Category: USL PDL
USL Premier Development League
Phoenix Rising Football Club Signs Escondido Native Matthew Hurlow-Paonessa For 2017 Season
Newly rebranded USL team Phoenix Rising Football Club has been busy in their offseason, adding Escondido native Matthew Hurlow-Paonessa to their poten [...]
The State of the Orange County Blues’ Offseason
The offseason is well underway in USL, and the Orange County Blues figure to be one of the teams in the league with most changes ahead of the 2017 sea [...]
The Mafia Tones of the American Soccer Wars
"Plain and simple, we decapitate and do business with what's left."
Those were the words of Phil Leotardo before his New York family went to war wi [...]
North County Battalion and San Diego Surf Soccer Club Join Forces to Move into the USL’s PDL
When Joe Barone, Chairman of the National Premier Soccer League, described the lower leagues of American soccer as being subject to “organized, struct [...]
NPSL Chairman Joe Barone Provides League Update
The American soccer pyramid is a tenuous thing. It tends to be both tedious and temperamental at times too. At the moment though, the pyramid is in fl [...]
Episode 4 – Patience in the Premier League, Sockers Thrash Turlock, Club Tijuana Win Again and More
Dike and Nate open up with an analysis of what is going on in the American Soccer Pyramid. Why did the Tampa Bay Rowdies and Ottawa Fury decide to rel [...]
Jake Edwards Talks Expansion, Attendance and California’s Role in USL
On Sunday, New York Red Bulls II will face Swope Park Rangers in the USL Cup Final (5 pm PT, ESPNU). With the end of the 2016 season drawing near, Soc [...]
California PDL Weekend Recap: San Diego Zest and Frenso Fuego Are On Fire
The Frenso are running away with the Central Pacific Division and the Zest have really come on as of late are looking to make a push for a first-place [...]
California PDL Weekend Recap: San Diego Zest and Frenso Fuego Extend Streaks
We're at the halfway point in the 2016 USL PDL season and while some teams are trying to break away for an early division lead, other teams are keepin [...]
California PDL Weekend Recap: Fresno Fuego Win Big, San Diego Zest Off To Hot Start & More
The USL PDL season is in full swing with nine teams from California competing in the annual summer league for college and top-level amateur players.
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