Another week, another set of season openers mixed in with league play. This weekend sees a big chunk of contenders starting their 2021 campaigns: North Texas plays host to Fort Lauderdale, Greenville opens with a huge road match at Richmond, and Union Omaha plays host to Tormenta for it’s first home game (and last homeContinue reading “USL League One Predictions: Week 3”
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3 Questions: Ft Lauderdale (Home)
Ahhhhhhhh yes, the final home game of the season. According to this excellent article I read on Friday, we’ll know what exactly we are playing for around the 30th minute of first half. My throat gets dry just thinking about the drama. I was tempted to just ask one question, but this game is goingContinue reading “3 Questions: Ft Lauderdale (Home)”
Never Say Die
Hello Union Omaha fans! We’re at the most fun and heart-wrench inducing point in the season. Our final home game, decision day, potentially the end of our historic 2020 season. Going into Saturday against Ft Lauderdale CF we have a huge opportunity to give the season the ending we deserve, but to do so, weContinue reading “Never Say Die”
3 Questions: Greenville (Away)
Are you beyond excited for Sunday? After months of dancing around each other, a showdown at last between two titans on one of the biggest days of the year? A date that has been circled for months as the one everyone is waiting for? A monumental challenge for all involved playing out on hallowed ground?Continue reading “3 Questions: Greenville (Away)”
3 Questions: Forward (Away)
If you haven’t been waiting for this game since the schedule came out, I’m honestly not sure why you are here reading this, maybe you’re new. In case you are new here, welcome, this is Union Omaha fan blog, we play in USL League One and our closest competitor in the league is a teamContinue reading “3 Questions: Forward (Away)”
3 Questions: Tormenta (Home)
A lot of optimism and a little wistful is how I’d describe myself going into the second to last home game of the season. Sure a longer season would be great because we’d have a better shot of making the playoffs, but I’d take more games just to watch this team continue to reach itsContinue reading “3 Questions: Tormenta (Home)”
3 Questions: Ft Lauderdale (Away)
“Do you ever feel like a plastic bag, floating in the wind, wanting to start again?” Ms. Katy Perry inadvertently summed up where Union Omaha is going into game 12 of a 16 game season. We are floating in the wind, in need of a fresh start. 1) Do we score a goal? It’s beenContinue reading “3 Questions: Ft Lauderdale (Away)”
3 Questions: Richmond (Home)
Welcome back to 3 Questions. Here, we’ve been nursing our wounds after getting one point from the last nine available. It has been an entire week since our last game which hopefully was good for the squad mentally and physically. Reinforcements arrived from Kenya. Our competitors got some results. And it’s GAMEDAY! Let’s dive in.Continue reading “3 Questions: Richmond (Home)”
3 Questions: Revs II (Home)
1) How badly do we need to win this game? Another game with major implications for our playoff chase. Win, we have a one in three chance of making the final. Lose, we have just a 12% chance. A shortened season raises the stakes for everything. The single point we earned from the last twoContinue reading “3 Questions: Revs II (Home)”
3 Questions: Red Wolves Away (Redux)
Putting aside, the fact that we even have to play this fixture when it obviously should have been a 3-0 forfeit for CRW, we’re playing at 11am on a Tuesday somewhere in Tennessee. Should be interesting to say the least. 1) How badly does the team need to win this game? Let’s start with theContinue reading “3 Questions: Red Wolves Away (Redux)”
Who Gives A Hoot? 