Purple Press: Thursday, May 17, 2018
First: Louisville City 5, Long Island Rough Riders 0. I wasn't able to watch the game live, but I did [...]
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05, 2018
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05, 2018
March to the U.S. Open Cup Match: Long Island Rough Riders
WHO: Long Island Rough Riders WHAT: A Second Round U.S. Open Cup match WHEN: TODAY, JUNIOR. 7:00 p.m. WHERE: Lynn [...]
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05, 2018
Barrel Proof #156: A Patchwork Purple
We recap the loss to Nashville, preview the Open Cup match against Long Island Rough Riders and the league match [...]
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05, 2018
Purple Press: Tuesday, May 15, 2018
Holy crap it's already May 15. It's funny how time works the older you get. I was taking my kids [...]
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05, 2018
Monday Morning Centerback: at Nashville
That sucked. Thanks to Charlotte, Louisville City had what looked to be a good chance to climb back to the [...]
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05, 2018
March to the Match: at Nashville SC
WHO: Nashville SC, 2-3-2, 9 points, 9th place Eastern Conference WHAT: A USL regular season match WHEN: Sunday, Mothers Day, [...]
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05, 2018
Purple Press: Thursday, May 10, 2018
There's actual good soccer content that's worth reading in the links today, so I won't bore you with something that [...]
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05, 2018
Purple Press: Wednesday, May 9, 2018
Do y'all remember DuckTales? It was a Disney cartoon featuring Scrooge McDuck and his extended family that was on WDRB [...]
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05, 2018
Barrel Proof #155: Take me out to the horse game
Indy review, Nashville preview (featuring Johnny Slape!), and other shenanigans this week. Listen up!
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05, 2018
Purple Press: Tuesday, May 8, 2018
I often think about starting my own soccer team or club. Not a pro team, I've had enough of that. [...]
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05, 2018
Monday Morning Centerback: at Indy Eleven
This was an aesthetically ugly game. Neither team played particularly well. I'd say Louisville City turned in the worst performance [...]
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05, 2018
March to the Match: Indianapolis Eleven
WHO: Indy Eleven, 3W-1D-2L, 10 points, 7th place, Eastern Conference. Coulda been 11 or 13 points, but nooooooo, they had [...]
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05, 2018
Purple Press: Thursday, May 3, 2018
Happy Thurby! Sorry about no Purple Press yesterday. I couldn't come up with anything to rail on about. There wasn't [...]
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05, 2018
Barrel Proof #154: Andrew Johnson!
Andrew Johnson isn’t actually our guest because he’s dead and has been for quite some time. Joe Vala and Matt [...]
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05, 2018
Purple Press: Tuesday, May 1, 2018
So I totally forgot about April Fools Day this year. I usually do something fun, but I think I was [...]
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04, 2018
Monday Morning Centerback: Bethlehem Steel
I don't have a whole lot of insight to offer into this game, other than you can more or less [...]
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04, 2018
RECAP: Louisville City 3-1 Bethlehem Steel
Three early goals sealed the deal in last night's affair at Slugger Field. Cameron Lancaster found the net twice in [...]
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04, 2018
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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04, 2018
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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04, 2018
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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04, 2018
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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04, 2018
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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04, 2018
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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04, 2018
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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04, 2018
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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04, 2018
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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04, 2018
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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04, 2018
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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04, 2018
RECAP: Louisville City 2-1 Richmond Kickers
The Richmond Kickers came to Louisville never having taken a point from Slugger Field - and for a good part [...]
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04, 2018
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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04, 2018
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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04, 2018
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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04, 2018
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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04, 2018
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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04, 2018
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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04, 2018
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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04, 2018
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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04, 2018
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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04, 2018
Evolution of the Dirty River Derby: 2018 Edition
When I penned The Evolution of the Dirty River Derby in July of 2017, there was already quite a bit of fuel [...]
