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INDIANAPOLIS — Louisville City FC leapt out to 3-0 lead in the first half and then shifted into cruise control to depart Lucas Oil Stadium with a 3-1 victory against archnemesis Indy Eleven on Saturday evening. The three points pushed LouCity passed Indy to the top of Group E....
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INDIANAPOLIS — Sporting KC II snapped Indy Eleven’s 12-game home winning streak and 27-game home unbeaten streak during the regular season Saturday evening at Lucas Oil. An upper-90 stunner from Danny Barbir in the second half, assisted by Enoch Mushagalusa, earned the visitors a 1-0 result in the Group...
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INDIANAPOLIS — Strikes from Nick Moon, Tyler Pasher, Drew Conner and Matt Watson carried the Indy Eleven to a convincing 4-1 victory over Hartford Athletic on Wednesday at Lucas Oil Stadium. Other notable performers included Alex Dixon, who scored the lone goal for the visitors, and Karl Ouimette, who...
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USL soccer will make its triumphant return, hopefully, beginning July 11 with a regionalized group system and a reduced schedule. Each team has been divided among eight groups, four for each conference, and will primarily be playing against teams in its own group. Each team will play up to...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Tim Howard has delivered many stellar performances in net over the years, but his return to the pitch Saturday for Memphis 901 FC wasn’t one of them. After seeing his side jump out to an early 2-0 lead against the Indy Eleven, Howard and the Memphis...
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The Soc Takes Pod returns for the new year with co-hosts John Lenard and Colton Coreschi providing an American soccer rundown on the men’s side. Listen in as they bring you up to speed on all the significant offseason happenings in MLS, the USL, NISA and more. Support Soc...
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Link to download near bottom of story I’ve created a custom Football Manager 2020 database containing a fully regionalized, four-tier American pyramid complete with promotion and relegation, Open Cup and league cups. It contains four divisions (Premier, Championship, First and Second) each containing four conferences (Eastern, Central, Southern and...
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With MLS scrapping its previously annual combine ahead of the SuperDraft, independently run events like the Midwest Pro Soccer Combine have become even more important in regard to amateur player scouting. Soc Takes caught up with the director of the combine and head coach of AFC Ann Arbor, Eric...
INDIANAPOLIS — Louisville City FC leapt out to 3-0 lead in the first half and then shifted into cruise control to depart Lucas Oil Stadium with a 3-1 victory against archnemesis Indy Eleven on Saturday evening. The three points pushed LouCity passed Indy to the top of Group E....
INDIANAPOLIS — Sporting KC II snapped Indy Eleven’s 12-game home winning streak and 27-game home unbeaten streak during the regular season Saturday evening at Lucas Oil. An upper-90 stunner from Danny Barbir in the second half, assisted by Enoch Mushagalusa, earned the visitors a 1-0 result in the Group...
INDIANAPOLIS — Strikes from Nick Moon, Tyler Pasher, Drew Conner and Matt Watson carried the Indy Eleven to a convincing 4-1 victory over Hartford Athletic on Wednesday at Lucas Oil Stadium. Other notable performers included Alex Dixon, who scored the lone goal for the visitors, and Karl Ouimette, who...
USL soccer will make its triumphant return, hopefully, beginning July 11 with a regionalized group system and a reduced schedule. Each team has been divided among eight groups, four for each conference, and will primarily be playing against teams in its own group. Each team will play up to...
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...
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...
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...
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...
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Tim Howard has delivered many stellar performances in net over the years, but his return to the pitch Saturday for Memphis 901 FC wasn’t one of them. After seeing his side jump out to an early 2-0 lead against the Indy Eleven, Howard and the Memphis...
The Soc Takes Pod returns for the new year with co-hosts John Lenard and Colton Coreschi providing an American soccer rundown on the men’s side. Listen in as they bring you up to speed on all the significant offseason happenings in MLS, the USL, NISA and more. Support Soc...
Link to download near bottom of story I’ve created a custom Football Manager 2020 database containing a fully regionalized, four-tier American pyramid complete with promotion and relegation, Open Cup and league cups. It contains four divisions (Premier, Championship, First and Second) each containing four conferences (Eastern, Central, Southern and...
With MLS scrapping its previously annual combine ahead of the SuperDraft, independently run events like the Midwest Pro Soccer Combine have become even more important in regard to amateur player scouting. Soc Takes caught up with the director of the combine and head coach of AFC Ann Arbor, Eric...