Not much remains of Iwakitairi Castle in downtown Iwaki, but this map shows where it used to be. The Iwaki clan lost power after fighting on the wrong side in the Battle of Sekigahara, and later on the Meiji government filled in the castle moat (shown in blue) for a railroad right-of-way. Source.
Iwaki FC [5 - 0] Saruta Kogyo
Saruta Kogyo is the company team for Saruta Kogyo KK, a manufacturer of industrial machinery headquartered in Akita City. They wear blue. They play at Soyu Stadium, the former home of Blaublitz Akita. This is their second spell in the Tohoku League Div 1. Website.
Tomorrow Iwaki FC have a training match against Machida Zelvia. [2 - 2.]
When did the 2019 Tohoku League Div 1 teams most recently join the division?
2019 Cobaltore Onagawa (from the JFL)
2019 Saruta Kogyo
2019 Iwaki FC
2018 Akita FC Cambiare
2017 Nippon Steel Kamaishi
2015 Blancdieu Hirosaki
2013 Ganju Iwate
2011 Fuji Club 2003
2009 Morioka Zebra
1999 FC Primeiro
Wikipedia has the annual standings of the Japanese Regional Soccer Leagues. The Tohoku League begins in 1977.
Around the Japanese leagues:
FC Tokyo are top of J1, and FC Tokyo U23 are bottom of J3. Vanraure Hachinohe are second-bottom. Montedio Yamagata are atop J2, having beaten Mito HollyHock yesterday.
Sony Sendai are atop the JFL. FC Imabari are in the top four and hold a J3 license, giving them hope for promotion at the end of the season.
Iwate FC are top of the Tohoku League. The other regional league leaders are: Sapporo FC (Hokkaido), Vonds (Kanto), Fukui United (Hokushinetsu), Tokai Gakuen University (Tokai), Ococias Kyoto (Kansai), Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima (Chugoku), Kochi United (Shikoku), Okinawa SV (Kyushu).
2019 Canadian Championship, Round Two, second leg:
Valour 0 - 2 HFX Wanderers (June 12)
HFX goals by Kourouma and Bona. Kourouma leads the tournament in scoring. Wanderers advance. They are now scheduled to play nine games in July.
Cavalry 2 - 1 Forge (June 11)
Cavalry advance.
Edmonton 1 - 0 York 9 (June 12)
York are 3 - 2 on aggregate and advance.
Valour, Forge and Edmonton, the three 'inaugural' clubs, are all eliminated after receiving a bye into this round. There is now no chance of one club winning both Canadian places in CONCACAF competition.
Canadian Premier League (yesterday):
York 9 (1 - 0) Pacific
It's York 9's first league win. On the other side, Pacific were the first CPL team knocked out of the Voyageurs Cup, and now they're the first team that cannot win the apertura.
Edmonton 0 - 3 Cavalry
With this loss Edmonton can't win the apertura either.
Forge 2 - 1 Valour
Forge qualify for the 2019 CONCACAF League.
Mortonalia: Morton have signed striker Robbie Muirhead, formerly of Kilmarnock, Dundee United, Partick, Hearts, Milton Keynes Dons and most recently Dunfermline. Michael Tidser and Gregor Buchanan have gone over to Falkirk.
Actor Martin Compston talks about his time at Cappielow.
SWFL2 W/SW: Morton Women [3 - 1] Kilwinning
Lowland League: East of Scotland League champions Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic have been granted an SFA license after all and will be promoted to the Lowland League for 2019-20, causing Whitehill Welfare to be relegated.
2019 Women's World Cup group stage:
Group D: Japan 2 - 1 Scotland (June 14)
Group E: Canada 2 - 0 New Zealand (June 15)
Which 2015 Women's World Cup matches were held in Moncton, New Brunswick?
2015/6/9 France 1 - 0 England
2015/6/9 Colombia 1 - 1 Mexico
2015/6/13 France 0 - 2 Colombia
2015/6/13 England 2 - 1 Mexico
2015/6/15 Ivory Coast 1 - 3 Norway
2015/6/17 Costa Rica 0 - 1 Brazil
2015/6/21 Brazil 0 - 1 Australia
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