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I dabble in astrophotography. Not as often as I'd like, but since this is a vacation photo, I talked myself into posting it here.  I'm still vacationing at Hilton Head, SC, where they've had two shark incidents in the last week, so that's a fun thing to worry about on our trip. But, as promised, we have a guest post from Ian  of the Forza Naples podcast. A huge thanks to him for this. Take it away Ian: It’s finally time for the Florida Georgia Line Derby! Too much? Trying to think of something to celebrate the closest geographic team to FC Naples in the league currently. After a huge start from Naples, going 9 games unbeaten across all competitions and only allowing 3 goals, Naples has been dealt a bit of a reality check recently, not winning since beating Omaha 3-1 back on May 25. We’ve also struggled on the road, missing out on all three points against Chattanooga, Maine, and Miami FC in the cup, while only picking up one point at Greenville. However, I’m hopeful tha...

Photo Credit: Luke Martin Ian Cameron prepares for Tormenta practice on June 19. As you may recall, I'm heading to the beach for a vacation next week, but I couldn't leave without at least giving you all a One Knox preview. And what better way to do that than to go straight to the man himself, Torment Manager Ian Cameron. I caught up with him after practice on Thursday where we talked about where his team is now, Knoxville, tweaks to the style of play he's made and, of course, we close out by asking .... well, you'll see, but it's worth it to get to the end, I promise. Is this the definitive Ian Cameron interview? Not even close. But in the history of interviews Cameron has done, this will certainly go down as one of them. This interview has been edited for clarity. I'll blame Google for any typos as they transcribed it, but really, they're my fault. Sorry. Stormwatch912 I'm just first off. I know you've had a chance to kind of review tape everything...

Photo Credit: Tormenta FC So it's been a little while since I've gotten to write here. The W-League season is a sprint and when Tormenta had like five home games in 16 days, well, I was just trying to keep my head above water in addition to my day job. Add in a couple of League One games and it was a lot. All of those stories from the W-League home games can be found at StatesboroHerald.com , but if I could sum them up, Tormenta created a lot of chances, didn't capitalize enough of them and other than the home game with the Carolina Ascent, they didn't do enough and didn't come out on top. Currently the W-League team sits at 4-4-1 (13 points)on the year. The four losses are the most the team has had in a season in its four year existence and nearly matches the total they had over the three years combined. That's not a knock on this year's squad, which has some talented players and play an entertaining style of soccer, but more of a commentary on just how goo...

Photo Credit: Tormenta FC This has not been the season the Tormenta USL-W League team had hoped for. Coming in to tonight's matchup with the undefeated and defending champion North Carolina Courage, Tormenta is 4-3-1 on the year. The three losses are already tied for the most losses the team has had in a single season (2023, when they went 6-3-3). At this point they would need a LOT of help to make the playoffs so while it's not mathematically impossible, it's highly improbable.  But that doesn't mean there's still not a lot to play for. Every one of these young women playing for Tormenta are here because they want to play professionally and this is a chance for them to showcase their skills and develop as a player. Look, I love Statesboro, but I can think of a lot better places as a college student to spend my summers than the gnat capital of the world. Tormenta lost to the Courage 3-1 earlier in the season, but Manager Kian Brownlee said he thought South Georgia o...

My home away from home this weekend "What are we doing this weekend?" It's something that I usually ask my wife every Friday morning as a way to figure out if I forgot any plans that she's told me about during the week. Stuff like a birthday party I'm supposed to take my youngest to or dinner with my parents or her birthday. You know the drill. Well, today I didn't have to ask that. For one, she's going out of town with our youngest to our nephew's birthday party. No, I'm not a bad uncle for skipping. Someone has to stay here to take my oldest to take the SAT on Saturday morning. But that's not why I didn't ask. No, this weekend I'm basically moving in to Tormenta Stadium.  You know how baseball teams will play a three game series over the weekend? It's kind of like that, but with soccer, and it's not a series, and three different opponents over three nights split between the W-League and League One guys. Ok, so it's nothing...

Emma Tucker takes a corner kick against Carolina Ascent.  I think this was her Olimpico.  Five games in 11 day is a lot. Throw in that two of them are against a currently undefeated South Carolina United and the final game in that stretch is a rematch with defending champion North Carolina Courage and you've got a hectic little stretch that the Tormenta W-League squad is facing.  It started this past Saturday with Tormenta's 3-1 win over Carolina Ascent . Tormenta takes on the aforementioned SC United tonight on the road before hosting the Charlotte Eagles on Friday. Tormenta and Charlotte tied 1-1 back on May 20th. On Sunday, Tormenta hosts SC United in their return trip and then Wednesday is that rematch with the NC Courage, who are also undefeated at this point. In total, that's five games against the top teams in the South Atlantic League in 11 days. Combined, the opponents in Tormenta's next four games are 8-1-3. But to be the best, you've got to beat the best ...