Coming off a National Championship, Jeorgio Kocevski spent his summer playing for the Long Island Rough Riders, a USL 2 team. Kocevski made his mark, winning player of the season.
No fewer than three lower-tier soccer leagues are holding playoff games this weekend: Here's the rundown on all the action in the Tri-State soccer scene
Ocean City Nor’easters will face West Chester United for fourth time in Eastern Conference semifinal
The Predators and Nor’easters both won their playoff matches on Saturday in Leesburg, Va.
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Familiar foes will face off Sunday in the USL League Two Eastern Conference semifinal in Leesburg, Va.
After splitting a three-game series at 1-1-1 during the regular season, West Chester United and Ocean City Nor’easters will get a rubber match in the postseason after they both opened the playoffs with wins in a double header Saturday at Evergreen Sportsplex.
West Chester United beat the New York Red Bulls U23 in the first game of the double header Saturday. All three goals in the match were scored in the first half. Yusuf Cueceoglu struck in the 17th minute with a pretty shot from the 18 off a pass from Conor Bradley and after a conceding an equalizer answered back with a Troy Amspacher goal off a Spencer Burkhardt corner that held up as the winner.
Four local clubs looking to advance in NPSL, USL League Two playoffs
West Chester United is in playoffs for both leagues, Atlantic City FC, Philadelphia Lone Star are alive in NPSL and Ocean City Nor’easters in USL2
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Mike Kruce
West Chester United will have another busy weekend as both their USL League Two and NPSL teams look to advance in the playoffs, but they won’t be the only club in the region looking to make a postseason run.
Ocean City Nor’easters, which finished second to West Chester in the Mid Atlantic Conference of USL2 will play Boston Bolts in the second game of a doubleheader at Evergreen Sportsplex in Leesburg, Virginia on Saturday night. West Chester United plays the New York Red Bulls U23s in the first game at 5 p.m. The winners will meet the next day for the Eastern Conference semifinals.