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The USL League One final between Greenville Triumph SC and Union Omaha, originally set for Oct. 30, has been canceled due to a rash of positive COVID-19 tests among those on Omaha’s “covered persons list,” the league announced Thursday. Instead, the Triumph have been awarded the title after amassing...
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Fort Wayne FC will join USL League Two for the 2021 and 2022 seasons before jumping to USL League One in 2023, the club announced Wednesday. The Indiana-based expansion team, which planned to debut in the NPSL this year prior to the pandemic forcing the season’s cancelation, boasts an...
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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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From Sweden to Singapore, video game challenge making fans go #FullMingo If you’ve paid any attention to lower-division soccer the past year in the U.S., you’ll have noticed the meteoric rise of Wisconsin-based Forward Madison FC into the hearts of fans. The third-division USL League One club hit the...
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In January, we told you about Soc Takes staff writer Colton Coreschi’s Football Manager 2020 database featuring a fully regionalized, four-tier American pyramid complete with pro/rel, U.S. Open Cup and league cups. Now, USL League One side Forward Madison FC as upped the ante by offering an in-game challenge:...
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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...
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On the heels of USL League One’s official announcement that Lansing Ignite FC is discontinuing operations after their inaugural season, we caught up with club vice president Jeremy Sampson to find out more. Nipun Chopra: Let’s start with how are you doing? Jeremy Sampson: The feeling right now is...
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Greenville Triumph SC has been full of smiles in its inaugural USL League One campaign. The expansion side currently sits in third place in the table — above the playoff line — and has a game in hand on the three teams immediately beneath it in the standings. And...
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Three MLS 2 and one independent team will join league in 2020 USL League One — the United Soccer Leagues’ third-division competition — is set to add three Western Conference members and one Eastern Conference member for the league’s sophomore season in 2020. According to sources, three MLS 2...
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Cha-Ching. Corked Champagne. Celebrations. On April 18, MLS confirmed what everyone except Don Garber had said out loud — MLS would be expanding to 30 teams, already accelerating beyond their previously set upper limit of 28. While this is good news for the top division, what does it mean...
The USL League One final between Greenville Triumph SC and Union Omaha, originally set for Oct. 30, has been canceled due to a rash of positive COVID-19 tests among those on Omaha’s “covered persons list,” the league announced Thursday. Instead, the Triumph have been awarded the title after amassing...
Fort Wayne FC will join USL League Two for the 2021 and 2022 seasons before jumping to USL League One in 2023, the club announced Wednesday. The Indiana-based expansion team, which planned to debut in the NPSL this year prior to the pandemic forcing the season’s cancelation, boasts an...
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...
From Sweden to Singapore, video game challenge making fans go #FullMingo If you’ve paid any attention to lower-division soccer the past year in the U.S., you’ll have noticed the meteoric rise of Wisconsin-based Forward Madison FC into the hearts of fans. The third-division USL League One club hit the...
In January, we told you about Soc Takes staff writer Colton Coreschi’s Football Manager 2020 database featuring a fully regionalized, four-tier American pyramid complete with pro/rel, U.S. Open Cup and league cups. Now, USL League One side Forward Madison FC as upped the ante by offering an in-game challenge:...
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...
On the heels of USL League One’s official announcement that Lansing Ignite FC is discontinuing operations after their inaugural season, we caught up with club vice president Jeremy Sampson to find out more. Nipun Chopra: Let’s start with how are you doing? Jeremy Sampson: The feeling right now is...
Greenville Triumph SC has been full of smiles in its inaugural USL League One campaign. The expansion side currently sits in third place in the table — above the playoff line — and has a game in hand on the three teams immediately beneath it in the standings. And...
Three MLS 2 and one independent team will join league in 2020 USL League One — the United Soccer Leagues’ third-division competition — is set to add three Western Conference members and one Eastern Conference member for the league’s sophomore season in 2020. According to sources, three MLS 2...
Cha-Ching. Corked Champagne. Celebrations. On April 18, MLS confirmed what everyone except Don Garber had said out loud — MLS would be expanding to 30 teams, already accelerating beyond their previously set upper limit of 28. While this is good news for the top division, what does it mean...