Showing posts with label Empire Cup. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Empire Cup. Show all posts

Thursday, August 27, 2020

Capital District take shortened match versus Spartans.

Spartans 1612 - 3
Capital District - 5


Scoring
SP:
Johnson (CS), Taïder (A), Kinda (G)
CD: Aliseda (A, G), Elis (G, A), Mukhtar (A)

Cards
SP: None
CD: Monteiro (Y)

Man of the Match:
Ignacio Aliseda (CD) Goal, Assist

Monday, August 24, 2020

Week 4 v Spartans 1612

Starters
Valeri (C)
Elis
Greguš
Kreilach
Monteiro
Mukhtar
Nagbe
Rubio
Zelarayán
Aliseda

Goal Keeper
Vermeer

Bench
Barrios
Espinoza
Medunjanin

Reserve
Gil
Atuesta
Rossetto
Westberg

 

Tuesday, May 21, 2019

Week 10 vs Spartans 1612

Starters
Valeri (C)
Acosta
Gil
Gutiérrez
Rusnák
Taïder
Accam
Álvarez
Atuesta
Kaku

Goal Keeper
Robles

Bench
Eriksson
Gregus
Fabián

Reserve
Steffen
Horta
Reyna
Elis

Monday, March 4, 2019

Gunners take season opener.

Capital District - 8
Spartans 1812 - 3

Scoring
Capital District: Fabián (G), Reyna (A), Valeri (A, G), Taïder (A, G), Acosta (A, G)
Spartans 1612: Valot (A), Baird (A), Ruidíaz (G)

Cards
Capital District: Santos (Y), Gutiérrez (Y)
Spartans 1612: None

Man of the Match: Saphir Taïder (CD) Goal, Assist

Friday, March 1, 2019

Week 1 @ Spartans 1612

Starters
Valeri (C)
Ellis
Acosta
Fabián
Kaku
Gutiérrez
Horta
Reyna
Taider
Santos

Goal Keeper
Robles

Bench
Eriksson
Rusnák
Accam

Reserve
Steffen
Sallói
Gregus
Gil

Monday, June 5, 2017

Gunners take Empire Cup and claim undefeated record.

Capital District 8
Spartans 1612 8

Score 

Capital District - Villa (2A), Elis (2A), Valeri (2G), Hairston (A), Frei (CS)
Spartans 1612 - Higuaín (G, A), Kamara (G), Nguyen (A), Morales (A), Torres (A, G), Fagundez (G)

Dicplinary 
Capital District - Villa (Y)
Spartans 1612 -
Morález (Y)

Man of the Match
Stefan Frei (CD) Clean Sheet

Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Week 11 @ Spartans 1612

Starters
Valeri (C)
Villa*
Villalba
Alessandrini
K Acosta
Hairston
Medjuanin
Elis
L. Acosta
Savarino

Goal Keeper
Frei

Bench
Kaká
Rowe 
Barrios

Reserve
Hamid
Morales

*Villa Captain for AQF

Monday, May 8, 2017

Alessandrini guides Gunners in first leg of the Empire Cup.

Spartans 1612 4
Capital District 7

Score  

Spartans 1612 - Kamara (G, A), Higuaín (G), Morález (G)
Capital District - Kaká (G), Elis (G), K. Acosta (A), Alessandrini (2A), Villa (G, A)

Cards

Spartans 1612 -Mattocks (Y)

Capital District - Medunjanin (Y), Alessandrini (Y)

Man of the Match

Romain Alessandrini (CD) 2 Assists

Tuesday, May 2, 2017

Week 8 vs Spartans 1612

Starters
Villa (C)
Villalba
Alessandrini
Elis
K Acosta
L. Acosta
Barrios
Medjuanin
Hairston
Kaká

Goal Keeper
Frei

Bench
Morales
Rowe
Koussi

Reserve
Hamid
Valeri

Sunday, July 19, 2015

Gunners retake Empire Cup

Capital District has had one heck of a week. It start with losing an epic three day bidding war with arcrival Alamo City over the rights to Giovani Do Santos. But it ended with the Gunners not just winning this year's Empire Cup over Spartans 1612, but also winning the club's 80th regular season match. Also, while the club may have missed out on Dos Santos, league officials have declared Capital District have won the rights to Lucas Melano.

Kei Kamara opened the scoring for the Gunners with an early goal, but the Spartans rallied back with an assist from Diego Fagundez. As the clock began to run out, the match looked to heading towards ending in a draw. With a draw, Spartans 1612 would have retained the Empire Cup thanks to away goals tie breaker to the then deadlocked aggregate score. But then the maestro provided some more late match heroics. Diego Valeri's goal proved to be the match winner, the derby winner, and securing the club's 80th regular season win of all time.

"Fantastic result tonight," Manager Kevin Connor praised his club. "Kei and Diego have been two key pieces for us all season. Winning the cup, and it being our 80th win is great, more importantly we're still in the hunt for the Honors Trophy."

Next up for the Gunners is an opportunity to claim their second piece of hardware, the Founders Cup, as they face Gateway United.

Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Week 19 vs Spartans 1612 (Empire Cup - 2nd Leg)

*Kamara is the Captain for Acquisition Money

Monday, April 13, 2015

Gunners salvage draw against Spartans.

The two New York clubs opened this year's Empire Cup in a five all tie. Spartans 1612 and Capital District exchanged blows but neither could deliver the knockout hit in the 5-5 draw. Kei Kamara was the Gunners leading scorer and man of the match with two goals. Dominique Badji and Vincent Nogueira each chipped a goal of their own and David Villa's assist made it five for the home club.

"The Cup is on our mind but we can't let it be our sole focus. It's nice to win the rivalry, but we need to stay focused on what matters," Manager Kevin Connor said after the match. "We played well and grounded out a tie with a very good club. That's a point earned for us when we could really use some."






Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Spartans take Empire Cup

While putting up a better fight this time around, Bradley Phillips-Wright and the Spartans were still too much for the Gunners as they lost the match 4-2. Phillips-Wright was once again the difference maker with a brace to guide the downstate rivals to their victory, and securing a 2nd straight Empire Cup by an aggregate score of 11-5. For Capital District, Cristian Maidana continued his fine form as of late with an assist and Diego Valeri scored the 2nd point with a goal.

In addition to the loss of both the match and the state derby, the Gunners also lost another player to a season ending injury. Martín Rivero was diagnosed with torn ACL, and his season is presumed over. Rumors are that the Gunners have already brought in one new player and that a second is expected shortly.

"No excuses, we got out played by a better side and we lost," Manager Kevin Connor said post match. "Spartans are looking at challenging for the title, and we're apparently treading water right now. Of course it hurts losing guys, but we have to keep playing and we expect to win every time we go out there. It's disappointing to lose the match and the derby, but we have to put it all in perspective. We need to keep going and the playoffs are still within reach for us."


Monday, April 28, 2014

Spartans out gun Gunners

Spartans 1612 put on an offensive display as they defeated Capital District 7-3. Though the club remains in second place, the loss puts the Gunners in a three way tie and widens the gap between them and the Spartans at the top of the table. It also put the team at a disadvantage for the Empire Cup derby, putting them down by 4 goals on aggregate.

Lloyd Sam continued his breakout season with an assist, giving him five points for the year. Youngster Dillon Serna is proving the club's faith in him by marking a goal for his second point in three weeks. Lastly, Captain Álvaro Saborío tried to rally the team back with a late goal.

"The better team won," Manager Kevin Connor explained in his post game interview. "The Spartans came infiring on all cynlanders, and we couldn't keep up. Nick (Rimando) came close to giving us two more points, but we still would've been behind. Not having Stefan (Ishizaki) hurt, too, but we have to play the hand we're dealt. It's over, we put it aside and get ready to play Gold Coast."