Welcome to ask Yanxious coverage of everything going on USL Championship about a month ago in the regular season. As we get you ready for the playoffs, we'll take you through the week that was, get you ready for the week that will be all the standings, all the news, all the stuff official term no del no ally zone. As we always do here, We're going to go through the last seven days. We'll get you through it and get you set up for what's going to happen this
particular weekend. Everybody ended the month of September and a lot of matches on the weekend as they traditionally do. So we'll take you back to what happened last Saturday and the matches of the week as we saw them. It was Elpaslocomotive big win at home against North Carolina FC one nil win for Wilmer Cabrera Indy eleven at the MIC over the MIAMIFC by the final score of
four nil. Pittsburgh and Birmingham early contender for match of the Week in the Eastern Conference at high Mark Final one one draw there, but our Eastern Conference match of the week was at Lynn Family Louse City, Memphis nine oh one here's your highlights courtesy of our friends at the USL Championship, ESPN Plus and YouTube.
Look at the watch by the center official tonight the bill Bensala and we are off from Louisville. What Mullin's there, chopped along, it's a key ward to the pieline. Shuttle in still there, fired a goal and fired.
Just hi, similar to what Detroit City did last weekend. And only four at.
The back, the three at the back and packed the midfield. And it where beautifull hits some space.
Though on the flank.
Perez wrapping in, bending to the byline, Adrian Perez shuffling.
In, just skipping one off the outside of the post.
Shim me here by Perez to shake off the defender. Open things up right there. Did have a ton of traffic in front. Perhap should have gone far post snatched it a little little bit.
Those white areas continue to poor zach.
Oh, that's a fine pass carryaga carrying four laid off.
It's Bruno lapper and the roadside roll in front here Louisville.
Let me feel caught a little bit on the transition. You mentioned that pass Peyton and open everything up just like down the second goal against Detroit City. Let me feel caught on the break, Berno Lappa makes them pay.
He scored in the first minute in the playoff match last year, and he opens the scoring again here today.
It's a composed finish.
It's a good pass as well by carry Igat to open things up, which just wide enough to give him that angle.
Here, with a total of twelve on the campaign, carry IgA already has one assist to his name. It's a well placed ball and buried into the back of the night. It's a brace for Bruno Lappa who strides away.
I want to start for the visitors and once again let me feel beaten at the far post on a set piece. It happened the opening call against Detroit. They just look lost track of the runner. Almost an exact copy of the goal against Larrouge. Carryagu with his second assist or aady tonight. What a paul that is I got just snuck in there at the back post.
Imagine the next ten minutes or so will be crucial into turning the.
Course of action.
So runout, carving away, fired at and just watched wide at the mere stick.
All the team just doesn't have a chance to even catch their breath and then ste in the back of the net.
One possession a league high one hundred and fifty two times this year. In the final, through Louisville, ball through.
False kindly, it's Wilson Harris around the keeper.
Wilson Harris.
Renews the interest for Louisville, who grabbed one back.
This came out the potential for the barn burner. We're half the part of the way.
There three calls already here in the first twenty five minutes. As Wilson Harris pumps his fist, so love me. Ball through there, Harris stanging onside, calm composed, finish and almost believe.
It was a ninetieth minute winner.
Four he will pass so once more, fanning the flames. Louisville Perez and just left wide of the mark winder smoothly wide mc fadden. There's Ray Serrano, those wing players with license Serral ball blazed in.
Nobody home.
Strong tackle by Adams who gets involved in the attack.
Taking towards Oh my word, what a hits, what devastating darks Taylor devil take a bell.
This is a Danny christonas midweek. He thinks he's one of the best center midfielders in the league.
I want to stop that.
Wise by Adams to turn an over and davel it left the Derek extending flat footed. You could do nothing about that one. A great strike off the post and.
Such, trying to make good use of these ticks of the clock.
Devilot who's already scored one today and Perez now carving and crashes it just beyond the reach of the pulse, and there's a man down.
So I'm not gonna have at least three minutes added onto those four, you would think.
And if it's just chasing shadows apartment into the channel.
Chopped away falling for a Winder, that is a world of a hands just passed it into the bottom corner.
You had given far too much space there, Elijah Winder.
Elijah Winder made the initial pass into the channel, kept coming and it was a poor clearance by by Turchiet. A lot of traffic to go through too, you'll see from this angle, perhaps why Adams unable.
To gain access cent away on the counter. Nobody in front of Marlin laid off.
Less intervenes what to say from him?
He dons the cape, but Memphis go again. She even less trying to solve this puzzle can.
Be a relative he please with these first ten minutes, not the second half. Well, perhaps not.
That Davila is is a target unreal in all turns purple luxurious Louisville attacking play. Taylor devil Up has two, Louisville have four.
He's only given half a step and that's all he needed to unleash that one. Look at his turn here, just looked up and smashed it and bang. There's far too much power on that for Tyler Derek to handle.
There's what we can do there for us.
Go outside the box, inside the box, and now another chance here for Louisville.
Pounce on the ball in midfield and off to the races. It's Serrano shuffling in right. Serrano raised it high, swept into Serrano.
And Wilson Harris pat it away by Derek and he's able to recover in time to get there ahead of Adrian Perez.
See how the postseason ends up. But I think they have the chance to be the best team in.
Championship history. But obviously we've seen what can happen in the playoffs.
Here's Wilson Harris laid off and want to say that is Taylor.
Derek keeps one out. Jenson Wilson. There's been a man who has found the back of the net pretty easily. Could be trouble here.
Nick Faden couldn't catch the keeper off his line.
He can hit the crowd, make it the noise because I knew Derek.
Smoothly wide and wider still Shrono, this is lovely build up. Dia back posts and kind it just ever so slightly high.
Didn't feel a sense of panic, and they knew they just had to play that way. Back into this game, play their style of football, and things would eventually go their way.
It was Junelle and then it wasn't.
Memphis nine O one had a lead, lou City came storming back and that was the end result of four to two win for lou City. Keep an eye on this matchup that did not happen at allying because of Hurricane Helene and all the aftermath. Tampa Bay and Hartford Athletic. That's got to get rescheduled. I'll see how and what kind of impact it has on the playoff race in the Eastern Conference going forward. Colorado Springs and loud United
a one to one draw at Widner Field. You to field in San Antonio, Rhode Island FC three one winners over San Antonio FC at Cardinal Detroit City on the road over Monterey Bay two neil Vegas lights over Phoenix, rising to one at the corner of thirty eighth in Washington. That got us to Sunday, Oakland Roots hosting FC Tulsa, Sacramento, Republic at hard Held Park hosting New Mexico United and what a lot of folks might have thought was going
to be a precursor to the Western Conference Final. Here's your highlights once again, courtesy of our friends at the USL Championship, ESPN Plus and YouTube.
You're starting eleven from a one to nothing win at home against Aloudon that put them on the precipice tonight of winning the number one seed in the Western Conference. Brandon Stevins is the referee, gets us started and horror swung in word. A header down.
Comes off of Ciceronni that goes over the line.
Louis Phelippe knocks it back in front Ciceroni, He directs it in and the Republic. Half the way.
We discussed how clean Justin Portillo has been within the midfield, unless we forget this is one of the best set piece specialists when it comes to distribution into the box in the Championship. Just poor marking on the back post lost in translation. Love the little spin off here.
Full fighting, Ross said, a tremendous campaign. He's got Gerd who is right?
Rosser angle tight ross front tren Podkis.
Step back in for Sacramento and denial of the second goal for the republic Wow. Rivos slips up field of Calla, now Revos and now New Mexico trying to settle through pressure, immense pressure. Pelipe gets in and now New Mexico gets it out to the halfway line. Sacramento won a chance and push from behind and the free kick.
Due to the intensity and how quick they're moving from each pivot point, Sacramento Republican moments like this have done a really good job of operating space on the width and then creating options centrally.
In the final third, Err.
Timmer Timmer slides my rams back out to Gerr puts it on his Leftrera Sling leans back.
Louis Philippay. It's dreamland for Sacramento.
Against the number one team in the last.
Just pay some play right now for the Quails and oh so good at being effective doing so what a recognition of the pressure for Jared Temper, quick little touchback to the inside and get credit to Jack Urr. He wants this on his right foot, but understands there's a sh Herrera picked up an injury. Robro Lopez has lost in the round of sixteen game in Russ' Ciceroni departed with surgery.
Flatey off the crossbar and now stare away.
Just the numbers underneath right now for screen knighted Russo and Reeves having trouble given us advance as the beast. Phillipe is so most of this on the outside.
That's better. Heurst to brace last time these teams met ten days ago. He leads it back to sports trailing flick back, Reboss, Rebos all the way through Vidiello and now playered.
It's more difficult for Hurst to get it up and down here, and he's got the son in his eyes.
Guys, it is a collie.
Vidyello got there room for Revos to run too, stemmed him off out to a callae calla with.
It afles and swarts not delay by Vidiello. Oh he got there, get out of Revos. He turned away Hurst than Revos. What a moment from Sacramentos.
You get the separation on the back post eventually, but it's all about that initial movement by Herrera feeling comfortable with the pressure in the nine.
TiO is calling forty merely cleared out space for Ross.
Hold up Perrera, good saying Santas Rousson, and Sacramento's gone free.
Sacramento has waited months and months for a performance quite like this.
The Ross to the dirty work.
As he comes in that hesitation right there, you get the ability of the back line to bite. It comes a little bit higher than have allowed them to open up so many more opportunities for the team as opposed for the individual. And this is gonna be the knot that does send him packing on the night.
Lifted up field by Ciceroni, Jacker gets on his horse end line, serves it up for Phillips, bounces back to Felipe score of many stunners, slips it ahead. There's Ciceroni. Ciceroni left for coals, slapped away by Tambaccas forward for girl again.
Girl Phillips love the good times role for Karen.
Phillips, and the Sacred Metal Republic.
I give credit here to to Jared Timmer because he's just gotten the smarts. It's little touches, but he's such a high quality footballer who's got the it to recognize him. He doesn't need to push the temple right away because and I'm never gonna live it down.
Well.
I think it's vital to indicate that you've been incepted here because we have a trophy, a personal trophy, Kallai, that's videl Or, a personal trophy who's delivered to us.
Sacramento Republic in complete control in that one four nil win on the board for the Republic over New Mexico United. And then on the midweek it was Low City shutting out in the MIAMIFC by the final of three nills. That sets up the standings and how things are in USL Championship presented by our friends at Prinks Tires Prinks Performance standings lou City nine points ahead of Charleston sixty eight points to fifty nine with four matches to go.
Detroit City starts the Chase group at forty eight points, unbeaten in their last five Danny Dickyo definitely should be getting some consideration for Coach of the Year on obviously may not get them. It might be going to Danny Cruz, or might be going into New Mexico, or might be Ben Peirman even getting votes. But at least Detroit City and Danny Dickyo should be getting votes four that particular
honor come the end of the season. Tampa Bay once again match in hand because of Hurricane Helen in the aftermath at forty six points. They've lost three of five. Something to keep an eye on going forward. In They eleven at forty three points, twenty nine matches played, unbeaten or they've only lost once in their last five. Rhode Island, by the way, has won three of five forty three points.
They have played one more match than in They eleven, and they're a point ahead of Birmingham Legion who are in seventh at twelve, twelve and six. They've hit each column once in their last three, as has lowed United thirty eight points and they're one to one and one in their last three, but they've also lost three of five.
That's your playoff bar right now. Because Hertford Athletics at thirty seven points, North Carolina FC has lost three of five and they're alternate eight loss to win each time out. They have one less win than Hartford Athletic played the
same number of matches Pittsburgh has played thirty. They're at thirty six points, but they also have one less win than North Carolina FC as they're looking to get in as the eighth seed, and then the MIAMIFC at three twenty six and two goal difference of minus forty nine eleven points on the season through their first thirty one matches Western Conference, New Mexico United the only team that's clinched to playoff berth right now, thirty matches played, fifty
seven points. They've won three of five when they had a two match losing They had a two match win streak snap last time out with the loss at Sacramento Sacramento, they had a two match losing streak snap with the win against New Mexico United. They're at forty seven points, and this is where the Cows starts in the West.
Forty seven points for Sacramento, forty six for Colorado Springs, thirteen wins they haven't lost in five Vegas Lights twelve wins, forty six points they haven't lost in five, Memphis nine oh one forty three points. They have hit each column once in their last three, and they are ahead of Oakland Roots who've lost four in a row, and they are sixth at forty points. Phoenix Rising thirty six points. They've lost three of four, Orange County thirty five points.
They are unbeaten in three. FC Tulsa is at thirty four points. They had a four match winless run interrupted by winning last time out. They are the first team below the playoff bar at thirty four points. San Antonio FC thirty one points. They've lost two in a row, Monterey Bay at thirty points. They have not won in their last five, and L Paso Locomotive has hit each column once in their last three. They are twenty five
points in twenty nine matches. So that sets up everything in the race of the playoffs here in USL Championship. So let's take a peek of the news and notes get you ready for what's going on in and around the league. Nate Worth and Chibi Ukuegbo for Sacramento Republic.
They could be following in the footsteps of Joshua Winder, getting a lot of notice from a lot of clubs around the planet, so Tampa Bay and Sacramento for both Nate and Chibi could be getting a lot of phone calls from a lot of different parts of the globe going forward. Championship Player of the Month for September presented by our friends at konami e Football Kieran Phillips for Sacramento, Maxi Rodriguez in Detroit, ren and Robero and Hartford, and
Colin Shutler for Orange County. So two position players in two between the sticks. Once again, it is a fan vote running through Monday, and that's at noon. Technical Committee twenty five percent, Media Panel twenty four percent. Fan vote at USL Championship dot Com is fifty one percent, so you can vote among those four and determine who is going to be USL Championship Player the Month, at least
in the fan voting aspect of it. Once again, you've got until noon Monday to get your vote, and you can do that every single time, whether it's for the Goal of the week, Save of the week, Player of the month, all of that you can catch at USL Championship dot com. Also, don't forget to follow along and be a part of the story on the social media's for the USL Championship on the two hundred and eighty
character app on Facebook and on Instagram. Stephen Carroll has agreed to a contract extension with a Detroit City FC could keep him with Larouge through the twenty seven season. Obviously two year contract extension with the long term defender and captain is a pending league and Federation approval. It is one hundred and forty three appearances for the club, more than any other Detroit City player, a longest tenured
current captain in all of Detroit professional sports. Did not know that he initially joined him in twenty seventeen when they were part of the NPSL and had played at Davenportity on the western coast of Michigan. Following David Edwardson's retirement. Became the fourth captain in Detroit City history in twenty nineteen, and so he continues to be a part of the fabric of Detroit City, signing to a deal that could keep him there through twenty six option for twenty seven.
Well done by Detroit City, Laruge and Stephen Carroll. So very very cool stuff there. Let's get you into the weekly viewing Guide and We'll do this for both once again USL League One and for USL Championship to get you through all of the activity or to watch, how to watch it and going forward with it. We'll start off in USL Championship Friday night ten thirty on Colossal Network at his Phoenix Rising hosting Monterey Bay at the corner of thirty eighth in Washington. Saturday two to NA
and The Plus Charleston and Detroit City at four. The Plus has Hartford and Louden in the eleven and Low cities on Colossal Network at seven o'clock. The Plus has the MIAMFC in Pittsburgh, Rhode Island, Tampa, Memphis, nine oh one, Oakland, Tulsa, l Passo, San Antonio, Sacramento, Vegas, Orange County, and on
Sunday Birmingham Legion in North Carolina FC. In League One, it is Charlotte and Forward Madison on the Plus, as well as on Saturday, Greenville, Lexington, Richmond, Union, Omaha, Chattanooga One, Knox and Hailstorm and Tormenta. Once again, you can vote for play. You can go vote for Gold of the Week and for Save of the Week, and you can do that every single time out through all of the
social medias that are present for the USL Championship. We mentioned Player of the Player of the Month nominees, Gold of the Week presented by our friends Select the Official Soccer Ball of the USL Championship. Taylor Dovla from Low City, Stefan Opino from Birmingham, Ben Morris from Detroit City, Jace and Gando for Vegas Lights. Those are the players that
you vote for. Traditionally for Week thirty nomine you vote Monday through Thursday for Gola the week you vote Tuesday through Friday for Save of the Week, and then the announcements are made down the line and it ended up being Stefanopino in a tight race with Ben Morris, but Stefanopino ends up getting USL Championship. Goal of the Week presented by Select Soccer Balls. Save of the Week for a week number thirty. Once again it's four keepers and
trying to figure out who the boss is. Out of Week thirty presented by our friends at Terminix Jake McGuire North Carolina FC, Eric Dick in Pittsburgh, Pablo Sistant Diego San Antonio FC, and Danny Vitiello No surprise that he's a part of this discussion for Sacramento Republic. So it's McGuire, Dick, Cistiega, and Vitiello and it was Danny Vitiello far and away. So the Sacramento Republic ballot Box Initiative worked. Poll was
closed back at Friday at noon. Seventy four percent of the vote for Danny Vidello, presented by our friends at Terminix. Don't forget to vote every single week at USL Championship Dot. So that is things to keep an eye out for when it comes to all of the activity going on in USL Championship. Let's get you into the schedule over the next seven days and get you all squared away. Reminder, if you can be, if you're in market and can
be at the match, go to the match. You get to see some of the great second tier talent trying to make it the first tier in either this hemisphere or someplace else. But you can sit there and go to your favorite club and USL Championship and watch what's going on with all of these different clubs and all
these different players in market. If your in market and cannot make it, what you can do is you can follow along on your local providers, and you can also follow along on social media as well, whether it's through the club or through the league in and of itself. At USL Championship and keep track of everything going on
in the USL Championship. If you're out of market and still want to follow along, find your favorite team, follow along on their social media, and don't forget to download the ESPN Sports app every single week and Colosso Network and all the places in between where you can watch what's going on in USL Championship on a weekly basis as we get closer and closer and closer to the playoffs schedule. It is Friday night we mentioned it is at the corner of thirty eighth in Washington, Phoenix and
Monterey Bay. Saturday four o'clock Patriots Point the Battery in Larouge, seven o'clock, Trinity Health, Hartford and Louden at the Mike Its Indy eleven and lou City, South Day Kia Field and put Bull Stadium on the campus of Florida International, The the MIAMIFC and Pittsburgh River Hounds seven thirty at burn Tampa Bay and Rhode Island eight o'clock at AutoZone Memphis, nine oh one at Oakland Roots, eight thirty at one
oh KFC Tulsa and El Paso. Eight thirty in San Antonio at Toyota Field, San Antonio, FC Sacramento Republic, ten thirty at Cashman Vegas Lights in Orange County s C. Sunday six o'clock Eastern Birmingham Legion hosting at North Carolina FC. Two Tuesday, it is Loud United hosting Indy eleven at SEGRA. Wednesday. There's a lot of activity in the midweek to get you ready for next Saturday. Seven o'clock at WAKEMD, North
Carolina FC on a Quick Turn hosting FC Tulsa. Nine o'clock at Southwest University Park Y'll passo Locomotive in San Antonio FC. Nine o'clock at the Lab, New Mexico United hosting Phoenix Rising. Ten o'clock at Irvine, Orange County SC and switchbacks ten o'clock at Heart Health, Sacramento Republic and
Monterey Bay. Let's get you into the juice boxes before we get out of here, so you can find out what the external people think about who's going to win, lose, and what the margins are as we head into the weekend with all of these different ideas going forward for activity in a USL Championship, and once again keep an eye on your favorite providers to find out what the juice box numbers may in fact be when it comes
to the USL Championship. And so, of course, as we sit here and we're trying to get the numbers square to way, apparently the system has failed us. Or is it failing us? Noe it finally figured itself out. Okay, here we go. Phoenix to minus one forty nine hosting Monae Bay at a plus three forty three. That's your Friday Saturday Charleston big favorite of minus two to thirty three hosting Detroit City at a plus five thirty one, Hartford Athletic plus one forty hosting Loud Than a plus
one sixty four, Loose City minus one fifteen. On the road at India at a plus two fifty seven, the MIAMIFC almost a plus nine hundred in the composite hosting Pittsburgh into minus three fifty seven. Biggest. One of the biggest road favorites I've seen all season long, Rhode Island at plus one twenty seven hosting at Tampa Bay at a plus one eighty one at Burn Memphis nine oh one minus one seventy nine, hosting Routes at a plus four oh nine FC Tulsa plus one twenty seven, hosting
El Passo at a plus one ninety two. San Antonio plus two to fifty, hosting Sacramento Republic at a plus one oh four Vegas Lights minus one ninety two, hosting Orange County from Irvine at a plus four fifty five. And on Sunday Birmingham North Carolina FC, they are dead blank and even both at a plus one forty three in the composite. And that's four different juice box purveyors. Taking the average, they both end up at a plus one forty three in your draw is a plus two
seventy for that particular match. So that is your rundown of everything going on in USL Championship. We'll be back at it again next week once again. Schedule getting tight, races getting tight. What's it gonna look like when it comes to the postseason. We'll I'll find out together. I'm just John, thanks for dropping by everybody, and that is SDH on USL Championship. Played safe, everybody enjoy the game,