With Major League Soccer shutting up shop for the winter, we want to ensure that you can still support local soccer and keep your evenings full of the beautiful game.
Author: Dan Crooke
Just an English gent scribbling things about the game I love.
I worked in various capacities in the sport from 2004 until moving to Texas in 2012. As soon as the jet lag wore off, I sought out my new local team and started writing about them before long.
The 2020 adidas Kit Options and How They Could Effect FC Dallas
At 3rd Degree, we’re just a bunch of kit nerds so naturally now that MLS Cup is over it’s time to start talking about the new 2020 FC Dallas kits!
Outside the Box: Pep the pest and a microwave dish
Last weekend marked the first time that teams from the East and West met in the Bundesliga as Hertha Berlin made the short trip to newly-promoted Union Berlin.
Seven local players called in for USWNT camps
Seven players from the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex are currently at the National Training Center in Carson, CA as the US U-17 and U-20 women’s’ national…
Ex-Sting, FCD midfielder Tillman claimed in NWSL Re-entry Wire
Sting Soccer Club product Kaycie Tillman may not have featured in the NWSL in 2019 after being drafted by back-to-back champions North Carolina Courage, but that hasn’t stopped the demand for the 22-year-old’s NWSL rights.
Five FC Dallas players to train with Bayern Munich
Five young FC Dallas players will travel to Bavaria to train with Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich as part of the clubs’ elite player development partnership.
Paxton Pomykal and Johnny Nelson undergo surgery
The surgeries to repair core muscle injuries were carried out by Dr. William Meyers at the Vincera Institute in Philadelphia.
Outside the Box: Smalling, Selfies, and subs
MLS Cup is going to be Seattle and Toronto for the third time in four years, and hopefully it will be better than the last…
Eric Quill named 2019 USL League One Coach of the Year
North Texas SC head coach Eric Quill was today named Coach of the Year in USL League One. Quill’s side won the USL League One regular season crown, finishing 10 points clear of second-placed Lansing Ignite, as well as defeating Greenville Triumph 1-0 in the USL League One championship game earlier in October at Toyota Stadium.
Outside the Box: Pay days and blows to the head
What a week! FC Dallas go to Seattle in a playoff game everyone really wrote off. Despite a hell of a fightback, a couple of sloppy goals consign the Huntsmen to a 4-3 loss in extra time. North Texas SC did leave local soccer fans delighted as they won the USL League One final 1-0 over John Harkes’ Greenville Triumph. NTX Rayados also did what they do best and beat Innocentes FC 7-0 in the US Open Cup qualifiers. If you’re not watching some level of live local soccer, you’re just doing it wrong!