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North Carolina FC is shutting down. Or going on hiatus. Or entering suspended animation ahead of the United Soccer League's planned launch of a first division soccer league in 2028. Whatever the words, the effect is the same: An established American soccer club will stop playing matches with
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This is one of those weird weeks when a bunch of stuff in the personal life and a bigger helping of work (that I myself created) conspired to make it nearly impossible to do a fully fleshed out newsletter. But f**k it, let's see if I can
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It's October, and you know what that means. Falling leaves. Pumpkin spiced everything. My birthday. And a FIFA date featuring US men's national team games against Ecuador and Australia. It's questionable what we'll learn from the 180 minutes of soccer the American
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Hi! So I'm back. Apologies for the interruption in regular service here at Soccer Eagle—my trip and broadcast schedule in Albuquerque for last week's big Meow Wolf Night show for New Mexico United's annual collision of art and soccer prevented me from squeezing
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USMNT roster time is a truly special time in the world of American soccer. Nothing brings out the angst and self-loathing quite like the naming of fewer than two dozen players to represent our aspiring soccer nation, regardless of the stakes. It's probably more indicative of our
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Paxten Aaronson, a 21-year-old Philadelphia Union academy product who left the Union to join Eintracht Frankfurt after making just over 40 total appearances for the club, is coming back to MLS. Aaronson is joining the Colorado Rapids as a DP, leaving behind (for the moment) the dream of
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The upshot of all of this for me is that I'm having a blast. Yeah, that's mostly down to the fact that I get paid to talk about soccer on the radio and that's always easier (and more engaging) when there's interesting things happening.
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The word of the day is "pride". If you've been paying attention recently, you've probably heard this word a lot in the context of the state of the United States men's national team. After a face-plant-level failure at the Nations