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The National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) is proud to announce that Las Vegas Legends FC (Las Vegas, NV) has joined the league as an expansion team. The club will begin competition in the West Region’s Southwest Conference in 2020. “We are
A goal in the 89th minute (88:50) from Zach Ryan lifted third-ranked Stanford to a 2-1 men’s soccer victory over No. 2 Akron before 3,617 fans at FirstEnergy Stadium on Monday evening, September 2nd. The tally spoiled a highly-competitive contest between
If you told TJ Herbert, producer of The Bromley Boys, that “his baby” of the better part of seven years would be having its world premiere at Wembley Stadium, what would he have said? “Come on.” Yet last May, that’s what
Columbus Crew SC got a much-needed victory over FC Cincinnati as they defeated them 3-1 at Nippert Stadium. Columbus and Cincinnati both came into the second match of their rivalry dubbed “Hell is Real” wanting to take away a much-needed victory.
A 90th-minute penalty kick from sophomore Colin Biros (Massillon, Ohio) propelled the third-rated University of Akron men’s soccer team to a 3-2 exhibition victory past No. 16 Michigan on Friday, Aug. 23, at FirstEnergy Stadium. Despite the final-minute heroics, the Zips were bested in shots
Toronto FC stole a point late from Columbus at MAPFRE Stadium as Jozy Altidore capitalized on a point-blank header in the 90th minute. Columbus went with a 4-2-3-1 formation while Toronto went with
University of Akron men’s soccer freshman Mani Austmann (Reykjavik, Iceland) netted what proved to be the game-winning tally in the 38th minute (37:13) to propel the Zips to a 1-0 exhibition victory past Evansville on Sunday at FirstEnergy Stadium. The goal was set
AROUND OHIO
Just five minutes into Columbus Crew SC’s scrimmage with the Seattle Sounders on Feb. 4, Canton, Ohio native Colin Biros received a cross and put the ball into the net. That doesn’t happen often for a high school senior. Photo Credit Carlos Mojica/Columbus Crew SC “I was overcome with joy,” Biros said. “As you could probably see, with my celebration. It was a sigh of relief, almost. I knew that I can do it, it is possible, I am good enough
Columbus Crew SC Sporting Director and Head Coach Gregg Berhalter addressed the media Wednesday ahead of his team’s upcoming final preseason leg, the Carolina Challenge Cup. The South Carolina trip will include matchups with Atlanta United FC and Minnesota United FC of Major League Soccer as well as the Charleston Battery of the United Soccer League. The games, which will kick off on Saturday, Feb. 17, will test a tweaked Black & Gold team coming off a MLS Cup semifinal last
NPSL
By Jason Mack/Laredo Heat SC Laredo Heat SC defender Esteban “Wiki” Hernandez and midfielder Adrian Yepez worked their way up from the club to collegiate level alongside head coach John Powell, so it was a natural progression when he invited them to join him for the NPSL season. “When I first started working with them in 2013, I knew they were special,” Powell said. “I knew they were not only fantastic people but really special players.
After racking up eight goals in two games last week, the Laredo Heat SC took a different approach Wednesday at the TAMIU Soccer Complex posting their third clean sheet of the season in a 1-0 victory over the Katy 1895 FC. “It was a real scrappy game,” Laredo Heat SC head coach John Powell said. “We fancy ourselves as a team that is going to play attractive football, move the ball extremely well and break teams down
ENGLAND
The Didi Man: My Love Affair with Liverpool by Dietmar Hamann is a candid look into the game of English football and more importantly, the greatness of the Liverpool experience. Hamann is a great storyteller, someone that recalls the greatest moments and players of the Modern Era. It is truly a LFC love affair with an unlikely main character, a German National Teamer that helped bring hardware home to one of England’s most storied teams. You get an insider’s look into
Thank you to J.P. Terrasi for contributing to this report. The 2013 IMG World Congress of Sports presented by SportsBusiness Daily/Global/Journal saw the leaders in the world of sports come together in Naples, Florida to share their expertise and experiences with attendees. Some of the biggest names and brands in sports were at the event. Obviously soccer is always on our mind and apparently that was also the case for the organizers as the beautiful game was widely represented. “Examining the New Wave
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