LD Update: NASL Honors; Charleston Dragon Boat; W-League signings

NASL Honors: The league announced Minnesota Stars defender Cristiano Dias as the Defensive Player of the Week following the 2-0 shutout of Atlanta, and honored FC Edmonton midfielder Shaun Saiko as the Offensive Player of the Week for a hat-trick in the club's first win, a 3-0 victory against Carolina.

USL Pro News: The Charleston Battery won the men's division of the 2012 Dragon Boat Charleston Festival while wearing special pink jerseys that they will also don for Saturday's Kick for a Cure match versus Rochester. The victory, by tenths of a second, ended the run of four straight championships for another local group.

PDL Signings: The Brooklyn Knights announced that seven former Met Oval Soccer Academy products have been added to the roster.

W-League News: The Vancouver Whitecaps named four recent college graduates to the roster, including three with previous W-League or WPSL experience. The Whitecaps are coming off a 2-1 preseason win Sunday against Oregon State University... The Northern Virginia Majestics announced that Jill Porto, a member of the 2005 U19 Majestics SYL champion and W-League teams, is back with the club after stints with three other W-League sides... The Colorado Rapids Women added another Danish international with the signing of Camilla Kur-Larsen, who has scored over 60 goals the past four years in the nation's top flight playing for Brondby IF.