DAVIS, Calif. - For the second time this season, UC Davis senior forward Quincy Amarikwa has earned Big West Conference Player of the Week honors, and for the first time in school history Amarikwa has been named College Soccer News and Soccer America National Player of the Week. The announcements came Monday morning. Amarikwa also becomes the second Aggie to earn two conference player of the week honors and first to earn the honors in the same season.

Amarikwa accounted for all three Aggie goals, two of which were game winners, to lead his team to a 2-0 showing last week . . .

The final day of June may have been the most important day of the season in contributing to the second championship in three years for the Vancouver Whitecaps in the final day of the USL First Division season Sunday as Charles Gbeke, who was acquired in a trade that day, scored both goals in the club’s 2-1 victory over the Puerto Rico Islanders .

Both clubs had chances as they probed for an opening tally in the first half, but the game would go to the break scoreless. Eleven minutes into the second frame, however, Gbeke would rise above the crowd for his first . . .

LAREDO, TX – The Thunder Bay Chill endured all the elements Saturday night in Laredo to cap one of the most remarkable turnarounds in league history to become the first-ever Canadian champions of the United Soccer Leagues Premier Development League. The visitors survived 100-degree heat, an initial deficit and a second half red card as they battled the defending champions to a 1-1 draw before capturing the title in penalties 4-1.

Two years ago, Thunder Bay only posted two wins on the season