Today, the North American Soccer League (NASL) unveiled a new postseason championship format effective for the 2014 season. Branded “The Championship”—and conspicuously not “playoffs”—in the league’s press release, the new format will comprise a four-team, two-weekend tournament with a semifinal round held the weekend of November 8-9 and the championship final held the following weekend, […]
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Carolina RailHawks release 2014 preseason schedule
The Carolina RailHawks do not open play in their 2014 North American Soccer League regular season until April 12. But with training camp now open, the club has solidified its preseason scrimmage schedule. According to David Vaught, the RailHawks’ Vice-President for Operations and Communications, the team’s preseason scrimmages will all take place at WakeMed Soccer […]
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NASL survey contemplates changes to postseason format and season calendar
The North American Soccer League (NASL) has commissioned an online survey to select markets and supporter groups seeking their input regarding possible changes to the league’s postseason format and regular season calendar. The unpublicized survey, forwarded to Triangle Offense by a person close to a supporters group of a NASL team, is being disseminated via […]
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Duke soccer star Sebastien Ibeagha on his decision to spurn Major League Soccer for Europe
On Tuesday, Sebastien Ibeagha turned 22 years old. The same day, Major League Soccer concluded its 2014 SuperDraft of rising amateur talent. Ibeagha, a regular fixture in the U.S. youth national soccer setup since his teenage years, the 2012 ACC Defensive Player of the Year and a two-time college All-American as a defender for Duke […]
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Revamped NASL website introduces new features, subscription fee for live matches
Being a fan of lower-division soccer often carries an expectation of a lower standard of play and presentation. But for fans of the North American Soccer League (NASL), one upside to this has been free online streaming of matches. Now, that is coming to an end, but the league is betting that a newly designed […]
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The early days of the Greenwich Village folk scene in Inside Llewyn Davis
Inside Llewyn Davis Opens Friday Traversing the basket houses and back alleys of the early 1960s pre-Dylan Greenwich Village music scene, Inside Llewyn Davis is the Coen Brothers’ ode to the fuzzy line separating artistic purity from creative recalcitrance. Driven by a melodious period soundtrack, the film is part O Brother, Where Art Thou? and […]
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Scorsese triumphs with Wolf of Wall Street
The Wolf of Wall Street Now playing After a career spent exploring the mean streets of his beloved New York City, Martin Scorsese finally trains his lens on its most corrupt, nefarious byway: Wall Street. And whether motivated by guilt, revelation or inspiration, Scorsese amply compensates for previous oversights with The Wolf of Wall Street, […]
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Lumps of coal: New NASL 2014 spring season truncates schedule and fairness
Twas the week before Christmas, when all through the league Not a rumor was stirring, much less any intrigue When out of my e-mail there arose such a clatter I sprang to my laptop to see what was the matter When, what to my wondering eyes should appear, But a shrinking spring season with just […]
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Southeastern Film Critics select their 2013 movie awards winners
Earlier this week, the Southeastern Film Critics Association (SEFCA) announced its 2013 film awards. INDY Week contributors Neil Morris and Craig Lindsey are two of SEFCA’s 51 voting members covering nine Southern states. The big winner was 12 Years a Slave, which was selected as the year’s best film. Director Steve McQueen won best director, […]
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American Hustle’s audacious take on a 1980s political scandal
American Hustle Opens Friday Renowned liberal journalist Max Lerner once said, “History is written by the survivors.” In this spirit, American Hustle, director David O. Russell’s fictionalized version of the Abscam congressional scandal of the late 1970s and early ’80s, is itself a cinematic hustle. Indeed, it’s a fitting coincidence that the title of screenwriter […]