March to the Match: Bethlehem Steel FC
WHO: Bethlehem Steel FC, 1-2-2, 5 points, 12th place Eastern Conference WHAT: A Louisville City home USL match! WHEN: Saturday, [...]
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Purple Press: Thursday, April 26, 2018
A couple personal notes (aren't they all?): First, today is my oldest son's eighth birthday, which is, like, wow. He's [...]
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04, 2018
Barrel Proof #153: Kevin Kernen
Louisville City's color commentator joins us this week to talk about the draw in Atlanta, the upcoming match against the [...]
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Purple Press: Wednesday, April 25, 2018
It's funny, soccer. We (ok, maybe just I) spend the entire offseason pining away for the on-season. Salivating over every [...]
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Purple Press: Tuesday, April 24, 2018
Remember all the hubbub about the election for president of US Soccer a couple months ago? About how the winner [...]
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Monday Morning Centerback: at A-T-L-U-T-D TWO
This is a game Louisville City should have won. They should have scored more than once. They should not have [...]
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March to the Match: at Atlanta United II
WHO: Atlanta United II, 1-0-2, 5 points, 9th place, Eastern Conference WHAT: A USL regular season match WHEN: Saturday, April [...]
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Purple Press: Thursday, April 19, 2018
Do y'all know about futsal? It's a very close cousin to soccer, but the rules are a little different. They [...]
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Purple Press: Wednesday, April 18, 2018
I've been trying to teach myself Spanish for two or three years now. I've eviscerated the Duolingo app, am scything [...]
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Barrel Proof #152: Scott Stewart!
Louisville City's Communications Director joins us this week to talk about games past and future, the best and worst Arsenal [...]
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Purple Press: Tuesday, April 17, 2018
It's tax day! Tax day is like Bizzarro Christmas. No day of the year is more dreaded, and everyone is [...]
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Monday Morning Centerback: Richmond Kickers
I didn't initially have a lot of deep thoughts about this match. It felt like shades of the Toronto FC [...]
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March to the Match: Richmond Kickers
WHO: Richmond Kickers, 1-2-1, 4 points, 11th place Eastern Conference WHAT: A USL home match WHEN: Saturday, April 14, 2018, [...]
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Purple Press: Thursday, April 12, 2018
For some reason, or more likely no reason at all, I get perturbed when fans of other teams criticize our [...]
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Possible Second Round US Open Cup opponents announced
US Soccer announced the pairings and host scenarios for the Second Round of the US Open Cup this afternoon. That's [...]
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Purple Press: Wednesday, April 11, 2018
USL, as part of their partnership with The Worldwide Leader in SportsTM, gets to pick certain games to push for [...]
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Barrel Proof #151: We forgot to talk about Ed Harris
No guest this week and Brian abandoned us. We talk about the gritty three points from FCC, the team's progress [...]
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Purple Press: Tuesday, April 10, 2018
I'm gonna spend one more day basking in the glow of three away points against Cincinnati before diving in to [...]
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Monday Morning Centerback: at Cincinnati (Part I)
As I mentioned yesterday, this wasn't exactly a well-played game of soccer, by either team. A look at some of [...]
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RECAP: Cincinnati 0-1 Louisville City
I hate doing these things shorthand but I was in a car for 14 hours yesterday and can't quite bring [...]
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March to the Match: at FC Cincinnati
WHO: Fútbol Club Cincinnati, which is located in Ohio, USA, and not a predominantly Spanish-speaking country or city. WHAT: Louisville [...]
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RECAP: Louisville City 1 – 0 Tampa Bay Rowdies
I'll be brief: I'm on Spring Break, and have only been able to half-watch the game because I'm in a [...]
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March to the Match: Tampa Bay Rowdies
WHO: Tampa Bay Rowdies, 2-0-0, 6 points, 2nd place, Eastern Conference WHAT: Louisville City's second try at its second USL [...]
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Purple Press: Thursday, March 29, 2018
For most Christians, this week is Holy Week, which celebrates Jesus's return to Jerusalem last Palm Sunday, kicks you in [...]
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Purple Press: Wednesday, March 28, 2018
When I was growing up in the 90's, 1960's music experienced a huge renaissance in the U.S. The Beatles, the [...]
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Barrel Proof #148: Brandon Morris!
Louisville City's Director of Operations Brandon Morris joins us this week to commiserate over the weekend's cancellation, talk about Murray [...]
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Purple Press: Tuesday, March 27, 2018
I try pretty hard to stay up on current events, which is somewhat counterproductive. First, reading various newspapers and other [...]
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Purple Press: Monday, March 26, 2018
Normally during the season, this space is reserved for a breakdown of Saturday's match. However, weather was a total jerk [...]
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March to the Match: North Carolina FC
WHO: North Carolina Railhawks Dead Whales FC, 0-1-0, 13th place, Eastern Conference WHAT: Another Louisville City home USL match! WHEN: [...]
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Purple Press: Thursday, March 22, 2018
I wonder a lot about how certain things were invented or conceived. Not technology - everyone knows nerds come up [...]
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Purple Press: Wednesday, March 21, 2018
I guess let's talk about the field at Slugger. Field. Slugger Field. It's not ideal, obviously, to play soccer in [...]
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Barrel Proof #147: Leigh Nieves!
Louisville City's own Leigh Nieves joins us this week to talk about her job, grass, and how awesome we are. [...]
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Purple Press: Tuesday, March 20, 2018
It's the first day of spring! Celebrate by wondering whether or not they'll close schools tomorrow because of the snow. [...]
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Monday Morning Centerback: Nashville SC
SO GLAD THE SEASON IS ON! The lack of things to write about was starting to wear me thin, y'all. [...]
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Better Late Than Never RECAP: Louisville City 2-0 Nashville SC
That was fun, y'all. Louisville City opened its championship defense campaign with a pretty convincing 2-0 victory over newcomers Nashville [...]
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March to the Match: Nashville SC
WHO: Nashville SC, inaugural season, inaugural match, inaugural loss WHAT: Louisville City's first match of the 2018 USL regular season! [...]
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Purple Press: Thursday, March 15, 2018
Beware the ides of March! William Shakespeare (not his real name) was a genius but I always thought that Old [...]
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Purple Press: Wednesday, March 14, 2018
I've been battling a cold (or something worse) since late last week. I'm one of those people that tries real, [...]
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Barrel Proof #146: New Season’s Eve!
It's the last episode before we have real games to talk about! Johnny Slape from Nashville SC's Speedway Soccer podcast [...]
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Purple Press: Tuesday, March 13, 2018
THE SOUR MASH SOCCER BASH APPROACHETH. And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, Slouches towards Bethlehem to [...]
