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Last Week around the Leagues

OSC Original by Fran Stuchbury
This past week United Soccer League One announced its Patterson, New Jersey team will be called the New York Cosmos when it begins play next season, the South Atlantic League's Greensboro Grasshoppers tossed their second perfect game in nine days, and several ECHL and American Hockey League head coaching vacancies were filled.
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Team and League News
- New England Revolution's Carles Gil Added to 2025 MLS All-Star Roster - New England Revolution (MLS)
- Oklahoma City Comets and Chickasaw Nation Announce Ballpark Naming Rights Extension - Oklahoma City Comets (PCL)
- Fighting Saints and USHL Announce 2025 Fall Classic Schedule - Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL)
- Hawks Schedule Now Complete - Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL)
- NC Courage Loan Charlotte Mclean to Tampa Bay Sun FC - North Carolina Courage (NWSL)
- Phantoms Add Free Agent Defenseman Jayden Veney - Youngstown Phantoms (USHL)
- Real Salt Lake Takes Four-Game Unbeaten Run on Road Wednesday at Portland Timbers - Real Salt Lake (MLS)
- Nashville SC's Hany Mukhtar and Golden Boot Leader Sam Surridge Named to MLS All-Star Team - Nashville SC (MLS)
- Raleigh Family Legacy Lives at Five County Stadium - Carolina Mudcats (CarL)
- Schedule Released for 2025 DICK's Sporting Goods Fall Classic - (USHL)
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Latest Minor League Headlines
- Portland Fire: WNBA expansion team unveils name, logo for 2026 debut - WNBA Portland Oregonian
- Portland Fire reignited in the Global Epicenter of Womens Sports - WNBA NBC DFW
- All-star Retz delivers as staff ace for Express - Northwoods Eau Claire Leader Telegram
- Top 10 South Bend Cubs players since name change in 2015 - MWL South Bend Tribune
- Alyssa Thomas hits game-winning free throw to lead Mercury over Valkyries - WNBA Arizona Sports
- Local Roundup: 12 Keys selected in MLB Draft - MLBDL Frederick News-Post
- Nailers Searching For New Coach After Army Moves To Assistant Role With Colorado Eagles - ECHL Wheeling Intelligencer/News-Register
- Lynx bounce back in Chicago, roll past Sky - WNBA St. Paul Pioneer Press
- River Bandits Insider: Roc-ing to MWL weekly honor - MWL Quad City Times
- Portlands WNBA team drops another name hint before the official announcement - WNBA KPTV
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Defenseman Jayden Veney with the Chilliwack Chiefs (Chilliwack Chiefs)
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Most Popular Teams on OSC
- Columbia Fireflies - Carolina League (CarL)
- B.C. Lions - Canadian Football League (CFL)
- Tampa Bay Rowdies - United Soccer League Championship (USL)
- York United FC - Canadian Premier League (CPL)
- Seattle - Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL)
- Richmond - Northwoods League (Northwoods)
- Vancouver - Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL)
- Topeka Scarecrows - Federal Prospects Hockey League (FPHL)
- New Mexico - ECHL (ECHL)
- Cleveland - Women's Premier Soccer League Pro (WPSL Pro)
Top News of the Week
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- Last Week around the Leagues
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- Preview: Chicago Stars FC vs. Corinthians SC
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- Houli Named Head Coach of the Johnstown Tomahawks
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Newest Teams on OSC
- Amarillo Warbirds - National Arena League (NAL)
- Colorado Springs Sky Sox - Pioneer League (PL)
- Philadelphia - Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
- Detroit - Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
- Cleveland - Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
- Golden City Football Club - MLS NEXT Pro (MLS NEXT Pro)
- Indiana Sentinels - Federal Prospects Hockey League (FPHL)
- New Mexico - ECHL (ECHL)
- Seattle - Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL)
- Fort Lauderdale United FC - United Soccer League One (USL1)
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BASKETBALL
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Women's Basketball
WNBA
FOOTBALL
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Outdoor Football
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HOCKEY
Junior Hockey
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PLL, WLL
OTHER
Other Sports
MLR
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SOCCER
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Women's Soccer
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