Purple Press: Thursday, February 14, 2019
Happy Valentine's Day! I sincerely hope your significant other enjoys the chocolates, flowers, wine, and/or dinner that you have or [...]
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02, 2019
Barrel Proof #185: Ken’s back!
Ken Luther joins us to talk about the new PR director at Louisville City, expectations for the club in an [...]
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02, 2019
Purple Press: Wednesday, February 13, 2019
A new country was born today! Send your cigars and balloons to the Republic of North Macedonia in Europe. It [...]
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02, 2019
Purple Press: Tuesday, February 12, 2019
There's basically nothing relevant to talk about, news-wise, today, or even link to. Lucky for you, that gives me the [...]
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02, 2019
Purple Press: Monday, February 11, 2019
Let's get this out of the way, first: Louisville City dropped its second preseason match on Saturday against Nashville 2-1. [...]
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02, 2019
NEW LOANEE ALERT: Ben Lundt!
Louisville City confirmed yesterday the season-long loan of goalkeeper Ben Lundt from the hated FC Cincinnati. Lundt, a recent graduate [...]
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02, 2019
Purple Press: Friday, February 8, 2019
We're creeping ever closer to the start of the actual season, y'all. Louisville City plays Nashville down in Bradenton tomorrow [...]
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02, 2019
Purple Press: Thursday, February 7, 2019
Louisville City played its first preseason friendly of 2019 yesterday against Orlando City. How did it go? I have no [...]
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02, 2019
Purple Press: Wednesday, February 6, 2019
Happy belated Chinese New Year! I like to talk about calendars and dates and ways we've historically measured time, and [...]
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02, 2019
Purple Press: Tuesday, February 5, 2019
Sorry I missed yesterday, y'all. I was so numb from the Super Bowl that by the time I remembered to [...]
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02, 2019
The Louisville Youth Soccer Paradox
Yesterday, lots of Louisville City fans got an email in their inbox announcing the schedule for the club's first ever [...]
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02, 2019
Purple Press: Friday, February 1, 2019
UNITED SOCCER LINKS: Seattle Sounders 2 is now Tacoma Defiance. See y'all never.In one of the more convoluted offseason transfers [...]
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01, 2019
Purple Press: Thursday, January 31, 2019
Leading off today's news is Tampa Bay Rowdies' announced partnership with Norwich City FC. I think this is a fascinating [...]
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01, 2019
Purple Press: Wednesday, January 30, 2019
The Polar Vortex is upon us! It's colder in North Dakota than it is in Antarctica! Never mind that it's [...]
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01, 2019
Barrel Proof #184: The Top 50
Phillip Durbin and Evan Floyd join us this week to talk at length about the Top 50 Louisville City players of [...]
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01, 2019
Purple Press: Tuesday, January 29, 2019
Y'all, I just realized the Super Bowl is this weekend. If you live in America, you're aware of the Super [...]
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01, 2019
NEW PLAYER ALERT: Speedy Williams!
Ok, so he's not new, but it sure feels that way. Louisville City announced the Jamaican international's return around lunchtime. [...]
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01, 2019
Purple Press: Monday, January 28, 2019
If you're a USMNT fan, you were probably pretty pleased with last night's sparsely attended friendly against Panama. As I [...]
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01, 2019
Purple Press: Friday, January 25, 2019
Lots to cover this morning, so straight to the links: Start your morning with this short film production by Louisville [...]
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01, 2019
Purple Press: Thursday, January 24, 2019
Today is the 1982nd anniversary of the death of Roman Emperor Caligula, but I'm sure you already knew that. Caligula [...]
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01, 2019
Purple Press: Wednesday, January 23, 2019
If you were watching this space for new Louisville City player news, keep watching, cuz it ain't here yet. The [...]
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01, 2019
Where do we go from here? Part II: The Club
By Andrew Oost Welcome to Part Two of ‘Where Do We Go From Here?’, one fan's retrospective, and prospective, musings [...]
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01, 2019
Purple Press: Friday, January 18, 2019
The only link worth paying attention to from yesterday is this one: USL all-time leading goalscorer Dane Kelly to Indy [...]
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01, 2019
Purple Press: Thursday, January 17, 2019
I'd mentioned in a tweet yesterday that I'd been doing some research into Senegal lately. The reason for that mainly [...]
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01, 2019
Barrel Proof #183: Exeunt Hiatus
We're back at Against the Grain after more than a month, and this week, we're joined by new Coopers president, [...]
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01, 2019
Purple Press: Wednesday, January 16, 2019
We podcasted last night so I'm out of pithy words to say about soccer today. I'm sure I'll be better [...]
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01, 2019
NEW PLAYER ALERT: Abdou Mbacke Thiam!
Just two days after the completion of the MLS SuperDraft, Louisville City announced the signing of Senegalese striker Abdou Mbacke [...]
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01, 2019
Purple Press: Tuesday, January 15, 2019
Unlike Don Garber, when Jake Edwards smiles it doesn't look like he hates it. As you may know, last weekend [...]
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01, 2019
Purple Press: Monday, January 14, 2019
I also wonder why "s"s used to look like "f"s Another weekend, and again not much in the news about [...]
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01, 2019
Purple Press: Friday, January 11, 2019
I'm watching My Cousin Vinny right now as I type this. Movies about lawyers are generally boring, but this one, which is [...]
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01, 2019
We have a preseason schedule!
Remember paper calendars? I just got a club press release firming up Louisville City's preseason schedule! This is fun! LET'S [...]
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01, 2019
Purple Press: Thursday, January 10, 2019
Winter is back, back again. I don't generally do New Year's resolutions, but I do change workouts every ten or [...]
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01, 2019
Purple Press: Wednesday, January 9, 2019
Apropos of nothing. I try to ignore most things MLS these days, mostly because a good chunk of the conversation [...]
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01, 2019
Purple Press: Tuesday, January 8, 2019
I'm writing this at halftime of the College Football "Championship" instead of watching Imagine Dragons, every college football fan's favorite [...]
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01, 2019
Purple Press: Monday, January 7, 2019
Happy New Year! Sorry about the radio silence last week. Nobody's on the internet around New Year's Eve and Day, [...]
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Purple Press: Friday, December 28, 2018
Wanna get some Qdoba later? We remain in the mostly-dead period in USL-land between Christmas and the New Year. Knowing [...]
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12, 2018
Purple Press: Thursday, December 27, 2018
Thankfully, there isn't a lot going on this week in the USL Championship, the Pinnacle of CompetitionTM. However, I am [...]
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12, 2018
Purple Press: Wednesday, December 26, 2018
Look what I got you for Christmas It's Boxing Day! Hope y'all had a Merry Christmas if that's your bag. [...]
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12, 2018
Purple Press: Monday, December 24, 2018
It's Christmas Eve! Thanks to family dynamics, my nuclear unit has already had two Christmases. I have gained twenty pounds [...]
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12, 2018
Purple Press: Friday, December 21, 2018
Sometimes I forget simple facts that just about everyone who's had much schooling at all on planet earth knows. I [...]
