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INDIANAPOLIS — A 58th-minute tally by Joshua Perez carried Miami FC to a 1-0 road victory at Indy Eleven on Saturday evening. Follow Robbie on Twitter: @RobbieMeh. Support Soc Takes on Patreon for access to exclusive content and supporter benefits. Click here to become a patron today....
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The North American Soccer League lost the important part of its lawsuit relating to Division 2 sanctioning, and as a result has cancelled the planned 2018-19 season. Of the eight teams that participated in the 2017 campaign, two have already folded. The San Francisco Deltas won the title and...
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Recently, we discussed the potentially troubling interpretation of the USL’s player contract in the contract termination of FC Cincinnati’s Tommy Heinemann. From our perspective, the troubling clauses in the USL contract have the potential to be abused to limit the validity of player contracts. Unfortunately, another similar contractual clause exists...
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On Wednesday, Miami FC announced that they will play a team in the NPSL. This story was originally reported by Soc Takes. Soc Takes reached out to Miami FC CEO Sean Flynn, via email, to ask a few questions about Wednesday’s news: Nipun Chopra – Jacksonville Armada has introduced...
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As the Beckham-Miami group is scheduled to announce their MLS expansion news on Monday, Miami FC is expected to make an announcement of their own. Miami FC will field a team in the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) during the league’s 2018 season which runs from March through August....
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This morning, Miami FC are expected to announce Paul Dalglish as their next head coach. The team – widely considered to be one of the strongest in lower division soccer – is currently still scheduled to play in the NASL. Dalglish – the son of Liverpool legend Kenny Dalglish...
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“If I get a chance to get close to (Barcelona midfielder, Sergio) Busquets, I’m going to give him a big kiss,” Richie Ryan told me perched somewhere in Madrid. Ryan is currently in Madrid to watch Saturday’s El Clasico, an experience he describes as “one I’ve always dreamed of.”...
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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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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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As Soc Takes revealed on Twitter yesterday, per the NASL’s USSF application for D2 status (in August), the San Francisco Deltas and FC Edmonton did not sign letters of commitment for the 2018 season. Soc Takes understands that FC Edmonton informed the league that they plan on joining the...
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The NASL playoffs are looming and the top seed is locked up. Miami FC will host the club’s first-ever postseason match on Nov. 5 at Ricardo Silva Stadium. That is done. Their opponent for that match is less clear, however. There are currently two teams battling it out for...
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INDIANAPOLIS — All the details of the Indy Eleven’s third-annual Hispanic Heritage Night on Oct. 14 — when the club hosts Miami FC — are set, the team announced Monday. “Indy Eleven is proud to continue fostering our relationship with the Hispanic community in Indianapolis,” Eleven community relations manager...