USL League Two

  • Cleveland Force

    Gallery: Fort Wayne FC blanks Cleveland Force 3-0

    FORT WAYNE, Ind. — Fort Wayne FC shut out the visiting Cleveland Force 3-0 on Saturday behind a brace by Maxwell Amoako and an own goal by Cleveland goalkeeper Andrew Cooke. Follow Robbie on Twitter: @RobbieMeh. Support Soc Takes on Patreon for access to exclusive content and supporter benefits. Click here to...
  • with Tigres

    Gallery: Fort Wayne FC hosts friendly with Tigres

    FORT WAYNE, Ind. — Fort Wayne FC hosted a friendly with Tigres’ reserve side Wednesday at Shields Field, with the teams settling for a 1-1 draw. Follow Robbie on Twitter: @RobbieMeh. Support Soc Takes on Patreon for access to exclusive content and supporter benefits. Click here to become a patron today....
  • Toledo Villa

    Gallery: Fort Wayne FC tops Toledo Villa behind goals from Claudel, Lynch

    FORT WAYNE, Ind. — Fort Wayne FC topped visiting Toledo Villa FC 2-0 on Saturday in USL League Two play behind goals from Victor Claudel and Riley Lynch. Fort Wayne sits in first place after collecting 18 points in nine matches. Follow Robbie on Twitter: @RobbieMeh. Support Soc Takes on...
  • FC Cincinnati 2

    Gallery: Friendly between Fort Wayne FC, FC Cincinnati 2 ends in draw

    FORT WAYNE, Ind. — Fort Wayne FC hosted FC Cincinnati 2 for a friendly Tuesday, and goals on either side of halftime led to a 1-1 scoreline at fulltime. FC Cincy 2 plies its trade in the MLS Next Pro league, while Fort Wayne FC is a member of...
  • USL League Two action

    Gallery: Kings Hammer FC earns road win at Fort Wayne FC

    FORT WAYNE, Ind. — Kings Hammer FC visited Fort Wayne FC on Sunday in USL League Two action and departed with a 2-1 road win. Marcello Jones and Samuel Robinson tallied for the visitors, while Maxwell Amoako produced the hosts’ lone goal. Follow Robbie on Twitter: @RobbieMeh. Support Soc Takes...
  • St. Joe Rivers Derby

    Gallery: South Bend Lions top reeling Fort Wayne FC in St. Joe Rivers Derby

    FORT WAYNE, Ind. — The South Bends Lions topped Fort Wayne FC 3-1 on Sunday afternoon in the inaugural St. Joe Rivers Derby, the newly formed rivalry between the regional foes. Fort Wayne remains in search of its first USL League Two win, while the Lions moved their record...
  • Toledo Villa FC

    Gallery: Fort Wayne FC falls to Toledo Villa FC in home debut

    FORT WAYNE, Ind. — Playing in its first-ever home match at Bishop Dwenger High School’s Shields Field, expansion side Fort Wayne FC fell to Toledo Villa FC 2-1 on Sunday afternoon in USL League Two play. Fort Wayne’s lone goal through Noe Garcia wasn’t enough to offset strikes by...
  • 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...
  • staff

    Indy Eleven, USL headquarters furlough additional front office staff

    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...
  • amateur soccer

    Soc Takes Pod Ep. 63: American amateur soccer rundown

    Soc Takes Pod co-hosts Colton Coreschi and John Lenard pick up where they left off in Episode 62, this time sizing up all the recent amateur soccer happenings stateside as well as the 2020 edition of the U.S. Open Cup. Support Soc Takes on Patreon for access to exclusive...
  • American soccer rundown

    Soc Takes Pod Ep. 62: American soccer roundup

    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...
  • Football Manager

    Download our Football Manager 4-tier U.S. pyramid with pro/rel

    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...