MATCH PREVIEW: Week 7

GOLD COAST vs ALAMO CITY - The match of the week has the Suns holding onto a playoff spot with a 4-2 record and the Battle who have scored 14 points in the last 2 games.

GATEWAY UTD vs ALLIANCE FC - The first leg of the 2011 Barium Cup. The Saints experienced their first loss since 2010. The Lions are trying to capture their first league win since week 1.

UNION SC vs HILLCREST UTD - The Blues get a chance to build even more momentum playing a Rainbows club that is the laughing stock of the BSL. The ownership group bailed after creating the most questionable roster ever in the leagues history.

PENNSYLVANIA vs BURUD TOWN - The Stoners return from their bye week riding a 4 game unbeaten streak. The Stags continue to make roster moves hoping to spark the clubs offense.

SECOND CITY vs PN RANGERS - The Stars are in the middle of an easy part of its schedule and once again are favored to win this match fairly easily. However, the once dominate offense has showed signs of weakness the last couple of weeks.

WEEK 6: Gunners Move to Top of the Table

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ALAMO CITY 7 GATEWAY UTD 4- The scoring started early in this one with a couple of goals and a assist from Henry(Battle) and a goal from Lindpere(Saints). Then Alamo City kept the heat on the league's last undefeated club with 2 goals from Kamara, a goal from Lekic, to build a 6-1 lead. Gateway United tried to claw back into this match with Donovans 2 early scores, but then the last build up saw Angel assist Donovan on his other goal and put the scoring to rest. Each club left assists on their benches. The Battle now have the #1 offense in the league.

GOLD COAST 4 BURUD TOWN 1- The Suns remained perfect against the Stags getting goals from Perovic and Moreno, and assist from DeGuzman and Beckham. Burud Town for the 2nd game in a row struggled on offense and even left a Agudelo goal on the bench. Also Steve Zakuani was injured bringing even more bad news this week to the Stags. CD

GUNNERS 7 ALLIANCE 3- Capital District extended its unbeaten streak to 5 games and moved into first place in the BSL with the help of having played an extra game over several clubs in the running and also have the largest Margin of Victory in the league. In the Gunners most impressive showing of the season, a total of 5 players contributed to the score sheet including Montero's first goal of 2011. Donovan Ricketts played lights out with 6 hard saves and a clean sheet. The Lions got a brace from Chad Barrett, but played the wrong keeper as Keller had a clean sheet on the bench and Chavez had an assist on the bench.

SECOND CITY 3 HILLCREST UTD 0- The Stars improved to 4-1-0 on the season after an expected win over the Rainbows. Scores from Chaves, Davis, and Chiumento were the scoreline. New addition Busch had 4 saves in his Stars debut.

UNION SC 2 PN RANGERS 1- The Blues avoided an upset and escaped with the win thanks to Chris Wondolowski's goal. New in uniform, Shalrie Joseph got the scoring started for Union SC adding validation to the owners decision to trade for him.

MATCH PREVIEW: Week 6

GATEWAY UNITED vs ALAMO CITY- The first meeting of 2011 and the 8th meeting all time, this is the Match of the Week. The Saints still bring up the clubs playoff defeat to the now Battle in 2009. Right now Gateway United is riding high having just demolished Manchester United in a friendly. Alamo City is also riding high having just tied a record held by the Saints. This should be a great game.

CD GUNNERS vs ALLIANCE FC- The Gunners are unbeaten in 4 straight and are currently sitting in 3rd place. The Lions have lost 3 league matches in a row, but aside from last week have been very competive in all matches. DeRosario will most likely make his Alliance debut.

BURUD TOWN vs GOLD COAST - The Suns have dominated this match up so far. Both clubs are in the thick of the early playoff race. Gold Coast is 3-2-0, while Burud Town is close behind at 2-2-1.

UNION SC vs PN RANGERS - The Blues have a great opportunity to even the clubs record by playing a weak Rangers club. However, as last weeks history will prove, nothing is guaranteed. Joseph will make his Union SC debut in this game.

SECOND CITY vs HILLCREST UNITED- How much will the Stars punish the Rainbows? Its hard to imagine this offense struggling for a second game in a row, so the chance for a quick result in this match is very likely. The owner of Second City should be focused on trying to increase MOV and APG points if at all possible.

WEEK 5: Underdogs Find Some Results

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CD GUNNERS 2 PENNSYLVANIA 2- The Stoners got 2 goals from Perlaza to start this match, but had to settle for a 1 point average since he played twice this week. The Gunners Marco Pappa also averaged 1 point this week, and Donovan Ricketts clean sheet earlier this week was voided out after giving up a goal on Sunday. In short neither club was able to break a 2-2 deadlock. Both clubs also had plenty of scores wasted on their benches. Lots of action, lots of chances, but only a 2 scores a piece.

UNION SC 2 SECOND CITY 1 - The Stars suffered their first loss of the season and in the BSL. The club opened the scoring off with a Bouna Coundoul clean sheet, but the rest of the starting line up failed to provide any addition offense. This was a big surprise since the Stars boasted the leagues top offense. Still, the game went on and the Blues were unable to score themselves. The Stars were clinging to a 1-0 lead up until the very end until Brek Shea scored twice to win the match all on his own. Its a 3 points Union SC needed badly.

ALAMO CITY 7 ALLIANCE 0- The Battle tied a BSL record for biggest margin of victory in a game. The 7 point win matches Gateway United's 7-0 win 2 years ago. After losing 3 in a row, this is just what Alamo City needed to get the season moving in the right direction. The Lions had no offense this week and the clubs 2 yellow cards let Henry into the game and the result was 2 more scores.

GOLD COAST 2 PN RANGERS 0- The Suns got 6 saves from Matt Reis and a goal from Kenny Cooper to double up on the Rangers. Frie did have a clean sheet for the Rangers, but then he played again this week and voided out his earlier work.

BURUD TOWN 0 HILLCREST UNITED 0- For the first time ever we have a BSL match that ended 0-0. It was no surprise that the Rainbows would struggle to score. What was a surprise was that the Stags would be unable to get one into the net. Espindola did have a goal on the bench but it would not count. Hillcrest United has a point in the standings.

Blues and Lions Come to Terms

After receiving a bunch of trade offers this week, Union S0-Cal ownership has made a decision that hopefully will turns the fortunes of the club around. "I am extremely happy to have Joseph back in a Blues uniform. He was not our first choice to be honest with all the original trade offers. That said this is a good trade" said the Blues owner. Both Alliance and Union SC are currently sitting with losing records early in the 2011 season and hopefully will benefit from this trade. As for the players, both are currently sitting with 3 points for 2011 and have played similiar minutes.

BIDDING WAR: Benny Feilhaber (CHV)

Clubs involved (8): ALAMO CITY, SECOND CITY, GATEWAY UNITED, CD GUNNERS, GOLD COAST, ALLIANCE FC, BURUD TOWN, UNION SC - A BSL record 8 clubs will bid on Feilhaber. Due to the fact that its the weekend and the larger number of clubs interested in this player, the deadline for this bidding war is 7pm Sunday the 17th. This should give every owner the time needed to make a rational decision on Feilhaber.

BIDDING WAR: Diego Chara (POR)

Clubs involved (5): GATEWAY UNITED, CD GUNNERS, BURUD TOWN, ALLIANCE FC, UNION SC - This bidding for Diego Chara will expire at 10am (PST) Friday the 15th. This will give all the prospective owners ample time to make any offers they seem fit. Remember all bids must be made in the comments section of this post to be valid. Do not email the Commish. Be sure to post the points and minutes value of the player you are offering. See past bidding wars for details if you do not understand or see the rules on the league website.

BIDDING WAR: Sergio "Koko" Pardo (HOU)

Clubs involved (4): BURUD TOWN, ALAMO CITY, GOLD COAST, PENNSYLVANIA - Bidding ends 10am (Pacific Time) on Friday 4/15/11. Bids must be made in the comments of this post. All other will not be valid. Any bids made after 10am (PST) will not count.

MATCH PREVIEW: Week 5

PENNSYLVANIA vs CD GUNNERS - The Match of the Week features two clubs holding half of the current playoff positions. Both clubs are 3-1-0 on the season. Both clubs have won 3 in a row after losing opening day.

ALLIANCE vs ALAMO CITY - Two clubs that suffered one point losses in the closing minutes of their matches last week will have to put that aside and focus on getting a win in this game.

SECOND CITY vs UNION SC -The Stars are chasing Gateway United to be the other 4-0 club in the BSL. However, Second City already is ranked #1 in APG in the league with an impressive 4.67 and also is ranked #2 in the league in Margin of Victory with a plus 8. The Blues need a win badly and are entertaining plenty of trade offers. It seems likely that this will be DeRo's last game in Blue, before he gets traded. Maybe a couple of goals will change the owners mind.

GOLD COAST vs PN RANGERS -The Suns get a chance to lick their wounds from last week when they go up against the 0-3 Rangers.

BURUD TOWN vs HILLCREST UTD. - The Stags might only need to score a goal or two in this match as the Rainbows have yet to score. The club did have a bye last week, but the owner made no changes to bolster the roster. Perhaps, with his experiment gone wrong, Hillcrest has lost interest like other failed rosters a la the N.Y. Greeks of 2010 and Motor City of 2009.

WEEK 4: Strengths and Weakness Beginning to Show

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CAPITAL DISTRICT 3 ALAMO CITY 2 - The first leg of the 2011 BSL Classic was filled with the kind of tension you'd expect in this derby. Alamo City opened the scoring when Hassli scored on a PK. However, that goal was taken away when he foolishly was red carded from the match. So a man down the Battle would have to wait an see if this mistake would cost the team. David Ferreira would re-open the scoring with 2 goals and Alamo City was sitting with a 2-0 lead. Then the Gunners fought back off of scores from Castillo and Rosales. As the match progressed it was looking like these two clubs would end up in a third straight tie. However, in the final minutes of the game, "Camino" Sanvezzo would score the game winner. The Hassli red card would indeed cost the Battle a point in the standings.

SECOND CITY 7 GOLD COAST 2 - The Stars are 3-0-0 after a thrashing of Gold Coast FC. Even before Brad Davis poured on 3 assists by himself, Second City was grooving with goals and assists from another 4 position players. Gold Coast tried to fight back, but could only get as close as 3-2 before the game became a blowout.

PENNSYLVANIA 4 ALLIANCE 3 -The best game of the week might have been this one. Both expansion clubs went back and forth all week. The Stoners started with White's goal and assist to take a 2-0 lead. Then the Lions countered with Magee and Chavez. The Stoners reclaimed the lead when Puerari scored, but the Lions would once again equalize off a Torres goal. Then 20 minutes later Mondragon got his 3rd clean sheet of the season for the game winner. Pennsylvania has now won 3 in a row after losing opening day.

BURUD TOWN 3 UNION SC 1 -New year, new result as the Stags finally defeated Union SC. Steve Zakuani opened the scoring and Hartman's clean sheet built a 2-0 lead. The Blues would cut into the lead when Wondolowski scored, but that was all the champs could muster. Burud Town added some insurance with Bruins goal even though the game was already decided. The champions are now 1-3-0 to start the season and the worst start in Blues history.

GATEWAY UNITED 4 PN RANGERS 0 -The Saints remain in first place after winning 4-0 for the second week in a row to improve to 4-0-0 on the season. Charlie Davies had another penalty kick to add to his total, and both the Saints Keepers had impressive showings showing the depth this club has at the Keeper position. Alan Gordon seems to like Toronto as he scored another goal.

Saints and Stags Diversifying?

Burud Town and Gateway United have come to an agreement sending Brian Mullan and Juninho to each others rosters. The move is in time for week 4 of the schedule. From the looks of it this trade was done in an attempt by both clubs to be more diversified. Burud Town was sitting on multiple Rapid players and Gateway United was sitting on multiple Galaxy players.

MATCH PREVIEW: Week 4

ALAMO CITY vs CAPITAL DISTRICT - The match of the week features two BSL orginals meeting up for the 7th time. This derby, recently renamed the BSL Classic is always a good match. Infact the last two times these clubs have meet it has ended in a tie.

UNION SC vs BURUD TOWN - The Blues have never lost to the Stags including a win in the league only overtime game. Both clubs are in need of a win coming off week 3 losses. Both come into play with 1-2 records.

SECOND CITY vs GOLD COAST - The undefeated Stars take on the 2-1 Suns as two exciting offenses collide.

GATEWAY UNITED vs PN RANGERS - The first place Saints look for win #4 against a Rangers club looking for its first win. The Saints have managed to find success even though Landon Donovan has yet to score a single point for the club.

ALLIANCE FC vs PENNSYLVANIA - The Lions return after a bye week to challenge a Stoners team that has scored 10 points in its last 2 games.

WEEK 3: Saints and Stars Remain Perfect

GOLD COAST 5 UNION SC 4 - The first leg of the California Cup started with the Suns building an early 2-0 lead with scores from Alejandro Moreno and Cam Weaver. Then the scoring became fierce as both clubs started trading blows including having each keeper collecting a saves point. Once again the Blues had a ton of yellow cards, a real problem for the team so far, but Gold Coast did not take advantage of it this time. Instead it was Union SC that got a assist from its substitution of Mastroeni. However, it would not be enough to win the match. PENNSYLVANIA 5 ALAMO CITY 3 - For the second game in a row the Stoners put up a league high 5 points and came out victorious. Even more impressive is how the club is scoring. This time different position players contibuted to the scoring than the previous match the Stoners won. Meanwhile Alamo City got 2 goals from Folan in an attempt to mount a comeback in this game, but the lead was just too big. The Battle have lost 2 in a row since winning opening day. SECOND CITY 3 BURUD TOWN 2 - The Stags opened the scoring with a Zakuani assist, but the Stars rebounded with scores from Dawkins and Chiumento. Burud Town equalized off an Omar Cummings goal, but Jamie Smith scored the game winner late in this one. Second City moves to 2-0 on the season and is one of only 2 undefeated clubs in the BSL. CD GUNNERS 4 PN RANGERS 0 - Newly signed Stojcev opened the scoring for the Gunners. Donovan Ricketts added a clean sheet in his first game of 2011 as Capital District cruised to an easy win. GATEWAY UNITED 4 HILLCREST UNITED 0 - The Saints moved to a perfect 3-0 on the season after easily winning this match. With it being no secret that the Rainbows are struggling to score, Gateway United put this game to bed fairly quickly as the club put up a 2-0 lead by the end of Friday. Hillcrest would conclude being shut out for the 3rd straight game. What is more notable is the club for the 3rd straight game left points on the bench. This time 2 more scores were wasted.