BIDDING WAR: Maicon Santos

Clubs Involved (3): Gateway United, Burud Town, CD Gunners - This is the first time a player has been released by a BSL club, but requested to be released after gameday, and then he scores 3 points in his farwell game for the BSL club dropping him. Maicon Santos was released by Rose City FC. Since that time several BSL clubs have expressed interest in him mostly because of the headlines he just made in his current match. The 24 hour waiver period for released BSL player is complete. Bidding for Maicon Santos will conclude Sunday 4/1 5pm (pacific time) 2011 and the limited 2012 stats apply combined for bidding.

MATCH PREVIEW: Week 4

POWER RANKINGS: Week 3

The Saints remained on top of the power rankings for the 2nd week in a row. Averaging 4 points a game and winning without key players is a true test of strength. Sitting in 2nd once again is Alamo City. The club is coming off its best game this season and is actually leading the league with 4.7 APG. Moving up to its highest ranking is Spartans 1612. New York won easily 5-0 last week and its offense seems very diverse so far. Another club jumping up the rankings is Rose City up 3 spots from last week with another win in week 3. Gold Coast also jumped up 3 spots after getting the clubs first win of 2012. The jump was mostly due to how poor several other BSL clubs have been playing so far.

WEEK 3: Early Leaders Stay On Form

ROSE CITY 2 KC QUEST 0 - There were more cards than scores in the game of the week featuring two expansion clubs. The game winner was courtesy of Marvin Chavez. The Flyers now have back to back wins, while the Quest lose for the first time. BOXSCORE: Flyers- M.Chavez(A), Kennedy(CS), Moffatt(Y), Santos(Y), Kennedy(Y). Quest- D.Hernandez(Y), Pontius(Y).

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ALAMO CITY 6 UNION SC 3 - The 10th meeting between these two rivals started with Gspurning giving the Battle a 1-0 lead. the Blues countered with a couple of Wondolowski goals to claim a 2-1 lead. The Battle equalized with Mirosevic's goal. Then to close out Saturday's action Union SC took the lead again with Marco Pappa's assist. Sunday came and it was all Alamo City. Henry had 2 goals and an assist and Castrillon had an assist turning a 1 point deficit to a 3 point win. BOXSCORE: Blues- Wondolowski (G G), Pappa(A), Fernandez(Y). Battle- Gspurning(CS), Mirosevic(G), Henry(G G A), Castrillon(A), Hassli(Y).

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GATEWAY UNITED 4 CD GUNNERS 1- The Saints overpowered Capital District to remain perfect on the season with a 3-0-0 record. On Friday Gateway got goals from Estrada and Evans to build a 2-0 lead very quickly. The Gunners cut the lead in half on Saturday with a Vargas goal. Then on Sunday the Kenny Cooper's 2 goals put the game to rest. Donovan Ricketts did have 7 saves, but was left as the backup keeper in this match for the Gunners. BOXSCORE: Saints- Estrada(G), Evans(G), Cooper(G G). Gunners- Vargas(G), Espinza(Y).

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PENNSYLVANIA 1 ALLIANCE 0 - This match remained scoreless throughout most of the weekend. However, it was not without chances. DeRosario came close on several occassions. The headliner in this match was Kei Kamara. First he missed on a penalty kick that could have won the game. Then in the 87th minute late on the final Sunday game he put the lone goal behind the net. BOXSCORE: Stoners- Kamara(G). Lions- None.

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GOLD COAST 3 SECOND CITY 1 - The Suns found their offense and found their first win of 2012. After being shut out the first 2 games of the season, Matt Reis' clean sheet ended the dry spell. The Stars did get some offense from Oduro, but were unable to stay unbeaten, getting their first loss of the season. BOXSCORE: Suns- Reis(CS), Salinas(G), Cummings(G). Stars- Oduro(G), Davis(Y), Nyassi(Y).

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SPARTANS 5 BURUD TOWN 0 - After starting the season with back to back ties, the Spartans made a clear statement in this match. 4 players contributed in a blowout over Burud Town. Meanwhile, what is up with the Stags? The club is struggling on offense and is now 0-3-0 on the season. BOXSCORE: Spartans- Busch(CS), Sene(G), Townsend(G Y), Zusi(A A), Jewsbury(Y), Grazzini(Y). Stags- None.

MATCH PREVIEW: Week 3

POWER RANKINGS: Week 2

WEEK 2: Blowouts and Comebacks the Big Stories

SECOND CITY 5 UNION SC 3 - For the 2nd week in a row, the Blues fell behind early. The Stars opened the scoring with goals from Oduro and Davis. Sanna Nyassi built the lead up to 3-0. Then once again Union SC fought all the way back to tie the score 3-3 highlighted by 2 assists from Alvaro Fernandez. However, unlike last week it would not be enough as Second City found the back of the net again when Cascio scored. Nick Rimando's clean sheet put the game to rest. BOXSCORE: Stars- Davis(G), Oduro(G), Sanna Nyassi(A Y) Rimando(CS), Cascio(G). Blues- Fernandez(A A), R.Johnson(G), Alonso(Y).

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SPARTANS 3 ALAMO CITY 3 - This match went the distance until the very end. The upstart New York club sprang to life early with a goal and assist from Zusi. Grazzini's goal countered the Battles goal from Perez and the scoreline had the Spartans up 3-1 to conclude Saturday's action. On Sunday the match took on a different story when Alamo City made the match more interesting once Castrillon scored a goal. Since the Spartans had 4 yellow cards, Alamo City was able to bring in 2 subs off the bench. That first substitute, Sarvas, came through with the equilizer late in the match salvaging a point for the Battle. There were a total of 6 cards in this match. BOXSCORE: Spartans- Zusi(A G Y), Grazzini(A Y), Jewsbury(Y), Juninho(Y). Battle- B.Perez(G), Castillon(G Y), Sarvas(G), Hassli(Y).

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PENNSYLVANIA 6 BURUD TOWN 1 - Stoners FC dominated from start to finish in the match. Kamara, Camilo and Espindola combined to give the Partnership a 4-0 lead. The Stags did counter on Sunday with a goal from Pajoy, but it was overshadowed by Keane's 2 goals. BOXSCORE: Stoners- Kamara(G A), Camilo(A), Espindola(G), Keane(G G). Stags- Pajoy(G), Pardo(Y), Richards(Y).

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GATEWAY UNITED 5 GOLD COAST 0 - The Suns for the 2nd week in a row found its offense inept, as the club was shut out again searching for its first score of 2012. Meanwhile, the Saints improved to 2-0-0 on the season and are now in first place. Jimmy Neilsen's clean sheet and 5 saves opened the scoring 2-0 and the Paulo Jr added an assist to give Gateway United a quick 3-0 lead. Donovan and Beckham closed the game out with assists of their own Gold Coast had to play a man down after Larentowicz was red carded out of the game. BOXSCORE: Saints- Nielsen(CS SP), Paulo jr(A), Donovan(A), Beckham(A), Cooper(Y), Cameron(Y). Suns- Larentowitz(R).

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ROSE CITY 3 CD GUNNERS 0- The upset of the week. The Flyers handed the defending Champions the clubs worst loss in over a year. While Rose City got goals from Sapong and Nagbe, the Gunners were firing blanks. By Sunday the result was becoming a foregone conclusion as the Flyers added another score from Magee giving Rose City the clubs first BSL win. Meanwhile the shutout was the Gunners first since a 2-0 defeat to Gold Coast back on week 20 of 2010. In 2011 CDG did not lose much and did not put up less than 2 points in a game. The last time the Gunners lost by 3 points was week 16 of 2010 by a score of 4-1. BOXSCORE: Flyers- Sapong(G), Nagbe(G), Magee(A). Gunners- None.

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KC QUEST 2 ALLIANCE 2- The Quest came out firing early with Tally Halls 2 point game, but the front line failed to add to the lead which gave Alliance the opportunity it needed to get back into the game. First, Joe Cannon cut the lead in half with his own clean sheet. Then on Sunday, Roger Torres completed the comeback with an Assist. BOXSCORE: Quest- Hall(CS SP). Lions- Cannon(CS), Torres(A Y).

MATCH PREVIEW: Week 2

The game of the week features Union SC versus Second City. Both clubs started off the season with a tie. In their two previous meetings from 2011 the Blues won 2-1 on each occasion. In other matches, Burud Town will look to bounce back from being shut out going up against the Stoners. The CD Gunners will get a first look at Rose City. There will be no break in the action for the Gold Coast as the club has to take on Gateway United to avoid going 0-2 on the season. Alamo City currently has first place in the standings and will challenge the Spartans this weekend. The Alliance will try and rebound

against the 1-0-0 Quest.

BIDDING WAR: Luis Perea

Clubs Involved (4):
Gateway United, Burud Town, CD Gunners, Union SC

The Colombian officially became eligible and several BSL clubs are interested in this attacking striker. The bidding on this player will use last year stats as values. Points/minutes as per the league rules. Bidding will end at 5pm (Pacific time) on Thursday 3/15.

For those new to the bidding process, you may bid as many times as you like, but cannot reverse your bid. All bids must be made on this post. Any bids posted after 5pm deadline will not count. Once the bidding process is complete the relased player is on a 24 waiver of his own. Another bidding war would take place if multi clubs want the released player during his 24 hour waiver period.

POWER RANKINGS: Week 1

The opener's are complete. Leading the power rankings in week 1 is Alamo City SC. The Battle lead the league with 5 offensive points. An expansion side, KC Quest, sits in the third spot which is sure to make some headlines. A couple of clubs that did not even win, Union SC and Pennsylvania showed nice debuts and are ranking higher than some clubs that got wins in some low scoring nail bitters. The Champion Gunners may have won, but sit 7th in the rankings. Who would have predicted veteran clubs Gold Coast and Burud Town would be rounding out the bottom? One week does not make a season. Infact, losing opening week has been good luck in the BSL. This is the first time that two matches ended in ties to open a season.

WEEK 1: Interesting Results Open the Season

CD GUNNERS 1 GOLD COAST 0 - The rematch of last years BSL Final was a scoring drought. Neither club could get anything going. Only Javier Morales' goal would count. Even though the Gunners had 3 yellow cards in the match, The Suns could not take advantage. The Champions did leave a Saborio score on the bench. BOXSCORE: Gunners- Morales(G Y), Vargas(Y), Boskovic(Y). Suns- Tianio(Y).

UNION SC 3 PENNSYLVANIA 3 - The Stoners got the scoring off early with a LeToux goal. Camilo added to the lead with a goal of his own and it was 2-0. The Blues cut the lead in half with Buddles goal, but Espindola's goal built Pennsylvania's lead back up to 2. Union SC got things going with scores from Wondoloski and Pickens to salvage a point in the standings. BOXSCORE: Blues- Buddle(G), Wondolowski(G), Pickens(CS). Stoners-LeToux(G), Camilo(G), Espindola(G), Renteria(Y).

SPARTANS 1 SECOND CITY 1 - Each club traded assists to finish the game off with a draw. The better of the chances came from the expansion side as New York wasted 2 assists from Jack Jewsbury as the first sub off the bench. The Stars were riding a yellow card, but kept Jewsbury from entering the match. BOXSCORE: Spartans - Zusi(A). Stars- Chiumiento(A), Beckerman(Y).

ALAMO CITY 5 ALLIANCE 2 - After a hyped preseason, the Battle started off the regular season with a league high 5 offensive points. Trailing 2-1 midway in the match thanks to a great game from the Lions Joe Cannon, the match began to change when Henry and Perez erupted for 3 points in a few short minutes. Boyd capped the scoring with a brilliant header. BOXSCORE: Battle- Hassli(A), Henry(A), Perez(2A), Boyd(G), Mirosevic(Y). Lions- Cannon(CS SP).

KC QUEST 3 BURUD TOWN 0 - The biggest upset of the week came in this game. The Stags failed to score opening the door for the Quest to get the clubs first BSL win. Tally Hall scored the game winner with his clean sheet and Alhasson's late goal and assist added to the scoreline. Kansas City did have 2 yellows allowing Plata to come into the match, but Burud Town could not find the net. BOXSCORE" Stags- Lenhart(Y). Quest- Hall(CS), Alhassan(G A), McCarty(Y), Bunbury(Y).

GATEWAY UNITED 3 ROSE CITY 1 - The Saints used scores from Beckham and Cooper to garner a lead that the club would not relinquish. The Flyers did have 2 scores on the night, but the Sapong goal was eliminated due the coaching error of a late line up submission. The error did not cost the expansion club a result, but APG (Average Points per Game) is an important tiebreaker in the standings. BOXSCORE: Saints- Beckham(A), Nielsen(CS), Cooper(G). Flyers- Sapong(G -LF), Hamid(SP).

MATCH PREVIEW: Week 1

The rematch of the 2011 BSL Cup Final is the highlight of week 1. Also on tap is the debuts of 3 new BSL Clubs (Kansas City, Spartans, Rose City)

2012 Draft Selections Are Complete

The 2012 BSL Draft concluded over the weekend. Now clubs can begin setting the rosters and preparing for the season. Free Agency is available incase there is any fine tuning that is required before first kick. Enlarge the attachment on the left to view all the selections made from Designated Players all the way to the final pick.