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  • final home match

    Gallery: Eleven drain Battery in final home match of season

    INDIANAPOLIS — Playing in their final home match of the season on Oct. 8, the Indy Eleven hung four goals from the 40th minute on en route to a 4-1 victory over the visiting Charleston Battery. Follow Robbie on Twitter: @RobbieMeh. Support Soc Takes on Patreon for access to exclusive...
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    Lower-division soccer must reckon with climate change-related schedule changes

    Currently, Memphis 901 FC personnel are on a 10-hour bus ride back from Charleston. Soc Takes understands that club personnel shared concerns over the likelihood of Hurricane Dorian making landfall on the East Coast of the United States this week. Sources with direct knowledge of the situation informed Soc...
  • Pasher dagger

    Gallery: Late Pasher dagger lifts Indy Eleven over Charleston Battery

    INDIANAPOLIS — An 84th-minute strike by Indy Eleven winger Tyler Pasher delivered the hosts a 1-0 victory over the Charleston Battery on Saturday night at Lucas Oil Stadium in front of 9,259 supporters. Follow Robbie on Twitter: @RobbMeh. Support Soc Takes on Patreon for access to exclusive content and supporter...
  • Eastern Conference Part I

    2019 USL Championship mega preview: Eastern Conference Part I

    Welcome back to the 2019 USL mega preview covering every single one of the 36 teams contesting the 2019 USL Championship season. The first two installments, covering the teams in the Western Conference, are already live. Click here for Part I and here for Part II. This time, we’re...
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    CST welcomes KJ to help preview last week of USL season

    The USL postseason is just around the corner. With this being the final week of the regular season, Cincinnati Soccer Talk (CST) co-hosts Nick Seuberling, Bryan Weigel and Rob Peirce welcome Soc Takes managing editor Kevin Johnston to the show to help size up the playoff race and beyond....
  • 3-3 thriller

    Gallery: Eleven, Battery leave with point each in wild 3-3 thriller

    INDIANAPOLIS — A brace from Ayoze and a Soony Saad rocket from distance weren’t enough for the Indy Eleven on Wednesday night at Lucas Oil Stadium, as goals by the Charleston Battery’s O’Brian Woodbine, Ataulla Guerra and Tah Anunga saw the teams share points. Indy took a 3-2 lead...
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    FC Cincinnati reaps benefits of Ledesma’s chance creation

    FC Cincinnati attacker Emmanuel Ledesma has this whole chance creation thing down pat. In 2017, Ledesma produced an insane chances created rate while plying his trade for the NASL’s New York Cosmos. In only 19 appearances (17 starts) and 1,393 minutes, the Argentine generated a league-leading 73 chances. The...
  • USL - 2018 USL season preview

    Comprehensive 2018 USL season preview

    After a long, dramatic D2 offseason fraught with lawsuits, chaos and #HotTakes, we have finally emerged at the other side with the USL as our now and future D2 league. Last year’s season broke records on and off the field, and raised the bar for what we can expect...