#Us open arena soccer championship series

This will be a much more difficult assignment for Omaha as the Loons will field a strong lineup at this point in the competition. The reward on the pitch was revealed in the draw: a trip to Allianz Field in Saint Paul on Wednesday, May 25, to take on 2019 U.S. The victory put Omaha into the Round of 16, and it also secured the club $25,000 in prize money as the last USL1 side remaining. Our captain scores our second with a classy, composed finish after some link-up play. United and the Colorado Rapids) scored in a 2-0 win in Omaha. The Hailstorm had shocked Real Salt Lake at Rio Tinto Stadium the previous round, so this was a meeting of third-division darlings, but Noe Meza and Doyle (who's Omaha's most experienced player with previous stints at Derby County, D.C. The Owls were drawn against the newly formed Northern Colorado Hailstorm of USL1. Now that you know, eyes are on us, which is neat, and now it's our job to kind of keep it going.' 'A big upset like that and it was really neat. 'It did definitely open a lot of eyes not just locally, but nationally,' Mims said. In the shootout, 26-year-old goalkeeper Rashid Nuhu, who was born in Ghana and came through the Right to Dream Academy, was the hero when stonewalling Miguel Navarro's attempt before Acoff converted the winner. Open Cup appearance after the tournament's two-year hiatus. The stage was set for 2022 and the club's first-ever U.S. The Owls had the largest average attendance in 2021 USL League One at 3,177, and the season ended with a record crowd of 5,221 watching the playoff final as Omaha hosted and defeated Greenville 3-0. Locals responded with pre-match tailgating in the parking lot and big turnouts inside the stadium. 'Skillful players out there and quick players out there, quick-thinking players.' 'We'll be high tempo, 100 miles per hour, very high pace and keep the game going,' Mims said of Omaha's style. Manager Jay Mims - a Tennessee native who's extremely familiar with the area after spending 10 years as an assistant at Creighton University in Omaha before leading the University of Nebraska Omaha (UNO) program for seven - led the high-scoring team to a first-place regular-season finish. Things started taking off for the Owls in 2021. However, the match was ultimately canceled after several Omaha players tested positive for COVID-19 the day before the final, and Greenville was awarded the title. The expansion side finished second in the 11-team division to advance directly to the final against first-place Greenville Triumph. Attendance was restricted at Werner Park - the minor league baseball stadium the club shares with the Triple-A Omaha Storm Chasers - so there certainly wasn't much the team could do to drum up interest in the city.

#Us open arena soccer championship series

Beyond being the site of the annual NCAA College World Series and the preferred cadence of Peyton Manning, Omaha is now the shining city on top of America's lower-division hill.įormed in 2019, the Owls began play in 2020 under the inauspicious conditions of COVID-19. Established in 2008, the PASL announced they would hold the first tournament for indoor soccer open to all leagues and/or existing teams.The result served as a national wakeup call for what's developing in Omaha, Nebraska. The United States Open for Arena Soccer was a cup-style tournament for all Major Arena Soccer League and Premier Arena Soccer League teams. 49 from MASL, PASL, and independent teams.