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As revealed by Wes “Mantooth” Burdine of FiftyFive.One, the USSF decided to reject NASL’s application for Division II sanctioning last year. Since that time, lawsuits, injunctions and rejections have been the story of the North American Soccer League (NASL). As teams continued to exit the league and other leagues...
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Seven matches into Lowcountry United FC‘s 2018 spring campaign, it’s safe to say the Charleston, S.C.-based club has been the class of the UPSL Southeast Conference Mid-Atlantic Division thus far. A 5-1 win over Broncos United FC on Saturday moved Lowcountry’s record to an unscathed 7-0-0 (21 points). The...
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Sometimes a nil-nil scoreline isn’t indicative of a match’s excitement level. Other times, unfortunately, it looks every bit the part. Saturday evening at the Sportsplex at Matthews the latter type of stalemate developed, with the Indy Eleven and Charlotte Independence settling for a point each from the snoozefest. The...
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NBC Sports analyst and former USMNT footballer Kyle Martino joins regular panelists Nipun Chopra, Kevin Johnston and Aaron Gunyon to discuss the Premier League, U.S. Soccer, RCD Mallorca, promotion-relegation and much, much more. Martino also talks about his role as national board chair for Street Soccer USA. Click here...
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INDIANAPOLIS — For versatile Indy Eleven wingback Tyler Pasher, the question never seems to be if he’ll impact a match. More often than not, it’s merely a matter of which position he’ll do it from. The pacey 23-year-old Canadian drew a few starts at left back to start the...
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Recently on Twitter, my friend and former colleague Chad Irvine pinged me to ask if I might hop on my soapbox and write (complain) about the region designations for the 2018 U.S. Open Cup. If you’re unfamiliar, the tournament in the early rounds splits the bracket into regional groupings....
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All three MLS Canadian teams took the pitch in Week 8 of the MLS regular season and the results were, well, beyond disastrous. The Vancouver Whitecaps got absolutely embarrassed Friday night, falling 6-0 at Sporting Kansas City. On Saturday afternoon, the Montreal Impact suffered a thorough 5-3 home thrashing...
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It feels so good to be back for East Bay FC Stompers striker Gustavo Tavera-Rico, assuming he finds happiness in finding the back of the net. The veteran forward, back for his fifth season with the club after taking a hiatus, entered the match in the second half last...
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It’s not often that a team finds itself above the line seven games into a season while also riding a three-match losing streak. Thus is the case for Columbus Crew SC, who, thanks to a stellar start, currently sits in fourth place with 10 points in the MLS Eastern...