{"id":40181,"date":"2016-01-07T22:34:15","date_gmt":"2016-01-08T03:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?p=40181"},"modified":"2016-01-07T22:34:50","modified_gmt":"2016-01-08T03:34:50","slug":"usoc-southie-fc-headed-to-pa-for-3rd-rd-qualifying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?p=40181","title":{"rendered":"USOC: Southie FC Headed to Pa. for 3rd Rd. Qualifying"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_40182\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40182\" data-attachment-id=\"40182\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?attachment_id=40182\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nesoccertoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Southie-1.png?fit=600%2C415\" data-orig-size=\"600,415\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Southie-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo credit: Southie FC&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nesoccertoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Southie-1.png?fit=300%2C208\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nesoccertoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Southie-1.png?fit=600%2C415\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nesoccertoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Southie-1.png?resize=600%2C415\" alt=\"Photo credit: Southie FC\" width=\"600\" height=\"415\" class=\"size-full wp-image-40182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nesoccertoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Southie-1.png?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nesoccertoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Southie-1.png?resize=300%2C208 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-40182\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: Southie FC<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Southie FC&#8217;s quest for U.S. Open Cup qualification will go through the Keystone State as the Boston-based side was pitted against West Chester United for the third round of the Open Division on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The third-round match between the Boys in Neon and the Eagles\u00a0is set for Apr. 2 at West Chester United S.C. Turf Field in West Chester, Pa. Kickoff is set for 6:00pm. The winner of the Region 1 showdown will receive a spot in the tournament proper, which kicks off on May 11.<\/p>\n<p>Southie reached the third qualifying round after beating Battery Park Gunners and GPS Omens in the first and second rounds, respectively. Southie, which clinched the Massachusetts State Soccer League North Division in 2015, is the lone New England aggregation\u00a0to advance to the third qualifying round.<\/p>\n<p>Should Southie beat West Chester United, they would secure the first U.S. Open Cup berth in club history. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Boys in Neon are headed to Pennsylvania to face West Chester United for the 3rd Qualifying Round of the 2016 U.S. Open Cup tourney.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40182,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[25],"tags":[1334,892,1283,1421],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nesoccertoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Southie-1.png?fit=600%2C415","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40181"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40181"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40181\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40184,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40181\/revisions\/40184"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/40182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}