FC Sacramento are National Champions Balanced Competition Underlines Event FC Sacramento defeated Gallos De Tijuana 6-5 in a thrilling national championship match. Underlining the tough competition in group play, as well as, the equality and balance of competition across all of the PASL's five current divisions. FC Sacramento tied the Mass Aztecs with 7 points in group play and played them to a 3-3 tie in the sixth final game of their group. FC Sacramento advanced on goal differential. Gallos De Tijuana trailed the Duncanville Revolution by 3 points headed into the sixth and final game of their group. Tijuana needed a victory over Duncanville to advance on the head to head tie-breaker, as both teams ended up with 6 points.  Gallos De Tijuana dominated the attack in the first half of the national final match at the Stockton Arena. Tijuana had several fluries of 5 plus shots and managed only 3 goals, while holding Sacramento to only 2 goals. Tijuana's offense was driven by Edgar and Oscar Rivas, while the defense and quick counter attacks were lead by Salvador Manzo. The Sacramento keeper Kurt Rowe left the field at the half looking exhausted, but had to feel good about only allowing 3 goals with all of the pressure Tijuana applied on he and his defense. FC Sacramento turned the momentum in the second half with Jimmy Frazelle scoring 2 goals and slashing his way through Tijuana's defense on several occaisions creating opportunities for others. Team leadership supplied by by Sacramento's field general Martin Sims also was a major factor in Sacramento's comeback. PASL Nationals Co-MVP's Kurt Rowe and Jimmy Frazelle.            National Finals Set All top playoff seeds advance This season all five regular season division winners and all of the top seeds in the wild card playoff matches advance to the PASL National Championships March 17th and 18th in Northen Ca.   National Finals Grouping:    March 17th Sacramento, Off The Wall Soccer: FC Sacramento, Wenatchee Fire (Wa.), Mass Aztec (Boston), and Arizona Inferno (Phoenix). Games will be between 1pm and 7pm. www.offthewallextreme.com   March 17th Chico, Off The Wall Soccer: Sonoma Sol (Santa Rosa), Gallos de Tijuana, N.Y. Shockers (Albany), and the Duncanville Revolution (Dallas). Games will be 10am to 1pm. www.offthewallsoccer.com   PASL National Championship Match: Saturday March 18th 5:00 pm at the New Stockton Arena as part of an "Indoor Soccer Double Header." The MISL's California Cougars vs The Baltmore Blast play immediately following at 7:30 pm. "One ticket price, Two great games."       4 Teams Make Way to Nationals 4 Spots Remain Undecided Four Spots Decided Gallos De Tijuana, Mass Aztec, NY Shockers, and the Duncanville Revolution are packing their bags for Northern Ca. Duncanville defeated their biggest rival the DWF Tornado 9-7 in the South Central Championship. Mass Aztec topped the Shockers 6-5 in the New England finally, and Gallos De Tijuana won the S Cal/Baja division in the regular season and are the Baja Champions from Mexico. The Shockers recieved the wild card bid.   Four Undecided   The San Diego Fusion will play at Arizona Saturday March 4th at 8:00pm to determine their divisions wild card spot at the nationals. The Central Oregon Steelheaders will be traveling to Wenatchee March 4th at 7:00pm to decide the Northwest championship. The Pacific Division will have two spots on the line. Central Valley is at FC Sacramento Saturday March 4th at 8:30pm, and Chico goes to Santa Rosa to face the Sonoma SOL. Game date and time is TBA.   Nationals Outline  Four teams will play in Sacramento and Four will play in Chico on Friday March 17th. Game times in Sacramento are TBA, and Chico's matches will be between 10am and 3pm. The winner of each group will play Saturday night March 18th in Stockton at 5:00pm. The game is part of an Indoor Soccer Double Header at the new Stockton Arena. The PASL Nationals at 5:00pm and the California Cougars vs the Baltimore Blast MISL game will be at 7:30pm.   Who is playing Where?   Gallos De Tijuana, Duncanville Revolution, NY Shockers and the winner of the Chico Bigfoot vs Sonoma SOL game will be in Chico. Mass Aztec and then the Arizona vs San Diego, Sacramento vs Central Valley, and Wenatchee vs Central Oregon winners will be in Sacramento. Division Championships this weekend Other Playoff and Season Ending division games top this weekends calendar The New England and South Central Divisions will both be decided this weekend. The NY Shockers ar at the Mass Aztec for the New England Championship, and the DFW Tornado are at the Duncanville Revolution, both games kickoff at 8:00pm. These are both rematches from last years divisional championships. Last season the the DFW Tornado defeated Duncanville at home, and the Aztec went to New York and topped the Shockers on the road.       Northwest and S Cal/Baja: Kick off the first round of their playoffs this weekend. Southern Oregon is going to Wenatchee and Hillsboro is at Bend. Wenatchee kicks off at 7:00pm and the kickoff in Bend is at 8:00pm. Upland is going to the San Diego Fusion for a 7:30pm kickoff. Arizona hosts the Crew at 8:00pm and is expecting a sellout crowd. Gallos De Tijuana are already going to the nationals.   Pacific Division: Who is going to Sacramento is the question. Salinas Valley Samba play at Turlock and the Sonoma Sol play at Chico. There are 3 scenerios for this division. If the Sol wins they host Chico next week and Turlock goes to Sacramento. If Chico wins, and Turlock looses, the same scenerio applies. If both Chico and Turlock win, then the Sol goes to Turlock and Chico goes to Sacramento.    League Playoff Picture Some divisions are settled, others get more confusing Playoff Overview: Standings alone do not determine all of the playoff spots in the PASL. Teams must be in good standing with the league, and from a financial and organizational standpoint be able a guarantee attendance and/or hosting of scheduled playoff and/or national championship matches. The league at any time may choose to eliminate a team, because of prior forfiets or financial obligations not being met. Playoff games listed below may still have teams, not meeting the requirements, substituted.     Northwest:  Wenatchee goes 10-0 with double header, 1 goal, road wins over Hillsboro and Salem. Wenatchee will host the fourth seed Salem on Saturday February 25th, game time TBA. Hillsboro travels to the Central Oregon Steelheaders February 11th to determine who will host their 2nd and 3rd place playoff match-up on Saturday February 25th. Tacoma Stars were suspended from the 2006 playoffs.  New England: The Mass Aztecs top the NY Shockers 6-5 in New York to assure themselves of home field advantage for the New England Championship. The Aztecs will host the fourth seeded Springfield Legend February 11th game time TBA. The NY Shockers will host Bay State Select February 11th at 5:00pm. CT Pythons were suspended from the 2006 playoffs.   South Central: The Duncanville Revolution finished their season with a perfect 8-0 record, and will be hosting the late charging Tulsa Roughnecks on Saturday February 11th, game time TBA. The DFW Tornado will host their cross town rival Rockwall Raptors Saturday February 11th, game time TBA.    Pacific: FC Sacramento will clinch home field advantage throughout the playoffs with a win over CV United next week. CV United, Sonoma SOL and the Chico Bigfoot are still battling for 2nd place and home game honors for the first round of the playoffs. The Sonoma Sol still have an outside shot at first place if Sacramento looses to CV United next week, and Sonoma wins their two remaining games. Sonoma holds the first tie-breaker over Sacramento.   S Cal/Baja: Several issues need to be resolved prior to updating this divisions playoff picture. Please check back Thursday February 9th for an update. PASL All-Stars Shine in Milwaukee Talent shows without team chemistry The PASL All-Stars played the Milwaukee Wave in a special school day game in front of over 5,000 enthusiastic Milwaukee area students. Each student received a combined curriculum designed to combine their interest in soccer and sports with education. The game was a success on and off the field. The PASL put together an All-Star team from players who played in last summer and winter PASL seasons. This years winter season did not begin until December 3rd and the team had to be put together prior to this seasons PASL opener. The depth of talent that the PASL has is evident, based on the fact, that only 2 of the top 10 teams in the league this winter had players that attended the game.  The Milwaukee Wave is the best MISL team. They are 7-0, the defending champions and defeated 4 of their 7 opponents by 3 goals or more this season. "It is a testiment to the talent we have in the PASL" stated coach Alex Monnar. "We brought this group of players together, practiced for 2 hours and were competitive with the best indoor team in the country."  Make no mistake the Wave was the best team on the field in the 9-2 result. However, the PASL players provided plenty of excitement and showcased some of the individual talent that exists in their indoor development league. "We were very excited about the result of this event and would like to do two games like this next season." Stated Mike Lafferty Milwaukees Chief Operating Officer.   Game Stats: First Quarter Milwaukee Goal: Mesanovic (Rivllow), Milwaukee Goal: Selaidopoulos (Hewerton), PASL Goal: Gabriel Itsen (Nate Heatherington), Milwaukee Goal: Blake (Hammes). Second Quarter: Milwaukee Goal: Blake (Torres), Milwaukee Goal: Hewerton (Torres). Third Quarter: Milwaukee Goal: Lee (unassisted), Milwaukee Goal: Rivillo (Torres), Milwaukee Goal: Morris (Torres). Fourth Quarter: PASL Goal: Tim Roty (Tony Kessuane), Milwaukee Goal: Dombrowski (Hewerton). Final Score: Milwaukee 9 PASL 2.   The game will be televised in about two weeks on GOL TV. Game time and date to be announced.   Week 3 Update Christmas break is Merry for teams that need to regroup S Cal/Baja: Gallos de Tijuana faced their toughest test yet, defeating the Upland Football Club 9-7 in Upland. Tijuana was down 7-5 in the fourth before scoring 4 unanswered goals. The San Diego Fusion won the battle of Diego 9-4, defeating the Crew.     Nothwest: The suprising Wenatchee Fire stay on top of the division defeating the Central Oregon Steelheaders 6-4 in Wenatchee. Manny Robles had a hattrick in the victory. Salem Steam rolled the Southern Oregon Fuego 13-1 in Salem. It was Salems first win and the second game of a doubleheader for the Fuego. Pacific: The Sonoma Sol squeeked out a 9-8 win in Santa Rosa. The Sol were down 6-3 at the half against the Chico Bigfoot. The SOL remain tied for first with the CV Express at 2-0.   New England Division: The Mass Aztecs sought a little redemption from last weeks loss to the N.Y. Shockers and pounded the Springfield legend 8-0. The N.Y. Shockers welcomed Bay State Select to life on the road with a 14-4 thumping. Jeff Lewis, Nick Southworth, and Caio Silva all had hattricks in the win.  South Central: Duncanville climbs on top of the division by defeating the cross town rival DFW Tornado 9-6 on the road. The two teams play again in week 4 in Duncanville. The Arizona Inferno found playing a team at home is much different than having them as guests. The Inferno tied the New Mexico Banditos 4-4 after thumping them 17-4 the week prior in Arizona. Rockwall went to Tulsa and came away with a 5-5 tie in a good road effort.