• Independence owner

    Opinion: USL should force Independence owner to sell team

    An ongoing history of bigoted posts from majority owner Dan DiMicco necessitates a response from the league Racism and bigotry have no place in sports or sports ownership, let’s just start there. It should go without saying, but as with many seemingly obvious things, it unfortunately needs repeating every...
  • Hiji

    WPSL players to use Movement Interactive’s Hiji bands. Are they effective?

    With the recent announcement that the WPSL will be partnering with Movement Interactive, Soc Takes was interested in exploring the idea and science behind using accelerometer-based equipment for diagnosing concussive injuries. The idea behind using accelerometers is fairly simple, at least in premise. It has to do with g-forces...
  • virtual slideshow

    Join us May 31 for USL Championship virtual slideshow

    Join Soc Takes for a USL Championship virtual slideshow via Zoom on May 31 at 7 p.m. ET displaying the work of staff photographer Robbie Mehling. Mehling, an Indy Eleven supporter based in central Indiana, has traveled to numerous venues across the league to shoot matches over the past...
  • staff

    Indy Eleven, USL headquarters furlough additional front office staff

    Soc Takes understands Indy Eleven has furloughed a number of front office staff in recent days as a result of the COVID-19 crisis. A statement from Indy Eleven to Soc Takes confirmed our report: “While we maintained full staffing levels for as long as possible, the economic impact of...
  • PLAY

    Opinion: Let’s pump brakes on return to play

    Are we ready to return to play? I’m sorry, but we are not. Not even close. It feels as though it has been years since I watched Tyler Pasher terrorize Tim Howard in Indy Eleven’s away win against Memphis 901. Since then, U.S. Soccer has come to a complete...
  • k league

    K League explained

    Since the United States and Canada are still under lockdown for the foreseeable future (and no, these soft reopenings in a few states aren’t a sign of things getting better, and are likely to cause even more problems), it’s been quiet around here. Even my in-progress “updating the pyramid...
  • worth the wait

    ‘Worth the Wait’ on Indiana men’s soccer program debuts May 5 on BTN

    With eight NCAA championships to its name, the Indiana men’s soccer program has established itself as a perennial powerhouse in college soccer. Now, there’s a new film out chronicling the Hoosiers’ rise. “Worth the Wait,” a documentary produced by Blueline Pictures, will debut tonight at 5 p.m. ET on...
  • ncaa championship

    Flashback to Hoosiers’ 1st NCAA championship

    Eight overtimes. Can you even imagine? After playing a regulation soccer game — 90 minutes — in Ft. Lauderdale heat and humidity, can you imagine playing in one overtime, let alone eight?  Well, that’s what used to happen in college soccer. And in 1982, the Indiana Hoosiers prevailed after...
  • USWNT equal pay

    Opinion: Time for USWNT to get respect, pay it deserves

    I grew up a sports fan. I’m from Chicagoland. I watch TV. Therefore, you become a sports fan. Well that, and I was surrounded by sports fans. I’m a White Sox fan, Bears fan and an Indiana University fan above all else. I grew up thinking I was an...
  • Marco Garcia

    Pumas downplay midfielder Marco Garcia’s inappropriate photos

    During International Women’s Day weekend, Record.com columnist Ignacio “Fantasma” Suarez published a story about a first-division player involved in a sexual scandal. Despite the damaging and compelling testimony from the victim, the institution that represents the player, Pumas, denied every single part of the column in a press release....