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08 Sep 00:01
Collier & Musa both on the bench for Indy Eleven.

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09 Sep 01:01
Linder & Herdman both full games for Caps II in a 0-1 loss.
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14 Sep 12:02
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15 Sep 00:53 · edited 15 Sep 02:35 · History
Bidois returns at last for Loudon (7th in the East), via the bench. An unused sub in a 4-2 win.

Collier off the pine at 75 mins with Indy Eleven (6th in the East), 2-0 up. Scores 2 mins later. Rare headed goal for the big Kiwi. Finishes a 3-1 win. No Musa.

Adams full game & a yellow for Louisville (1st in the East), in a 1-0 win.

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16 Sep 02:47 · edited 16 Sep 06:34 · History
Linder (left CB) and Aussie LB Bovalina (on a full MLS contract) both starting for Caps II.

Edit - full game Linder & Bovalina 62 mins in a 0-1 loss.

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22 Sep 00:19 · edited 22 Sep 11:56 · History
Collier on at 70 mins (1-0) in a 2-0 loss for Indy Eleven. No Musa

Linder full game in a 3-1 win for Whitecaps II


USL 
Louisville City (1st in the East) travel to Detroit City (4th)

Loudoun United (8th in the East) travel to (1st in the West)
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23 Sep 00:16
Adams full game in a 2-1 loss for Louisville City (1st, 52 pts). 
LC down to 10 men at 49 mins (1-1), in what was their 6th loss in 28 games.

They are in a battle royal with Charleston Battery (2nd, 49 pts) to win the Eastern Conference. Though LC do have 2 games in hand. Daylight to 3rd.

Bidois an unused sub in a 1-0 loss for Loudoun.
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28 Sep 02:46 · edited 29 Sep 03:01 · History
Linder starts for Caps II, and 1-1 at HT. Austin II down to 10 men.


USL
Indy Eleven (6th in the East) host Miami FC (12th/last)

Louisville City (1st in the East) host Memphis 901 (4th)

Loudoun United (8th in the East) travel to Colorado Springs (2nd in the West)
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29 Sep 01:54 · edited 29 Sep 03:19 · History
Collier on at 72 mins (1-0) and bags 2 assists as Indy Eleven win 4-0.
Both teams with a player sent off at 77 mins (2-0)

Adams full game and the assist for Louisville's 2nd goal in a 4-2 win. 
24 yr old Zac Duncan (ex Roar & Perth) 53 mins for Memphis. Bit of a career fall away for him after being in the Danish Superliga for a few seasons, plus the Olyroos.

Bidois on at 59 mins with Loudoun down a goal, in a 1-1 draw. Good to see him back playing. 
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29 Sep 03:06
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Collier on at 72 mins (1-0) and bags 2 assists as Indy Eleven win 4-0.
Both teams with a player sent off at 77 mins (2-0)

Adams full game and the assist for Louisville's 2nd goal in a 4-2 win. 
24 yr old Zac Duncan (ex Roar & Perth) 53 mins for Memphis. Bit of a career fall away for him after being in the Danish Superliga for a few seasons, plus the Olyroos.

Bidois on at 59 mins with Loudoun down a goal, in a 1-1 draw. Good to see him back playing. 

Bidois with two very decent chances to nab a goal late on too.

Struck one against the underside of the crossbar, and moments later as the ball comes back into the box, he flashed a diving header just wide of the left hand post. He looked good up top in a 4-4-2 formation as Loudoun chased the game. Hopefully gets some more minutes as the the regular season draws to a close.
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03 Oct 00:09 · edited 03 Oct 01:27 · History
Kyle Adams starts for Louisville who lead 1-0, after 30 mins.

Edit - full game in a 3-0 win.
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05 Oct 23:59 · edited 07 Oct 02:51 · History
2-2 draw as Indy Eleven host Louisville City. All 3 ex AWs involved.
Full games Musa (IE) and Adams (LC). Collier off the pine at 75 mins for Indy when they were leading 2-1..

Bidois 67 mins (0-0) in a 2-0 win for Loudoun. Another Kiwi derby midweek Loudoun verus Indy.


MLS Next Pro - tomorrow
Vancouver II (7th in the West, 40 pts) travel to Houston II (9th, 36 pts). Final game regular season, top 8 teams in the playoffs so Caps II will be there.
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07 Oct 02:57
Linder subbed on at HT (2-0) as Caps II lose 3-1.
They finish the regular season 7th and into the Playoffs.

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08 Oct 22:18 · edited 09 Oct 00:44 · History
All 3 Kiwis - Bidois, Musa and Collier on the pine for their respective clubs.

Edit - Collier on at 63 mins (0-0)
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09 Oct 01:55 · edited 09 Oct 01:56 · History
A rare James Musa goal the difference as Indy win 1-0.
Moose on at 72 mins, and Bidois on for Loudoun at 85 mins, just after the Musa goal.

Clever little reaction touch.

Big win for Indy, taking them up to 4th, 8 points clear of 9th. They now look safe for the playoffs. Loudoun remain 8th (last playoff spot)

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12 Oct 22:27 · edited 13 Oct 02:03 · History
0-0 draw for Indy Eleven. Full game Musa and Collier on at 87 mins

Full game Adams in a 2-1 win for Louisville.
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13 Oct 22:59 · edited 13 Oct 23:28 · History
A 0-0 draw with Bidois subbed on late at 89 mins

Loudoun stay 10th with 2 games left. They are only out of the playoffs (top 8 teams) on GD, but teams around them with games in hand
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14 Oct 09:01


A trophy for Kyle Adams & Louisville - lifting the Players Shield for winning the USL Championship regular season. 👏
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20 Oct 00:27 · edited 20 Oct 03:09 · History
USL
Penultimate round regular season

Bidois on at 70 mins (0-2) in a 0-2 loss for Loudoun (drop to 9th in the East) as they hosted Pittsburgh (7th)

Musa a full game & Collier on at 80 mins (IE 2-1 up) as Indy Eleven (4th in the East) beat  Birmingham (11th), 3-2.
https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2024/10/20/united-states/mls-reserve-league/indy-eleven/birmingham-legion/4285152/

No Kyle Adams, as Louisville City (Eastern Conference champs) draw 1-1 at San Antonio (9th in the West)
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21 Oct 02:51
Full game Linder (he played left CB) as Caps II lose 3-2.
Bovalina came on at HT.

So presumably that's season over for Linder and his team mates.

He played 23 MLS Next Pro games with 22 starts. I think he's mostly a RB?? 
Age 20, and this was his 3rd year at this level.
Same age as Jay Herdman who also had his 3rd season this year at Caps II.

Linder one to keep an eye on. Joined the senior Whitecaps MLS squad for a friendly against Wrexham, and the League Cup tourney involving Liga MX & MLS clubs.

Do Vancouver give him another season, loan him to CPL club like they did with Herdman, or release him. I guess we find out in 2025.
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26 Oct 12:35
USL - Last round regular season

Loudoun United (10th in the East) travel to Charleston Battery (2nd). Loudoun slim chance of making the playoffs (top 8). Need a win by 3 goals or more and teams above to lose.
https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2024/10/27/united-states/mls-reserve-league/charleston-battery/loudoun-united/4285163/

Louisville City (1st in the East) host Phoenix (8th in the West)
https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2024/10/27/united-states/mls-reserve-league/louisville-city/arizona-united/4285166/

Indy Eleven (4th in the East) travel tro Tampa Bay Rowdies (6th)
https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2024/10/27/united-states/mls-reserve-league/fc-tampa-bay-rowdies/indy-eleven/4285168/

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26 Oct 23:42


Understated assist from Bidois on that goal.

Let's the ball come across his body, and then looks for the pass rather than attempting to blast it into the net. Nice play to make it 1-1. 

Bidois then missing a 1 v 1 moments later and Charleston go up the other end and score. Could be fatal to Loudoun's desperate playoff push that...

Otherwise, commentators have been saying he was one of the best on the pitch for Loudoun this game. So encouraging signs on that front given he's on a multi year deal.

 
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27 Oct 01:30 · edited 27 Oct 01:30 · History
Bidois 73 mins (2-1) as Loudoun lose 2-1 at Charleston Battery (2nd). 
Loudoun won't be in the playoffs. Bidois 21 USL games, 10 starts, 2 goals. Season interrupted by that hammy injury he got training with the Olywhites in France.

But otherwise he'll likely be happy with how his first gig has gone. Gutted he missed the Olympics no doubt.

Back to NZ and catching some Auckland FC games with little brother Jonty.
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27 Oct 01:35
Adams with 2 assists (playing as a LCB in a back 3/5) as Louisville City beat Phoenix 4-1. Louisville go into the IUSL playoffs as Eastern Conference winners and highest ranked seed. So home advantage all the way to the Final if they are good enough.

Collier a rare start and 68 mins (3-0) as Indy Eleven lose 3-0 at Tampa Bay Rowdies. No Musa.
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02 Nov 23:37 · edited 03 Nov 02:01 · History
Louisville City win 3-2, and so are into the Conference semi finals. Full game Adams.
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03 Nov 23:47 · edited 09 Nov 06:09 · History
Bugger Indy Eleven lose 2-3 and their season is over. Full game Musa. Collier on at 75 mins (1-3). Shame as it looks like they would have got to face Adams's Louisville City in conference semis if they had won.


Injury plagued 32 yr old Musa only managed 8 games (7 starts) for Indy with the 1 goal. He also got 3 games at the very start of 2024 with Colorado Springs before moving across to Indiana. It was his 10th season playing USL/MLS.

29 yr old Collier had 31 games for IE, but only a paltry 3 starts. 28 matches coming off the pine, and 5 goals with that. His 7th season in the USL/MLS.

Sort of guys alongside likes of Oli Whyte that could help flesh out a 3rd NZ ALM team if that ever happened, and they wanted to try the A League.

Anyway Elliott and the Moose can now grab some popcorn and watch the theatre of this Wednesday (our time) in the world's 'greatest democracy'


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