The Bay Soccer - Your Area, Your Passion

July 10, 2008

The San Francisco Seals only need to win one of their two games this weekend to make the playoffs. Four teams are still in the race but a win for the Seals tonight would eliminate Ventura Couty Fusion (3 points behind with only one match to play) and the loser of Fresno Fuego - San Fernando Valley Quakes on Sunday (See standings below)

San Francisco Seals - San Jose Frogs PDL soccer Bay Area

The Seals need one more win
Photo: Nap - The Project FC

Fresno (for them, a draw in their last match would be enough) and San Francisco are in the better situation before the final week-end starts, but each game has proven to be a hard fought battle since the beginning of the season and everything is possible.

The San Francisco Seals receive the Bakersfield Brigade tonight at USF (Negoesco stadium - see schedule and map below). Bakersfield lays in the 7th position but they only lost 4 matches out of 14. They have one of the best defenses in the league but scored very few goals, resulting in 7 ties. The Seals will absolutely need to find the back of the net to take the three points and approach their final game against the San Jose Frogs in a more relaxed state of mind.

In any case, the Bay Area Derby will be interresting. The Seals, even if they earned their ticket to the playoffs tonight, would need to win again on Sunday to make sure they become the PDL's Southwest Division champions.

The Frogs, who started the season very well, had a series of bad and, sometimes, unlucky results in the second part of the season and definitely lost all hopes of making the playoffs last week-end with two unexpected losses on the road. They receive the Bakersfield Brigade on Saturday for their last home game (free admission!), before coming to Negoesco on Sunday (See schedule below)

For them, it will be important to finish the season on a better note at home on Saturday and to remain unbeaten against their local rivals on Sunday, probably in front of a big crowd.

Thierry Heumann (email)

Standings:

July 18, 2008
PDL 2008 - Southwest Division		Pts	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
1	Fresno Fuego	29	15	9	4	2	37	25
2	San Francisco Seals	27	14	8	3	3	21	13
3	San Fernando Valley Quakes	27	15	7	2	6	30	24
4	Ventura County Fusion	24	15	7	5	3	22	13
5	Los Angeles Legends	22	15	6	5	4	31	23
6	San Jose Frogs	18	14	5	6	3	19	18
7	Orange County Blue Star	18	16	5	8	3	24	31
8	Bakersfield Brigade	16	14	3	4	7	13	17
9	Southern California Seahorses	13	15	3	8	4	14	26
10	Lancaster Rattlers	9	15	2	10	3	17	38

Pts: Points - GP: Games Played - W: Wins - L: Losses - T: Ties - GF: Goals for - GA: Goals against
3 points for a win - 1 point for a draw - Each team plays 16 games - First 2 teams qualify for Playoffs - Last Update: July 18th, 2008

Bay Area Teams' remaining games:

Friday July 18th, 2008 at 7 PM - Admission: $9
San Francisco Seals - Bakersfield Brigade
Half time show: Jokes For Feelings
Negoesco Stadium (USF), San Francisco, CA (Map)

Saturday July 19th, 2008 at 7:30 PM - Free Admission
San Jose Frogs - Bakersfield Brigade
James Lick High School, San Jose, CA (Map)

Sunday July 20th, 2008 at 7 PM - Admission: $9
San Francisco Seals - San Jose Frogs
Half time show: 77 Straight
Negoesco Stadium (USF), San Francisco, CA (Map)

For a complete schedule of the PDL remaining games, please visit USL's official website: www.uslsoccer.com/schedules

PDL

Decisive week-end for the Seals,

SF Seals - SJ Frogs Sunday Derby

Standings:

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Bay Area Teams' remaining games:

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