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Match Preview: PR Islanders at Tampa Bay
Posted on Sat, Apr 16, 2011

 

Sunday, April 17th, 2011 at 6:00pm/ET

Al Lang Stadium, Tampa, Fl

Live web stream: www.prislandersfc.com/live *

*PR Islanders’ Watch Party and Happy Hour!! More details HERE.

 

2010 Series:

Sunday’s game between the Puerto Rico Islanders and FC Tampa Bay will be the 5th league meeting between these teams. In 2010, the regular season series between these teams was very competitive with a 1-1-2 record (all-time). Both teams had one win and one draw at home against the other team - with each team having their win at home. In addition to this, both teams scored 3 goals in the series – 2 at home and 1 away.

The match results were:

PR at TB 1-2

TB at PR 0-1

PR at TB 0-0

TB at PR 1-1

 

2011: 

This will be the first of four games against FC Tampa Bay this season.  The Islanders come from a 2-1 win in their season opener at North Carolina with a goal by Josh Hansen (NASL Offensive Player of the Week) in the 32nd minute, and a game-winning goal by Jay Needham, assisted by Hansen, on stoppage time.

FC Tampa Bay started the 2011 season with a 1-0 win over the Montreal Impact, who are headed to Major League Soccer in 2012. The goal came from Takuya Yamada in the 85th minute. FCTB goalkeeper Daryl Sattler posted the shutout with eight saves against Montreal. 

Standings
TEAM GP W T L GD PTS
Minnesota United FC 4 2 2 0 3 8
Carolina RailHawks 4 2 2 0 3 8
Tampa Bay Rowdies 5 2 2 1 2 8
Atlanta Silverbacks 4 2 1 1 2 7
FC Edmonton 5 1 2 2 -2 5
San Antonio Scorpions 4 0 2 2 -3 2
Fort Lauderdale Strikers 4 0 1 3 -5 1
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