Weekly review June 18, 2018 – Dayton Dutch Lions FC (5-1-2, 17 points) did well on the road beating Michigan Bucks (1-3-2) 1-0. Chris Dupont scored the game winning goal (his 2nd of the season). The team of Head Coach Dan Griest traveled to number two Lansing United FC (4-0-4) on Saturday and came away with a 1-1 tie keeping the team in first place in the Great Lakes Conference. Cincinnati Dutch Lions FC (1-2-3, 6 points) was leading 2-0 away in Virginia vs WV Chaos (2-1-5, 11 points) but ended up with a 2-2 draw. Cincinnati Dutch Lions Fc and Dayton Dutch Lions FC play eachother this coming Saturday at 7pm at DOC Stadium in a crucial match up for both teams. Dutch Lions FC NPSL (Houston, 4-2-0, 12 points) took 6-1 victory on the road vs FC Brownsville (4-4-0, 12 points). Solomon scored two goals for the Lions. Their next game is Wednesday June 20 vs Tyler FC (0-7-0, 0 points). Another win will put the team back in third place, one point behind Fort Worth Vaqueros (5-1-1, 16 points). Florida Gulf Coast Dutch Lions FC (3-1-0, 9 points) played Boca Blast (1-1-1, 4 points) on Sunday. They came up with a huge 2-1 win handing Boca Blast their first loss of the season and putting the Lions in first place of the Conference. Zoey Spitzer and Yvonne Ploeg both scored a goal.New York Dutch Lions FC announced their annual game in New York this week. On Sunday June 24 they will play New York Red Bulls U23 at 7.30pm at MSU. The team consists of former Dutch National Team players. They will announce all players the coming days. FC Cincinnati (9-3-3) had two home games this week. On Wednesday they tied Bethlehem Steel 2-2 in front of 22,407 fans, on Saturday they had very solid performance vs Richmond Kickers and won 4-0 in front of a record 28,026 fans. Emmanuel Ledesma scored 2 goals. Highlights of the game can be seen here. The team now travels to Canada to play Toronto FC II (0-12-2) on Thursday. Toronto FC II is currently in last place with 2 points. Number 2 Louisville City (7-2-3) tied Penn FC (4-4-6) 3-3 giving FC Cincinnati a 6 point lead with three games ahead. The club also announced playing Spanish Premier League-club RCD Espanol on July 28 at Nippert Stadium in an international friendly. Credits to Joe Craven for some of the FCC pics.
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