Great night for NSC Minnesota, bad night for NASL 30 Oct 2011 For anyone not cheering for the NSC Minnesota Stars to take the Soccer Bowl, it was an ugly spectacle.
GolTV Canada to broadcast second leg of NASL final 27 Oct 2011 The NSC Minnesota Stars hold a 3-1 lead over the Fort Lauderdale Strikers after the first leg. The league announced Wednesday that the second leg from Florida would be broadcast on GolTV. The game will be shown on tape at 10 p.m. ET this Saturday. It is shown live on the web, through nasl.com.
Halfway home: Minnesota edges closer to NASL title 23 Oct 2011 The Stars’ Cinderella run through the NASL playoffs looks like it might never strike midnight. The Stars will head to Florida with a 3-1 lead after the first leg in Blaine, Minn.
Collapse of Rennie’s RailHawks a cause for concern for Whitecaps’ fans 16 Oct 2011 When the Vancouver Whitecaps announced that RailHawks coach Martin Rennie would take over the MLS side next season, the Scottish boss was smelling like a rose.
Impact wins the battle, but not the war: Montreal out of NASL playoffs 25 Sep 2011 The Montreal Impact will not take part in the NASL playoffs. Sure, the Impact did its part — crushing the last-place Atlanta Silverbacks by a 4-0 count on the final day of the regular season. But, the NSC Minnesota Stars preserved its one-point advantage over the Impact with a 2-1 win on the road over the first-place Carolina RailHawks.
Impact needs Carolina to show up for final game of the season… but will it? 19 Sep 2011 But, then, there’s the matter of Montreal. The Impact is red-hot at the moment, earning 14 points out of the last 21 on the table. With the additions of MLS loaners Miguel Montano and Ryan Pore, the attack has been transformed. Evan Bush is the best keeper in NASL. Wouldn’t it suit Carolina best to ensure that the team most likely to make a Cinderella run from a low seed didn’t make the playoffs at all?
Tampa Bay’s resident Canadian does Montreal Impact a favour 7 Sep 2011 Mozzi Gyorio, the pride of Stratford, P.E.I., scored on a perfectly placed free kick to give FC Tampa Bay a 2-1 win over the NSC Minnesota Stars in NASL action Tuesday night. The win clinches a playoff spot for third-place FC Tampa Bay but, more importantly for the Impact, still leaves Montreal just four points behind Minnesota for the final playoff spot in the NASL.
Many NASL playoff spots can be clinched over the next two days 6 Sep 2011 A combination of an FC Edmonton win and a Montreal tie or loss clinches a playoff spot for the Eddies. The Eddies have not lost to Atlanta so far this season.
Second-half rally gives FC Edmonton massive win over Minnesota 4 Sep 2011 A rousing second-half comeback and an astonishing miss from NSC Minnesota forward Amani Walker has propelled FC Edmonton within touching distance of the NASL playoffs.
FC Edmonton has to cope with loss of Hamilton for key Minnesota match 1 Sep 2011 Central defender Paul Hamilton misses Saturday night’s home date with the NSC Minnesota Stars because of yellow-card accumulation. Hamilton picked up a yellow late in Tuesday’s 1-1 draw at Puerto Rico.
