about this matchup which hasn't already been