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TAINTED VICTORY!!

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 Cleveland, Ohio     First off, congrats to Rapid City Fc on their win last night. For those that were in attendance at the Soccerplex last nigh you saw a barn burner. That game had everything. Action, suspense, scoring, and even some chippiness. Pretty much everything needed to have the makings of a epic rivalry. The Problem in this game was the fact that in between the action. it wasn't called fairly. Just like in Michigan a week before there were several missed calls and Rapid City then introduced FLOPPING. It was so bad that kids under the age of 10 were noticing. This flopping was so bad that several blue and yellow cards were issued against the Crunch. Yet, no cards were issued for the clearly intentional flops nor were the refs calling the game fair in our opinion.  Is this a issue in all sports? Yes, but understand in a game of this magnitude where a division title was on the line you would think the refs would be neutral and make the calls where they were cl...
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THIS ONE'S PERSONAL!

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   Back on February 18th the Crunch suffered their worst defeat since being back in action in 2021. An 11-5 trouncing by Rapid City Fc in Michigan.   This weekend the Crunch will be looking to avenge that loss and take over total control of the eastern division by the weekends end, and this game will be played in the friendly and often deafening confines of the Soccerplex.  Normally we would say "we know what you're thinking." and give some kind of speech about how the team is going to be fine and bounce back, but this week... that would be a lie. The Crunch are out for blood and whatever else they can collect from Rapid City. So much so that for two days straight we reached out to Crunch players and coach Benny Dargle and as of this writing still have not heard a response. Now most people would chalk that up to a team being focused, but if you've been in the would of sports you know the scariest thing you want to have happen is be the opposing team visiting a v...
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RESPECTING THE GREATS PART 1: ZORAN KARIC

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               I remember as a kid watchin the Cleveland Crunch play on tv. The World Cup only played every four years, so watching arena soccer was the next best thing. The thing that I remember the most was watching the energy of Crunch great Zoran Karic. As a fan, Zoran was someone who captivated the crowd with so much energy it that it made fans want to come on the field and play with him. We hadn't seen anything like him since Browns Great Jim Brown was running through people. His years in Cleveland will fondly be remembered as a fantastic time for Cleveland sports fans when there wasn't much to cheer about.  When you look back on those times in the 90's, for Cleveland sports fans those were some fun and also miserable times. For starters, the Browns left back in 1995 and left us without football for four years. The then Cleveland Indians had reached the World Series in 1995 and 1997 but didn't bring one home. The Cavs were abysmal. Yes ...
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