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Author’s Note: I finished writing this piece on the 25th of January and finished editing it on the 1st of February. It still feels overly self-indulgent, but at least one person in the last 2 months asked me about my 2023 plans and this answers that question so I’m going for it before the seasonContinue reading “Farewell: a very belated 2022 season recap”

Let’s talk game winners. Since this column last appeared, Greg Hurst scored two consecutive game winners against New Mexico United. While that’s great and exciting for Greg (let’s be serious, and us too), Jake Crull was out there hurting teams in our league. His 81st minute goal stole two points from Forward Madison last weekend.Continue reading “Owls Away (4/14 – 4/17 + Open Cup 3rd Round)”

Union Omaha continues to find gems in the Omaha area. This afternoon, the club announced the signing of midfielder Eddie Gordon to the 2022 roster. Eddie Gordon is no stranger to the Omaha area, playing high school soccer at Creighton Prep and college soccer at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO). Before joining theContinue reading “Another Local Standout Joins Owls”

Big week for the owls that have flown away with 2nd Round Open Cup matches and league matches on the weekend. The Open Cup provided particularly happy hunting grounds with Evan Conway continuing his hot streak, Dami getting a goal (on a header (assisted by Sousa)) in his debut for Republic FC, and Jake CrullContinue reading “Owls Away: 4/4 – 4/10”

Welcome back to Owls Away! If we haven’t mentioned, this will be a rotating column for the team at the media empire. We have some new rules for who is in the column for the season: we’ll only be covering players who 1) played for us last season or 2) are still with the teamContinue reading “Owls Away: March 23rd – April 3rd”

While the goal of sports is to win a championships, sports are so much more than that. As I was driving home from the game, I really wanted to share my thoughts on what this win meant to me. In wondering how I should do that, I eventually recalled that I’m technically the editor ofContinue reading “What it means to us…”

Meh, that was pretty lame game if I’m being honest. Probably because I woke up at 5am in Cancun, MX just to make it to that game (hashtag humblebrag). Kudos to Greenville to showing up and playing ugly enough soccer to steal a win and then celebrating like they actually care about the Big GreenContinue reading “Data Dump: Greenville”

Well that was interesting. Morrison Stadium was alive and vibrant in a way Werner Park has maybe never been, but I’m not convinced I want to go back after the results. I’ve got a crazy week, so let’s dive in! 1) The good. Sure, we lost this game BUT we did that despite: Possession: 58.5%Continue reading “Data Dump: Tucson (#2)”

Howdy folks! (That’s a thing people in Texas say right?) That was a fun game of soccer played at a baseball stadium that has football lines, now wasn’t it. In my never ending quest to make this column easier to write, let’s dive in. 1) Goals given up at Globe Life Park. This is definitelyContinue reading “Data Dump: at North Texas SC (#1)”

Well that was a fun night a Werner Park! There is a lot to digest in this one so let’s dive in. 1) JP Scearce scores his first 2021 goal (FINALLY) Let’s start with a grim stat. For the 4th time in the last 5 home games, we scored a 1st half goal and gaveContinue reading “Data Dump: Toronto FC II”