{"id":2616,"date":"2021-07-09T06:00:11","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T10:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usclub.gotsportsites.com\/?p=2616"},"modified":"2021-07-28T14:03:11","modified_gmt":"2021-07-28T18:03:11","slug":"2021-npl-finals-day-two-so-close-yet-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/2021-npl-finals-day-two-so-close-yet-so-far\/","title":{"rendered":"2021 NPL Finals Day Two: So Close, Yet So Far"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2616\" class=\"elementor elementor-2616\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fd60e97 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fd60e97\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4718894\" data-id=\"4718894\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2cf11cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2cf11cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2021 NPL Finals Day Two: So Close, Yet So Far<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cd132d6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cd132d6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0df51ee\" data-id=\"0df51ee\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f8899f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3f8899f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/system.gotsport.com\/org_event\/events\/3782\">Girls Results<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/system.gotsport.com\/org_event\/events\/3856\">Boys Results<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set?vanity=usclubsoccer&amp;set=a.10159212245164098\">Photo Gallery<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usclubsoccer.org\/npl-finals\">Tournament Central<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f93c539 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f93c539\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-281ba7d\" data-id=\"281ba7d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-352f9fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"352f9fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>DENVER \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0Although the second day of group stage for the NPL Girls and NPL Boys at the 2021 National Premier Leagues Finals concluded on Friday, July 9, there is still all to play for heading into Saturday and Sunday\u00a0action at DICK\u2019S Sporting Goods Park in Colorado.<br \/><br \/>The NPL Boys Finals are featuring U-14 through U-17 age groups, while the NPL Girls Finals saw all ages from U-13 through U-19 competing for a national championship.<br \/><br \/>Goal-scoring did not slow down much from Thursday in the NPL Girls Finals, but 17 teams took commanding leads in their respective groups with perfect 2-0-0 records for six points. Among the teams of perfects, Club Ohio and AFC Lightning are the only two clubs with multiple teams owning unblemished records.<br \/><br \/>Following the second day of play, the NPL Boys Finals has continued to see tight competition throughout all four age groups.\u00a0Additionally, five of the eight matches played on Friday on the boys\u2019 side were decided by a goal or less.<br \/><br \/>Here is a breakdown of some key numbers from the second day of the NPL Finals:<br \/><br \/><u><strong>NPL Boys Finals<\/strong><\/u><\/p><ul><li><strong>32<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Goals that were scored combined by all teams on Friday<\/li><li><strong>4<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Number of teams that are still unbeaten with wins and draws through two days. No teams remaining have won all of their games<\/li><li><strong>15<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; The total number of teams that are still alive to reach the finals of their respective age groups<\/li><\/ul><p><br \/><u><strong>NPL Girls Finals<\/strong><\/u><\/p><ul><li><strong>17<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Number of teams with perfect records through two days of play<\/li><li><strong>158\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 the total number of goals scored by teams on Friday, 20 less than opening day yesterday<\/li><li><strong>2\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 The only two clubs that have multiple teams with perfect records are Club Ohio (U-14 and U-15) and AFC Lightning (U-14 and U-19).<\/li><\/ul><p><br \/>The 2021 NPL Finals continue tomorrow, July 10, with group stage competition for the NPL Girls Finals only,\u00a0starting at 8:30 a.m. MDT. The NPL Boys teams will have a day off and resume play on Sunday. The NPL Girls matches on Saturday will determine which teams will advance to either the semifinals or finals of their respective age groups.<br \/><br \/>Continue to follow the action and results on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/usclubsoccernpl\"><strong>Twitter<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/usclubsoccer\"><strong>Facebook<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/usclubsoccer\"><strong>Instagram<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usclubsoccer.org\/npl-finals\"><strong>tournament page<\/strong><\/a>, or either the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/system.gotsport.com\/org_event\/events\/3856\"><strong>NPL Boys Finals Schedule<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/system.gotsport.com\/org_event\/events\/3782\"><strong>NPL Girls Finals Schedule<\/strong><\/a>. Be sure to use the hashtag\u00a0<strong>#NPLFinals<\/strong>\u00a0on all of your social media posts.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2021 NPL Finals Day Two: So Close, Yet So Far Girls Results\u00a0|\u00a0Boys Results\u00a0|\u00a0Photo Gallery\u00a0|\u00a0Tournament Central DENVER \u2013\u00a0Although the second day of group stage for the NPL Girls and NPL Boys at the 2021 National Premier Leagues Finals concluded on Friday,<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/2021-npl-finals-day-two-so-close-yet-so-far\/\"> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":2621,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[31,32],"tags":[],"table_tags":[],"class_list":["post-2616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2616\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2616"},{"taxonomy":"table_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/table_tags?post=2616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}