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Baseball diamonds as soccer pitches

by Tim Jones × on October 3, 2018 at 11:30 am × 5 comments

Playing soccer in a minor league baseball park provides lots of ready-made seats, parking, concessions, and lights. But a quality soccer pitch? Not so much, not even with the oil billions in the Bronx.

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Match report: Ottawa Fury 0-0 Bethlehem Steel

by Rob Simmons × on October 1, 2018 at 12:15 pm × 0 comments

Bethlehem went up to Canada’s capital and came back with a point.

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Match Report: Bethlehem 4 – 0 Toronto II

by Tim Jones × on September 23, 2018 at 11:45 am × 0 comments

The game was a “must-win” against a team that had scored 16 goals in its previous six games. Bethlehem Steel FC prevailed 4-0 to remain in 6th place in the USL eastern conference playoff race with three more games to play.

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Organizational core principle: Maximize and fulfill potential

by Tim Jones × on September 20, 2018 at 9:45 am × 1 comment

Tim Jones offers explanations why Bethlehem head coach Brendan Burke, USL Coach of the Month for August, was able to bring Bethlehem back into playoff contention.

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Raves: Matt Mahoney, the underdog come good

by Tim Jones × on September 19, 2018 at 10:30 am × 2 comments

Of the dozens of players who have trialed with Bethlehem Steel, only one has ever made the team and returned for a second year: former Temple Owl Matt Mahoney.

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Bethlehem Steel sign 15-year-old U.S. youth international Selmir Miscic

by Tim Jones × on September 12, 2018 at 5:00 am × 2 comments

The Bethlehem Steel FC have signed a 15-year-old U.S. youth international midfielder Selmir Miscic.

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Match Report: Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC 4 – 1 Bethlehem Steel FC

by Ryan Rose × on September 8, 2018 at 1:00 am × 0 comments

Pittsburgh Riverhounds walloped Bethlehem Steel 4-1 in Pittsburgh

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USL match report: Penn FC 3 – 1 Bethlehem Steel FC

by Tim Jones × on September 3, 2018 at 9:21 am × 0 comments

Penn FC ended Bethlehem’s run of August success decisively on the second day of September at Lehigh. A sustained run of emotion, focused effort came a cropper against mature, experienced desperation as Penn faces a challenging path to the playoffs. Bethlehem must finish strongly after its upcoming trip to Pittsburgh against the Riverhounds.