USL Eastern Conference

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    Indy Eleven troll Louisville City FC with aerial sign

    LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Louisville-Indianapolis Proximity Association Football Contest (LIPAFC), the derby contested between the Indy Eleven and Louisville City FC, tends to bring out the best in both clubs and supporters’ groups in terms of smack talk. And while the Eleven got served up properly on the pitch...
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    Keys to victory: 3 reasons LouCity edged Indy Eleven 1-0

    LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Yes indeed, Louisville City FC and the Indy Eleven are taking the Louisville-Indianapolis Proximity Association Football Contest (LIPAFC) to the postseason. Having both already clinched a playoff spot, the teams met last weekend at Louisville Slugger Field with LouCity coming away with a 1-0 win. Now,...
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    The playoffs have arrived. Sixteen clubs will vie for the 2018 USL Cup in the league’s single-elimination postseason format. FC Cincinnati and Orange County SC earned the top seeds in the respective Eastern and Western Conference. Louisville City FC, the defending champion, is the No. 2 seed in the...
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    Gallery: LouCity edges Eleven in regular-season finale

    LOUISVILLE, Ky. — In the regular-finale for both clubs, Louisville City FC downed the Indy Eleven 1-0 on Saturday night at Louisville Slugger Field. LouCity, already locked into the No. 2 seed in the USL Eastern Conference playoffs, damaged the Eleven’s hopes of maintaining the fifth seed with the...
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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....
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    Gallery: Eleven, Steel FC inch closer to playoffs from 1-1 result

    INDIANAPOLIS — The Indy Eleven and Bethlehem Steel FC entered Saturday’s match at Lucas Oil Stadium in fifth and sixth place, respectively, in the USL Eastern Conference. After settling for a 1-1 draw, both clubs maintained their positions in the table. A win from either team would’ve solidified a...
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    Keys to victory: 3 reasons FC Cincy beat Indy Eleven

    CINCINNATI — In front of a record-setting USL regular-season crowd of 31,478 at Nippert Stadium, FC Cincinnati rolled the Indy Eleven 3-0 on Saturday night. Here are three factors that contributed to the final scoreline: WIDE PLAY Left winger Jimmy McLaughlin regularly shredded Indy’s defense on his side of...
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    Gallery: FC Cincinnati tops Indy Eleven before record-setting crowd

    CINCINNATI — The USL’s best side this season, FC Cincinnati, continued its dominance Saturday night in a 3-nil home win over the Indy Eleven. The huge turnout at Nippert Stadium — 31,478 supporters attended — was the most ever for a USL regular-season game.   Follow Kevin on Twitter: @KJboxing....
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    Gallery: Eleven tame Rowdies in crucial Eastern Conference matchup

    INDIANAPOLIS — The Tampa Bay Rowdies‘ USL postseason hopes might need a respirator following their 2-nil setback to the Indy Eleven on Wednesday night at Lucas Oil Stadium. Goals on either side of halftime by defender Karl Ouimette and striker Elliot Collier saw Indy sitting alone in fifth place...
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    Mon Goals enlists Soc Takes to help preview #PGHvIND

    Justin Ashcraft of Mon Goals and our own Kevin Johnston link up to preview Saturday’s match between Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC and the Indy Eleven. The two also briefly review the clubs’ 2-2 draw on Aug. 29 and size up the Eastern Conference playoff picture. Click the image above to...
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    USL playoff race in Week 26

      The USL season has passed the 75 percent point and we’re into the final weeks of the season. That means the playoff race is heating up! And yet, because of the sheer madness that is the USL, no team has been eliminated from the playoffs yet, and only...
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    Video: Riverhounds CB Hugh Roberts on his team’s 2-2 draw at Indy Eleven

    INDIANAPOLIS — Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC center back Hugh Roberts shares his thoughts on his side’s 2-2 draw with the Indy Eleven on Aug. 29, 2018. Both clubs are currently in the playoff picture sitting among the top eight in the USL Eastern Conference. Support Soc Takes on Patreon for...