Welcome to sdh's coverage of everything going on USL Championship. Take you backward to the last seven days to get you ready for the next seven days. As we are winding down the regular season, getting ready for the playoffs, and the race for the playoffs continues in the East and the West. Let's go back over the last seven days.
We'll start things off last Friday and Lynn Family and Friday Last Friday, believe it or not, All one nil wins lou City at home at Lynn Family over Louden, New Mexico United at the Lab over the MIAMIFC corner of thirty eighth in Washington, Phoenix Rising over FC Tulsa. Saturday start at Early Goal Straw Hertford Athletic and in
the eleven Heimark Stadium. Had Pittsburgh Riverhounds get a big one over Rhode Island FC two Neil that gets us to our first match of the week at Patriot's Point Charleston, Sacramento. A lot of folks are thinking that this might be a precursor to something that will happen down the line in the playoffs for a title. Here's your highlights courtesy of our friends at USL Championship, ESPN Plus and YouTube. This is one of the.
Premier games in the USL Championship tonight, and we are underway. It's the Charleston Battery and Sacramento Republic. Here's Luis Philippe through the middle for Kieren Phillup Sinaw trying to release in behind, shooting chance.
It's in.
All Dare Sanchez scores for Sacramento and the best team on the road in the league leads on.
The road, and it's incredibly impressive, this little ball. It's weighted perfectly. What a great strike. It goes to the near post. It's extremely hard to do, but Sanchez makes no doubt about it. Strikes it low right in the run of play, and it's a great ball from Phillips.
Even with all of that possession, some of the underlying numbers still pretty similar.
As this has turned over. Kabho got himself in a tough spot.
But Charleston couldn't keep it similar in terms of touches in the opposition box and final third entries as they're coming forward again here and a big block by Adam grinwist second since it long down the line and Phillip's making the long run down the line, He'll get there. He cuts it in phel he has runners with him, but Alan stepped in to break it up. He's a heavy first touch Smith trying to clean up the damage.
Dam Charleston, do get this away.
I think we can expect to see that more from Zac Republic because Charleston's gonna go for quick.
And here they come with Alan Marchanics through the middle, trying to find Nick Markanick.
It's in Marchanick stores.
Marchanick ties this single season record twenty five.
Goals, one to one.
And you can just see the excitement on his face, tying up the game. Such an important goal against a tough, stingy Sacramento Republic defending team. But this is a great counter attacking chance. Chris Allen goes right through.
Over the top. Something on our tour.
Rodriguez trying to cut it back. Marchanick was there. Could have been the moment, ready for the delivery. Portillo sends it towards the top of the area, lining up the shot.
It's over the bar.
That all came to be very very well, but Jack Erk could not keep it on frame. Roderquez looking quick and behind dealt with centrally. Desmond gets it away as far as segburs. Segbers cuts it back, Torres take it off the ball. Chapman, Torres.
Chip forward, Segers blocked, Fitty Yellow cleans it up.
This game really coming to life in this second half. It'd be something on here for Charleston. Merchanics in plenty of space and it was just cut off. Segbers now are Turol Rodriguez played through for Chapman who is trying to chip it towards goal and Vitiello claims it. Charlson trying to win the second ball. Chapman was flying through nothing doing. Now Sacramento had chanced to turn this upfield. Ammon was slowing his run to keep himself on side.
Trevor Ammen puts it on target and taken by Grenwis Kaboo can stay on the field because the trainer didn't come on, and how Emilio Akasa rolls it into play the Kasa trying to.
Get it back.
He goes for the low strike and Vittiello makes the same fourth shot on target tonight for Charleston. It's a play on, says the referee. Here's Nick Markannick and hip it towards goal. Pushed into a dangerous area. Here's a kaza a caza scores.
Oh Bailey, Oh and kaza for the Charles sind Battery.
They lead to one.
I'm not exactly sure how Emilio Akasa found the gap that he found in that, but such great play. It goes from that where they thought the foul was gonna be called, It wasn't called. They continue to play on. It's merchanic in the white space. This is a good say from Vitelo, but there's nobody there right here. I thought maybe one chance with the opportunity sneaks it past so many players, and Vitiello might have not been able
to see that as it came through. But it's just a very good play shot from the midfielder.
Two unanswered goals for the Charlesin Battery. That dazzling Arcanic flicks it forward, a chance to really put this away.
One dovey torres wide.
Wrong side of the post and Sacramento stays in this game. That was a chance to really seal it, and that is full time. Two unanswered goals for the Charleston Battery.
Big come from behind win, for Charleston Battery at home, putting up a marker in the Eastern Conference. North Carolina FC put five on Oakland Roots at WakeMed and that gets us to match number two. Colorado Springs in downtown Beautiful, Colorado Springs at Widner Field taking on Tampa Bay Rowdy. So here's your highlights once again, courtesy of our friends at the USL Championship ESPN Plus and YouTube.
Blockbuster written all over it.
At Widner Field tonight, Jeremy Sheer is our head official and the Switchbacks geta started, going from left to right in their home blacks with the blue trim. The Rowdies are in their road wides and we are off and running.
This Switchback side know the result from the other game.
Meanwhile, Switchbacks have the attack here.
Fieldberg has options and the shot is saved by Jordan farr Zack. Sandy far saves again and then Dylan blazes.
It over the top.
Nice hold up play and it plays in yos Khanya for the Switchbacks. Feldberg wants it on the far side. Hanya picks him out. It's a chance here for Fieldberg. He cuts it back and Far thwarts him again. Yeah, Hanya plays in real Dylan's in the middle and he nearly scored his first Switchbacks goal, just wide Fieldberg, essentially too many numbers back for the rowdy. Dylan has it cut out. Rayal picks it back up Fieldberg. Philbrook's ball in a ken looking for Dylan. It's Hanya and it's
in off a deflection. I'm not sure if it's gonna be your own goal, but the Switchbacks don't care.
And leaves this space available. See this little run there. Gilbert picks out the runners. Obviously it slight.
Clear, it's the it's oh, there's some pressure here. The rowdies don't quite deal with it and you skate. Hanya almost loops his way in. The Rowdies recover in time and it's a lovely ball played up ahead for cal Jennings. Jennings is in and Jennings hits the side netting. Irowin, Riquez, Steven at Schevria are also away playing in CONCACAFF Nations League play for their respective countries.
Does the Switchbacks have a chance here? They have the numbers.
Tyreek mc shoot so he scores magnificently. Tyrak McGhee were a thunderbolt of a strike and the Switchbacks tumble their laid in front of a jubilant Widner Field crowd.
McGee in the open about the balance that he was gonna try to present to this match, and this vicious strike from outside the eighteen yard box seize. The Rowdies continue to back up into their penalty area, tease it up on that left foot and blast it past Jordan Farr, putting his team up to nil again.
The Switchbacks get it upfield with Tyreek McGhee, but it's really well won back by Blake Bodily.
Chance to send this right back in Herrera doesn't get there.
Old Jennings did get there. One back there by Zandy out White to the far side. First time ball from Hanya to McGhee. Switchbacks are gonna.
Pick up where they left off. Great bullet for Dylan. He scores his first goal for the Switchbacks.
Colorado Springs are running ryot at wider field justin Dylan breaks through and the Switchbacks have a commanding three ni laid.
Here slightest of balls played in and this is not hit with a lot of pace from and we talked about having to move Aiden Roache to right back.
I mean.
This has been.
Fieldberg almost made it even better, and where would the Rowdies be without some of these Jordan far saves.
That's a great call shown that that was a wild game.
That was May eighth, by the way months ago.
And it seem like the switchbacks are just firing.
There's four.
A headed goal from Yoski Honya. Things get from bad to worse for the Rowdies. Colorado Springs is on cloud nine. It's four nell and Hanya's on a hat trick.
They're getting such terrific link up play and again highlighting the ability to win the ball higher up the field. They're counterfreens, they get dispossessed, but they're quickly back on the ball and this clever ball.
Five goals now this season for Yoski, Kanye is now the switchback second leading goalscorer.
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But the Rowdies are making some changes in the midst of all of these wider field celebrations.
We talked about balance in both boxes that pay devidends in the playoffs, but balance in your attack as well. And James Chambers was not only high on the.
Well. This free kick is taken quickly cal Jennings across. Good save by Herrera. He thwarts ben Bender on his Rowdy's debut.
The rowdies are going to make a couple more.
William j hibbles sports Medicine and performance Center changes here Leo Fernandez.
Every game is just so different, tells a different story, needs different players to get involved. So why not use this time to We've seen the influence that Benders had Spauding.
That's the shot away from a tight angle. Herrera had a little bit of trouble with that er.
What do you see?
Good ball out to the far side. Spalding continues to be involved when the rowdies can get it to this end of the pitch. It's played essentially for Rivera Worth certainly strike them. Manchoma Monjoma's ballt is headed in. The rowdies get one back with sixteen minutes to play. It's a substitution goal from Leo Fernandez and it's four to one, and.
Then a couple of steps backwards.
You give Munjoma enough time to read it, set his feet, get a good left footed service off.
He speedy.
Williams will stand over it. Roacha lays it off and it's Tyrek.
McGee who I has.
Scored from that distance in his career before, had a wonderful goal earlier.
It's a giveaway to Lewis Hilton.
Fernandez stays on his feet, keeps possession for the routies here and this is Damian Rivera.
It opens up and my goodness, he scores.
A goal for Damian Tiko Rivera and with eleven and a half minutes to play for two.
And stunning this crowd at Widner Field.
This kind of a casual build up for the rowdies and Riverax glodes past, switchbacks defenders, gets his head up, gets a new picture.
Of proximity comes into play there. But that was in an unnatural position surely, and it impeded the progress.
Of the play.
Bender Worth is in and he skies the chance. The referee does not think anything of it, and it is full time at Widner Fields. Games like this one are why we love the USL Championship.
Big win for Colorado Springs got out to the big lead, held on and Tampa Bay had to shake it off in quick order. El Paso Detroit City of Goaliz draw at Southwest University Park. San Antonio FC wins big on the road against Monterey Bay won nothing at Cardinal. It gets us to the Midwig We mentioned Tampa Bay and they lost in Birmingham two nil at Protective. Big win
for the Legion. In the Eastern Conference, goal is draw between Memphis nine oh one and Hartford Athletic at AutoZone one goal on the board each FORFC Tulsa and Vegas Lights. That sets up the standings once again, brought to us by our friends at Prinks Tires Prinks performance standings in the East and the West once again. As we are winding down the regular season, lu City is in at fifty nine points after twenty six matches, two matches in hand,
and only three points ahead of Charleston Battery. Once again. Remember, Charleston has won three of their last five. Louisville's Lucity has won for their last five, but once again two matches in hand for lou City. Tampa Bay starts group number three. They've lost four of five. They're at forty three points. Detroit City four points behind now, but they're not taking advantage of it either, only draws their last two times out there at thirty nine points, and fourth Legion,
breaking a three game losing streak. They're at thirty eight points, Indy eleven at thirty seven. Rhode Island FC losing last time out. They had a four match winless fore match winning. A four match unbeaten streak is the word we're looking for. Before Pittsburgh got the win to Neil. Speaking of River Hounds, they're now in eighth after the win. They are unbeaten in their last five, winning two of their last three, which means that Loud United is at thirty four points,
having lost to in a row. They're in ninth below the playoff bar. North Carolina needed that win badly after not winning in their previous three. They're at thirty three points. Hardford Athletic unbeaten in their last five, but the last three been draws. They're at thirty one points at eight twelve and seven, and the MIAMIFC have been eliminated from playoff contention. Twenty seven matches played, eleven points. They have
only won once in their last five. Western Conference New Mexico United is ahead of everyone, but Sacramento has a match in hand. Had the two game win streak snapped with the loss in Charleston fifty one points to forty one. Looks like this one's new Mexico United to lose everything going through the lab, possibly when it comes to the postseason. Sacramento bigger goal difference than Colorado Springs at forty one points. They have one last win. They have a better average
points per match average as well. Oakland is in fourth. They have one more win than Memphis nine to OZHO one. Vegas Lights are in six that thirty nine points. Phoenix Rising has come from beneath the playoff bar. They are unbeaten in their last four, thirty three points on the board. FC Tulsa has lost two of three and lost three of their last five. They're at thirty one points below the playoff bar. Currently Orange County at twenty eight points.
Here's where the fun starts. Orange County eight wins, they've lost three in a row, four or five. San Antonio has now climbed into this mix, having hit each column once in their last three seven wins, and they are They have a better goal difference than Orange County. Monterey Bay has twenty seven matches played, they have seven and wins. Their points per match average is lower, so they are in eleventh. They'll pass so twenty one points they have.
They're unbeaten in their last three and four of their last five, so Whatmr Cabrera is doing something, But they are still at twenty one points through twenty six matches. That is your rundown of the standings in USL Championship. So let's get us into the news and notes of the week and get your prep for the weekend. What to watch, where to watch it, how to watch it
rend The race of the playoffs continues. Big news off the field, USL and ESPN International Security multi year agreement bringing the USL Super League to Latin America and the Caribbean. Very very cool stuff there as well. And don't forget on the SDH Network, we have Marion Crowder dropping by every Wednesday at ten thirty Eastern time to discuss what's going on in USL champion the USL Super League and in the Southeastern Conference. So very very cool stuff there
involving the league viewing guide. And once again, what we'll do is take this for both USL Championship in for USL League One, so everybody knows where to go all
weekend long for a USL Championship. Saturday, GLASO Network starts their double header seven Eastern Detroit City in New Mexico United, Indian El Paso's on ESPN Plus as is Loudon and Birmingham Legion, the MIAMIFC, Hartford Athletic, Tampa Bay and Pittsburgh, Colorado Springs and Charleston Battery FC, Tulsa lou City, Oakland Roots in San Antonio, Orange County and Rhode Island FC, Sacramento Republic, Phoenix Rising and Vegas Lights and Monterey Bay.
We're in the semifinals of the Yegermeister Cup in League one, and so we know who's advancing through that. It'll be a Northern Colorado Hailstorm as your hosts after knocking off Union Omaha League one Friday the thirteenth. If you're a
triska Deeca phobiac, please take all of your precautions. Lex sc and one Knox are on the Plus as Is on Saturday Regular Play Charlottean Dependence, Richmond Kickers, Chattanooga and Greenville Hailstorm, Union Omaha, Spokene Velocity, and South Georgia Tormenta. So that is the rundown of a where to watch and how to watch it as you're getting into your weekend Player of the Month. Broad to is by our
friends at Konami Football, no real surprise. In August, Nick Merchanick voted USL Championship Player of the Month Danny Cruz with everything that he has been doing at lou City once again knows shock that he is USL Championship Coach of the Month. So very very cool stuff there when it comes to the league in and of itself. Save of the Week for Week twenty seven and once again you can vote on Goal of the weekend Save of
the Week go to USL Championship dot com. The Goal of theeek is voted on and it is Monday through Thursday. Your Save of the Week is Tuesday through Friday in your voting and so vote for your favorite save by noon Eastern traditionally on Friday. Gold of the Week by noon Eastern on your Thursday. And your contenders kadeem Enjai from the Miamifcaro from Louden, Adam Grignals from the Battery,
and Paul Blanchette from Oakland Roots. Tight competition, but I went to Hugo Farrow this week for Louden for his big save against Low City and it was a kick save on Elijah Winder in the matchup against lou City. So Hugo Farow the USL Championship save of the week forty nine percent of the vote. Kadim Enjai from the MIAMIFC had number two on the board. Your goal of.
The week for.
Week twenty seven and the power rankings before we get out of here, Goal of the Week in USL Championship once again. Your contenders Bradley sample from Pittsburgh, EMILIOI Kasa from Charleston, Tyreek McGee from Switchbacks, Domian Rivera from the Rowdies and the winner by a landslide Bradley sample from Pittsburgh with sixty two percent of the vote. Your power rankings in a USL Championship. And remember they're just power rankings. It's not like a ranking rankings. It's just power rankings.
And here's how it all lays out for USL Championship dot Com for your power rankings for week twenty seven, presented by your friends at Pranks Tires, LEU City, Charleston, New Mexico, United all stay one, two, three, Switchbacks up to number four last week being at number nine. Vegas stays at number five, which means Sacramento after a loss drops down number six, River Hound's up to number seven.
North Carolina up five to eight, which means Rhode Island, Tampa Bay and the Roots drop down to nine, ten and eleven. Memphis stays at twelve, Loud and dropping to thirteen. Phoenix up to fourteen, which means Detroit City, Hartford and Indye each drop one to fifteen, sixteen, seventeen. San Antonio with a big win up three to eighteen, Legion State at nineteen. Tulsa and El Paso drop, Orange County, THEMIMEFC, and Monterey Bay. This is power rankings. Remember the MIAMFC.
We know the three twenty two and two. But big week for kadim Enjai against New Mexico United. Monterey Bay's eight game winless streak longest of the season, and probably should have gotten a result against Sacramento. But right now Monterey Bay is not doing well. At your power rankings at USL Championship dot com if you are in market. What we always say is that if you are in market and you can go and watch USL Championship, please do you get to see the second division in the
US Soccer pyramid. You get to see a lot of growing talent. You got to go see soccer in a lot of great soccer cities that are in USL Championship. If you can't make it in your in market, follow along on your local providers. If you are out of market and can't make it, follow along on social media of your favorite club USL Championship, and on the streaming devices so you can catch up with all the matches all season long in USL Championship. So for everybody here
at SDH, I'm just John. Thanks for dropping by and getting caught up on the USL Championship. Hey, wait a minute, I just realized something. We haven't even done the schedule yet, and that was so I was in such a rush thinking that we were done when we were not really done. We got the schedule, when we get juice boxes, what am I thinking? It shows you how long it's been since I did a show. It's been a whole week. A lot of action on Saturday, let's get it right.
We've got Saturday and Wednesday, so a lot of action on Saturday. There's going to be a test on it and we'll do the juice boxes in a bit seven o'clock at Keyword, Detroit City, hosting New Mexico United. That'll be a big one at the MIC Indy hosting l Passo at Segro loud In hosting Legion seven o'clock South Dade Kia Field at pitt Bull Stadium, The Miami FC against Hartford Athletic seven thirty at Atlaning Tampa Bay in Pittsburgh.
Eight o'clock Colorado Springs and Charleston Battery. All these are eastern times. Eight o'clock Eastern of Auto's oone Memphis nine on one, North Carolina FC, eight thirty FC Tulsa hosting lou City at one OK ten o'clock at Pioneer Roots hosting San Antonio FC. Ten o'clock Championship Soccer Stadium in Irvine, California, Orange County hosting Rhode Island. Ten o'clock hard Heeld Park, Sacramento Republic hosting Phoenix and at ten thirty eight Cashman
Vegas Lights hosting Monterey Bay. And the midweek New Mexico United trying to make up a match. They get a match, all right at the Lab Sacramento Republic Wednesday night, early contender for Match of the Week four next week. Now, let's get into juice boxes before we get out of here, because I'm sure they do exist in some levels, shape or form, and we will see what our friends at odds Portal have to say. Traditionally, what we do is
we look at Oddsportal no oddsportal dot com. What they do is they turn all of the different juice box purveyors and they make an average. And so here's the averages for the activity in USL Championship. As we figure Detroit City, New Mexico United, they threw a blanket over
the whole thing. Plus one sixty both sides, indy eleven favored at a minus one eighteen hosting El Paso North of the plus two to eighty loud and a plus one zho four hosting Birmingham Round the plus two twenty five the MIAMIFC no surprise, the plus two to twenty three at home Hertford Athletic even money plus one hundred, Tampa Bay to minus one ten hosting Pittsburgh at a plus two seventy three, Colorado Springs a plus one seventy four hosting Charleston at a plus one thirty three draws
a plus two to fifty Memphis, North Carolina Memphis plus one oh eight and North Carolina is a plus two twenty seven, Tulsa almost a plus four hundred is lou City comes to town to minus one eighty two, routes to the plus one twenty nine hosting San Antonio to plus one eighty seven, Orange County a plus two sixty two, as Rhode Island comes to town to minus one oh one, Sacramento minus one twenty seven hosting Phoenix at a plus three thirty three, Vegas minus one fifty four hosting mona
Aba at a plus three forty nine, and in the midweek, New Mexico United even money Sacramento Republic a plus two forty five. We'll keep an eye on this one. And right now, your draw is a plus two thirty one from the six juice box perveyors. Odds Portal takes an average, and that's what we present to you here on the show. Now we're done. Don't forget to follow your favorite teams in the USL champions as we're getting closer and closer and closer to determining a champ in twenty twenty four.
For everybody here at SDH, I'm just John. Now we are done. Played safe, everybody, Enjoy your games.