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We would like to extend an opportunity to the players that wish to continue to develop their skills with our professional staff. Our seasons will run from the middle of May to the end of July, with the possibility of playoffs depending on the team’s performance.

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Anyone who watched the Indiana Hoosiers men’s soccer team this season had their doubts. The Hoosiers would come together and play great one minute. And 10-15 minutes later, it was a different story. People mumbled in the stands about a different lineup every game. A lot of players saw playing time. A lot of new faces made appearances. They ended the regular season with an 8-3-6 record (3-1-4 in the Big Ten). What was going on?

Now, four months into the season, it all makes sense. Coach Todd Yeagley was looking for the winning combination. He was finding that special connection that would see the Hoosiers through. Making their 22nd College Cup appearance, the Hoosiers could be peaking at just the right time. The Hoosiers take on Pitt this Friday at 8:30 p.m. ET at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, N.C.

“You don’t want them to be peaking a little bit too early,” Yeagley said. “That’s hard to manage. With this group, there were a lot more questions coming into the year. We just solved it by the schedule and by trial and by experience. You see what’s happening now.”

Saturday’s quarterfinal match vs. UNC Greensboro was a true test for the Hoosiers. They faced one of the most dominating offenses in the country. The Spartans hadn’t lost in 12 games and outscored opponents 25-11 during that stretch. They had only been shut out two times all season.

Enter IU. The Hoosiers brought their A-game defensively, limiting opportunities in the first half and pressuring from the first whistle. In the 16th minute, Maouloune Goumballe gave the Hoosiers a 1-0 lead, netting a perfect goal. In the 64th minute, Samuel Sarver added a second. UNCG actually outshot the Hoosiers 11-7, forcing Indiana goalkeeper JT Harms to make four saves.

“I thought we played really well,” Yeagley said. “I wouldn’t say it was the complete game of the year, but I thought we were really good in all aspects. We were dangerous not only from the run of play but also in transition. I thought we held them to really limited chances.”

It was a hard-fought, physical match with four yellow cards issued and 16 fouls accrued. But the Hoosiers withstood it all, and walked away with a 2-0 win.

In postseason play, IU has earned a 5-1 record and collected four clean sheets, including three straight in NCAA Tourney play.  So, they’re obviously doing something right.

“Some of the players that were maybe inconsistent in the first quarter or third of the year are now really putting in consistent shifts,” Yeagley said. “That starts with our backline, our ‘keeper and midfield. Those guys have really come together. There’s experience in that group, but there are also some new players. They’ve done a great job.”

The next test for the Hoosiers will be Pittsburgh. It’s a bit of deja vu for some of the players who were on the 2020 team. IU and Pitt faced off in the College Cup semifinals that year, resulting in a 1-0 IU win. The Hoosiers advanced to the final, where they fell to Marshall. Will the Panthers be looking to avenge that loss? Absolutely. But more than anything, they’re looking for the same thing IU is — a chance to win the national championship.

Unseeded Pitt fell to Virginia in the ACC Tournament, received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tourney and has been on a roll ever since. Pitt topped Cleveland 2-0, No. 16 seed Akron 3-0, No. 1 seed Kentucky 2-1 and Portland 1-0 to reach the College Cup. Valentin Noel tallied the game-winner in the 104th minute versus Portland, netting his 11th of the season and sending Pitt to its second College Cup in three seasons.

The Panthers are explosive on offense. They’ve tallied twice as many goals as their opponents 42-21. Fourteen different Pitt players have found the net this season. The goals can come from anywhere. Only two teams have shut out Pitt in the 2022 campaign. Goalkeeper Joe van der Sar has been strong in goal, playing every minute, making 73 saves and recording eight shutouts.

Pitt head coach Jay Vidovich is no stranger to the IU program. He began his collegiate career in Bloomington before transferring to Ohio Wesleyan in 1979. Vidovich has earned a 329-171-58 record. He coached at Wake Forest from 1994-2014 and is very familiar with IU’s style of play.

So, what do the Hoosiers need to do to win?  Well, once again, the defense will have to step up and stop the offense, especially Noel. Holding the Panthers scoreless won’t be easy, but if IU wants to move on, it’s a good place to start. And of course the obvious: score. Sixteen Hoosiers have found the net this season. Keeping them guessing whom it will be on Friday will be fun. Mixing it up will confuse everyone.

IU is now two wins away from its ninth national championship. They won’t be easy games. Every minute they will be tested. And every minute, they must step up to the challenge. We’ll see Friday if the Hoosiers are up to the task.

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The North American Soccer League (NASL) has filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against the U.S. Soccer Federation (USSF), the league announced Tuesday.

In wake of the news, our contributors linked up to share their opinions on the impending litigation.

Bob Williams: Seventy-one pages, 215 points of order and one last throw of the dice. So much for the “new sense of humility and collaborative spirit” in the NASL after its unlikely last-minute reprieve back in January. And so much for the assumption that the NASL owners were going to simply go back to the USSF and restate their case after being denied Division II sanctioning early this month.

Instead, there is a court case. Two actually, following the Miami FC/Kingston Stockade claim to the Court of Arbitration for Sport for the USSF to introduce pro-rel in U.S. Soccer. It is the emotive language in this Rocco Commisso-fronted lawsuit that really stands out — the frequent references to a “conspiracy” and that the NASL could be “destroyed altogether.”

And what of the wider point that the relationship between the USSF and MLS is a little too cosy for comfort? Well, that is a conversation for another day — and one that ultimately needs to be resolved. Until then a far more immediate question remains: how much time in the end will NASL clubs have to sort out their futures next year should this case go against the league? A resolution is needed quickly for everyone’s sake.

Aaron Gunyon: It wasn’t that long ago that the league released a statement promising to play nice and work with the USSF. Most of the grievances that the NASL illustrated today should have been sticking points nine short months ago. What has changed? Obviously, the USSF revoking provisional DII status has changed a few minds. The glaring issue for me is that the NASL was aware of all these alleged unfair antitrust practices just a few months ago and didn’t seem all that bothered.

Another concept I am ready to put to rest: There have been claims that the divisions in a closed system don’t matter, or that they are arbitrary. Here we see conclusive evidence that league sanctioning is extremely important. The ones with money at stake are now seeking legal action. In this case, the NASL is aware that there is no going back from this. The USL is too strong to have the positions reversed in the future. Should the USL maintain its DII status, the NASL will have no way to work itself back. That is why we see this Hail Mary today.

I worry about the long term viability of the NASL like so many others. We have seen too many clubs fold or defect in recent years to believe that it is healthy. It’s not. I will believe that there is hope when a team defects to the NASL over another. If, by some miracle, the NASL adds five teams to replace the five lost after 2016, then it’s treading water at best. There are no guarantees that the NASL will retain all eight teams that are currently participating.

The NASL hasn’t done enough in 2017 to deserve Division II sanctioning. Last year’s solution of playing opponents five times each this season isn’t creating the most compelling competition.

Nipun Chopra: All I have are questions:

(1) Does the USL have DII status yet? (2) What is Stephen Malik’s role here — as both a representative to the USSF, as well as the owner of NCFC? (3) In the lawsuit, NASL claims to already have agreements to bring New Orleans, Detroit and Atlanta on-board. If this is true, why doesn’t the NASL announce those teams and then bring a lawsuit about having met the USSF DII requirements? You would have a strong case then?! (4) Why the conspiratorial thinking? Why build a lawsuit on a series of conjectural observations represented as fact? (5) If there is a conspiracy, why wait until you are about to disappear to go for the jugular? (6) Has Rocco been the chairman of the board this entire time? (7) Why blatantly misrepresent the truth in statute 87 about the reasons for the failure of clubs such as the Strikers and Rayo OKC? (8) For the USSF: why are you such an embarrassment to everyone that loves the beautiful game stateside? (9) For Indy Eleven ownership: What is the plan?

(10) For Rocco: How can I believe anything you say is truly you if it isn’t written in third person? DM me if someone has placed an Imperius Curse on you.

North American Soccer League files federal antitrust lawsuit against United States Soccer Federation: https://t.co/7yvdNFhrWg pic.twitter.com/N549Tx2Ugf

— NASL (@naslofficial) September 19, 2017

James Poling: The USSF may be forced into pyramid-wide restructuring if the NASL’s antitrust lawsuit succeeds in eliminating division tiers. Unprecedented growth in lower-division soccer in a closed system has strained the federation’s inconsistent and somewhat inapplicable divisional requirements, which exposed the federation to an antitrust lawsuit such as this one.

But at what cost is this lawsuit for the NASL? The league finds itself on the brink of extinction for a second-straight season. It made strong arguments in regard to potential Sherman Act violations, but any resolution short of being awarded a multi-million monetary award from damages will not save the league from the precarious state it finds itself in. If anything, eliminating division requirements would provide relief to the United Soccer League, which is finalizing its 2018 Division II sanctioning request and has had much more success attracting investors within the past year, San Diego notwithstanding, than the NASL.

John Lenard: The NASL has exhausted any remaining goodwill among the USSF, other leagues and neutral observers. Suing your way to where you want to be is not a sustainable strategy.

This, coupled with the difficulties of expansion, makes me question the viability of the league. I hope at least we don’t lose any clubs.

Kevin Johnston: To be blunt, the NASL was beyond lucky just to retain provisional Division II status entering 2017. The league had to seize control of Jacksonville Armada FC to keep it afloat, while the Fort Lauderdale Strikers and Rayo OKC flamed out in a blaze of non-glory. Other clubs like Minnesota United FC, the Tampa Bay Rowdies and Ottawa Fury FC bolted for the greener pastures of MLS and the USL.

All the while, the NASL pursued legal action against the USSF, claiming it was worthy of — wait for it — Division I status, and thus comparable to or above MLS. If it seems crazy for a league to claim top-flight status while unraveling at the seams, that’s because it is.

This latest round of litigation isn’t quite as delusional, but pretty much removes any hope the league has of getting back in the USSF’s good graces. It’s now “win the lawsuit or bust” for the NASL, or accept its ominous fate below DII.

Perhaps ironically, the NASL may have to resort to collaboration to save itself or some of its clubs in the future, but might’ve burned too many bridges along the way to do so. As the cliche goes, you reap what you sow.

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