Premier Arena Soccer League (PASL-Premier) to Hold 12th Summer League Tourney

MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com-7/24/09 - The Premier Arena Soccer League (PASL-Premier) will commence its 12th Summer League postseason tournament on Saturday and will crown a champion Sunday. The Women's bracket will also be interspersed throughout the schedule and both tournaments will be played in their entirety at Estadio Azteca Sports Arena in Sacramento.

Seven men's teams and four women's teams will comprise the respective brackets. Both brackets will be headlined by Santa Clara (Off The Wall Soccer Santa Clara), whose men's (6-2, second place) and women's (6-1-1, first place) teams are the returning champions.

The host teams, Estadio Azteca All-Stars men (6-2, first place) and women (6-2, second place) matched the Santa Clara teams almost goal for goal, except the Azteca women suffered their only two losses of the season to Santa Clara.

The PASL-Premier Summer League is similar to baseball's Winter Leagues where you have a mix of minor league players continuing their development and professional players getting work in and playing for pride before their hometown fans.

From the Pacific Division, Santa Clara is led by former MISL Rookie of the Year and current Mexican National Futbol Rapido Team forward Vicente Figueroa, and USNAST players Nelson Santana and Jesus Molina. The Estadio Azteca All-Stars feature the USNAST's Antonio Sutton and his Stockton Cougars teammates Leone, Pedro Lupercio, and Hugo Brambila.

The Turlock Express (4-2-2) are led by the Cougars Uriel Robledo and USNAST forward Aaron Susi. The Sacramento Scorpions are led by former Knights 2000 WISL Rookie of the Year Jorge Fernandez and Eric Harvey.

And in the Southwest Division, LMFR Baja Division Champion La Cabana (7-1) led by MNFR Teamers Eduardo Velez and Edgar Rivas, beat out the San Diego Fusion (6-2) and first-year Sequoia FC (6-2), who won their last five games including a 6-5 upset of the Fusion. The Fusion roster has several players who will take the field for the expansion San Diego Sockers when the PASL-Pro season starts in November.

The Fusion and Scorpions open the tournament at 9:00am Saturday. The first women's game is at 10:30am. The women's final will be Sunday at noon, followed by the men's final at 1:00pm. For directions and ticket information go to http://www.estadioaztecasportsarena.com/.

Day Date Time Home Division/Game Visitors

Saturday July 25th 9:00AM SD Fusion Men Scorpions

Saturday July 25th 9:45AM La Cabana Men Turlock

Saturday July 25th 10:30AM Azteca Women Chico

Saturday July 25th 11:15AM Heat Women OTW Santa Clara

Saturday July 25th 12:00PM Estadio Azteca Men OTWSSC

Saturday July 25th 12:45PM SD Fusion Men Turlock

Saturday July 25th 1:30PM Heat Women Chico

Saturday July 25th 2:15PM Azteca Women OTW Santa Clara

Saturday July 25th 3:00PM OTWSSC Men Sequoia

Saturday July 25th 3:45PM OTW Santa Clara Women Chico

Saturday July 25th 4:30PM Scorpions Men La Cabana

Saturday July 25th 5:15PM Azteca Women Heat

Saturday July 25th 6:00PM Estadio Azteca Men Sequoia

Saturday July 25th 6:45PM 2nd Seed Men/Quarter 7th Seed

Saturday July 25th 7:30PM 3rd Seed Men/Quarter 6th Seed

Saturday July 25th 8:15PM 4th Seed Men/Quarter 5th Seed

Sunday July 26th 10:00AM 1st Seed Men/Semi Lowest Rem Seed

Sunday July 26th 11:00AM Semi Winner 2 Men/Semi Semi Winner 3

Sunday July 26th 12:00PM 1st Seed Women's Final 2nd Seed

Sunday July 26th 1:00PM Semi Winner Men's Final Semi Winner

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About Professional Arena Soccer League

The PASL-Pro is a professional league which began play on October 25, 2008 when the Stockton Cougars defeated the Colorado Lightning 10-5 at Stockton Arena. The 2008-09 season concluded with the North American Championships March 13-15 at Stockton Arena. The Stockton Cougars defeated 1790 Cincinnati 13-5 to win the inaugural PASL-Pro Championship. The PASL-Pro consists of US teams, the CMISL (Canada), and LMFR (Mexico). The San Diego Sockers have been added for the 2009/10 season. PASL-Premier is in its 12th season as the nation's top amateur arena soccer league. PASL-Pro and PASL-Premier are members of Federacion Internacional de Futbol Rapido (FIFRA).

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