Brentford-Chelsea: NYC Watch Party

The international break is over, so for any New York City-area Brentford FC fans, join us at the Red Lion (151 Bleecker St.) on Saturday when Brentford FC takes on Chelsea. Kickoff is at 10 a.m. ET.

Come share an early-morning pint with us!

🚨🚨NYC WATCH PARTY ALERT🚨🚨

Brentford vs Chelsea
When: 10am ET KO, Saturday 2nd April
Where: The Red Lion, 151 Bleecker Street, West Village, NYC

Come along and watch the London Derby with us!

COYB! 🐝

— Brentford FC NYC Fan Club (@BrentfordFCnyc) March 31, 2022

Brentford-Norwich: NYC Watch Party

Join the Brentford FC NYC faithful when the Bees take on Norwich City on Saturday.

The watch party takes place at Red Lion, 151 Bleecker St., in the West Village. Doors open at 9:45 a.m. ET for a 10 a.m. ET kickoff.

DM us at @BrentfordFCnyc if you're interested in attending!

Brentford-Liverpool

It was an entertaining point for Brentford FC to earn a come-from-behind 3-3 draw against Liverpool at Brentford Community Stadium. Thank you to the great group that took part in the watch party at New York City's Red Lion! #BRELIV

Joe Fletcher named PRO Manager of Senior Assistant Referees

From PRO Media

The Professional Referee Organization is expanding its experienced front office staff with the addition of former MLS Assistant Referee of the Year Joe Fletcher, under the role of PRO Manager of Senior Assistant Referees. Fletcher's role, under the supervision of PRO Director of Senior Match Officials Mark Geiger, will primarily focus on the training and development of MLS-level Assistant Referees.

For more, visit PROreferees.com.

Soccer America: Pair of PRO referees work as AVARs during final day of FIFA Club World Cup

From Soccer America

A pair of PRO referees will work as assistant video assistant referees on Saturday at the FIFA Club World Cup in Qatar. Kyle Atkins will be the AVAR for the Liverpool-Flamengo final while Alan Kelly will work the third-place game between Monterrey and Al Hilal of Saudi Arabia.

It marks the third year in a row PRO has been represented in the Club World Cup final.

For more visit SoccerAmerica.com.

Howard Webb: Video Review & PRO presentation - Montreal

USA Today Sports Images -
PRO GM Howard Webb

Via MLS and Montreal Impact Communications:

Montreal media covered a presentation by Professional Referee Organization General Manager Howard Webb on Sept. 29, 2019, as Webb discussed the progress made in the Video Review realm. Coverage included the following:

Pro Soccer USA: Howard Webb, PRO testing new VAR technologies with cautious mind: CLICK HERE

Radio-Canada: Howard Webb: Officiating improves in MLS (in French): CLICK HERE

Journal de Montreal: MLS aims at improvement (in French): CLICK HERE

Soccer Today! Podcast with Kevin Laramee and Duane Rollins: CLICK HERE

KAN FC LE Podcast: Table Ronde Howard Webb (audio): CLICK HERE

98.5 Sports: Review decisions, Impact, goal-line technology and more (in French): CLICK HERE

TVA Sports live interview: Montreal vs. Atlanta: CLICK HERE

TSN Radio live interview: Montreal vs. Atlanta: CLICK HERE

Eclipse Select Alumni: DePaul's Ben rakes in Big East honor

DePaul's Alexa Ben

By CHARLIE CORR
slidetackles@mail.com

CHICAGO - Eclipse Select Soccer Club alumna and DePaul senior midfielder Alexa Ben (Schaumburg, Ill.) has been named the Big East Conference Offensive Player of the Week.

Ben's second-career hat trick - and first of the 2017 season - catapulted the Blue Demons to a 6-3 victory against Villanova on Sunday. All three tallies came in the second half, within a 31-minute span.

For more, visit EclipseSelect.org.

UPDATE: The club's former website/URL no longer exist. Below is the full text of the online release:

ECLIPSE SELECT ALUMNI:

ALEXA BEN RAKES IN BIG EAST HONOR

 

Schaumburg native named conference Offensive Player of the Week for hat trick

 

CHICAGO (Oct. 25, 2017) - Eclipse Select Soccer Club alumna and DePaul senior midfielder Alexa Ben (Schaumburg, Ill.) has been named the Big East Conference Offensive Player of the Week.

 

Ben's second-career hat trick - and first of the 2017 season - catapulted the Blue Demons to a 6-3 victory against Villanova on Sunday. All three tallies came in the second half, within a 31-minute span.

 

Ben, who earlier this month was named a Top 10 finalist for the 2017 Senior CLASS Award, ranks fourth in DePaul history with 27 career goals.

 

Madden nets brace for Golden Eagles: Also on the Big East Weekly Honor Roll on Monday was Marquette redshirt junior forward Carrie Madden (Deer Park, Ill.), who was honored for her brace this past Sunday against Creighton.

 

Madden notched the first two goals during a 3-0 victory against Creighton to up her season total to six, which leads the Golden Eagles.

 

Howard's Gray caps off regular season in style: Howard senior striker Kela Gray (Chicago, Ill.) wrapped up the regular season with three goals over two matches this past weekend. She recorded a brace on Friday for a 2-0 victory against Texas Southern, followed by her team's lone goal in a 1-1 draw against Prairie View A&M on Sunday.

 

She has scored eight goals this season, all coming over the past 11 matches.

 

Elsewhere, Northwestern junior defender Kayla Sharples (Naperville, Ill.) set up a Kayleigh Stahlschmidt goal to lead the Wildcats to a 1-0 victory against Nebraska on Saturday for their third straight win in Big Ten play. Sharples now has three assists this season, a personal high.

Schedule unveiled for Audi 2017 MLS Cup Playoffs Knockout Round

By CHARLIE CORR

charlie.corr@mlssoccer.com

NEW YORK – Following an action-packed Decision Day 2017 presented by AT&T that included an MLS single-day league record 46 goals across the 11 simultaneously-played matches, the Audi 2017 MLS Cup Playoffs berths and seeding have been set.

The postseason begins on Wednesday, October 26 and Thursday, October 27 with four single-elimination, intraconference Knockout Round matches. UniMás will air all four matches nationally in Spanish language, while ESPN2 and FS1 will each air a Knockout Round match in English. TSN and TVA Sports will provide coverage of all four Knockout Round matches nationally in Canada.

For more, visit mlssoccer.com.