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INDIANAPOLIS — The Indy Eleven grabbed an elusive home win, just their second at Carroll Stadium this season, in Saturday’s 2-1 victory over OKC Energy FC. Indy forward Manuel Arteaga broke a 1-1 tie in the 53rd minute with a jolting header after first-half goals by Indy’s Nicky Law...
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While weather delays and ensuing power outages happen from time to time in the beautiful game, when the host side is named “Energy FC,” it obviously adds a dose of irony and humor to the storyline. The OKC Energy and Indy Eleven have rescheduled their July 10 fixture for...
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INDIANAPOLIS — A first-half header by Indy Eleven wingback Nick Moon was equaled in the second half off the boot of OKC Energy’s Frank Lopez as Indy and OKC battled to a 1-1 draw Wednesday at “The Mike.” The meeting was the first ever between the two clubs now...
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American soccer in the United States is a rapidly growing sport. In its current iteration, appropriate questions are being asked about the loudest voices – regarding both fans and journalists – in the rapidly changing narrative of American soccer. A quick perusal of prominent supporter groups and fan sites...
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Multiple sources inform Soc Takes that Energy FC head coach Jimmy Nielsen has left the Oklahoma City club, taking his staff – Mark Howard, Chris Spendlove and James Ritchie – with him. The Energy enjoyed a strong second half of the USL season, propagating them to the semifinal of...
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Bob Funk Jr. and his co-owner Tim McLaughlin do not make snap judgments. Just a few weeks ago, it seemed likely that Funk’s OKC Energy club would be building a new home in the Bricktown area of Oklahoma City. The site was a 40-acre mill called Producers Cooperative Oil...
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The background When Soc Takes spoke to NPSL chairman Joe Barone, he recognized that NPSL has a heavier presence on the coasts than it does in the central time zone. Currently, there is no NPSL team in Oklahoma City (a team nearby, Tulsa Athletic, has been active since 2013)....