i’m sure Jimmy would love to see some sort of positive cash flow in the transfer market. If Tall takes noting but losses, it will be hard to justify another big swing if you keep missing
Sorry if this was already mentioned, but Matan is now with Greek club Panetolikos (via free transfer), who currently sit in 9th place in the 14 team Super League 1. -13 GD, 15 points from 16 games; a mere 25 points out of first place. Anyway, he seems to be starting and playing close to 90 minutes most games. 2 goals and one assist this season.
FYI she apparently delivered the baby just before Christmas, so Mazel Tov and Congratulations to Alex and Elena.
The club announced today that Fanendo Adi has been promoted to the role of Head Coach, effective immediately. Adi was previously the Twos’ assistant coach across the 2024 and 2025 seasons.More » https://t.co/OGOdGwFCmf pic.twitter.com/vGmNQoQ9oa— MNUFC2 (@mnufc2) January 15, 2026
"...Adi was previously the Twos’ assistant coach across the 2024 and 2025 seasons" *Edit - wikipedia says he was the U19s head coach beginning in 2023 *shrug*
Former Crew coach Timo Liekoski has been announced as part of the inaugural Class of the Ohio Soccer Association Hall of Fame. Induction ceremonies to be held on Friday, Feb 27, 2026 at the Marriott Columbus OSU. Hall of Fame - Ohio Soccer Association Timo Liekoski A pioneering coach whose influence spans generations, Timo Liekoski is the only individual to serve as a head coach in all four major U.S. professional soccer leagues. His career includes leadership roles with the U.S. Men’s National Team, U23s, Olympic and Pan-American teams, as well as head coaching positions with the Cleveland Force, Canton Invaders, and Columbus Crew. A former U.S. Soccer Director of Coaching and founder of Emerald Soccer Club, he is a recipient of both the Walt Chyzowych Award and the Dr. Tom Fleck Award. His legacy is defined by excellence, innovation, and a lifelong commitment to elevating the game. As part of this launch, each Hall of Fame inductee will select one State Cup or Presidents Cup age-group champion to be named in their honor as a new perpetual award, creating a lasting tribute to their legacy.
For those who came in late, Timo was a good guy but had a very bad run as Crew HC and resigned in the middle of.the team's inaugural season despite fielding Brian McBride, Brian Maiseneuve, Brad Friedel, Robert Warzycha, Mike Clark, etc. He was replaced by the wonderful Tom Fitzgerald, who got great results from the same roster (Timo was 4-11, Fitz was 7-1) before getting knocked out of the playoffs in the semis by the Tampa Bay Mutiny.
The other archival facts: All tied games ended in the famous 35-yd shootout. Players had five seconds to score from 35 yards out. Once the ball was shot, the player could no longer touch it. (It's probably more exciting than standing at the spot, but whatever.) Three points were given for a regulation win, one for a shootout win and zero for any loss. (None of this "OT loss" business the NHL has.) Records were listed as W-L-SW making things seem weird since it was impossible to tell how many times a team lost in a shootout. Anyhoo, the interesting part of the playoffs was that it was three games per round, but the second and third games were hosted by the higher seeded-team in order to save on travel costs. How often do we see the lower-seeded team host game one?
Indeed it could along with old ad boards. I want to say it was even there after the stage was built...they just moved it from the north stands to the south. I'm sure it's long-since been tossed out, especially since it had the OG logo on it.
There are some old NASL games on YouTube with the 35 yrd line Shootout. Kind of fun to go back and watch. Also, was it 5 seconds to shoot or 5 seconds to score?