NPSL Round Up: Week 10

Med City and Muskegon take stronger leads in their divisions.

Wednesday:

Dakota Fusion FC 3 vs 2 Minneapolis City SC

Nozomu Kamei opened the scoring in the tenth minute for Fusion. Mu Thoo equalized in the 28th minute but two City own goals (in the 31st and 33rd minutes) put Fusion back ahead. A 66th minute goal by Cole Schwartz failed to ignite a rally and Fusion overtook their opponents in the table. Fusion are on a run of forcing own goals.

Joy Athletic Club 1 vs 1 Sioux Falls Thunder FC

Thunder opened the scoring in the 8th minute through James Bolger. Joy Athletic equalized in the 90th minute through a PK.

Duluth FC 4 vs 0 La Crosse Aris

Despite dominating possession, it took Duluth FC 43 minutes to break the deadlock through Felipe Oliveira, but they added a second through Felipe Arteaga before half-time.

The BlueGreens added another couple of goals in the second half, through Sam Thornton in the 66th minute and Paul Bobai in the 88th minute.

Minnesota TwinStars 1 vs 8 Med City FC

Joshua Balsiger opened the scoring for Med City in the 15th minute, and only 1 minute later it was Scott Neil who made it two. Narcis Bou made it 3–0 in the 24th minute. Andres Garcia scored the fourth goal in the 32nd minute and TwinStars got their only goal of the game a minute later through Sadra Golzarian. James Averies scored the last goal of the half in the 39th minute for the Mayhem.

The opening goal of the second half was a TwinStars OG in the 59th minute for 6–1. Dion Dozzell scored in the 73rd and 77th minutes to wrap up the match at 8–1.

Saturday:

FC Milwaukee Torrent 2 vs 3 Muskegon Risers

Risers opened the scoring after a half hour of pressure, with a long cross field pass from the right wing was headed back where it came from by Vitalis Takawiris Jr. 8 minutes later, the lead was doubled when Mason Smith tapped in after a high press turned over the ball in the Torrent penalty area. Max Ludwig halved the deficit with a piledriver from 30 yards out which went through the Risers goalkeeper and in.

After the break, Muskegon made it 3–1 with a header by Nicola Petrovic off a left wing corner and the last goal of the game was a header at the back post by Chava Nunez following a free kick belted into the area from 40 yards out. Whilst Milwaukee had chances, the division leaders secured the win and their league position ahead of a de-facto division championship against Columbus on Thursday.

Duluth FC 1 vs 1 Med City FC

Duluth FC dominated possession but Med City FC went ahead in the 14th minute after Andres Garcia played an extended one-two through the center of the Duluth FC defense on the counterattack. He was injured in scoring and left the game.

The BlueGreens tied up the game in the 57th minute, a well placed shot curled past the keeper from within the penalty area by Blake Perry. There was a red card issued to Matias Daniel for a second yellow card in the 89th minute. However, the home team could not turn their possession into a division leading win.

Sioux Falls Thunder FC 3 vs 0 Minnesota TwinStars FC

Trace Dobson opened the scoring in the 28th minute, and it was doubled by Brennan Haggerty just before halftime. Tyler Limmer made it 3 in the 75th minute.

Panathinaikos Chicago 1 vs 2 Carpathia FC

PAO captain Arsenios Dimitriou opened the scoring in the 49th minute, but Carpathia returned the favor in the 57th minute through a Joseph Tinnion PK and then won the game 9 mins later through Dylan Wismont.

Minneapolis City SC 2 vs 0 Joy Athletic Club

Matt Murakami in the 26th minute and Loïc Mesanvi in the 77th scored for Minneapolis.

La Crosse Aris FC 0 vs 3 Dakota Fusion FC

This match was forfeited due to “lack of facilities”.

Upcoming Schedule: (home team in bold)

Thursday:

Muskegon Risers vs FC Columbus

Friday:

Dakota Fusion FC vs Minnesota TwinStars FC

Duluth FC vs Sioux Falls Thunder FC

La Crosse Aris vs Minneapolis City SC

Saturday:

Joy Athletic Club vs Med City FC