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WC Predators roll into APSL final with 10-1 win
Newcomer dominance continued for West Chester United on Saturday as the WC Predators booked a spot in the American Premier Soccer League final with a 10-1 win over KO Elites at Whitehall High School.
The Predators got up early on an own goal and rode the momentum to a barrage of goals to stretch their inaugural season in the league to the final day of the season today at noon. They’ll face a team that is no stranger to the APSL finals today in NOVA FC, which will be appearing in their fourth straight final. After winning back-to-back finals in 2022 and 2023 they fell to the New York Greek Americans in last year’s final.
A win for the Predators would make them the third team to win the growing league, which is filling out conferences in the eastern seaboard before expanding west and beyond. Lansdowne Yonkers FC won the first league title in 2021.
Today’s final is the second of three West Chester United is participating in this summer. They lost to El Farolito in the semifinal of the Hank Steinbrecher Cup in New Hampshire earlier this month and will head to Milwaukee at the end of the month to play in the National Amateur Cup semifinals on July 25. The final will be played July 26.
“We’re in this business to try and win national titles every year,” head coach Blaise Santangelo said. “We’re on track to at least do what we wanna do in the game.”
Today’s final will be streamed live by Game in Frame.
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