Hometown pride

Couple of quick notes, as we're based in Buffalo, NY:

-- University at Buffalo stand-out goalkeeper Bobby Shuttleworth (Nichols) has signed a deal to help back-up Matt Reis with the New England Revolution of Major League Soccer. Shuttleworth was playing his club soccer with Buffalo City FC of NPSL. Revs third keeper Zack Simmons left the team... to go to law school.

-- The local womens professional team, the Buffalo Flash of USL W-League, continues to bring folks out to Orchard Park High School by improving to 4-2-1 with a home win Saturday against Laval and a road draw Sunday against Toronto. The game will be aired on Time Warner-13 in Buffalo at 7:30 p.m. Monday. Full disclosure: I do the TV play-by-play alongside former Rutgers player Oliver Petersen.