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Nashville SC

Nashville SC will open 2020 MLS season at home against Atlanta United

The atmosphere may be a bit different next time. Tim Sullivan/For Club and Country The logical choice is the official one: Nashville SC’s first game as an MLS franchise will be a local derby* against Atlanta United. Also, I have to get used to not including the “2” reflexively at the end of that name. From Club release: NASHVILLE (Nov. 18, 2019) – Nashville Soccer … Continue reading Nashville SC will open 2020 MLS season at home against Atlanta United

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Nashville SC

Pitch points has ambition

Welcome to Pitch Points, wherein I round up some links of interest to Nashville SC and US Soccer. If you’re not already, follow the site on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, and if you find any stories you’d like me to share, those channels and e-mail are always open. Transfer rumorz Nashville SC apparently reached out to (outgoing) Stoke City and USMNT defender Geoff Cameron, who … Continue reading Pitch points has ambition

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Concacaf Champions League returns tonight – feel the #CCLFever

Long ago, before writing about Nashville SC became high-enough volume to fill a whole site, I talked a lot more about soccer around the country, region, world, galaxy, etc. These are those posts. Toronto FC came painfully close to being the first-ever team from Major League Soccer to win Concacaf Champions League in its current format (Los Angeles Galaxy won in 2000, when it was … Continue reading Concacaf Champions League returns tonight – feel the #CCLFever

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Michigan, mls, Nashville SC, NCAA, US Soccer, USMNT

Pitch Points fawns over RSL

Rounding up the latest in Nashville SC, US Soccer, and more. As always, hit me on the socials if you have a link you’d like me to dive into in one of these posts. Facilitiessssssss. I’ve talked about Real Salt Lake’s palatial training facility in the past, but now that it’s open, it’s time to take another look: It’s the home of Real Monarchs, the USL … Continue reading Pitch Points fawns over RSL

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Pitch Points pays solidarity

Welcome to Pitch Points: rounding up links of interest in Nashville, US Soccer, and other topics of interest. Don’t forget to follow the site on Twitter and Facebook, where you can always drop links to share in one of these posts. Development. This one snuck through (as in “I had a tab for it open and totally forgot to include it”) last week’s links post, but … Continue reading Pitch Points pays solidarity

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Pitch Points has fingers crossed for 2026

As always don’t forget to follow For Club and Country on Facebook and Twitter. Catch anything in the wild that you want me to share in one of these posts? Send me a note through either of those channels. Interesting times for World Cup 2026. The process for winning the World Cup is semi-complicated (to say nothing of errors leaving Nashville-based media scrambling to fact … Continue reading Pitch Points has fingers crossed for 2026

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Pitch Points really doesn’t like Bruce Arena

“Pitch Points” is a phrase which here means “Geoff Cameron.” USMNTalk. New US Soccer president Carlos Cordeiro penned an open letter to the soccer community in our country: With the election behind us, I want to help unite us as one soccer family.  The individual passions that fueled each candidacy can help us fulfill the vast potential for our beloved game in the United States. … Continue reading Pitch Points really doesn’t like Bruce Arena

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