September 19, 2017

US Players Involved in Promotion/Relegation Race in Iceland's Top 4 Tiers

Iceland, where many young American's used to get their first taste of European Football, has lost some of its shine for US players, where we only have a handful across the top  4 leagues. (This has been the case since the growth of USL) The seasons are pretty much done and the promotions/relegation's are set. I have used the full Icelandic names for the teams in this piece.

With just 2 matches left for the top tier - Úrvalsdeild - aka Pepsideild, Valur Reykjavík, with American Dion Acoff have qualified for the Champions League next year. Their point total is unassailable at 44, with a 9 point lead.
The only other team with an American player in the top tier is UMF Grindavík with Will Daniels. Earlier in the season Grindavik looked like a contender, but they faded as the season went on and now will probably end the season 5th or 6th 

In 1. Deild - aka Inkasso-Deildin, there is only 1 match left for each team. We have 3 American's in 2 teams. Goalkeeper Will Dieterich and Harrison Hanley at Haukar Hafnarfjörður and JC Mack at UMF Selfoss. Neither team is involved in a Pro/Rel situation this season. Incidentally, the final match of the season for these 2 teams are against each other.

In 2. Deild (Division 2) there is just 1 team, with 2 American's. Tanner Sica and Gregory Conrad both play for Tindastoll, who started badly and turned things around in August. Tindastoll will end up mid-table after staying undefeated in their last 6 matches

3.Deild (Division 3) completed its season last weekend. I have only identified 2 American's at this level and their teams are going in opposite directions
Shane Haley (UVM Alum) at Thróttur Vogar finished in 2nd place and are promoted
Devonte Daryll Delroy Small at Reynir Sandgerdi has been relegated




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