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Q&A with Charleston Battery’s Odisnel Cooper
Photo Credit: Ross Almers Odisnel Cooper is widely known as one of the elite goalkeepers in the USL, including being a 2015 Goalkeeper of the Year finalist. This season he has split time with Atlanta...
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Louisville City Stumbles Against FC Cincinnati
Photo Credit: Em Dash Photography FC Cincinnati hosted Louisville City FC on Saturday in the third and final 2016 regular season installment of the River Cities Cup. With the New York Red Bulls II...
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Proposed 2017 USL Competition Structure
USL will hold its annual summer meetings on Thursday, July 28 in conjunction with the MLS All-Star game in San Jose. The convocation of team officials and USL executives provides a forum for assorted...
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Investors Back Away from NASL in SoCal
Since its reincarnation at the beginning of the decade, the NASL has striven to achieve recognition alongside MLS in the top flight of American soccer. The NASL has asserted that the United States...
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Charleston Rallies to Grab Point at Cincinnati
Photo Credit: Joe Craven The Charleston Battery came to Nippert Stadium on Saturday night hoping to leap over FC Cincinnati to third place in the USL Eastern Conference standings. After a scoreless...
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Aztex & Hammerheads Out for 2017 USL Season
When the 2017 USL Competition Proposal became public, Scratching the Pitch extrapolated what that might look like in terms of team composition and conference alignment. Some reports that have emerged...
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USL Discipline Report: Week 19
USL News Release, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016 TAMPA, Fla. – The following is the USL’s discipline report for Week 19 of the 2016 season: Eleven players, a head coach and two assistant coaches have been...
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AFC Cleveland Earns NPSL Championship over Sonoma County Sol FC
AFC Cleveland hosted Sonoma County Sol FC in the 2016 NPSL Final at Alumni Field in Independence, Ohio on Saturday evening. The match was well-contested by the two teams and left a sizable crowd...
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USL Discipline Report: Week 20
USL News Release, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016 TAMPA, Fla. – The following is the USL’s discipline report for Week 20 of the 2016 season: Fifteen players and an assistant coach have been suspended and fined...
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Richmond Kickers & FC Cincinnati to Finish Season Series
The Richmond Kickers host FC Cincinnati at City Stadium at 7:00 PM EST on Saturday. It is the biggest game in the USL Eastern Conference this weekend. FC Cincinnati enters the weekend in third place...
View ArticleRichmond Kickers and FC Cincinnati Play to Stalemate
Third place in the USL Eastern Conference was on the line on Saturday night when the Richmond Kickers hosted FC Cincinnati at City Stadium. A second half goal by Sunny Jane looked to be enough to push...
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USL Expansion Fees Trending Up
The cost of entering the professional ranks of soccer in the United States is on the rise. Recent reports suggest that expansion fees for new MLS franchises could balloon to a staggering $200 million....
View ArticleNo Home Playoff Conflicts at Nippert for FC Cincinnati
As the inaugural season for FC Cincinnati draws toward the home stretch, the USL expansion side has a reasonable chance to host a playoff game at Nippert Stadium. The Orange & Blue sit in third...
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FC Cincinnati on the Mark Versus Saint Louis FC
FC Cincinnati hosted Saint Louis FC in an inter-conference match at Nippert Stadium on Monday afternoon with playoff implications for both teams. Saint Louis hoped to play its way back into the USL...
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DC United Should Consider All Options for Potential USL Team
The MLS’s DC United have had a formal affiliation with the Richmond Kickers since 2013, allowing some of its players to gain professional playing experience in the USL. The current agreement is slated...
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Total Attendance Only Part of Top USL Story
During the final days of 2016, the USL published a series of posts on its site to revisit the top stories of the year from around the league. With many narratives worthy of the spotlight, the USL...
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USL Announces 2017 Conference Alignment
A sign that the dust is beginning to settle after USSF elected to provisionally sanction the USL as a D2 professional league in 2017 is the official announcement of the USL conference alignment for the...
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Dayton Dynamo FC Sign Pinto
Dayton Dynamo FC has announced its first signing of a new player for the 2017 NPSL season. Paulo Pinto, a goalkeeper hailing from Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil, becomes the first addition to the roster...
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2017 MLS SuperDraft Should Provide Talent for USL
MLS conducted the first two rounds of its 2017 SuperDraft in Los Angeles on Friday, and the final two rounds will take place via teleconference on Tuesday. This means soccer fans across North America...
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Two Additions to Dynamo FC Roster
Eric Hutton Re-Signs with Dynamo FC A pair of sophomores from universities in Ohio will be joining Dayton Dynamo FC for the 2017 NPSL season according to press releases from the club. Defender Eric...
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