LD Update: NASL & USL Pro previews; Brooklyn documentary

NASL Previews: The sixth week of the season is starting to produce in-season rematches as all four games fall on Saturday night. The Puerto Rico Islanders host the Fort Lauderdale Strikers, looking to avenge their only loss, a 3-2 defeat in Florida. Last year they finished even at 1-1-2... The expansion San Antonio Scorpions visit the Tampa Bay Rowdies for the first time. The two played to a scoreless draw last week in Texas...

The Carolina RailHawks are still looking for revenge when they visit Minnesota. The Stars swept the season series last year 2-0-2 - with every game decided by one goal - and then knocked the regular season champion RailHawks out in the semifinals with a 1-0 home win and advanced via the away goal tiebreaker following a 4-3 second leg defeat in Carolina. The season-opening meeting in Minnesota finished in a scoreless deadlock... FC Edmonton visits the Atlanta Silverbacks in their first meeting of the year. The hosts are looking for their result of against the Canadians having been swept last year in four games by an aggregate score of 8-1.

USL Pro Previews: The weekend slate kicks off and concludes in the Caribbean with Orlando City visiting Antigua Barracuda Friday and Sunday. After winning their initial meeting in Orlando last year, Barracuda dropped the next two at home as Orlando went on to win the league and playoff championships.

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.

LD Update: NASL honors; PDL & W-League Preseason

NASL Honors: Fort Lauderdale Strikers forward Andy Herron was honored as the league’s Offensive Player of the Week for both goals in a 2-2 draw at San Antonio while Puerto Rico Islanders goalkeeper Richard Martin received the Defensive Player of the Week award for a shutout in a scoreless draw against Edmonton Wednesday and another fine performance in a 3-1 win against Carolina Saturday. 

PDL News: The Brooklyn Knights announced the six newest additions to the squad come from the East Coast Conference (Div II) with players from Dowling College, Molloy College and LIU Post… Mississippi Brilla announced three more players, this time bringing in a set of players from Virginia Commonwealth University… FC Tucson won a 2-1 preseason friendly against Grand Canyon University Friday evening… On Sunday, the Ventura County Fusion edged Cal State Northridge, 1-0, in a preseason friendly with the late loan goal from Frankie Lopez, assisted by Danny Barrera. They play Cal State Bakersfield in the next preseason contest.