A victory over Matsatsantsa would see Masandawana become the first club to clinch four consecutive league titles in the PSL era which began in 1996.
Sundowns are sitting pretty at the top of the league standings - seven points clear of second-placed AmaZulu FC - and they need three points to clinch the title with three games to spare.
Masandawana can draw motivation from the fact that they will become outright the most successful club in the history of South Africa football in terms of national league titles won.
They have won joint-most national league titles (13) - a record which they currently share with Kaizer Chiefs, who have lifted four PSL trophies, four National Soccer League titles and five National Professional Soccer League trophies.
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Under the guidance of former Bafana Bafana striker McCarthy, who is now heavily linked with the vacant national team coaching job, Usuthu are having their best season ever in the Premier Soccer League era.
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Philly MLS 25: Indoor/outdoor star Matt Knowles was first Philadelphia-born player in MLS
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As we count down the days until the MLS season begins, we will be looking at 25 players from greater Philadelphia who have made an impact on the league 25 years after the first ball was kicked. Read the rest of the series at
The career window for a professional soccer player doesn’t stay open long.
Before Major League Soccer, Philadelphia’s Matt Knowles spent most of his career grinding between the American Professional Soccer League and the National Professional Soccer League, both attempts at re-creating the early success of the NASL and MISL. In the early 1990s, American players bounced around the country from season to season, from baseball fields to astroturf, chasing the dream, which Knowles accomplished for over a decade. Unfortunately, following a string of major injuries, his MLS window closed faster than he would have liked.