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INDIANAPOLIS — After hitting the road and losing to vastly inferior competition in the past couple editions of the U.S. Open Cup, the Indy Eleven have decided it’s time to take one of the oldest soccer competitions on the planet a little more seriously. The Eleven will host a...
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Another year, another failure of MLS clubs in the Concacaf Champions League. Sporting Kansas City was the last American hope in the 2019 edition of the North American confederation club tournament. However, they were humiliated in the first leg of the semifinal by Monterrey, making it almost impossible to...
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A look at the top game in each region, plus honorable mentions With U.S. Soccer’s unveiling of the first-round matchups of the 2019 U.S. Open Cup, the most compelling time in American soccer is nearly upon us. Each year, the nation’s top amateur teams from two national amateur leagues...
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Goals: Old Bhoys – Tim Shackleton (11’, Ante Cop assist), Jalen Rice (90’, Ryan Blarr assist); Livonia City FC – (28’, Matt McCourt) Conditions: Overcast, kickoff temp of ~66 F. Attendance: 50 GAME SUMMARY Old Bhoys Soccer Club hosted Livonia City FC of the Michigan Premier Soccer League (MPSL) to...
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We’ve had a few weeks of USL Championship action, and while I was going to wait a bit longer before going all number nerdy, things have been far too chaotic to ignore. Upsets galore, some expansion teams doing unexpectedly well, some doing far worse than I predicted, and generally...
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It’s Gold Cup time once again, with the USA hosting the bulk of the tournament, joined by Jamaica and Costa Rica, which will both host two games each. Here’s how the groups ended up: GROUP A GROUP B GROUP C GROUP D 🇲🇽 Mexico 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 🇭🇳 Honduras...
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Carlos Vela is feeling good and in a glorious state as a footballer. Vela’s present is bright like the beginning of LAFC‘s 2019 season. The team from Los Angeles is undefeated and leads the MLS Western Conference. They average three goals per match and concede one every 108 minutes....
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Innumerable times through history, black athletes have suffered attacks from multiple fronts. The press, fans, referees, team owners, commissioners/presidents and even teammates have questioned, insulted and oppressed them because of their skin color. Football usually falls for the player that feels the badge, that fights for every ball, and...
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March just flew by. It’s been admittedly quiet on these pages from Old Bhoys HQ, but the work has continued behind the scenes. With several player signings already announced, as well as the addition to our coaching staff from 2018, the pitch side of the product is coming along....
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Gerardo Martino left a good feeling in his first two games as manager of El Tri. The Mexican men’s national team won both of their matches against Chile and Paraguay with Tata on the bench. Every time there has been a new foreign coach in charge of El Tri,...
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INDIANAPOLIS — Saturday was the first home game of the season for the Indy Eleven, playing against the Hartford Athletic. Although a rainy day, it wasn’t enough to deter the record-breaking crowd that attended the match. A total of 20,251 tickets were sold for the game, the most in...
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With the rise of advanced analytics in soccer, expected goals (xG) has become a go-to metric for examining the quality of both clubs and individual players beyond base accumulation stats (goals, assists, etc.). Inspired by Ben Mayhew of Experimental 3-6-1, who utilizes similar statistics for the English Football League,...
INDIANAPOLIS — After hitting the road and losing to vastly inferior competition in the past couple editions of the U.S. Open Cup, the Indy Eleven have decided it’s time to take one of the oldest soccer competitions on the planet a little more seriously. The Eleven will host a...
Another year, another failure of MLS clubs in the Concacaf Champions League. Sporting Kansas City was the last American hope in the 2019 edition of the North American confederation club tournament. However, they were humiliated in the first leg of the semifinal by Monterrey, making it almost impossible to...
A look at the top game in each region, plus honorable mentions With U.S. Soccer’s unveiling of the first-round matchups of the 2019 U.S. Open Cup, the most compelling time in American soccer is nearly upon us. Each year, the nation’s top amateur teams from two national amateur leagues...
Goals: Old Bhoys – Tim Shackleton (11’, Ante Cop assist), Jalen Rice (90’, Ryan Blarr assist); Livonia City FC – (28’, Matt McCourt) Conditions: Overcast, kickoff temp of ~66 F. Attendance: 50 GAME SUMMARY Old Bhoys Soccer Club hosted Livonia City FC of the Michigan Premier Soccer League (MPSL) to...
We’ve had a few weeks of USL Championship action, and while I was going to wait a bit longer before going all number nerdy, things have been far too chaotic to ignore. Upsets galore, some expansion teams doing unexpectedly well, some doing far worse than I predicted, and generally...
It’s Gold Cup time once again, with the USA hosting the bulk of the tournament, joined by Jamaica and Costa Rica, which will both host two games each. Here’s how the groups ended up: GROUP A GROUP B GROUP C GROUP D 🇲🇽 Mexico 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 🇭🇳 Honduras...
Carlos Vela is feeling good and in a glorious state as a footballer. Vela’s present is bright like the beginning of LAFC‘s 2019 season. The team from Los Angeles is undefeated and leads the MLS Western Conference. They average three goals per match and concede one every 108 minutes....
Innumerable times through history, black athletes have suffered attacks from multiple fronts. The press, fans, referees, team owners, commissioners/presidents and even teammates have questioned, insulted and oppressed them because of their skin color. Football usually falls for the player that feels the badge, that fights for every ball, and...
March just flew by. It’s been admittedly quiet on these pages from Old Bhoys HQ, but the work has continued behind the scenes. With several player signings already announced, as well as the addition to our coaching staff from 2018, the pitch side of the product is coming along....
Gerardo Martino left a good feeling in his first two games as manager of El Tri. The Mexican men’s national team won both of their matches against Chile and Paraguay with Tata on the bench. Every time there has been a new foreign coach in charge of El Tri,...
INDIANAPOLIS — Saturday was the first home game of the season for the Indy Eleven, playing against the Hartford Athletic. Although a rainy day, it wasn’t enough to deter the record-breaking crowd that attended the match. A total of 20,251 tickets were sold for the game, the most in...
With the rise of advanced analytics in soccer, expected goals (xG) has become a go-to metric for examining the quality of both clubs and individual players beyond base accumulation stats (goals, assists, etc.). Inspired by Ben Mayhew of Experimental 3-6-1, who utilizes similar statistics for the English Football League,...