Bands FC: Bands as Soccer Clubs, Soccer Clubs as Bands
Steven Keehner, Impact Staff
October 4, 2018
Filed under Entertainment
If you like two things enough, why not just put them together? For Founder Nick Fraser, he took that thinking to heart.
The Curious Case of the New York Cosmos: The Second Act
Steven Keehner, Impact Staff
March 15, 2018
Filed under Tales of an American Redhead
As Yogi Berra once said, "It ain't over till it's over." For the second iteration of the New York Cosmos, it may have been doomed from the beginning. In the second of two parts, I look at the resurrection of a once mighty team.
The Curious Case of the New York Cosmos: The First Act
Steven Keehner, Impact Staff
March 14, 2018
Filed under Tales of an American Redhead
Before America had Major League Soccer and Real Madrid created The Galácticos, New York was where all the soccer stars aligned. In the first of two parts, I look at the death and rebirth of America's greatest soccer club.
Realizing It’s Over and That’s Okay
Danielle Sarasky, Staff Writer
March 1, 2018
Filed under The Broadway Brat
It's crazy to think one day you wake up and you are no longer an athlete. For some it's over before high school, and for others, if you are lucky enough to play in college, it's after high school. I was lucky. I got to play the sport I love for 14 long years. Volleyball wasn't always my passion. If you...
USL D3: Could Promotion & Relegation Come To American Soccer?
Steven Keehner, Impact Staff
February 3, 2018
Filed under Tales of an American Redhead
With the new third division of American Soccer, United Soccer League D3, set to start play in 2019, I want to look at what this could mean for the future of promotion and relegation in the United States.
How America’s Soccer Revolution is Moving Away From America (Kind Of)
Steven Keehner, Impact Staff
January 6, 2018
Filed under Tales of an American Redhead
With Ezequiel Barco, one of the top prospects in Argentina, set to sign for Atlanta United, it signifies great changes for the landscape of Major League Soccer. Barco, along with Jesus Medina, Diego Rossi, and Josue Colman are all players who fit this new mold of signings that could change MLS forever. ...
More Than A Game: What Soccer Means To Me
Steven Keehner, Staff Writer
October 30, 2017
Filed under Tales of an American Redhead
In honor of Sheffield Football Club, The First Soccer Club in the World, who is celebrating their 160th anniversary, I want to take time to talk about just one story that has emerged from the foundation of the first soccer club ever: mine. Like many Americans, my first introduction to soccer came from playing. We often hear jokes about the “soccer mom”, but as many like myself will know, these stereotypes are close to fact. One memory I can recall was while I was playing in the net, I was watching one of my team...
Field Hockey’s Amell is Making Saves On and Off the Field
Jess Brandt, Sports Editor
October 5, 2017
Filed under Sports
Junior field hockey goalkeeper Julia Amell works hard to pursue her passions for sports and nursing
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