Kevin Johnston

  • Taft Stadium

    OKC-Indy rescheduled for Sept. 29 after Taft Stadium loses ‘Energy’

    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...
  • Cape Coral Cyclones

    Cape Coral Cyclones make jump to WPSL

    The southwest Florida-based Cape Coral Cyclones have become the WPSL‘s latest expansion team, the league announced today. The Cyclones will debut in the upcoming 2021 season and host their home matches at Mariner High School’s Tony McKenna Stadium. Under the umbrella of the Cape Coral Soccer Association, which was...
  • Westchester United FC

    Westchester United FC to field expansion team in WPSL

    Westchester United FC, based in Westchester, N.Y., is the WPSL‘s latest expansion side, the league announced Thursday. The team will debut in 2021. The 4-year-old club already fields a men’s squad in the UPSL, and now brings a women’s side to the second tier of the American pyramid. Antonio...
  • Berhalter

    Berhalter’s roster for upcoming USMNT friendlies revealed

    U.S. Soccer unveiled head coach Gregg Berhalter’s roster for the upcoming U.S. men’s national team friendlies against Wales on Nov. 12 and Panama on Nov. 16. The Wales match is at Liberty Stadium in Swansea, then the USMNT will travel to Austria to take on Panama at the neutral...
  • Norwich senior side

    Norwich senior side, U-23s end weekend in top 4 in respective leagues

    Norwich City turned in its most comprehensive attacking display of the season Saturday in a 3-1 away victory at Bristol City. Following the conclusion of the weekend’s fixtures, the club currently sits in fourth place in the Championship table on 17 points. The Canaries finally prioritized directness, regularly finding...
  • Irving FC

    Irving FC becomes newest NPSL expansion side

    Irving, Texas-based Irving FC has become the NPSL‘s newest expansion team, the league revealed Thursday. “The league is excited to announce that Irving FC will be joining the NPSL,” said Dina Case, NPSL director of membership development. “Irving FC has already established strong ties to their community and their...
  • USL League One - Union Omaha

    Greenville Triumph gifted USL League One title after Union Omaha COVID outbreak

    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

    Fort Wayne FC joins USL League Two; aims for League One in 2023

    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...
  • Rudland

    Q&A with Midwest Pro Soccer Combine director Eric Rudland

    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...
  • Mountaineers - Marlon LeBlanc

    Relentless Mountaineers dominate Bulldogs in NCAA Tournament

    INDIANAPOLIS — The night started out ugly for Butler on Thursday night at the Sellick Bowl, and after a brief glimmer of hope, only got uglier in a 5-1 blowout loss to West Virginia in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The Mountaineers dominated from the start and...
  • OVPL

    Indy Saints FC joins OVPL as founding member

    INDIANAPOLIS — The Indy Saints FC men’s side has joined the new Ohio Valley Premier League (OVPL) as one of its founding members, the club and league announced Wednesday. The OVPL officially launched Monday as its teams prepare for the inaugural 2020 season, which will start in May. The...
  • Pelé Soccer

    Pelé Soccer launches flagship location in New York

    Pelé Soccer, a soccer apparel company, officially opened the doors of its brick-and-mortar flagship location Monday in New York. The store sits in Times Square at 1560 Broadway and is open daily from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Widely regarded as one of the game’s all-time greats — if...