nigeriansoccerleague

PRE-SEASON POWER RANKINGS

2011-04-21T00:41:00.000-07:00

Spring/Summer is back and so is The Nigerian Soccer League (NSL). Everyone associated with the league is pumped to get started. We here at nigeriansoccerleague.blogspot.com are excited to get this season going. Once again we have ranked the teams according to their performance last year and projected performance for this year. comments and opinions are more than welcome. don't forget to follow us on twitter @naijasoccerdmv

1. RACCAH ROVERS
2. ENYIMBA
3. RANGERS FC
4. VAASCO DA GAMA
5. OGBUNIGWE FC
6. MOFE FC
7. YOUNGBLOOD
8. INTER
9. EASTERN
10. VETERANS

Good luck to the teams.

SEASON SET TO GET UNDERWAY

2011-04-21T00:34:00.000-07:00

NSL SEASON SCHEDULE FINALE SPECIAL EVENT
ALERT:DATE TIME TEAMS
24-Apr
3:00PM Arsenal vs. Barca/Real Madrid
4:00PM 5:30PM Man-U vs. Chelsea
Winner A vs Winner B NSL SEASON BEGINS MAY 1st!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Week1 1-May 12:00PM Veterans v. Youngblood 2:00PM Enyimba vs Raccah 4:00PM Vasco vs Rangers Onandrix 6:00PM Ogbunigwe v. EU

Week 2 8-May 12:00PM Ogbunigwe vs Enyimba 2:00PM Mofe Stars vs Inter Nationale 4:00PM Vasco v. Youngbloods 6:00PM Veterans v. Eastern United

Week 3 15-May 12:00pm Onadrix Rangers v. Enyimba 2:00PM Ogbunigwe v. Vasco 4:00PM Raccah Rovers v. Inter Nationale 6:00PM Youngblood v. Mofe Stars

Week 4 22-May 1:00PM Inter Nationale v. Raccah Rovers 3:00PM Youngblood v. Onadrix Rangers 5:00PM Eastern United v. Enyimba

Week 5 29-May 1:00PM Eastern United v. Inter Nationale 3:00PM Raccah vs Mofe Stars 5:00PM Vasco v. Youngbloods

Week 6 5-Jun 1:00PM Ogbunigwe v. Eastern United 3:00PM Veterans v. Onadrix Rangers 5:00PM MoFe Stars v. Raccah Rovers

Week 7 12-Jun 1:00PM Youngblood v. Inter Nationale 3:00PM Veterans v. MoFe Stars 5:00PM Ogbunigwe v. Raccah Rovers

Week 8 19-Jun 1:00PM Inter Nationale v. MoFe Stars 3:00PM Eastern United v. Enyimba 5:00PM Veterans v. Vasco

Week 9 26-Jun 1:00PM Ogbunigwe v. MoFe Stars 3:00PM Ogbunigwe v. Youngblood 5:00PM Veterans v. Raccah Rovers Saturday, July 02, 2011 12noon DRAFT WEEKEND (MARK UR CALENDARS)!!!!

Week 10 3-Jul NSL FA Tourney Cup & NSL PICNIC!!!!!! (MARK UR CALENDARS)11.00AM Group i: 1. Enyimba v. 8. Winner (EU vs YB) Group ii: 2. Raccah Rovers v. 7. International Group iii: 3. Vasco v. 6. Rangers Group iv: 4. Mofe v. 5. Ogbunigwe Semi-Finals Section A: Group i (winner) vs. Group iv (winner) Section B: Group ii (winner) vs Group iii Finals Section A (winner) vs Section B (winner)

Week 11 10-Jul 1:00PM Eastern United v. MoFe Stars 3:00PM Onadrix Rangers v. Youngblood 5:00PM Inter Nationale v. Ogbunigwe

Week 12 17-Jul 1:00PM Onadrix Rangers v. MoFe Stars 3:00PM Eastern United v. Raccah Rovers 5:00PM Vasco v. Enyimba

Week 13 24-Jul 1:00PM Onadrix Rangers v. Raccah Rovers 3:00PM Vasco v. Inter Nationale 5:00PM Youngblood v. Eastern United

Week 14 31-Jul LEAGUE WIDE BYE WEEK Open Date OPEN DATE / RAIN MAKE UP DATE OPEN FOR TOURNAMENT DATE

Week 15 7-Aug 1:00PM Vasco v. Onadrix Rangers 3:00PM Ogbunigwe v. Enyimba 5:00PM Veterans v. Inter Nationale

Week 16 14-Aug 1:00PM Raccah Rovers v. Youngblood 3:00PM Inter Nationale v. Enyimba 5:00PM Ogbunigwe v. Onadrix Rangers

Week 17 21-Aug 1:00PM Vasco v. MoFe Stars 3:00PM Ogbunigwe v. Veterans 5:00PM Eastern
United v. Onadrix Rangers

Week 18 28-Aug 1:00PM Youngblood v. Ogbunigwe 3:00PM Vasco v. Eastern United 5:00PM Veterans v. Enyimba

Week 19 4-Sep 1:00PM Vasco v. Raccah Rovers 3:00PM Enyimba v. MoFe Stars 5:00PM Onadrix Rangers v. Inter Nationale

Week 20 11-Sep 1:30PM #6 seed v. #3 seed 4:00PM #4 seed v. #5 seed

Week 21 18-Sep 1:30PM #2 seed v. highest remaining seed 4:00PM #1 seed v. lowest remaining seed

Week 22 25-Sep 4:00PM NSL Championship Game & Picnic (MARK UR CALENDARS)

Week 23 2-Oct 3:00PM NSL League Cup Final

TWITTER

2011-03-29T00:10:00.000-07:00

YOU CAN NOW FOLLOW THE NIGERIAN SOCCER LEAGUE ON TWITTER @naijasoccerdmv. Comments on the blog are more than welcome.

2011 SEASON

2011-03-28T22:52:00.000-07:00

Hello soccer loving people, The 2011 season is once again upon us. I took time off last year but this blog is back stronger and better. We are going to be putting videos and pictures from the games. Actual game highlights will be posted up on here. Make sure you guys keep checking for updates, better yet you can subscribe. A few changes have happened since the last season ended. The league has a new commissioner and new officers. The league has also approved a new fee for players. There will also be a twitter account for the league real soon. As soon as we set it up I will give out the twitter handle. Other soccer news: Nigeria"s Super Eagles will be hosting Kenya's harambee stars on tuesday. Peter Utaka and Ikechukwu Uche scored two goals each to lead Nigeria to a 4-0 win over Ethiopia in their Africa Cup of Nations qualifier on Sunday. AFCON QUALIFIERS RESULT Mozambique 0 - 2 Zambia Congo Brazzaville 0 - 3 Ghana DR Congo 3 - 0 Mauritius Madagascar 1 - 1 Guinea Niger 3 - 1 Sierra Leone Sudan 3 - 0 Swaziland Ivory Coast 2 - 1 Benin Nigeria 4 - 0 Ethiopia Algeria 1 - 0 Morocco Malawi 1 - 0 Togo Tanzania 2 - 1 Central African Republic Kenya 2 - 1 Angola Rwanda 3 - 1 Burundi Chad 0 - 1 Botswana , Botswana qualify for the finals Guinea Bissau 0 - 1 Uganda Cape Verde 4 - 2 Liberia Senegal 1 - 0 Cameroon South Africa 1 - 0 Egypt Burkina Faso 4- 0 Namibia Mali 1 - 0 Zimbabwe European Championship Qualifying Albania 1-0 Belarus Andorra 0-1 Slovakia Armenia 0-0 Russia Bosnia-Herzegovina 2-1 Romania Bulgaria 0-0 Switzerland Cyprus 0-0 Iceland Georgia 1-0 Croatia Germany 4-0 Kazakhstan Israel 2-1 Latvia Malta 0-1 Greece Norway 1-1 Denmark Rep of Ireland 2-1 Macedonia Wales 0-2 England

REGULAR SEASON: UP AND RUNNING

2009-04-06T09:51:00.000-07:00

Three exciting games this past Sunday. first of all Onadrix rangers totally dominated vasco untied from start to finish. Pillar and Chuky came through for rangers with some fantastic finish. No wonder rangers are the undisputed favourites.
The second game of the day was nice with ogbunigwe handing out eastern united a loss. Nana playing for ogbunigwe tore up easterns defense even with the presence of Galidore (forgive me if i did not get it right) playing defense. ogbunigwe paying like they are on a mission. how long they can keep that up, we'll see.
The final game of the day wasn't up to par with the other two, I guess cus everyone including the players were focused on Agama's chicken or Uche's suya. Raccah held of Mofe for a one goal victory.
the crowd showed a lot of interest in the games. a whole of people are showing up for the games, if you have not come out yet, you are definitely missing out.

The power rankings have changed. not the number 1 team though. here goes the new rankings.
1. Onadrix Rangers: easy victory over Vasco made sure rangers kept their number 1 spot.
2. Enyimba: off week
3. Inter: off week
4. Ogbunigwe: moved up four spots because of their impressive victory over eastern.
5. Raccah: also moved up for spots as they held their own against Mofe.
6. Youngbloods: bye week
7. Mofe: narrowly lost to Raccah. dropped to # 7
8. Vasco: missing two key players but so was their opponent. no excuses in this league. dropped from 4th to 8th.
9. Eastern: lacked team spirit and effort. look disorganised. trust me eastern has to pick it up in a hurry or it could spell disaster.

I'm looking forward to the game of the day next week which pits Ogbunigwe vs Enyimba. Easter Sunday matinee. lets bring our friends, families and enemies(maybe we might get u to make up-u feel me).

Responses, comments and questions are always welcome.

The Nigerian soccer league - live, life, laugh.

first week

2009-04-02T08:07:00.000-07:00

first week at the soccer field was exceptionally nice. the food was sizzling, music pumping, exciting game on the pitch and most of all beautiful ladies. it felt good to be playing soccer again. it felt good to be around people. expectations for the season are high. i mean the clear favorites to win it all would be the defending champions Onadrix Rangers. but they will have some nice competition with teams gearing up.
I'll be blogging on here on the regular and expect your comments and reply.
my preseason rankings are as follows:
1. rangers
2. enyimba
3. inter
4. vasco
5. mofe
6. eastern
7.young bloods
8. ogbunigwe
9. raccah

every week I'll post a new power rankings based on games played and how played.

looking forward to the season and looking forward to blogging with you.