Grand View Viking senior goalkeeper Erik Hundevad (Burnsville, Minnesota) earned his first MCC Player of the Week announced today award by helping Grand View to a 1-1 week. The senior first kept the Vikings close against #4 Oklahoma Wesleyan by giving up just one goal in a four-save complete game. He then stopped five shots in a shutout win over St. Ambrose.
The Vikings improved to 9-2 overall and 2-0 in the MCC and will face another NAIA top 10 team in this week's action. Grand View hosts #5 Ashford University (8-2-1) on Wednesday, October 9th at 7 p.m. in Des Moines, Iowa at James Cownie Complex.
The WPSL was formed in 1998 and is considered to be a Tier II league (behind NWSL) in the U.S. soccer pyramid. Sanctioned by the USASA, an affiliate of U.S. Soccer, the league has over 70 teams nationwide. The 2013 WPSL national champions are San Diego WFC SeaLions.
Past WPSL Champions
2013: San Diego WFC SeaLions
2012: Gulf Coast Texans
2011: Orange County Waves
2010: Boston Aztec
2009: Long Island Fury
2008: Ajax America Women (CA)
2007: FC Indiana
2006: Long Island Fury
2005: FC Indiana
2004: California Storm
2003: Utah Spiders
2002: California Storm
2001: Ajax America Women (CA)
2000: San Diego WFC SeaLions
1999: California Storm
1998: Silicon Valley Red Devils
BEING axed from the +Woden Valley first-grade side has sparked US import Derek Oelmann's amazing 11-goal run in just six matches and the striker is leading his team's charge to the finals.
+Derek Oelmann has gone on a scoring blitz since returning to the Capital Football Premier League side and he will attempt to find the back of the net again when Woden takes on Canberra Olympic on Sunday.
The 22-year-old failed to fire in his first four games for the club and was sent to bolster the club's junior ranks with the under-20s.
It meant he missed out on his team's previous clash with Olympic. But being dropped was a blessing in disguise with Oelmann rediscovering his goal-scoring form. It has coincided with Woden's golden run, winning seven of its past eight games.
Oelmann has bagged hat-tricks on two occasions this season and scored 18 goals in 17 games in his 2010 season for Upper Iowa University.
''I'm loving the culture difference compared to America,'' Oelmann said.
