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Off-Season Speculation: Division 2 Hullabaloo
Over the weekend Reckless Challenge broke the story that the USL PRO is looking to apply for Division 2 status with the USSF in 2017. The story sure sent a shock wave across online soccer communities. With the ever increasing MLS influence, USL PRO becoming a Division 2 league has been something people liked to speculate about for a while now. To see it in an actual scoop caught a lot of folks by surprise. For those of you knew to following lower division soccer, the USL used to encompass
Read moreAnnouncing the 2015 AGM
Get out your calendars, iPads, Google Calendar, or whatever you kids use to mark down future events. The 2015 Steel Army Annual General Meeting is set. 2015 Steel Army AGM Sunday, February 22 3PM Highmark Stadium For the uninformed, the AGM is our big meeting prior to the season where the Army gets together to discuss the upcoming season, ways to improve from last year, officially kick-off the 2015 membership run, and vote on open board positions for the next year. That and catch-up with everyone you haven’t seen since
Read moreHoliday Party is Tonight
In case you haven’t heard, we’ve got a party tonight. In addition to all the awesome stuff listed on the flyer, we’ll also have some Army-specific things taking place. – This will be this first opportunity to purchase your 2015 Army membership in person. The swag won’t be available until the Annual General Meeting (AGM) but we are encouraging everyone who knows they are definitely going to be joining the Army for next season to sign-up early. The more memberships we have this month, the better we will be able
Read moreOff-season Speculation: There Goes the Neighborhood
While we continue to wait for any sort of news out of the Riverhounds let’s take a look at some happenings with our neighbors. While most of the pomp and circumstance surrounding USL PRO going into 2015 has been focused Westward, and with MLS 2 teams, changes to Dayton and Harrisburg could and will shake up the future “Eastern conference”. Dayton Oh Dayton, we hardly knew thee. The worst team last season with some of the lowest attendance numbers in the league has decided to pull a Charlotte and self
Read moreMeet the New Teams: Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC
With USLPro expanding from 14 to, at least, 22 teams and two other franchises relocating and starting new identities, we figured we could kill some of the off-season boredom by letting you get to know the new competition. “Meet the New Teams” will run, roughly, every other week leading up to March 2015. Name: Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC City: Colorado Springs, CO Home Field: Sand Creek Stadium Previous Leagues (if any): None Supporters’ Group: COS Colonials… maybe? I kinda wish I wasn’t so internally committed to doing these previews
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