USL Semi-Finals live online

The USL first division is quickly coming to an end, but before we get there, there is a little matter of the semi-finals.

Starting tonight, the Charleston Battery will take on the Rochester Raging Rhinos while the Vancouver Whitecaps will take on their fellow Canadians the Montreal Impact. These teams will play a home-home series with the second match taking place on Sunday.

Charleston eked out a road victory last Sunday against a Puerto Rico side that came on hard during the last few weeks of the season. The Battery seemed to be a much tighter team then the one that needed a late goal on Friday to leave their home match with a tie. The Rhinos have looked strong all season and are coming off a weekend of rest as their second place league finish gave them a bye in the first round. All and all, it will be hard for the Battery to topple the Rhinos.

Charleston won the regular season series with a win (2-1) and a tie (0-0). The tie was on the last day of the regular season.

Audio calls for both matches will be available on the teams website (Rhinos, Battery) with a video feed of Sunday's game available on Charleston's site.

Then there is the battle for Canada. Vancouver rolled over Miami last weekend with an aggregate score of 6-1. In addition, Vancouver has the second most goals scored in the league at 46 (Miami ended up with 48). But the Whitecaps are going to need all the goal scoring abilities since Montreal has allowed the fewest goals all season (15).

Montreal won the regular season series with a win (1-0) and a tie (1-1).

Audio calls for both matches will be available on the teams website (Impact, Whitecaps).

Schedule
Friday 22 Sept
Charleston at Rochester 7:45pm ET
Montreal at Vancouver 10pm ET

Sunday 24 Sept
Rochester at Charleston 6:00pm ET
Vancouver at Montreal 7:00pm ET