World Footy News

As we get set for the back half of the 2015 USAFL season the Nationals at Austin are now just 3 months away.
 

Last Weekend’s Games

Last weekend was the final of the regional tournaments as 14 teams headed for Racine, WI for the Central Regional Tournament. Beyond that, there were also two full games that happened during the weekend.

@ West Potomac Park in Washington, DC: Baltimore/Washington Eagles vs. North Carolina Tigers
From the outset, the Tigers were putting the hammer down on the Eagles as they lead from the opening bounce and didn’t let up at all.
 

 

Final score: North Carolina 9.9.63 Baltimore/Washington 6.7.43

@ Hawkins Park in Saint Petersburg, FL: Tampa Bay Starfish vs. Fort Lauderdale Fighting Squids
The Tampa Bay Starfish competed in their first USAFL game in the history against the in-state rival Fort Lauderdale Fighting Squids. This game was a tight game throughout before the Squids pulled away with two goals in the final five minutes to win the game.
Final score: Fort Lauderdale 10.14.74 Tampa Bay 7.17.59

@ Score Soccer Fields in Franksville, WI: Central Regional Tournament
Teams Involved:
Men
Division One:
Austin Crows, New York Magpies, Denver Bulldogs, Minnesota Freeze, Houston Lonestars, Chicago Swans

Division Two:
Columbus Jackaroos, Dallas Magpies, Des Moines Roosters, Tulsa Buffaloes, Cincinnati Dockers , Milwaukee Bombers
Women:
New York Lady Magpies vs. Minnesota Lady Freeze
 

The Score Soccer Fields in Franksville hosted the Central Regional Tournament. Outside of the Western Regional Tournament, this was the biggest tournament of the year so far. Games began at 9 am and went through to nearly 7 pm. At the beginning of the day, there was a minute silence and everyone gathered at the center of Field 1 in honor of slain Adelaide Crows coach Phil Walsh. Here are the scores of the weekend:

Division One:

10 am: Game 1: New York 4.9.33 Houston 2.2.14
10 am: Game 2: Austin 7.10.52 Chicago 2.2.14
1 pm: Game 3: Minnesota 8.3.51 Houston 2.4.16
1 pm: Game 4: Denver 5.9.39 Chicago 2.1.13
3 pm: Game 5: Austin 8.5.53 Denver 3.3.21
3 pm: Game 6: New York 8.4.52 Minnesota 3.2.20

Division Two:

9 am: Game 1: Dallas 10.6.66 Des Moines 3.0.18
9 am: Game 2: Columbus 4.10.34 Milwaukee 2.0.12
11 am: Game 3: Cincinnati 12.4.76 Des Moines 3.2.20
11 am: Game 4: Tulsa 8.6.54 Milwaukee 0.1.1
2 pm: Game 5: Columbus 4.7.31 Tulsa 3.4.22
2 pm: Game 6: Dallas 6.6.42 Cincinnati 1.2.8

Women’s
New York 8.9.57 Minnesota 6.6.42

The fifth place games in the both divisions were decided because of injuries and limited umpires to be split…so the 5th and 6th place teams (Division 1: Chicago and Houston, Division 2: Des Moines and Milwaukee) were given as a tie, so both teams finished 0-2-1 for the weekend.

Third Place Playoff
Division One: Denver 7.9.51 Minnesota 1.1.7
Division Two: Tulsa 3.5.23 Cincinnati 1.7.13

Grand Final
Division One: Austin 8.5.53 New York 5.2.32
Division Two: Dallas 4.6.30 Columbus 2.2.14

 

• USAFLWR Standings

With all 21 games in the books from this weekend, here are the new standings based on results along with the new USAFL Top 25 poll results based on opinion (Released last Wednesday):

Men: Note: (1)- Seattle still has one game not reported: Vs. Vancouver

USAFL Top 25	USAFLWR Standings	Team	W-L-T	PF	PA	Pct.	Points
3	1	Austin Crows	8-0-0	412	161	255.90	18
13	2	Columbus Jackaroos	6-2-0	333	158	210.76	16
2	3	New York Magpies	5-2-0	375	265	141.50	16
10	4	Nashville Kangaroos	5-3-0	365	314	116.24	15
7	5	Dallas Magpies	5-2-0	380	243	158.63	12
18	6	Fort Lauderdale Fighting Squids	3-2-0	176	219	80.37	12
4	7	Denver Bulldogs	6-3-0	590	352	167.61	11
1	8	Orange County Bombers	4-0-0	202	133	151.88	10
8	9	Minnesota Freeze	5-3-0	375	307	122.15	9
25	10	Tulsa Buffaloes	4-5-0	385	593	64.92	9
22	11	North Carolina Tigers	2-2-0	223	189	117.99	8
11	12	Houston Lonestars	2-6-1	297	318	93.40	7
21	13	Cincinnati Dockers	3-4-0	243	207	117.39	6
20	14	Des Moines Roosters	2-5-1	308	375	82.13	6
9	15	Golden Gate Roos	2-2-0	126	155	81.29	6
12	16	Chicago Swans	1-3-1	132	203	65.02	5
	17	Atlanta Kookaburras	2-3-0	196	309	63.43	5
14	18	Sacramento Suns	2-1-0	128	70	182.86	4
15	19	Boston Demons	1-2-0	205	195	105.12	4
24	20	Baton Rouge Tigers	1-2-0	230	274	83.94	4
16	21	Philadelphia Hawks	1-1-0	75	145	51.72	4
	22	Seattle Grizzlies (1)	1-3-0	142	278	51.08	4
23	23	Portland Steelheads	1-1-0	88	57	154.38	2
6	24	Los Angeles Dragons	1-2-0	128	107	119.62	2
	25	Cleveland Cannons	1-1-0	58	115	50.44	2
	26	Kansas City Power	1-4-0	274	379	72.30	1
	27	Milwaukee Bombers	0-2-1	13	86	15.13	1
	28	Tampa Bay Larrikins	0-1-0	59	74	79.73	0
19	29	Baltimore/Washington Eagles	0-1-0	48	72	66.67	0
	30	Indianapolis Giants	0-4-0	65	186	34.95	0

Women's

USAFLWR Standing	Team	W-L-T	PF	PA	Pct.	Points
1	New York Lady Magpies	4-0-0	218	64	340.63	12
2	Sacramento Lady Suns	2-1-0	79	47	168.09	6
3	San Francisco Iron Maiden	2-1-0	104	60	173.33	4
4	Minnesota Lady Freeze	1-2-0	71	68	104.41	2
5	Columbus Jillaroos	1-1-0	13	29	44.83	2
6	Arizona Lady Hawks	0-2-0	35	80	43.75	0
7	Boston Lady Demons	0-1-0	0	106	0.00	0

• This Weekend’s Games

This weekend, the games get spread out as they are on the coasts. There are a total of 6 games this weekend:

@ Yonkers, NY
Men: New York Magpies vs. Baltimore/Washington Eagles
Women: New York Lady Magpies, Boston Lady Demons and Baltimore/Washington Lady Eagles

Expect tight games in the women’s battle and the Magpies should have an interesting match against the Eagles in the men’s match.

@ Bellingham, WA: Seattle Grizzlies vs. Vancouver Giants
The second game is in Bellingham as the Grizzlies have the I-5 battle against Vancouver continues.

@ San Diego, CA: Orange County Bombers vs. San Diego Lions
The final game of the weekend is in San Diego as the Lions begin their 2015 season playing against the current #1 in the USAFL Top 25 in Orange County Bombers. Expect the Bombers to win easily against the Lions.

• This Week’s USAFL Weekly Report Show

Our show this week will have the return of Stephen Kerbow as he returns from Australia. Segment Two will be a special recap of his trip. Our show is Sunday @ 4 pm CDT on YouTube. I will have the link on Twitter when we get ready for start. See you Sunday!