Cosmo League Week 9 Preview
Cosmopolitan League Week 8 Recap and Week 9 Preview
Highlights of the Week
Week 8 saw another shake-up of the top four as Lansdowne Yonkers FC are the new league leaders after beating NY Shamrock SC 2-0 in the NYC Irish Derby on November 2nd. The Lansdowne Bhoys also played this past Wednesday the 6th, in the Warner Fricker Open Cup, defeating Cedar Stars Academy 2-0 to advance to the semifinals where they will face Pancyprian Freedoms. Zum Schneider FC 03 Dropped into 2nd as they lost to Doxa FC 3-1. Pancyprian Freedoms beat Cedar Stars Academy 4-1 on November 3rd and shot up into 3rd after defeating KidSuper Samba AC 4-0 this past Wednesday. Cedar Stars Academy fell to 4th having not won a game since their 10-1 thrashing of KidSuper Samba AC during Week 5. NY Athletic Club looked to distance themselves from the relegation zone, now five points ahead of 9th place Shamrocks, defeating last place Sporting SC 1-0. In Division 2 action, Hoboken FC 1912 handed Richmond County FC their first loss of the season while Manhattan Celtic only picked up a point against Williamsburg International FC in a 2-2 draw. On the other side of the table, Kelmendi FC NY picked up their first win of the season, defeating Stal Mielec 1-0.
Week 8 Results
Division 1:
Sat, November 2nd, 2019
Lansdowne Yonkers FC 2 – 0 NY Shamrock SC
Sun, November 3rd, 2019
Sporting SC 0 – 1 NY Athletic Club
Doxa FC 3 – 1 Zum Schneider FC 03
KidSuper Samba AC 1 – 5 NY Greek Americans
NY Pancyprian Freedoms 4 – 1 Cedar Stars Academy
Wed, November 6th, 2019
KidSuper Samba AC 0 – 4 NY Pancyprian Freedoms
Division 2:
Sat, November 2nd, 2019
Afghan FC NY 0 – 1 Manhattan Kickers
Sun, November 3rd, 2019
Polonia Gwardia NY 5 – 1 NYPD FC
Williamsburg International FC 2 – 2 Manhattan Celtic
Real Ole FC 2 – 1 FC Japan
Richmond County FC 0 – 1 Hoboken FC 1912
Stal Mielec NY 0 – 1 Kelmendi FC NY
FC DeSportiva Sociedad NY 0 – 3 Central Park Rangers FC
Effects on Table
Division 1:
Lansdowne Yonkers FC are the new league leaders after Zum Schneider’s loss to Doxa FC. The biggest jump this week was the Pancyprians jumping into 3rd from 6th place while KidSuper Samba AC fell three spots into 7th. NY Greek Americans are still knocking on the door of the top four with only a three point difference between them and 2nd place Zum Schneider FC 03. NY Shamrock SC and Sporting SC are falling further behind the main pack after each picked up another loss this past weekend.
Division 2:
Manhattan Celtic dropping points to Williamsburg International allowed Hoboken FC to match their 19 points with a win against Richmond County FC, only behind on goal differential. Real Ole FC are still in 3rd but only sit a point behind the top two while Manhattan Kickers and Richmond County FC round out the top five sitting in 4th and 5th. The rest of the table has become even more compact as only four points separate 6th place Polonia Gwardia from 17th Kelmendi FC.
Week 9 Preview
No games this weekend, so we’ll have to wait until the weekend of November 16th for Week 9 match-ups. However these matches are well worth the wait as we’ll see undefeated Lansdowne Yonkers faceoff against 5th place Greek Americans at the Metropolitan Oval the 17th at 8:00 pm. While at the same time, a 2nd vs 3rd match-up as Zum Schneider will travel to St. John’s Belson Stadium to play the Pancyprians. Doxa FC will be looking to continue Cedar Stars Academy’s misfortune and NY Shamrock SC will duke it out with Sporting SC in a bottom of the table clash.
Games to look forward to in Division 2 will be Manhattan Celtic taking on Real Ole FC on Randalls Island field 70, the 16th at 8:00 pm and Manhattan Kickers vs Polonia Gwardia NY on Randalls Island field 7, the 17th at 2:00 pm. Another interesting match could be Central Park Rangers against Richmond County FC the 17th at 8:00 pm, Randalls Island field 75. Richmond County will want to come back from their first loss of the season while Central Park Rangers will want to distance themselves from the bottom of the table with a third straight win.
Statistical Information from the league.
- Paul Kowalczyk