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Author: Matthew Bird
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15 minutes with…. Mats Bjurman
Despite being born in Evansville Indiana, Mats is every bit the California kid. He grew up in Orange County ever since he could remember, going through the Irvine Public Schools at Deerfield Elementary and Irvine High School, then onto UC Irvine. His mom works for the local electric company (Southern California Edison) and his father is…
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15 Minutes with…. Dragan Stojkov
Dragan is a quiet guy, understated, and doesn’t seem to want to be a bother to anyone. I am not sure how he takes me at first, so I simply ask to start at the beginning. Gently and slowly he opens up. He begins to smile when he talks about his upbringing in Macedonia to parents…
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Preseason
Well it was a slow start, somewhat to be expected, as this team takes time to gel. However the win against Swope last Saturday put a lot of anxiety to rest. The anxiety was well deserved too: the games against DC United and Orlando weren’t great albeit up against supposed superior opposition. However, the lack…
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The Offseason
Oh hello….. been awhile eh? The off season sucks. Just kicking around waiting for the schedule to come out. I’ve not penned anything for the Louligans website in an awful long time. There has been plenty to write about, Foundry and MLS2STL for a start, but the politics and nonsense of it all really began…
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Preki returns to Saint Louis
After 91 games and 113 goals for the St Louis Storm, Predrag Radosavljevic, otherwise known as Preki has once again decided to make Saint Louis his home, becoming the third coach of Saint Louis FC replacing interim coach Tim Leonard. This will be Preki’s second stint in charge of a United Soccer League club after…
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Season Review 2016
If you’d have told me, back in March, that I’d be writing the season review when other teams are still playing I’d have looked at you funny. That is just how much confidence I had in this squad. It’s not bluster either, just ask Karrakers, Limestall, McCue, Corbitt and the other waifs and strays who…
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Criticism and the lack thereof
It comes from the top. It comes from Don Garber. “I do not only ask, I insist that all those people paid to work in the sport, whether that’s an MLS employee, an MLS coach or whether it’s a coach for the National team, they align with the vision that has been established by the…
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Dale Schilly
Dale Schilly was relieved of his duties this morning. Our coach. We should all have mixed emotions. Whilst I myself recognize the necessity of this move, even called for it more and more vociferously in the past weeks. This morning leaves me in a sense of melancholy. I know Dale, as many of us do.…
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USL July Goal of the Month
TAMPA, FL. – USL offices released the results of the recent July goal of the month in which Sean Okoli won the prestigious accolade for his penalty against Rochester Rhinos early in July. Amazingly, all 18,432 votes for the penalty strike came from the greater Cincinnati area for the online public ballot. “This extends our…
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Ketchup on a Steak
This guy eh? First of all, let’s end this right here right now, there is more to American soccer, than MLS. Even so, MLS loves supporters groups because they market the hell out of them. League rules aside, Essentially there is no difference between an MLS supporters group and USL or NPSL. To try to…