UPSL Spring 2024 National Championship Preview
The Spring 2024 season has reached its pinnacle point with the National Championship match set for Sunday evening. Featuring the two of the best teams this Spring season, Soda City FC (Columbia, SC) will take on Inland Empire FC (San Bernadino, CA) to determine the best semi-professional team in the country.
After going a goal down early in the first semi-final match, Soda City FC were able to advance past Rochester NY FC with a big 4-1 win on Friday evening. Rochester NY FC took the lead with a headed goal from a corner in the first 10 minutes of the first half. Soda City FC then went on to score 4 unanswered goals, including an incredible bicycle kick goal by forward Lamar Thompson in the 61st minute. In their second trip to the National Finals, they now advance to their first-ever Championship match.
Friday evening’s second semi-final match was an intense back-and-forth game between Dodge City Toros FC and Inland Empire FC. After a 2-2 draw at the end of regulation, Dodge City scored in the first period of extra time, followed by an Inland Empire goal in the second period. With the score at 3-3 after regulation, both teams entered a penalty shootout where each executed five perfect penalties. It was only after Dodge City missed their sixth kick that Inland Empire FC were able to advance to their first-ever UPSL National Championship match.
Sunday matches will be played at Highmark Stadium in Pittsburgh, PA. Admission will be free for all who attend. The UPSL National third-place match will kick off at 2:00 PM EST / 11:00 AM PST and the National Championship match is set for 5:30 PM EST and 2:30 PM PST.
Both the National Third-place and National Championship match can be viewed for free on BeIN Sports XTRA on https://www.beinsportsxtra.com and across all BeIN Sports apps. Watch all the action live from your Smart TV, mobile device or computer by visiting the link above or streaming through your Roku, YouTube TV, Samsung TV, Sling, Tubi, Pluto and most TV streaming apps. For more information on how to stream all UPSL National Finals matches, please visit https://www.beinsports.com/en-us