PSV Eindhoven put together a late rally, but it wasn't enough to catch Feyenoord Rotterdam for Team of the Year in 2016-17, the first year of the Dutch traveling soccer championship.
We began the Dutch traveling championship in 2016-17 by placing it in the care of PSV Eindhoven, the Erdivisie champion in 2015-16.
But the better team in the traveling title through the year proved to be Feyenoord Rotterdam. Taking the title from PSV with on Sept. 18 with a 1-0 win on the road, Feyenoord held it for most of the next five months. After losing, 1-0, at Go Ahead Eagles on Nov. 6, Feyenoord regained the championship with a 4-0 win at AZ Alkmaar on Dec. 11.
Feyenoord finally lost the title again, this time to crosstown rival Sparta Rotterdam, 1-0, at the road site, on March 5. PSV Eindhoven won the title with a 1-0 win at home against Vitesse Arnhem on March 18 and held it for the rest of the season, finishing the year with a title, 11 games of title defense and possession entering 2017-18.
But Feyenoord Rotterdam already was in the clubhouse with its two championships and 14 games of defense. Feyenoord gets the first Team of the Year nod.
We began the Dutch traveling championship in 2016-17 by placing it in the care of PSV Eindhoven, the Erdivisie champion in 2015-16.
But the better team in the traveling title through the year proved to be Feyenoord Rotterdam. Taking the title from PSV with on Sept. 18 with a 1-0 win on the road, Feyenoord held it for most of the next five months. After losing, 1-0, at Go Ahead Eagles on Nov. 6, Feyenoord regained the championship with a 4-0 win at AZ Alkmaar on Dec. 11.
Feyenoord finally lost the title again, this time to crosstown rival Sparta Rotterdam, 1-0, at the road site, on March 5. PSV Eindhoven won the title with a 1-0 win at home against Vitesse Arnhem on March 18 and held it for the rest of the season, finishing the year with a title, 11 games of title defense and possession entering 2017-18.
But Feyenoord Rotterdam already was in the clubhouse with its two championships and 14 games of defense. Feyenoord gets the first Team of the Year nod.
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