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.
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.
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!
Hyndman elected to United Soccer Coaches Hall of Fame
Former FC Dallas and SMU head coach Schellas Hyndman has been elected to the United Soccer Coaches Hall of Fame as part of the Class…
Outside the Box: Shoes, helmet, rouge – Got everything
The GOAT bagged himself a sixth Golden Shoe this morning, the European goalscoring title, breaking his own record of five and becoming the only person…
United Passions – soccer politics and propaganda
United Passions is the authorized story of the FIFA World Cup through three of its presidents.