World Footy News

Last week, we had a number of teams playing games in three cities: Toronto, Des Moines and Seattle. The match between Columbus and Toronto was cancelled.

Montreal Women’s Tournament

The Montreal Women’s Tournament, (also included a men’s game with the Quebec Saints take on the Boston Demons).

The New York ladies took on the Quebec ladies.

Game 1: New York 1.6.12 Hamilton 0.2.2
Game 2: New York 5.13.43 Toronto 3.2.20

 

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The men’s match was close for 3 quarters between the Saints and the Demons before the Saints pulled away in the final 20 minutes.

Final score: Quebec 15.11.101 Boston 10.9.69

I-80/35 Tournament in Des Moines

At the Des Moines Veterans Park the I-80/35 Tournament saw the Tulsa Buffaloes, Denver Bulldogs, Minnesota Freeze, Kansas City Power and the host Des Moines Roosters take to the field. This tournament was in the 9’s format, and Denver also fielded a B Team.

Game 1: Minnesota vs. Denver B
The first game of the day had Minnesota play against Denver’s B team. The game was pretty much one sided as the Freeze manhandled the B squad.
Final score: Minnesota 10.7.67 Denver B 4.1.25

Game 2: Des Moines vs. Tulsa
The second game had the Roosters take the field for the first game against Tulsa. This game was a pretty tight contest in the first half before Des Moines took over in the 2nd half.
Final score: Des Moines 11.12.78 Tulsa 4.2.26

Game 3: Minnesota vs Denver A
Minnesota took the field for game 3 against Denver’s main team. This game was a knock down battle royale as it was tight right through the game until 4 minutes left when Denver took the final kick for goal.
Final score: Denver A 8.9.57 Minnesota 7.5.47

Game 4: Denver A vs Tulsa
This game was the blowout of the entire tournament…Denver took it to the Buffaloes and stampeded them.
Final score: Denver A 19.13.127 Tulsa 0.2.2

Game 5: Denver B vs Des Moines
The penultimate game of the round robin had Des Moines retake the field against Denver B team. This game was a dogfight throughout before the Denver B Squad took the final 2 goals in the last 6 minutes.
Final score: Denver B 8.8.56 Des Moines 6.4.40

Game 6: Denver B vs Kansas City
The final game of the round robin format had the Kansas City Power take the field against Denver B. The game was a close once again before Kansas City won the game in the final minutes.
Final score: Kansas City 10.8.68 Denver B 4.4.28

Semi-Final: Tulsa vs Denver B
The semi-final game was Tulsa vs Denver B as Tulsa, after a good rest, came storming back and won the game going away against Denver B.
Final score: Tulsa 8.5.53 Denver 3.6.24

Grand Final: Denver A vs. Kansas City
This Grand Final was not much of a contest as once again the Denver A team won in another rout.
Denver A 14.14.98 Kansas City 1.2.8

Seattle vs. Vancouver Saints

The Seattle Grizzlies hosted the Vancouver Saints in their season opener. From the outset, the Grizzlies were up against it for the first 3 quarters before Vancouver took over the final quarter and won going away.
Final score: Vancouver 9.8.62 Seattle 6.4.40

USAFL Standings

With the results from the past week, there are now 20 teams in the men and 3 in the women that have played at least one game. Here are the new USAFL Weekly Report standings:

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This Week’s Games

This week is the second week of the tournaments as we gear up for two tournaments involving seven teams.

At Champions Park, Louisville: John Harrell Cup:

Expected weather: 40% of Thunderstorms and 77f (25c)
Teams Involved:
Nashville Kangaroos, Columbus Jackaroos, Indianapolis Giants and the Cincinnati Dockers .

On the hallowed grounds of Champions Park, the site of three USAFL Nationals in their history as the John Harrell Cup will be played. Here’s the schedule for the games on Saturday (All times CT):

10:30 am: Columbus vs. Indianapolis
First game will face the battle of I-70 as Columbus will take on newcomers Indianapolis. The Giants are on the rise while the Jackaroos, coming off a convincing win against Cleveland, go for 2 in a row. Columbus has never lost to Indianapolis in their series.

11:30 am: Cincinnati vs. Nashville
The two founding teams of the USAFL square off for the 20th time, but the first in nearly 3 years. Nashville is coming off a dominating win against Atlanta while Cincinnati begin their 2015 campaign. Nashville has won the last 5 meetings, including a drubbing by over 100 points in Nashville the last time they played.

1:00 pm: 3rd place game
2:00 pm: Grand Final

Thoughts: Considering that all four teams know each other in one way or another, expect tight battles. I figure Cincinnati vs. Indianapolis battle for 3rd while expect a battle royale for the title in Columbus vs. Nashville. In the 4 times that the Kangaroos have gone to the Harrell Cup, they have never left without the trophy.

At Houston: Texas Cup Round 1:
Expected Weather: Thunderstorms with a high of 79f (26c)
Teams Involved: Houston Lonestars, Austin Crows, Dallas Magpies

This round played in Houston is the first of the 3 legs in the Texas Cup.
Game times (All times CT):

Noon: Austin vs. Dallas
1 pm: Dallas vs. Houston
2 pm: Houston vs. Austin

In Atlanta: Baton Rouge vs Atlanta:
11:30 am CT: Expected weather: Cloudy with a high of 87f (31c)
The only full 4-quarter match this week will take place at Gerrard Landing Park in Marietta when the Atlanta Kookaburras take the field against the Baton Rouge Tigers. This will be the first of the home-and-home series.

This Week’s Show

This week’s edition will be starting at a later time this week due to the road trip to Louisville, 4:30 pm CT instead of the usual time of 4 pm CT. We will recap Week 7 of the USAFL and the AFL, including recaps of the Texas Cup in Houston and the John Harrell Cup in Louisville. There are no games next week in the USAFL as we will be celebrating Memorial Day weekend in the USA. We will have our Q & A session, so please, send your questions through via WFN, the blog, on Facebook or on Twitter with #USAFLWRQA. See you Sunday @ 4:30 pm!