Albion Pros Fall in NPSL West Region Final vs Sonoma Sol
Albion Pros inspired a community to believe that San Diego is ready for professional soccer. On Saturday, in front of just under 1,400 fans, undefeated Albion Pros took the field one last time in the National Premier Soccer League West Region Final. There was an atmosphere reminiscent of a European cup game with drums beating, flags […]
Best of the 2016 NPSL West Region Playoffs
The Sonoma County Sol are doing their best to replicate history. The 2009 NPSL National Champions are off to the final four here in 2016, winning three straight playoff matches to be crowned the champions of the West Region. Soccer Nation’s Nate Abaurrea is here with the three best stories from three incredible weekends of […]
NPSL WEST REGION PLAYOFF PREVIEW: Albion Pros vs Sonoma County Sol
San Diego is set to host the National Premier Soccer League West Region Final this Saturday at 7pm at Mission Bay High School. It will feature a historic powerhouse in Sonoma County Sol, a team that will be advancing to its 5th Regional Final. It will also feature Albion SC Pros, the undefeated expansion team […]
Albion Pros March on to West Region Finals!
On a beautiful Saturday evening, Albion Pros hosted the National Premier Soccer League West Region Semifinals versus Seattle, Washington-based OSA FC. It was a battle of Northwest Conference Champions vs Southwest Conference Champions for the chance to play in the West Region Finals. Neither team had ever met before, but both were coming off important, […]
NPSL West Semi-Final Preview: Albion Pros vs OSA FC
Albion Pros continued their magical undefeated season last week following a nail-biting win over an inspired SoCal SC team. Albion Pros had to come back from a 1-0 deficit in the 82nd minute through an awe inspiring Matt Clare equalizing goal. Then proceeded to go through a tumultuous extra time and finally onto to a […]
San Diego Albion Pros Win Historic Playoff Game
San Diego has recently come to the forefront of the national professional soccer discussion. There has been talk about bringing an MLS franchise to San Diego in recent weeks. However, Albion Pros are already in San Diego for all to enjoy. Saturday night marked the first playoff-ever game for the undefeated expansion team in the National […]
SoccerNation.com NPSL Playoff Preview: Albion Pros (1) vs SoCal SC (4)
Albion Pros SC has made national headlines throughout the 2016 National Premier Soccer League season for all the right reasons. As an expansion club, they certainly arrived in style. Minutes prior to their first game, a G-Form sponsored, Albion Pros jersey clad, Matt Blanket parachuted out of the sky with the first official game ball in […]
NPSL Southwest Regular Season Wrap & Best XI
The regular season, has concluded. It’s time for the playoffs in the National Premier Soccer League. Here in the Southwest Conference, it’s been the two San Diego sides in their inaugural campaigns that have shown their true class, with Albion Pros finishing at the top of the table, and North County Battalion finishing just four points […]
Albion Pros win Clash of the Border vs Club Tijuana Xolos U20
On Tuesday, Albion Pros hosted Club Tijuana Xolos U20 at Mission Bay Stadium for an international exhibition match. Albion Pros is preparing for the upcoming National Premier Soccer League playoffs, while Club Tijuana is wrapping up their preseason prior to the Liga MX Apertura league season. In a highly anticipated match between the two teams, […]
Albion Pros Win 2016 NPSL Southwest Conference
It was a busy week for Albion Pros as they wrapped up the last week of the National Premier Soccer League Southwest Conference regular season. Albion was under pressure to earn positive results to win the league with the final three games scheduled in the space of just seven days, the last two being on […]
Albion Pros host Club Tijuana Xolos U20
Albion Pros have done the incredible once again. The San Diego based National Premier Soccer League team has organized an international exhibition friendly against Club Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles (aka “Xolos”). Albion Pros, named by independent soccer site Outside The Touchlines as the top NPSL team in the United States, will face off against Liga MX U20 Championship Finalist Club […]
SoccerNation Preview – 3 Things to Watch: Albion Pros vs FC Hasental
Albion Pros host FC Hasental in Albion’s last home match of the National Premier Soccer League season. Last time these two teams met, Albion Pros secured a hard-fought 3 – 1 win on the road in Thousand Oaks. Matt Clare scored two for Albion and Felipe Liborio clinched the game in the dying moments with […]
Battle for NPSL 1st Place: Albion Pros Take on Coras USA
The National Premier Soccer League’s (NPSL) Southwest Conference’s two best teams look to slug it out in an epic battle for supremacy this weekend in sunny San Diego. Albion SC Pros are heading into this match with an undefeated record of 4-0-3, and are still sitting at the top of the table with five games […]
Nate’s NPSL Southwestern XI
As a freshly placed San Diego resident, and as the play-by-play voice of the North County Battalion, our own Nate Abaurrea has had a close-up look at the National Premier Soccer League’s 2016 season in the Southwestern Conference, a season that just drifted past the halfway point, and into the home stretch, with the playoffs […]
Rivalry Juxtaposition: An Enlightening Weekend at The San Diego Derby & Cali Clasico
It’s one of my favorite words in the English language. Juxtaposition, two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect. On Saturday afternoon, I made my final preparations for a broadcast that had me buzzing with excitement. It was the second ever head-to-head match-up between the North County Battalion and Albion Pros, San Diego’s […]
San Diego Derby Lives up to Expectations
San Diego is widely regarded as the United States capital of craft beer micro-breweries. However, it was soccer that was brewing on a beautiful San Diego Saturday afternoon as Albion Pros SC hosted the North County Battalion in National Premier Soccer League play. Over 800 fans came to Mission Bay Stadium to become part of the local […]