That goal was obtained after a total of five games played to win the National Title. Group played started Friday against Louisville Rayo. With the first match of the day and the excitement still sinking in, Vitesse came away with a 5-4 win. “It wasn’t our best game but we came away with a win in group play”

The second game on Friday Vitesse was match against CF Revolucion from Tijuana. The guys came out to play and put this game away. It was a dominating performance with an 8-2 win over Tijuana. Group play continued on Saturday with the last group game against Deft Touch from Anaheim on Saturday morning. Dallas came out focused and came away with another dominating performance with a score of 8-2. Dallas was seeded number one coming out of group play.

“After the way we touched the ball and maintained possession as we had planned today, both the players and coach felt like the trophy was coming back to Dallas with us," said Vitesse Head Coach Roy Ramos.  "Assistant Coach Lupe Rodriguez just stressed to the team that if we play our style of soccer with possession there is no team here that can beat us."

Moving on to Semifinal play Dallas was matched against WSA Rapids, who came out of the Northwest Division after defeating highly ranked Kitsap Pumas. Once again WSA came out playing fast paced soccer using speed and a physical style of soccer and struck first to take a 1-0 lead at the end of the first quarter.

A quick tactical timeout and meeting by the coach and players, play was altered and possession style soccer was the key. WSA never saw the goal again and Dallas found the net four times to end the game with a 4-1 win and a trip to the finals.

Vitesse Dallas was matched against the Las Vegas Knights who narrowly advanced by winning in a shoot-out. “The good thing about having all the games at one location is that you can stay and evaluate your competition," said Ramos.  "We knew Vegas had more crowd and momentum behind them as they won two games within the last two minutes and just had a lot of high energy coming into the finals.

“I just told the team to go out and play soccer as you know how, we’re here because we deserve to be here.”  Vegas came out and struck first in the first five minutes which got the crowd roaring. Vitesse tied it 1-1 in the second quarter with two minutes left , but Vegas found the net again and made it 2-1 with 1:35 left in the half.  Coach Ramos immediately called for timeout.

“I told the guys listen Vegas has been winning on pure energy and momentum in this tournament, we can’t let that goal be the turning point for them.”

The second half started and within two minutes a superb strike from Albert Rodriguez from about 25 yards out that found the upper corner which seemed to change the game completely. The score remained tied 2-2 going into the fourth quarter with both teams creating many opportunities.

Between Dominic Schell, Mario Torres, Albert Rodriguez, and Adan Ramires, the Knights were facing shot after shot hitting the crossbar and glass as Dallas stepped up the offense and eventually found the go ahead goal. With four minutes remaining the score was 4-2 Dallas and the Vegas Knights pushed their keeper up as the sixth attacker and started to take more shots. After a shot rang wide and bounced off of two players the ball found the net for the Knights. The score sat at 4-3 with a minute and a half remaining. Still pushing the keeper up as the sixth attacker Vegas was caught by Dallas defenders Lupe Rodriguez and Ricky Callado which eventually cleared the ball to a full paced Albert Rodriguez who made his way around the Knights goal keeper at half field and took the ball and found an empty net that made the score 5-3. With no time remaining the Knights couldn’t bounce back and all that was left to do was celebrate a National Title for Vitesse Dallas.

"I couldn’t be more proud of the players for this achievement, as a coach it feels great to hold this National title again." 

Vitesse Dallas is looking to build on their momentum and move up to the PASL and is currently putting together proposals for investors who are interested in helping them reach the professional level. 

On March 9 and 10 the PASL-Premier National Finals will share the stage with the PASL’s Ron Newman Cup final four, marking the first time the amateur and pro playoffs were held concurrently at the same site.

Eight PASL-Premier teams will be split into two four-team groups.  Round robin play will determine which two teams from each group will advance to Saturday’s Semifinals and Final.  The festivities begin at 10:15am with the host Sockers Premier facing the Northwest Division playoff champion WSA Rapids.

Group A features Sockers Premier, WSA Rapids, Las Vegas Knights (Southwest Division champions) , and Colorado Blizzard (Rocky Mountain Division champions).

Group B includes Deft Touch, CF Revolucion, Midwest Division playoff champion Louisville Rayo, and South Central Division champion Vitesse Dallas.

Sockers Premier (San Diego Sockers), CF Revolucion (Revolucion Tijuana) and Louisville Rayo (Louisville Lightning) are PASL-Premier pro affiliate teams.  San Diego and Tijuana are also competing in the Ron Newman Cup playoffs this weekend along with the Kansas Magic and Detroit Waza.

The Knights are the PASL-Premier defending Winter Champions, and Vitesse Dallas won previously in 2008/09.  The Sockers affiliate (last year known as San Diego Fusion) lost in last year’s final to Las Vegas.

Each game in group play will be two 18-minute halves.  The Championship game, which will be played Saturday at 5:05pm will be four 10-minute quarters.

The PASL Ron Newman Cup Semifinal games take place Friday at 5:05pm when Detroit takes on Tijuana followed by San Diego and Kansas at 7:35pm.

The Ron Newman Cup Final will be Saturday at 7:05pm.

Group A	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Pts	GD	GF	GA
Colorado Blizzard	2-1	2-2	4-5	4	0	8	8
Las Vegas Knights	1-2	5-4	4-1	6	+3	10	7
WSA Rapids	3-0	4-5	5-4	6	+3	12	9
Sockers Premier	0-3	2-2	1-4	1	-6	3	9
Group B	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Pts	GD	GF	GA
Vittesse	5-4	8-2	8-2	9	+13	21	8
Louisville Rayo	4-5	3-5	4-4	1	-3	11	14
Deft Touch	9-4	5-3	2-8	6	+1	16	15
CF Revolution	4-9	2-8	4-4	1	-11	10	21

Vitesse Dallas has been gaining more experience as the PASL Premier South Central Division title holders for the last five years running, but will be bringing their youngest squad assembled to date with the exception of notable core players; Lupe Rodriguez (Puebla of the Mexican Primera  A / 2010 Mexican Indoor National Team, Dominic Schell (formerly with MLS's Columbus Crew),  Mario Torres (FC Dallas Reserve), Albert Rodriguez (FC Dallas Reserve), Vassar Cates (formerly with MISL's Dallas Sidekicks), Raul Herrera  ( Santos Laguna of the Mexican 2nd Division ), and Coach Roy " Magic " Ramos (previously with the USISL's Texas Lightning & Texas Toros / MLS' Dallas Burn Reserve ).

" The team is excited about this match, there is much excitement of traveling and playing an established franchise like Cincinnati. We look to open many eyes this Friday when we step on the turf, hopefully the outcome will be in our favor. Our players, fans, and even myself the coach are ready to step it up to the next level. Hopefully with a win this Friday we can open many eyes. No matter what the outcome I am proud of the squad the organization has put together on the pitch this year " -  Coach Ramos.