Philly MLS 25: Indoor/outdoor star Matt Knowles was first Philadelphia-born player in MLS
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The career window for a professional soccer player doesn’t stay open long.
Before Major League Soccer, Philadelphia’s Matt Knowles spent most of his career grinding between the American Professional Soccer League and the National Professional Soccer League, both attempts at re-creating the early success of the NASL and MISL. In the early 1990s, American players bounced around the country from season to season, from baseball fields to astroturf, chasing the dream, which Knowles accomplished for over a decade. Unfortunately, following a string of major injuries, his MLS window closed faster than he would have liked.
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February 9, 2021
La Salle s Sam Brown (2) passes out to teammate Nix Varano (5) against Archbishop Carroll during their game on Monday, Feb. 8, 2021. (Andrew Robinson/MediaNews Group)
RADNOR Sam Brown caught the basketball, isolated his man behind the 3-point line and waited for the lane to clear.
In the first two games of the Explorers’ season, the junior guard felt like he hadn’t been aggressive enough but he wasn’t going to let it become a three-game trend. Going right, he took his man off the bounce, got to the rim, drew contact and finished to start the second half Monday night.
February 4, 2021
Archbishop Wood s Kaitlyn Orihel (left) defends Neumann-Goretti s Jonelle Price during their PCL clash on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. (Kev Hunter/MediaNews Group)
WARMINSTER A delayed start to the season along with cancelled practices due to a winter storm will make even the best teams appear as sluggish and sloppy as a snowdrift.
But Archbishop Wood began Thursday night’s second half the way it knows how.
“The first half wasn’t great so we came together and we made sure we shared the ball and knocked down open shots,” the Vikings’ Ryanne Allen said. “We just played as a team the way we know how to.”
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