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Queen City Football

Last weekend the Queen City Blues, Buffalo’s representatives in the amateur National Premier Soccer League, scored an impressive road victory at New Jersey’s Real Shore FC. The 4-0 win gave the Blues a 1-1 record thus far into their inaugural season and a dose of confidence to carry into their home opener this weekend against the Atlantic City Diablos. The NPSL (motto: “a league run by teams instead of teams run by a league”) is a 21-team semiprofessional league that is independent of Major League Soccer—the pinnacle of the pro sport in the US—but which aims to develop players for competition at the national and international level. The Blues are the leading edge of the one-year old Queen City Football Club but hardly the limit of the club’s agenda, which includes summer soccer camps and league play for kids (visit queencityfc.com for information). Friday’s match takes place at the Johnnie B. Wiley Sports Pavilion (Old Rockpile Stadium), near Jefferson and Best.

Friday, June 15 at 7pm. Johnnie B. Wiley Sports Pavilion, 1100 Jefferson Avenue. Adults $7, under 16 $5, under 8 free.

Visit www.queencityfc.com