Tacoma Defiance: 2021 season preview
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On the rise above the near cliff, in the shadow of Tahoma, caressed by the winds of Commencement Bay sits Cheney Stadium. Among the tall trees, along the freeway, within the heart of Central Tacoma this final proving ground of the Seattle Sounders organization provides a home, and hopefully a fortress.
In the pandemic season of 2020, Tacoma Defiance finished 12th in the Western Conference of the USL Championship, but a distant 3rd in Group A. Now, a 253 aficionado takes over for a team that simultaneously got younger, and more experienced. Tacoma’s USL Championship team now averages just over 3 years of professional experience per player, and not just because of Taylor Mueller.
What to watch this weekend
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People are like “where’s the weekend open thread?” And Jeremiah’s like “who can write this?” And I’m like all I have is enough to time to re-organize the house a third time during the pandemic, and watch D&D livestreams, and apply for jobs, so I guess I’ll do it.
And then I asked myself what soccer outside of Sounders, OL Reign, and Tacoma Defiance is actually worth watching. That question is a lot harder to answer. In order to figure out what to watch around the American soccer landscape you have to know how your own teams are doing; they’re the cool teams. The other teams aren’t cool.
Sam Rogers joins OKC Energy FC
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Following a trial with MLS newcomers Austin FC, Sam Rogers has found his new club. OKC Energy FC announced on Tuesday that Rogers had signed with the USL-Championship team.
Rogers joins an OKC team that will be competing in the Central Division where they’ll compete with independent clubs like Louisville City FC and Indy Eleven, as well MLS second teams such as Atlanta United II and Sporting Kansas City II, as they attempt to improve on their 2020 season which saw them finish at the bottom of their group with the fourth-lowest points per game (0.63) in the league.
Redirected water channel causes havoc in 15 Lagos communities
On I relocate to my sister’s home during rains Resident ’Govt send engieeers for inspection each time we write, but nothing happens’
Residents of Isheri-Oshun in Igando-Ikotun council area of Lagos State have appealed to the state government to fix inner roads in White Sand Community before the rainy season.
In separate interviews, the residents told newsmen that inner roads like Osas, Oyatoki, Prophet Ayodele, New Road, Bola Street and Nwabueze Street were in a deplorable state and needed urgent attention.
Alhaji Hakeem Oladipupo, the Chairman, Isale-Ijon Community Development Area (CDA) in Isheri-Oshun area, said the state of the road remained the same in spite of the efforts of members of the community.
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