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INDIANAPOLIS — Both were selected to the BIG EAST All-Freshman Team. Both delivered huge tallies to lead No. 20 Butler to the conference championship game. Freshman forward Caitlyn DiSarcina and first-year defender Julia Leonard scored the Bulldogs’ first and second goals, respectively, pacing Butler to a 3-0 home win over...
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The 32-match NASL regular season is in the books. Now it’s on to The Championship. The semifinals are set for this Sunday, with No. 1 seed Miami FC hosting the fourth-seeded New York Cosmos at 5 p.m. ET. No. 3 seed North Carolina FC travels west to face the...
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Any discussion of the NASL vs. USL “soccerwarz” often sets off mad ideological arguments about the the pro soccer leagues and their “independence.” NASL proponents have long conflated the structures of MLS and the USL as one-in-the-same, when in fact they are very different. MLS employs a single-entity model...
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Following the United States’ failure to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, several days of robust discussion took place regarding changes that need to be made to the way the sport of soccer is governed and marketed in the United States. Most of the conversations centered on familiar...
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Members of the Butler women’s soccer team earned numerous individual distinctions for the team’s success this season, the BIG EAST announced Saturday. Midfield standout Paige Monaghan won Offensive Player of the Year. The junior led the conference in game-winning goals, points per match and goals per match. Defender Annika...
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Multiple sources have confirmed to Soc Takes that the sale of the Ft. Lauderdale Strikers trademark is imminent. The buyer of the trademark is entrepreneur Mario Noriega, who has, per U.S. Soccer expert and Florida resident Kartik Krishnaiyer, previously attempted to purchase the brand. A source close to the bid...
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Congratulations to team @NaturalFootyFan for his gutsy final-week rally that earned him the 2017 Soc Takes MLS Fantasy title. Entering the last week of the season, @NaturalFootyFan trailed team gautam0826 by a score of 3,258 to 3,266. But a stellar 102-point week at the death jettisoned @NaturalFootyFan to the...
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INDIANAPOLIS — Expectations were modest just about everywhere but the Butler training grounds. After all, this team was only picked to finish sixth in the BIG EAST before the season. So much for predictions. A brace from Paige Monaghan, the second of which was a jaw-dropping golden goal in...
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After recently launching a sister club in Brazil, NPSL club Boston City FC continued making waves with another sizable announcement Thursday. Boston City FC and New Balance signed a multi-year apparel agreement that will keep the team outfitted in New Balance gear for the foreseeable future. The Boston-based athletic...
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INDIANAPOLIS — It’s a rivalry that brings out nothing short of maximum effort in both teams. Last week at the Sellick Bowl — in front of a record crowd of 6,105 — was no different between Butler and No. 1 Indiana. In the end, the Hoosiers remained unbeaten after...
INDIANAPOLIS — Both were selected to the BIG EAST All-Freshman Team. Both delivered huge tallies to lead No. 20 Butler to the conference championship game. Freshman forward Caitlyn DiSarcina and first-year defender Julia Leonard scored the Bulldogs’ first and second goals, respectively, pacing Butler to a 3-0 home win over...
The 32-match NASL regular season is in the books. Now it’s on to The Championship. The semifinals are set for this Sunday, with No. 1 seed Miami FC hosting the fourth-seeded New York Cosmos at 5 p.m. ET. No. 3 seed North Carolina FC travels west to face the...
Any discussion of the NASL vs. USL “soccerwarz” often sets off mad ideological arguments about the the pro soccer leagues and their “independence.” NASL proponents have long conflated the structures of MLS and the USL as one-in-the-same, when in fact they are very different. MLS employs a single-entity model...
Following the United States’ failure to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, several days of robust discussion took place regarding changes that need to be made to the way the sport of soccer is governed and marketed in the United States. Most of the conversations centered on familiar...
Members of the Butler women’s soccer team earned numerous individual distinctions for the team’s success this season, the BIG EAST announced Saturday. Midfield standout Paige Monaghan won Offensive Player of the Year. The junior led the conference in game-winning goals, points per match and goals per match. Defender Annika...
Multiple sources have confirmed to Soc Takes that the sale of the Ft. Lauderdale Strikers trademark is imminent. The buyer of the trademark is entrepreneur Mario Noriega, who has, per U.S. Soccer expert and Florida resident Kartik Krishnaiyer, previously attempted to purchase the brand. A source close to the bid...
Congratulations to team @NaturalFootyFan for his gutsy final-week rally that earned him the 2017 Soc Takes MLS Fantasy title. Entering the last week of the season, @NaturalFootyFan trailed team gautam0826 by a score of 3,258 to 3,266. But a stellar 102-point week at the death jettisoned @NaturalFootyFan to the...
INDIANAPOLIS — Expectations were modest just about everywhere but the Butler training grounds. After all, this team was only picked to finish sixth in the BIG EAST before the season. So much for predictions. A brace from Paige Monaghan, the second of which was a jaw-dropping golden goal in...
After recently launching a sister club in Brazil, NPSL club Boston City FC continued making waves with another sizable announcement Thursday. Boston City FC and New Balance signed a multi-year apparel agreement that will keep the team outfitted in New Balance gear for the foreseeable future. The Boston-based athletic...
INDIANAPOLIS — It’s a rivalry that brings out nothing short of maximum effort in both teams. Last week at the Sellick Bowl — in front of a record crowd of 6,105 — was no different between Butler and No. 1 Indiana. In the end, the Hoosiers remained unbeaten after...