Club Soccer Standouts: February 21-22
The club soccer season continued over the weekend, with several goal-scoring shifts put into games around the country.
Teams out East are slowly coming back into action as the weather starts to warm up.
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Boys
XF Academy 08/07 ECNL – Zachary Hume, Reed Henley and Aaron Leon-Bedolla scored in a 3-1 defeat of Eastside FC.
Philadelphia Union 08/07 MLS NEXT – Neo Heyral scored the only goal as Philly beat D.C. 1-0.
Inter Miami CF 09 MLS NEXT – A brace from Nicolas Pineros secured a 3-0 win against FC Dallas. Rodrigo Alvarez scored the third.
PA Classics 10 MLS NEXT – Goals from Quentin Rhine, Jahir Lopez and Ilan Vejzovic helped Classics to a 3-1 win over Alexandria.
Atlanta United 09 MLS NEXT – Elijah Bataille scored twice, while Gonzalo Riveras, Daniel Tagbo, Santiago Suarez and Jason Adeyemi scored goals in a 6-0 defeat of KSA.
FC Cincinnati 08/07 MLS NEXT – Chance Malilo and Jared Cardenas scored goals in the first half of a 2-0 defeat of Michigan Wolves.
PDA 09 MLS NEXT – A hat trick from Aidan Abere secured a comfortable 5-0 win over Sporting Athletic. Anastasio Pavlou and Florian Intres also scored.
Minnesota United FC 08/07 MLS NEXT – Issa Saidi opened the scoring, while Irvin Hernandez chipped in a goal. Timothy Dennis added two goals to round out the scoring as Minnesota topped Sporting KC 4-0.
St. Louis Scot Gallagher 11 MLS NEXT – SLSG jumped out to a 4-0 lead, with two goals from Sam Wiedemeier and tallies by Carson Getchman and William Gianino. They held on for a 4-2 win over Shattuck St. Mary’s.
FC Dallas 08/07 MLS NEXT – Goals by Gabe Watkins and Aiden Bernklau-Wostl secured a 2-1 win against Inter Miami.
LA Galaxy 09 MLS NEXT – First half goals from Matthew Leone and Alessio Benedetti were enough for a 2-1 defeat of RSL.
Orlando City SC 08/07 MLS NEXT – Four different players scored as Orlando City beat Charlotte 4-1. Dominik Baczewski, Caleb Trombino, Brady Kendall and Toryn Penders all scored.
Michigan Wolves 09 MLS NEXT – James Giacomazza scored early and Gabriele Aureliano provided a second half winner in a narrow 2-1 defeat of FC Cincinnati.
Nashville SC 08/07 MLS NEXT – Xavier Aguilar, Christopher Cerqueira and Liam Stribling scored in a 3-0 win over Inter Atlanta.
Orlando CIty SC 10 MLS NEXT – Orlando put five past Charlotte FC, with Jonas Alcala scoring twice. Rijkaard Ataali, Mateo Velasquez and Jaxon Ludwick scored.
City SC San Diego 08/07 MLS NEXT – Alejandro Peralta scored the winner in a 1-0 defeat of Barca Residency Academy.
South Florida Football Academy 09 MLS NEXT – The South Florida side topped Inter Miami 2-0. Gustavo Schuch and Ethan Toth scored.
Keystone FC 08/07 MLS NEXT – Two goals from Mason Jenkins and a tally by Zac Slevin secured a 3-2 win against Real Futbol Academy.
Northern Virginia 11 MLS NEXT – Mason Green scored twice to anchor a 2-0 defeat of Beadling SC.
Albion SC 08/07 MLS NEXT – Warner Black scored four times in a 5-0 win against Los Angeles Bulls SC.
Cedar Stars Academy-Bergen 09 MLS NEXT – Four different players powered Cedar Stars to a 4-0 win against NYCFC. Alen Purisic, Yacouba Soumahoro, Taurean Hunter and Frank Pah scored.
XF Academy 10 ECNL – Jake Jones and Colbein Iwen scored scored in a 2-0 win against Eastside FC.
FC Bay Area Surf 08/07 MLS NEXT – Milan Saman scored a hat trick on the way to his team’s 6-0 defeat of Albion SC Merced. Ely Villagrana added another and Logan Erba rounded out the scoring.
Albion SC Los Angeles 10 MLS NEXT – Connor Smith’s second half goal provided the difference in a 2-1 win against LAFC. Eli Milner provided the opener.
Bethesda SC 09 MLS NEXT – A second half goal by Thomas Helfrich secured a 2-2 draw against Springfield YC. Lukas Anderson scored first for Bethesda.
Strikers FC 08/07 MLS NEXT – Dylan Mair, Parker Buetow and Santiago Higareda accounted for the goals in a 3-0 win over LA Surf.
Total Futbol Academy 10 MLS NEXT – Daniel Carmona fired home a hat trick, pacing a 3-0 win against Chula Vista FC.
De Anza Force 08/07 MLS NEXT – A brace from Abishek Tomar secured a 2-1 road win against Vancouver Whitecaps.
San Jose Earthquakes 09 MLS NEXT – Jackson Isles tallied a brace in a 4-1 win against Ballistic United. Jacob Galvan Navarro and Ike Wang contributed goals as well.
Cedar Stars Academy Bergen 08/07 MLS NEXT – Marcus Jackson scored first, while late goals by Nathaniel Addo led Cedar Stars to a 3-2 defeat of NYCFC.
Springfield YC 10 MLS NEXT – Lucas Odhomi bagged a brace in SYC’s 2-0 defeat of Bethesda.
Triangle United Soccer Association 08/07 MLS NEXT – Elias Gehi, Nery Deloya, Leo Slebos and Andrezzo Ramos helped Triangle to a 4-2 win over Lanier SA.
Shattuck St. Mary’s 08/07 MLS NEXT – Goals by Parker Bassuener, Chase Carrera and Gael Diaz secured a 3-1 win against St. Louis Scott Gallagher.
St. Louis Scott Gallagher 10 MLS NEXT – SLSG beat Minnesota 6-2. Hudson Foristal, Brayden Baldwin, Damon Dobbs (x2), Eli Pradhan and Easton Blair provided the goals.
Girls
La Roca FC 10 ECNL – The Utah side traveled to Portland, coming away with two wins. Maggie Barajas, Samantha Schiffman and Callie Lipson scored in a 3-0 defeat of Oregon Surf on Saturday. Sunday saw La Roca pick up a narrow 2-1 win over Portland Thorns. Schiffman was among the goals again, while Macie Leavitt rounded out the scoring.
La Roca 08/07 ECNL – Milly Smith scored twice and Kate Wood added another in a 3-0 win at Oregon Surf.
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