USL News Release
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
TAMPA, FL -- United Soccer Leagues announced the Team of the Week honors for the third week of the USL season, honoring Austin’s Eddie Johnson as the USL First Division Player of the Week and Harrisburg’s Chad Severs as the USL Second Division Player of the Week.
The expansion Austin Aztex posted their first victory in franchise history Saturday evening, downing the visiting Cleveland City Stars 3-0. English striker Eddie Johnson played a role in all three goals.
In the 13th minute, Aztex midfielder Yordany Alvarez found the former England youth international streaking up the right side. Johnson dribbled the ball, and then lofted it up over hard-charging Cleveland goalkeeper Hunter Gilstrip for the early 1-0 lead.
In the 71st minute Austin added to its lead when Johnson made a run up the right side with the ball before making a precise pass back to the center of the field to an awaiting Sullivan Silva. Silva never hesitated and fired the ball on goal. Cleveland’s Gilstrip didn’t have much of a chance as the ball hooked into the upper-left corner of the net to give the home squad a 2-0 lead.
Defender Zack Pope, who had come in just a minute earlier for A.J. Godbolt, took the ball up the right wing where he found and distributed the ball toward a fast-charging Johnson. Johnson gathered the ball off a Cleveland defender deflection, and then drove a shot into the back of the net for the game’s final tally.
The Harrisburg City Islanders have gotten off to a quick start to the season, drawing 2-2 in Richmond last week and downing the Western Mass Pioneers 3-1 courtesy of Chad Severs.
Severs got the City Islanders off to quick starts in each half, notching the opener five minutes into the affair and doubling the lead four minutes into the second.
The two-goal effort marked the return to his 2005 form that saw him finish with 13 goals and 31 points before moving on to the Rochester Rhinos of the USL First Division for the next three years.
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USL First Division Team of the Week
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Pos
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Name
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Team
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Highlights
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G
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Scott Vallow
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Rochester
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Shutout in 0-0 draw at Puerto Rico
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D
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Marco Reda
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Vancouver
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Goal in 1-1 draw at Austin
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D
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Cristian Dias
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Miami
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Led team in 2-1 win over Montreal
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D
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Ryan Caugherty
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Austin
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Led team in draw and win
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D
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John Gilkerson
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Carolina
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Led team in 1-0 win over Minnesota
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M
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Martin Nash
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Vancouver
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Goal in 1-0 win over Portland
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M
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Brian Plotkin
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Carolina
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Goal in 1-0 win over Minnesota
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M
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Tsuyoshi Yoshitake
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Charleston
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Goal in 1-1 draw against Minnesota
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M
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Noah Delgado
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Puerto Rico
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Led team in 0-0 draw against Rochester
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F
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Johnny Menyongar
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Rochester
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Two goals in 2-1 win at Miami
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F
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Eddie Johnson
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Austin
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Two goals, assist in 3-0 win over Cleveland
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USL Second Division Team of the Week
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Pos
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Name
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Team
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Highlights
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G
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Brian Rowland
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Baltimore
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Two shutouts to open season
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D
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Tenywa Bonseu
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Pittsburgh
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Led team in 1-1 draw at Richmond
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D
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Sascha Gorres
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Richmond
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Led team in 1-1 draw versus Baltimore
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D
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Andrew Marshall
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Baltimore
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Led team in 0-0 draw against Pittsburgh
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M
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Mike Burke
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Richmond
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Assist in 2-2 draw against Harrisburg
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M
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Val Teixeira
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Baltimore
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Goal in 2-0 win over Bermuda
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M
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Zeke Dombrowski
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Wilmington
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Led team in 2-2 d at Charlotte
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M
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Justin Evans
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Pittsburgh
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Led team in 0-0 draw against Baltimore
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F
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Gary Brooks
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Real Maryland
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Two assists in 3-2 win over Bermuda
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F
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Dustin Swinehart
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Charlotte
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Two goals in 2-2 draw against Wilmington
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F
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Chad Severs
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Harrisburg
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Two goals in 3-1 win over Western Mass
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