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@NJEMurray
Nicholas Murray
4 years
This is, by my reckoning, going to be the weirdest goal of the season. And it might keep @hfdathletic in with a chance at first place in Group F. #PHIvHFD
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Nicholas Murray
5 years
Just stop what you're doing and watch this. #NMvPHX #UpRising #BeChampions
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Nicholas Murray
4 years
Saalih Muhammed, whaaaaat? @NewMexicoUTD midfielder cracks it perfectly on the volley to put the visitors ahead. #COSvNM #BeChampions
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Nicholas Murray
5 years
17-year-old @LAGalaxy Homegrown Cameron Dunbar with a very impressive introduction to the pro ranks with #LosDos . #RGVvLA #LAGalaxy
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Nicholas Murray
3 years
Turns out he was trying to track down where Weston had gone.
@usmntonly
USMNT Only
3 years
🚨 GREGG BERHALTER IS ON A PREGAME JOG THROUGH DOWNTOWN NASHVILLE BEFORE USA-CANADA YOU CANT MAKE THIS UP WHAT A DAMN LEGEND 🚨 (via liamarmstrong33/Instagram)
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Nicholas Murray
3 years
@paulapoundstone The fish-slapping will continue until morale improves.
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Nicholas Murray
5 years
A goal down in stoppage time, a goal up four minutes into extra time. Magnus Rasmussen's 16th goal of the season has @loucityfc ahead -> #INDvLOU #BeChamp19ns
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Nicholas Murray
3 years
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Nicholas Murray
7 years
Official attendance for the 2017 #USLCup : 14,456 That's the second-highest attendance in #USLCup history, and the highest in @loucityfc history. #ForTheCity #SPRBelieve
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Nicholas Murray
3 years
If there was news about the 2022 @USLChampionship season coming out today, might that be something you'd be interested in? 12 p.m. ET. Be ready.
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Nicholas Murray
1 year
@tsnmknd Nah, it's the EFL Trophy. Got a group stage and everything.
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Nicholas Murray
2 years
I still can't believe I'm going to my first #USOC2022 Final tomorrow night. @SacRepublicFC making a random English guy's dream come true.
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8 years
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Nicholas Murray
2 years
I see you, @TigresFemenil .
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2 years
YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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Nicholas Murray
3 years
. @sandiegowavefc 🤝 @SanDiegoLoyal Six-point weekend
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Nicholas Murray
2 years
@MattDoyle76 Someone suggested a couple of weeks ago this can't keep happening. What if it does, though?
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Nicholas Murray
6 years
Two players who made their professional debuts aged 15 (Alphonso Davies) and 16 (Tyler Adams) in the @USLChampionship both made their #Bundesliga debuts today. Absolutely amazing. #RBNY #VWFC
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Nicholas Murray
2 years
The @Union_Omaha away turnout, led by @OmahaParliament , is outstanding tonight. I-29 Derby, indeed. #USOC2022 #OneMeansAll
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Nicholas Murray
3 years
Y'all. There's another Bunbury. 16-year-old Mataeo, son of Alex, younger brother of Teal. And playing for @SportingKCII he looks kinda fun. #SKCvBHM #SportingKC
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Nicholas Murray
5 years
With @NewMexicoUTD and @SaintLouisFC both advancing, this is the first time the @USLChampionship has had two representatives in the @OpenCup Quarterfinals since the 2012 edition of the tournament. #USOC2019
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Nicholas Murray
5 years
. @TimbersFC2 with a big first half, capped off by this free kick by @USYNT U-23 Eryk Williamson. #PORvTAC #BeChampions
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Nicholas Murray
2 years
Whooo, @opencup whiparound show on @ESPNPlus throughout Wednesday's 10-game slate, just announced on #FutbolAmericas . #USOC2022
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Nicholas Murray
7 years
. @NashvilleSC inaugural home opener is now at @NissanStadium . #USL inaugural home opener record: 20,231 #USL single-game attendance record: 30,417 🤔
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Nicholas Murray
4 years
2016: #USL -> 2020: #UCL
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Nicholas Murray
2 years
America's Club represented on #FutbolAmericas tonight, thanks to @herculezg . Did you know there were goals from the @USLChampionship , @USLLeagueOne and @USLLeagueTwo on tonights Top 10? Check 'em out, and the full show ➡️ #USOC2022
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Nicholas Murray
2 years
@chefjoseandres @FIFAcom @FIFAWorldCup It is not! It's an optical illusion.
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Nicholas Murray
3 years
. @USL_HQ All-Staff meeting today ahead of season kickoff. For someone in Year 12, it's amazing how much we've grown since I arrived in 2010, and what tremendous experience and enthusiasm everyone brings to the organization.
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Nicholas Murray
6 years
. @USYNT U-20 goalkeeper David Ochoa with an early PK save for @RealMonarchs . From what I have, this is the 11th penalty kick save on 19 penalties faced for the Monarchs since the start of the 2017 season. #SLCvRNO #RSL #BeChampions
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Nicholas Murray
3 years
At 26 years old, Zack Steffen is the eldest starter tonight for the #USMNT . At 27 years old, Keysher Fuller is the youngest starter tonight for Costa Rica. Mind the gap. #USAvCRC #WCQ2022
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Nicholas Murray
3 years
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USMNT Only
3 years
The first USMNT player to win the Premier League. Congratulations to @zacksteffen_ !
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Nicholas Murray
4 years
Absolutely. Unbelievable. Tyler Pasher with the incredible solo effort to lift @IndyEleven with his fifth goal of the season. #SCTop10 #PITvIND #USLonESPN
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Nicholas Murray
2 years
17-year-old Louisville native Joshua Wynder's first call-up to the @USMNT this week is a major moment for @loucityfc . It's also a landmark for what @USL_HQ has been building through innovation and expansion over the past 10 years. Let me explain. 🧵⬇️
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Nicholas Murray
7 years
. @SwopeRangers are the first team in #USLPlayoffs history to reach the #USLCup in back-to-back seasons. #SPRBelieve
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Nicholas Murray
5 years
Oh, just your standard @Mitch_Taintor 35-yard quasi-half-volley into the top-left corner for @SacRepublicFC . #SACvRNO #BeChampions Big start already to this one:
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Nicholas Murray
4 years
How about this ending for @SacRepublicFC ? Two 18 year olds born a day apart - Mario Penagos (5/30/02) and Justin Chavez (5/31/02) - score their first professional goals nine minutes apart to earn a late win in Portland. Remarkable stuff. #PORvSAC #USLAcademy
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Nicholas Murray
1 year
When current Cowboys kicker Brandon Aubrey and current #USMNT forward Brenden Aaronson were teammates for Bethlehem Steel FC in the @USLChampionship . #ReadyToShine #NFL
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Jonathan Tannenwald
1 year
Brandon Aubrey joins Brenden Aaronson in the rare club of former pros in the Union organization who've played sportsball on NBC.
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Nicholas Murray
2 years
@MattDoyle76 @thegoalkeeper Danny Barrera still holds that crown.
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Nicholas Murray
2 years
"The guys did our club, our city, extremely proud." - @markbriggs6 Even after its @opencup dream ended, @SacRepublicFC showed what it was made of, its guard of honor for title winner @OrlandoCitySC a moment of pride before departing the stage. #USOC2022
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Nicholas Murray
5 years
6-foot-3 center back scoring a bicycle kick? 6-foot-3 center back scoring a bicycle kick. Unreal by @RealMonarchs ' Konrad Plewa. #SCTop10 #SLCvOKC
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Nicholas Murray
2 years
"It’s an electric atmosphere that can help carry us through the season." @RiverhoundsSC welcomed an all-time high regular season attendance on Saturday night, and put on a show. That's important, and here's why.
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Nicholas Murray
3 years
The fact Bob Lilley - regular season record in the USL Championship from 2018-present: 63-23-33 - never gets these interviews and Paulo Nagamura - regular season record in the USL Championship from 2018-present: 31-61-25 - now does, it says a lot.
@samstejskal
Sam Stejskal
3 years
✔️2023 expansion club St. Louis City SC have spoken to RBNY assistant Bradley Carnell about their head coach position ✔️Fire flying Razov, Hendrickson + Nagamura to Chicago for interviews for head coach job Notebook from me, @jeffrueter + @PaulTenorio :
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Nicholas Murray
3 years
@GothamFC Cheers to that. 🍻
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Nicholas Murray
8 years
#USMNT U20s captain Erik Palmer-Brown went 34/37 passing first half. Only misses on balls over the top. #SPRvPOR #USL
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Nicholas Murray
5 years
Absolutely incredible closing stages to #NMvTAC . @NewMexicoUTD threw everything and the kitchen sink at @TACdefiance and they couldn't get the ball over the line. #BeChampions
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Nicholas Murray
3 years
. @SanAntonioFC closed out its @opencup win against Austin FC with two @USL_Academy signings on the field - 17-year-olds Henrik Sakshaug and Roman Holt. #USLAcademy #USOC2022
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Nicholas Murray
7 years
Every year, without fail, the #PleaseLikeMySport bat-signal goes up from insecure soccer fans.
@worldsoccertalk
World Soccer Talk
7 years
RT for your friends who think that the Super Bowl is a major event worldwide
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Nicholas Murray
1 year
2022: Frank Yallop gets inducted into the San Jose Earthquakes Hall of Fame 2023: Frank Yallop and @MontereyBayFC knock the San Jose Earthquakes out of the @opencup . #USOC2023
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Nicholas Murray
4 years
We almost got a Goalkeeper Goal tonight from @bhmlegion 's @MVOextreme . He did, however, help set up the stoppage-time equalizer for @MLopez12_5 to help the Group G leaders earn a point in Charlotte.
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Nicholas Murray
3 years
With a goal and assist tonight, @PHXRisingFC 's @AodhanQuinn is the third player in @USLChampionship history to reach 35 goals and 35 assists in the league's regular season. He joins teammate @Asante20Magic (49G, 40A) and former @Independence legend Jorge Herrera (72G, 35A).
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Nicholas Murray
3 years
The @Chas_Battery have appointed former #USMNT forward Conor Casey as the sixth Head Coach in the club's history. Casey previously served on the staff at the @ColoradoRapids , including a stint as interim Head Coach in 2019. #CB93 #Rapids96
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Nicholas Murray
4 years
All three of @andrewcarleton7 's assists this season have come on goals scored by @Typash , and the two have connected in back-to-back outings after this goal for @IndyEleven . The connection's really starting to click for these two. #INDvPIT #IndyForever
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Nicholas Murray
4 years
Agree wholeheartedly with @TaylorTwellman on the importance of getting to and competing in the Olympics. That's going to prepare players for World Cups - just as they get at the U-17 and U-20 level - and should be the second priority behind WCQ next year. #USMNT
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Nicholas Murray
1 year
With all the advantages leading a team going to MLS the next year, Gary Smith still couldn't get Nashville SC to finish ahead of Bob Lilley's @RiverhoundsSC in the 2019 USL Championship. If Smith's the most underrated coach in MLS, Lilley's the most underrated in America.
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Simon Evans
1 year
Gary Smith is the most under-rated coach in MLS. No team in Leagues Cup set up as well against Messi and Co as Nashville did last night. He knew that Miami would tire later in game and team played accordingly. After winning MLS with a Colorado team of modest ability, he's built
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Nicholas Murray
3 years
That's a wrap on the 2021 @USLChampionship season. But don't worry. The offseason is going to bring us news tomorrow morning, I'm sure of it. See you then. *Doffs Hat*
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Nicholas Murray
7 years
Here it is, @SacRepublicFC 's @EmrahK23 coming on for Montenegro in his first #WCQ2018 appearance. #USL #SRFC
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Nicholas Murray
5 years
No. 11 in your program, No. 3 on #SCTop10 last night, Jemal Johnson's first goal in #FRSvSA was his fifth from outside the penalty area since the start of the 2018 @USLChampionship season for @FFCFoxes . #BeChampions
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Nicholas Murray
8 years
10 years after his #USL @TimbersFC debut, @OmoshLaw13 's first game for the club in #MLS was memorable: #MLSisBack
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Nicholas Murray
3 years
@andrew_wiebe I think I'd go LDLT over Acosta as a more progressive midfielder alongside Gio. Keep Acosta in reserve in case you need to take off Adams. He's best as a No. 6 anyway.
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Nicholas Murray
5 years
All those targets to aim for in the penalty area, and @RealMonarchs ' @justinportillo8 decided to go for the one in the top-right corner instead. #COSvSLC #BeChampions
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Nicholas Murray
1 year
It's the postgame show worth watching, y'all. #FutbolAmericas
@herculezg
herculez gomez
1 year
Three different coaches have gone undefeated vs Mexico in this 6 game span. 3. The third assistant- interim to the interim may have just put the nail in Cocca’s National Team coffin. Historical performance from both usmnt and El Tri. ON @ESPNPlus IN 5 #FutbolAmericas
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Nicholas Murray
4 years
Derrick Etienne Jr. is the first player to score in both an #MLSCup and #USL Final since... Chris Armas for the @LIRoughRiders (1995 USISL Pro League) and @LAGalaxy (1996 MLS Cup). Etienne Jr. scored as the @NYRBII won the 2016 @USLChampionship Final. #Crew96 #RBNY
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Major League Soccer
4 years
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Nicholas Murray
11 months
Hello from the 2023 @USLChampionship Final. Just about two-and-a-half hours away from kickoff as the @Chas_Battery and @PHXRisingFC meet on ESPN2, ESPN Deportes and @SiriusXMFC . Hope you'll join us. #USLPlayoffs #CHSvPHX
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Nicholas Murray
5 years
45-yard angled ball from @SamWerner10 . Caught on the volley by @therealenevolds . @SacRepublicFC is ahead late. -> #SACvNM #BeChamp19ns
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Nicholas Murray
3 years
It's a lovely day to be a #CamUTD supporter, wherever you are.
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Nicholas Murray
4 years
2 Lletget 2 Quit. #USAvJAM #USMNT
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Nicholas Murray
3 years
You: My league is super-competitive. @USLLeagueOne :
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Nicholas Murray
3 years
The current @USMNT squad includes 15 players that have competed in @USL_HQ during their careers, combining for. - 142 appearances in the @USLChampionship - 13 appearances in @USLLeagueOne - 82 appearances in @USLLeagueTwo Good luck to the #USMNT tonight in #USAvSLV ! #WCQ2022
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Nicholas Murray
5 years
You might not know his name, but you probably know his handle: @phat7deuce . For Supporters Week, I caught up with the @RalphsMob member who's become a notable fan-voice in North America's online soccer community. #BeChampions
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Nicholas Murray
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What. A. Hit. Daniel Bruce with the outside of his boot for @NewMexicoUTD . Is that the late winner? #SACvNM #BeChampions
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Nicholas Murray
3 years
Notable from last night: Half the @SanAntonioFC starting outfield lineup were players currently on the club's roster as @USL_Academy signings. Three of them - Sakshaug, Roman Holt and Kai Louviere - went the full 90 minutes. @SAFCProAcademy is doing work. #Defend210
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Nicholas Murray
3 years
Concacaf just made the Leagues Cup more important than the U.S. Open Cup when it comes to qualifying for the Concacaf Champions League. Not sure that's good.
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Nicholas Murray
3 years
When @SacRepublicFC joined the @USLChampionship in 2014, it reset the idea of what a team in our league could be. The construction of a new downtown stadium would be transformative for one of the best clubs and fanbases in the country. #Indomitable
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Nicholas Murray
3 years
Former @loucityfc defender and #USMNT prospect Jonathan Gomez (No. 3) gets his first start for Real Sociedad B in La Liga 2 this afternoon. Kickoff at 3 p.m. ET. #LouCity
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Nicholas Murray
2 years
It's been less than two years since @Union_Omaha played its first official game in @USLLeagueOne . In that time, they've won the #WeAreOne title, knocked off two #MLS opponents in the @opencup this year, and caught the imagination of fans everywhere.
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Nicholas Murray
3 years
Congratulations to @Dannycruz5 , who is now the youngest Head Coach in the @USLChampionship after his permanent appointment at @loucityfc . He's one of two 31-year-olds leading sides in the league, alongside @hfdathletic 's Harry Watling.
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Nicholas Murray
2 years
@NERevolution Do you understand the word minimum?
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Nicholas Murray
3 years
@GrantWahl Faded into Bolivian, man.
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Nicholas Murray
4 years
Tonight's #USMNT starting lineup made a combined 168 appearances and logged 13,267 minutes in the @USLChampionship and an additional 62 appearances and 4,913 minutes in @USLLeagueTwo . #USAvTRI #UnitedForSoccer
@USMNT
U.S. Soccer Men's National Team
4 years
𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄 𝐖𝐄 𝐆𝐎! 🇺🇸 For the first time in 2021, here's your #USMNT Starting XI. Coverage of #USAvTRI begins at 7pm ET on FS1, UniMás and TUDN USA. LINEUP NOTES >>
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Nicholas Murray
2 years
Good morning, and welcome to the first official business day of the 2023 @USLChampionship season. Who's ready for their club to make some moves and introduce some new faces? Because there's movement afoot...
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Nicholas Murray
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So, the #USMNT roster is official. There are 11 players for whom the @USLChampionship and @USLLeagueTwo were part of their path to this moment at the #FIFAWorldCup . And to me, it's an illustration of the numerous paths that are available for players, even now. 🧵⬇️
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Nicholas Murray
2 years
Just watch this. 17 years old, plays the situation ideally defensively and then makes the challenge to win possession back. Great stuff from @USYNT U-19s Josh Wynder of @loucityfc . #USOC2022 #LouCity
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. @loucityfc 's 3.24xG mark in its 5-2 victory on the road against San Diego Loyal SC was the highest by any away team so far this season. #LouCity is now the last remaining undefeated team in the league this season.
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Nicholas Murray
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Agree completely with @JonChampionJC and @TaylorTwellman on the potential for the @opencup , and its role in growing the game, and the opportunity new venues and facilities can play for lower division clubs. We've got outstanding new venues now open in @USL_HQ ... (1/2)
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@bubbaprog She never said she saw it. Just that she witnessed it. What?
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Nicholas Murray
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Piece of @NewMexicoUTD history as @USL_Academy signing Christian Nava enters the game for Josh Suggs as a substitute. Nava is the first #USLAcademy signing to appear in a regular-season @USLChampionship game for United. #SomosUnidos #NMvCOS
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Nicholas Murray
2 years
This week saw some notable names join new clubs in the @USLChampionship , led by Danny Trejo's move to Phoenix Rising FC and Cal Jennings' to the Tampa Bay Rowdies. But the two most interesting signings may have been Ethan Kohler and Drew Murray joining @oaklandrootssc . 🧵⬇️
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Nicholas Murray
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All of my friends in the @StLouligans , congratulations. Still got my scarf, love all of you.
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Nicholas Murray
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Absolute dime by @erykw19 to set up @TimbersFC2 's opening goal of the game. @USYNT U-23s eighth assist of the season. -> #PORvAUS #BeChampions #RCTID
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Nicholas Murray
7 years
In 2016, @SacRepublicFC was on the wrong end of an 1v8 upset. This year, they busted the bracket: #USLPlayoffs
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Nicholas Murray
2 years
Every player in tonight's #U20MYNT starting lineup has played in the @USLChampionship and @USLLeagueOne , including 2020 League One Young Player of the Year Chris Brady. They've logged 185 appearances and 12,895 minutes of action across the two flights. 🤞 for the Olympics.
@USYNT
U.S. Soccer YNT
2 years
Let's do the damn thing. Your #U20MYNT starting XI vs. 🇭🇳 for a spot at the @Olympics !
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Nicholas Murray
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31 current @USLChampionship and @USLLeagueOne players are undertaking their USSF "C" Coaching Licenses this offseason in a collaboration between @USL_HQ and @ussoccer . Find out who, and how this could soon impact #USLAcademy players as well.
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Nicholas Murray
3 years
We've been doing a lot of mathematics at @USL_HQ in recent weeks, cross-checking records and the like, because we're getting to a major landmark in the @USLChampionship ... In fact, the first player to score tonight will record the 10,000th regular-season goal in league history.
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Nicholas Murray
5 years
They. Just. Won't. Die. @loucityfc with the 90+4 minute finish to send the game to extra time at The Mike. Coming up shortly on ESPN+ -> #INDvLOU #BeChamp19ns
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