Purple Press: Thursday, May 23, 2019
This coming weekend is Memorial Day weekend, in addition to also being the much better-known "Louisville City visits Bethlehem/Chester Steel" [...]
This coming weekend is Memorial Day weekend, in addition to also being the much better-known "Louisville City visits Bethlehem/Chester Steel" [...]
First and foremost: Yay, LouCity won their Open Cup match last night against Reading! Not gonna do a complete breakdown [...]
Today is my wife's birthday! She's 29. In other, less important news that I haven't discussed in pixels or .mp3 [...]
It's a little weird not to be writing a March to the Match for today, but we'll obviously have one [...]
It's Derby season! I mean, it's been Derby season for more than a week now, but still! Even if you [...]
I love spring. It's green, it's comfortable to be outside again, it's also several other pretty colors, and the sun [...]
It's Tax Day. The most dreaded day of the year. Belt tightening due to under-budgeting for taxes is especially sucky [...]
As I've mentioned before, getting back from Spring Break for me generally includes a tinge of regret for having gone [...]
Well, folks, the first month of the 2019 USL Championship season is in the books. I'd hoped Louisville City's stunted [...]
SPRANG BRAKE is coming your way if you happen to have kids or are married or otherwise involved with someone [...]
First, check out this kick-ass video from Dan Klapheke from the home opener last Saturday: https://twitter.com/danielklapheke/status/1110266770881957888?s=21 Awesome! Here's hoping we [...]
The season truly is in full swing now. We've got controversies over whether Nashville knows what a tifo is, and [...]
It's finally spring! Sun! Rain! Flowers! Mud! Snow! Otherwise wildly unpredictable weather patterns! Beats the hell out of winter, anyway. [...]
Alright, y'all. Saturday is the day. The first home match of the season. The opponent (at the moment) is irrelevant. [...]
Lots has been happening recently in the local and national soccer universes, none of which I really wanted to spend [...]
There are debates in lots of sports about the "right way" to play whatever game it is. The core of [...]
Okay. Onward and hopefully upward. Putting Saturday's debacle behind us, let's take a look at what else is going on [...]
Yesterday was Louisville City Media Day. One of the more unexpected announcements was that LouCity is fielding a Power Soccer [...]
USL, now flush with cash thanks to its luminary Preferred Sponsor program, has been stocking its league offices with administrative [...]
It's finally official: after what seems like at least a month of being on trial with Louisville City, former UofL [...]
Four more days, y'all. I haven't written anything about the Friend-des-Lys on Saturday, partially because it's a friendly and we [...]
This is it. It's the start of Week 1. We're playing a real opponent with real refs, real league-approved balls, [...]
It's the last day of February, which means March, Mardi Gras, St. Patrick's Day, spring, a big college basketball tournament, [...]
While we were recording Barrel Proof last night, Matt Owens caught me off-guard with some presidential history/trivia that I wasn't [...]
There's a lot going on this week as we ramp up to the regular season, so let's get right to [...]
Louisville City drew 1-1 with Kentucky in their penultimate preseason friendly yesterday in Lexington. The same starting XI we've seen [...]
I've got some interesting stuff to drop on y'all Monday, maybe, but for now I'll spare you from my standard [...]
In case you missed it, Louisville City played a TOP SECRET preseason friendly against Memphis 901 yesterday. The match took [...]
Many of us in the Louisville soccer community have been clamoring for more playing opportunities for kids in south and [...]
Today's date in the American numerical calendar is 02192019. In the "everywhere else that uses CE dating" calendar, it's 19022019, [...]
The season's so close we can almost taste it. The squad is back home from Florida with three preseason matches [...]
Louisville City won its preseason friendly yesterday against New England Revolution 3-1 behind goals from Speedy Williams, Niall McCabe, and [...]
Happy Valentine's Day! I sincerely hope your significant other enjoys the chocolates, flowers, wine, and/or dinner that you have or [...]
A new country was born today! Send your cigars and balloons to the Republic of North Macedonia in Europe. It [...]
There's basically nothing relevant to talk about, news-wise, today, or even link to. Lucky for you, that gives me the [...]
Let's get this out of the way, first: Louisville City dropped its second preseason match on Saturday against Nashville 2-1. [...]
Louisville City confirmed yesterday the season-long loan of goalkeeper Ben Lundt from the hated FC Cincinnati. Lundt, a recent graduate [...]
We're creeping ever closer to the start of the actual season, y'all. Louisville City plays Nashville down in Bradenton tomorrow [...]
Louisville City played its first preseason friendly of 2019 yesterday against Orlando City. How did it go? I have no [...]
Happy belated Chinese New Year! I like to talk about calendars and dates and ways we've historically measured time, and [...]