Preview: Majors Cup Week 3

Two clubs already eliminated and seeking a victory for the tournament will meet up. The Impact's offense is struggling and the Islanders might have Giovinco finally back.
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Insulani Hawaii (BSL)
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Montreal (MLS)
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SC Canada will need to scoreboard watch this week. Besides needing a win, or possibly just a tie, the Mounties need the Saints to beat Portland, or the Mounties PPG needs to outscore the Timbers by 3 points if they both should win in week 3. Right now Portland has the tiebreaker edge to advance with 2 points better offense in the tournament.
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SC Canada (BSL)
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NY Red Bulls (MLS)
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Both clubs have already advanced. The winner of this match takes the top spot for the Group, but it's anybodies guess who they will play in the Semi-Finals.
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Sporting KC (MLS)
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Capital District (BSL)
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The Saints can clinch advancement many different ways. A win/tie and in, but also even a loss could be enough if the club scores enough. The pressure is more on the Timbers to win and score points as well.
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Portland (MLS)
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Gateway United (BSL)
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Recap: Majors Cup Week 2

The Gunners got a hat trick from David Villa on Friday to build a fast 3:0 lead over Hawaii and never relinquished the lead throughout. Diego Valeri also scored and Acosta had a 5th score taken away, but it would not be a factor in the end. The Islanders tried to counter with scores from Rimando and Royer. The result clinches a Semi-Final berth for Capital District, leaving next weeks match to determine the clubs seeding. Hawaii is mathematically eliminated from Majors Cup and will have to play its third match to gain the clubs first post season win in club history.
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Capital District   4
Insulani Hawaii    2
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Gateway United didn't score right away, but when the first popped in, then the flood gates opened as player after player scored within minutes of each other. The win put's the Saints on top of Group A with a 2-0-0 record, but the club has not clinched a Semi-Final berth just yet. The Red Bulls have been eliminated.
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Gateway United     5
NY Red Bulls       3
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The top scoring offense after 2 matches in this years Majors Cup goes to Sporting KC who demolished Montreal 6:1 to clinch a berth in the Semi-Finals. Montreal is eliminated.
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Sporting KC        6
Montreal Impact    1
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SC Canada stayed alive in the Majors Cup with a very late score to defeat Portland 3:2 and improve to 1-1-0 in Group A with these same Timbers. The Mounties trail in PPG, so the club sits in 3rd place at the moment. Next week will be very exciting.
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SC Canada          3
Portland Timbers   2
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Preview: Majors Cup Week 2

The Gunners week one win has the club in good position, but it's too soon to start thinking beyond the Group Stages. The Islanders loss to Sporting KC, put's Hawaii under pressure to earn at least a point in this match.
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Insulani Hawaii (BSL)
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Capital District (BSL)
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Portland is currently sitting on top of Group A after scoring 5 points last week. SC Canada can change the entire completion of the group with a win this weekend.
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SC Canada (BSL)
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Portland (MLS)
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Sporting KC looked real good last week and Montreal did not.  The Impact were the lowest scoring club in week 1.
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Sporting KC (MLS)
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Montreal (MLS)
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The Saints got a big win last week over the Mounties. Can the BSL Champions continue their momentum?
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NY Red Bulls (MLS)
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Gateway United (BSL)
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Recap: Majors Cup Week 1

The Gunners scored early and got little resistance from the Impact in this Majors Cup opener. The win put Capital District in 2nd place in Group B behind Sporting KC. Diego Valeri was the player of the match.
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Capital District   3
Montreal           1
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Gateway United overcame a 2-1 deficit with 3 scores on Sunday (2 goals from Bradley Wright-Phillips and a assist from Boateng) to win this battle of BSL clubs. The Saints sit in 2nd place in Group A, while the Mounties are in 4th place to start this tournament. BWP was the player of the match.
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Gateway United     4
SC Canada          2
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Kei Kamara's brace for the Islanders would not be enough as the rest of the line-up fell flat and Sporting KC takes the match and 1st place in Group B. Dom Dwyer was the player of the match.
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Sporting KC        5
Insulani Hawaii    2
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The Timbers held off the Red Bulls in this all MLS match up. Darren Mattocks was the player of the match with 2 assists.
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Portland           5
NY Red Bulls       4
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Preview: Majors Cup #1

The first matches for the 2016 Majors Cup are about set to get started. The defending MC Champion -CD Gunners will look to become the 2nd club to win the tournament back to back and the first to win it 3 times. The Gunners are making the clubs 7th appearance with an all-time Majors Cup record of 13-9-2. The Impact are making the club's 3rd Majors Cup appearance with an all-time record of 1-4-1.
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Capital District (BSL)
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Montreal (MLS)
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Last years runner-up - SC Canada is back. The Mounties are making their 2nd appearance in the tourney and has a 4-1-0 historical record in Majors Cup. Meanwhile, Gateway United is looking for a 2016 tremble. The Saints are making the club's 3rd appearance in the tournament with an all-time record of 3-3-2. This is the Saints first appearance since 2012.
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SC Canada (BSL)
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Gateway United (BSL)
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Insulani Hawaii has been actively bolstering its roster for its first postseason match of any kind in the clubs inaugural year. Sporting KC is making the clubs 2nd Majors Cup appearance with an all-time record of 2-1-1.
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Insulani Hawaii (BSL)
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Sporting KC (MLS)
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The Portland Timbers are making their first Majors Cup appearance. The New York Red Bulls are making the club's 3rd Majors Cup appearance with an all-time Majors Cup record of 1-5-0.
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Portland (MLS)
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NY Red Bulls (MLS)
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2016 BSL Cup Final

With the top two offenses on display in the 2016 BSL Cup Final, the match began on a Wednesday with plenty of fireworks.  Gateway United's Julio Baptista got the scoring started, and it was later followed by scores from Yura Movsisyan and Emmanuel Boateng. Cumberland Athletic responded with a score from its young goal keeper, Brian Rowe.
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Gateway United...5
Cumberland AC....3
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Meanwhile, Gateway's Evan Bush would be rejected with a red allowing Rob Vincent to enter the match. By the weekend, the scoring had slowed, but the cards did not. Cumberland would have a Tchani red and two other players with yellows over the weekend, allowing the Saints 2 substitutions to enter the match, although neither would have an affect on the result. Lee Nguyen would pull the Wildmary's closer with a 3:2 scoreline with his goal, but moments later Gateway United's Mancosu would have his own say. Then the moment of the match came when Sacha Kljestan hit the post not once, but twice which could have evened the score to Cumberland, instead Bradley Wright-Phillips found the back of the net to extend Gateway's lead to 5:2. Robbie Keane would add a goal to close the match, but time ran out for this one and the Saints were crowned with their first BSL Cup.

2016 BSL Cup Champions

Congratulations to the owner/operator of Gateway United. After countless winning seasons only to come up short in four previous playoffs, the club known as "the Saints" has won the BSL Cup. This is  Gateway United's 3rd league trophy in its history and gives the club "the double" for 2016. Possessing the league's #1 offense in 2016, the Saints got production from 8 different players in the playoffs showcasing the depth this club maintained. However, the top producer was Yura Movsisyan who has 2 goals and 1 assist in the playoffs.

Preview: BSL Playoffs Final

There will be a new champion of the BSL once again as two first time BSL Finals participants will go head to head. (Eight years and no club has won the BSL Cup twice, although some have come close.)

The 2016 Honors Trophy Champions, Gateway United, will look for "a double" as the club is in the big game for the first time in its 8 year history having never advanced past the Semi-Finals on several occasions.

Cumberland Athletic Club as improved upon last years great inaugural season by advancing further in the playoffs than in 2015 and is now only one win away from the clubs first trophy.

Competitively, these two clubs have met only 4 times so far and have split the 4 matches with 2 wins each since 2015.

The two sides finished 1st and 2nd respectfully in the season standings and also finished 1st and 2nd in PPG for the season, meaning oddsmakers are expecting a great match.

Will it beat the all-time highest scoring BSL Cup Final of 14 total points? Three clubs have scored 7 times in a Final as well. Can either score 8? We will just have to wait and see.