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#UNLEASH the Links – 4/30/14
By @SAdyson It’s beginning to look more and more likely that the Seattle Sounders will be establishing their own USL PRO franchise for the 2015 season. Sacramento continues to slob its own knob regarding the record-breaking attendance at their home opener. Brotherly Game identifies several former USL PRO players who are finding success on new teams. Although unaffiliated, the Chicago Fire have loaned forward Guiseppe Gentile to the Charlotte Eagles. Former Riverhound Neil Shaffer has found himself employed by cross-state rivals Harrisburg. Matt Grubba from the Trib examines the lack
Read moreUSL Recap Week 6: The Expansion Teams have Big Openers
Join us every Monday through out the season as we post a small recap of the past week’s USL action. It’s was a jammed pack week of matches to finish out the month of April. We also had the (I think) final three home openers pulling in big crowds. Rochester Rhinos: 2 Chicago Fire Reserves: 0 Box Score | Replay Rochester Picks up their first win of the season. It ended up being a very good week for Rochester Curiously the Chicago Fire Reserves voluntarily played a man down
Read moreRECAP: Bottom of the Table, Hounds Draw 0-0
By @SAdyson “This is the first full 90 minutes that we’ve put together…” -Evans That statement could not be truer. Given that this team made several big signings in the fall and winter — and the extra time that the team had during the preseason to develop team chemistry — it is extremely disheartening to see the Hounds sitting not-so-pretty at the bottom of the USL PRO table. Things are brutal for the Hounds on the attack at the moment. Not having Angulo and Collins is really setting the team
Read moreGameday 5: Charleston Battery vs. Pittsburgh Riverhounds
6 PM – Highmark Stadium Purchase Tickets Game officials, as assigned by PRO REFEREE: Mr. Charles Murphy AR1: Mr. Erik Blackburn AR2: Mr. Lucas Feathers 4TH: Mr. Sean Regan Two teams with a combined zero wins. That’s the reality of this contest, today. Pittsburgh has been losing their leads, while the Battery come back from deficits. Beyond anything else that could be written about tonight, it’s that both teams are desperate to capture three points and pull themselves out of the early-season rut were both teams are currently reside. One
Read more2014 US Open Cup Format / Schedule Announced
US Soccer has finally announced the format for this year’s Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. The tournament will feature 80 teams up from 68 last year. The additional teams and scheduling issues surrounding that probably lead to the delay in the announcement. You can read all about it here. The big change for this year is the tournament is more spread out giving teams a chance to rest and recuperate between rounds. This is a welcome change as the Hounds would often find themselves playing four games in the span
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