Soc Takes

AFC Ann Arbor head coach and Midwest Pro Soccer Combine organizer Eric Rudland guests on the latest edition of the Soc Takes Pod to talk Champions League, NPSL and AFCAA.

Highlights include Rudland’s breakdown of Juventus’ 2-1 comeback win at Tottenham, all the new happenings at AFCAA and his handling of Dario Suarez’s six-month suspension following a post-match red card during the 2017 NPSL season.

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National Independent Soccer Association (NISA) founder Peter Wilt joins the panel to discuss the newly forming league, his former clubs and all things U.S. Soccer. Wilt helped launch the Chicago Fire, Chicago Red Stars and Indy Eleven, to name a few.

Soc Takes contributing writer Kartik Krishnaiyer also guests alongside regular co-hosts Aaron Gunyon, John Lenard and Kevin Johnston in this information-packed episode.

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Detroit City FC head coach and Michigan State men’s soccer assistant coach Ben Pirmann guests alongside co-hosts Kevin Johnston and John Lenard to talk DCFC, MSU, the MLS SuperDraft, NPSL and more.

Pirmann also touches on the greater Michigan soccer landscape and provides some of his recipes for success after helping lead Detroit City to the NPSL national semifinals and the Spartans to within a penalty shootout of the Final Four in 2017.

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Current WPSL associate commissioner for the central region and former Des Moines Menace general manager Matt Homonoff guests on the podcast to touch on the WPSL, PDL, FC Edmonton and MLS SuperDraft.

Homonoff also spent several years working in D.C. United and FC Edmonton’s front offices. In 2015, he was named PDL Executive of the Year while with the Menace.

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FC Buffalo co-owner and NBC Sports correspondent Nick Mendola hops on the panel to discuss his club and the NPSL. The focus then switches to the Indy Eleven’s recent signings — or in some cases, not re-signings — before trying to make sense of Mix Diskerud’s reported four-and-a-half-year deal with Manchester City.

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