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  • Indy Eleven - Jeff Belskus

    Soc Takes Pod Ep. 50: Indy Eleven president Jeff Belskus

    The panel welcomes Indy Eleven president Jeff Belskus to tackle a few questions regarding the current state of the club, Indy’s MLS bid, the fan experience at Lucas Oil Stadium and missed opportunities due to consecutive entry-round Open Cup losses. Belskus also describes the hurdles the team climbed in...
  • Indy Eleven - Jeff Belskus

    USL expansion fee increases

    Per information provided to Soc Takes, the initial franchise expansion fee for USL is now $7 million. This is an increase from their 2017 fee which was $5 million. This fee increase would apply to teams signing franchise agreements in 2018 and beyond, and would not affect recently announced...
  • Martin Rennie - behind 8 ball

    Indy Eleven well behind 8 ball as season approaches

    INDIANAPOLIS — The Indy Eleven have had a busy January. First, the team confirmed a switch to the United Soccer league first reported by Soc Takes’ own Nipun Chopra. A week later, the team announced the head coach that will lead them in the club’s first-ever USL campaign. The...
  • Tim Hankinson

    Tim Hankinson era over at Indy Eleven

    INDIANAPOLIS — There were signs that this decision was coming and other indications that a decision had already been made. Either way, the Indy Eleven will attempt to carry on without the services of Tim Hankinson. His contract was set to expire at the end of this month and...
  • NASL antitrust

    How each NASL team voted regarding USSF lawsuit

    Soon after news broke that the NASL had filed a lawsuit against the USSF, it became quickly apparent that not all NASL clubs supported the litigation. Neil Morris, host of the Inverted Triangle Soccer Podcast, revealed that North Carolina FC was not behind this litigation, while our reporting suggested...
  • MLS to Indy

    MLS to Indy: Building an empire of the mind

    Winston Churchill said, “The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.” In Indianapolis, all we unfortunately have is an “empire of the mind.” Like ancient Rome, Major League Soccer, so confident in its continual expansion, revealed in December of 2016 that it planned to add four...