Pro Women’s Soccer Is (Finally) Coming to SoCal

An impressive investor group across the business, sports, and entertainment industries announced that professional women’s soccer is coming to Los Angeles. What will the team name be? We don’t know the team name yet. It will be announced later. Where will the team play? We don’t know that yet, either. Two huge possibilities, of course, […]

Chasing History: Carlos Vela has one game left to break the MLS scoring record

Last year, Atlanta United’s Josef Martinez set a new single-season scoring record for Major League Soccer. With his 28th goal on August 24th 2018, Martinez broke the old record of 27 goals in a single season. The previous record was held by Roy Lassiter (1996) and Chris Wondolowski (2012). Martinez went on to set the […]

After years of Development, LAFC is Ready for Its First DA Playoffs

Back in 2016, LAFC didn’t have a stadium. Or a head coach. Or Carlos Vela. MLS had awarded a franchise to Los Angeles, but they wouldn’t play their first game in the league until 2018. They did, however, have an Under-12 US Soccer Development Academy team. From the ground up LAFC ownership had decided to […]

Special Edition: The Arsenal Soccer Schools Join the SoccerNation Podcast

The famed Arsenal Soccer Schools are returning to the west coast for the summer of 2017! This exciting opportunity to “Learn to Play the Arsenal Way” comes to you directly from the Arsenal Football Club and gives hundreds of children the chance to build on their existing skills and strengthen their love of the beautiful game, […]

Seven California Players Named To U.S. U-18 January Camp

United States U-18 Men’s National Team coach Omid Namazi has named a roster of 28 players for a January camp at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida, and seven players have California connections with four of them coming from the San Diego County. Heading to the Sunshine state is goalkeeper Eric Lopez (LA Galaxy, Los […]

Arsenal Soccer Camps Coming to California

Arsenal Soccer Camps in California

Calling all youth soccer players in California! An exciting opportunity is coming your way as Arsenal Football Club has announced it will bring its signature Arsenal Soccer Schools to California this summer as part of the men’s and women’s first team pre-season tour. These camps will give hundreds of youngsters the chance to “Learn to Play the Arsenal […]

LAFC Stadium Granted Final Approval To Build From LA City Council

Los Angeles Football Club’s (LAFC) dreams of building a new stadium took a massive step towards reality on Friday. The LA City Council unanimously approved the Final Environmental Impact Report along with other environmental and entitlement agreements for LAFC. The bottom line is that these approvals give LAFC consent to take possession of the site […]

Study Names Los Angeles Top Soccer Market in United States

It’s official: Los Angeles is the best soccer market in the United States. That’s the word from Gilt Edge Marketing, anyway, as they revealed the top slot in their Soccer Market Rankings Study this week, and the biggest city in California took top prize. The study, which looked at habits across social media, internet search […]