Monday Morning Centerback: Eastern Conference Final
Filed with literally one minute left in Monday morning... You know, people can bash playoffs in soccer all they want. [...]
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11, 2018
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11, 2018
Red Bulls 2 Run Into the MONSTER – Subsequently Slip and Fall: City Champs in East, Now Thru’ to USL Final
LOUISVILLE CITY FC 5 NEW YORK RED BULLS ll 1 ——————————————————— On a wild night at Slugger Field, rife with [...]
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11, 2018
Dear Louisville
You are unique among American cities in that you are in a constant self-imposed state of juxtaposition. You are, arguably, [...]
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11, 2018
March to the Eastern Conference Final: New York Red Bulls II
WHO: New York Red Bulls II, 5th seed, Eastern Conference WHAT: The USL Cup Eastern Conference Final WHEN: Friday, November [...]
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11, 2018
Purple Press: Thursday, November 1, 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIbXvaE39wM The 90's were a weird bad and yet fun time. One more day, y'all. Obvs I'm gonna write [...]
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10, 2018
Purple Press: Wednesday, October 31, 2018
Happy Halloween again! I'll spare you another deep dive into the history of Christian appropriation of traditional European holidays today, [...]
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10, 2018
Barrel Proof #178: That Boy Really Is Good
Disclaimer: Not everyone in Cincinnati is racist. It's a reunion Barrel Proof, as Joe Kelly aka @ThatBoysGood aka RC plane [...]
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10, 2018
Purple Press: Tuesday, October 30, 2018
Happy trick-or-treat night! Sure, Halloween's actually tomorrow, but since Wednesday's forecast calls for the second coming of the Diluvian Period, [...]
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10, 2018
No Rust on Them as Purples Polish Off Pennsylvanian Steel Foes: Await NYRB ll in Conf. Final
LOUISVILLE CITY FC 2, BETHLEHEM STEEL FC 0 _________________________________________ If you were John Hackworth and there were any USL coach [...]
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10, 2018
Monday Morning Playoffs Centerback: Bethlehem Steel
That was fun, wasn't it? Clearly, Brian Ownby saved all his goalscoring for knockout games only in 2018. Next time [...]
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10, 2018
March to the Playoff Match: Bethlehem Steel
WHO: Bethlehem Steel WHAT: A USL Cup Conference Semifinal WHEN: Saturday, October 27, 2018, 7:30 p.m. WHERE: Louisville Slugger Field, [...]
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10, 2018
Purple Press: Thursday, October 25, 2018
I don't have much to ramble about right now. Unfortunately for me, the most exciting time of the USL season [...]
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10, 2018
Barrel Proof #177: Danny Cruz!
Louisville City's newest assistant coach joins us this week to break down the win over Indy Eleven and the next [...]
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10, 2018
Purple Press: Tuesday, October 23, 2018
I was listening to John Hackworth's coach's show on my way to work this morning and noted that he took [...]
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10, 2018
Ill Wind, Illić & Irish Instinct Blow Indy Out of Town: City Advances to 2nd Round
LOUISVILLE CITY FC 4 INDY ELEVEN 1 ——————————————— Bringing their regular season form in with them, the Louisville City ‘Boys [...]
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10, 2018
Ill Wind, Illić & Irish Instinct Blow Indy Out of Town: City Advances to 2nd Round
LOUISVILLE CITY FC 4 INDY ELEVEN 1 ——————————————— Bringing their regular season form in with them, the Louisville City ‘Boys [...]
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10, 2018
Monday Morning Centerback: Indy Eleven, Part IV
This game represents the difference between a match where a team executes and one where that same team doesn't. Very [...]
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10, 2018
March to the Postseason Match: Indy Eleven, Part IV
WHO: Indy Eleven, 7 seed, Eastern Conference WHAT: A first-round USL Cup Playoff match WHEN: Saturday, October 20, 2018, 7:30 [...]
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10, 2018
Purple Press: Thursday, October 18, 2018
Yesterday I said it was October 18, too. But really, it was October 17. Today is October 18. OR IS [...]
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10, 2018
Purple Press: Wednesday, October 17, 2018
Some of y'all might have kids, some of y'all don't. I do, which means I spend a lot of time [...]
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10, 2018
Barrel Proof #176: MOAR LIPAFC
This week we talk about LIPAFCs past and future, other USL Playoff matchups, answer your #AskBarrelProof questions, and offer an [...]
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10, 2018
Purple Press: October 16, 2018
IT'S PLAYOFFS SEASON! You know that because it went from pretty dang hot to cold and kinda miserable over the [...]
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10, 2018
Louisville Incorporates Progressive Attitude in Final Contest: LIPAFC
LOUISVILLE CITY FC 1, INDY ELEVEN 0 ——————————————————— The arguable penalty goal that separated the teams on the scoreboard was [...]
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10, 2018
Monday Morning Centerback: Indy Eleven (again)
It's pretty incredible how well Indy match up against Morados. Three games, a win apiece and a draw. Both wins [...]
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10, 2018
March to the Match: Indy Eleven, once again
WHO: Indianapolis Eleven, 13-10-10, 49 points, 5th place Eastern Conference WHAT: The third regular season installment of the Louisville-Indianapolis Proximity [...]
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10, 2018
Boys In Purple “Pink Up” To Sink Dead Whales: Secure 2nd Place In USL Group ‘A’
LOUISVILLE CITY FC 2, NORTH CAROLINA FC 1 ——————————————————— Regular goalkeeper Greg Ranjitsingh returned from injury, Paolo Del Piccolo was [...]
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10, 2018
Boys In Purple “Pink Up” To Sink Dead Whales: Secure 2nd Place In USL Group ‘A’
LOUISVILLE CITY FC 2, NORTH CAROLINA FC 1 ——————————————————— Regular goalkeeper Greg Ranjitsingh returned from injury, Paolo Del Piccolo was [...]
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10, 2018
Thursday Morning Centerback: TFCII and North Carolina, bka The Cancellation Gauntlet
Two more games, six more points from Los Morados. I'd have done a MMCB earlier in the week but I [...]
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10, 2018
Barrel Proof #175: A Good Day for AbTuesday
City vanquished Torontwo and exorcised NCFC, and so we’re gonna talk about it. Now for pie: pecan pie is one [...]
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10, 2018
Two More Goals Two Too Many For Tworonto: Lou City And Lancaster Live Large At Lamport
TORONTO FC ll 1, LOUISVILLE CITY FC 3 ——————————————————— ... We forward in this generation Triumphantly Won't you help to [...]
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10, 2018
March to the Match: at Tworonto
WHO: Toronto FC II, 4-4-23, 16 points, 16th place Eastern Conference, already eliminated from the playoffs WHAT: REVENGE. WHEN: Friday, [...]
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10, 2018
Barrel Proof #174: José Carranza!
The new-ish Louisville City midfielder joins us for this episode to talk the Atlanta game, his USYNT experience, TFCII, and [...]
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10, 2018
Purple Press: Tuesday, October 2, 2018
It's October. Not Oktober, which is generally celebrated in September, but October, named after the number eight, even though it's [...]
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10, 2018
Monday Morning Centerback: at ATLUTD2 2
Morados picked up a 1-4 away win on Saturday near Atlanta, GA, clinched at least one home playoff game, and [...]
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10, 2018
Purdy Purples Turn ATL UTD 2 Red, Black And Blue
ATLANTA UNITED II 1, LOUISVILLE CITY FC 4 ———————————————————- A 3 goal 1st half outburst followed by a less prolific [...]
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09, 2018
March to the Match: at A T L U T D 2…2
WHO: Atlanta United 2, 5-8-16, 23 points, 14th place Eastern Conference WHAT: A USL match WHEN: Saturday, September 29, 2018, [...]
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09, 2018
NEW DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS ALERT: Andrew DiLallo
It's been a busy day in the front office at Louisville City! First Danny Cruz, then, buried in the press [...]
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09, 2018
NEW ASSISTANT COACH ALERT: Danny Cruz!
He's no Ernesto de la Cruz, but he'll do in a pinch. As the dean of American soccer journalism Steven [...]
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09, 2018
Purple Press: Thursday, September 27, 2018
I'm running out of things to pontificate on this week, so dig into these links instead: Ottawa's Kevin Oliveira and [...]
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09, 2018
Barrel Proof #173: The Episode that Should Not Be
I have no idea why this episode is named as it is. I wasn’t there. Does anyone read these things, [...]
