{"id":1574,"date":"2019-08-22T11:24:47","date_gmt":"2019-08-22T15:24:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=1574"},"modified":"2019-08-22T11:24:59","modified_gmt":"2019-08-22T15:24:59","slug":"with-a-national-title-in-hand-tropics-sc-dominate-upsls-best-xi-postseason-honors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2019\/08\/22\/with-a-national-title-in-hand-tropics-sc-dominate-upsls-best-xi-postseason-honors\/","title":{"rendered":"With a national title in hand, Tropics SC dominate UPSL&#8217;s Best XI postseason honors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1314\" height=\"1217\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/diegues4.jpg?fit=1024%2C948&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1575\" data-link=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?attachment_id=1575\" class=\"wp-image-1575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/diegues4.jpg?w=1314&amp;ssl=1 1314w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/diegues4.jpg?resize=300%2C278&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/diegues4.jpg?resize=768%2C711&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/diegues4.jpg?resize=1024%2C948&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" \/><figcaption>in a UPSL regular season game (Photographer: Christopher Arnold)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1614\" height=\"1346\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/parreiras2.jpg?fit=1024%2C854&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1576\" data-link=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?attachment_id=1576\" class=\"wp-image-1576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/parreiras2.jpg?w=1614&amp;ssl=1 1614w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/parreiras2.jpg?resize=300%2C250&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/parreiras2.jpg?resize=768%2C640&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/parreiras2.jpg?resize=1024%2C854&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" \/><figcaption>in a UPSL regular season game (Photographer: Christopher Arnold)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After winning the United Premier Soccer League&#8217;s national championship in late July, it&#8217;s no surprise that the Tropics SC dominated the league&#8217;s postseason honors, including five players named as part of the league&#8217;s Best XI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earning first-team all-star honors are forward Ricardo\nDiegues, midfielders Victor Parreiras and Pascal Millien, defender Lucas\nMontelares and goalkeeper Hugo Silva.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The team completed an 18-0-0 regular season with a dramatic comeback in the UPSL national title game. Down 2-0 with less than 10 minutes to play, the Tropics got a goal in the 83rd minute from Keisuke Ohata before Parreiras tied it in stoppage time. The Tropics went on to win the championship on PK&#8217;s, with Montelares \u2013 the team&#8217;s captain who scored the game-winner in the dying seconds of overtimes in the national semi-finals win \u2013 also converted the winning penalty kick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Parreiras, Montelares, Silva and Tropics SC Coach Lucas\nTeixeira will all dress this winter for the Florida Tropics of the Major Arena\nSoccer League who will start their fourth season in the Major Arena Soccer\nLeague at the RP Funding Center in Lakeland late this fall. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1298\" height=\"1088\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/hugo-silva.jpg?fit=1024%2C858&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1579\" data-link=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?attachment_id=1579\" class=\"wp-image-1579\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/hugo-silva.jpg?w=1298&amp;ssl=1 1298w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/hugo-silva.jpg?resize=300%2C251&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/hugo-silva.jpg?resize=768%2C644&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/hugo-silva.jpg?resize=1024%2C858&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" \/><figcaption>in a UPSL regular season game (Photographer: Christopher Arnold)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1359\" height=\"1298\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/millien2-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C978&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1580\" data-link=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?attachment_id=1580\" class=\"wp-image-1580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/millien2-1.jpg?w=1359&amp;ssl=1 1359w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/millien2-1.jpg?resize=300%2C287&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/millien2-1.jpg?resize=768%2C734&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/millien2-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C978&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" \/><figcaption>in a UPSL regular season game (Photographer: Christopher Arnold)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1186\" height=\"1419\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/montelares-1.jpg?fit=856%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1581\" data-link=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?attachment_id=1581\" class=\"wp-image-1581\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/montelares-1.jpg?w=1186&amp;ssl=1 1186w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/montelares-1.jpg?resize=251%2C300&amp;ssl=1 251w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/montelares-1.jpg?resize=768%2C919&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/montelares-1.jpg?resize=856%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 856w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" \/><figcaption>Tropics SC vs Sporting Orlando (Photographer: Christopher Arnold)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Midfielder Melvin Boetang was named to the UPSL second-team\nBest XI as a midfielder. He scored the tying goal in the national quarterfinal\ngame, helping the Tropics rally from their first deficit of the entire season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more information, including a special championship\nseason ticket special which gets fans into all 12 MASL games in Lakeland this\nwinter for just $99 with sideline 200 level seats, call 863-240-0101 or visit\nwww.fltropics.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After winning the United Premier Soccer League&#8217;s national championship in late July, it&#8217;s no surprise that the Tropics SC dominated the league&#8217;s postseason honors, including five players named as part&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":697,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"29","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","default_image_id":71799,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lakeland-tropics"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1574\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}