MLS is back! LAFC wallpaper and Pics for You

The 2020 MLS season is off and running! American soccer fans got a very satisfying appetizer last week with Concacaf Champions League play. Four of the eight remaining teams in CCL are Major League Soccer clubs. NYCFC, Montreal Impact, Atlanta United, and LAFC in CCL quarter-finals This is good news for American soccer. MLS is […]

OPINION: Playoffs are American. Promotion Relegation can stay away.

A few months ago, I was meeting our newest team member here at SoccerNation. Richard Nightengale and I sat across the Soccerloco conference table from each other and (duh) started talking soccer. He loves the Wolves of Wolverhampton. I’m Chelsea blue when it comes to English football. So, with relief, we agreed that we could […]

Steve Brockhoff and Daryl Biggs Join the SoccerNation Podcast

Steve Brockhoff and Daryl Biggs jump on the latest SoccerNation Podcast – powered by soccerloco to talk about the recent news that the SoccerCity San Diego Original Supporters Group is spinning off and becoming member-run. The OSG was actually first started by the SoccerCity team last year as a way to validate interest in their […]

One on One with SoccerCity SD’s Steve Altman

When you ask Google about Steve Altman you’ll likely learn all manner of things about intellectual property, computer chip processors and San Diego’s largest company, Qualcomm. You’re also likely to learn about Rock the Cure and the philanthropy that the Altman family has participated in when it comes to combating a disease that has infiltrated […]

SoccerCity SD Launches #WaitForSD Campaign

Since the long-lost days of June 2017 FS Investors, the people behind the movement to bring a Major League Soccer franchise to San Diego, have been quite quiet. The SoccerCity silence was broken Monday when Nick Stone, spokesperson for FS Investors, met with soccer fans and media personnel just north of the city proper in […]

SoccerCity Proposal Penciled in for 2018 Election by City Council

For the third successive Monday, soccer fans in San Diego crowded the chambers of City Council in the hope that their combined force of will could sway the elected representatives of the nine districts of the City of San Diego to rule in favor of the SoccerCity proposal. Despite support from the mayor and a […]

Opinion: San Diego Must Have the Opportunity to Vote on SoccerCity in 2017

City Council has run out of excuses to deny the people their right to vote on SoccerCity. On Monday, San Diego council members voted 8-1 to approve a budget that removed a $5M line item to hold a special election. The reasoning behind that can be boiled down to two main objections; cost and Measure […]

3 Things: Footy McFooty Face Logo Revealed, Schweinsteiger’s Debut, and more!

It was another weekend packed full of soccer action around the region, country and world. We’ve got a few of the highlights in North America in this weekend’s 3 Things. Footy McFooty Face is the people’s choice for San Diego The big local news isn’t LA Galaxy’s loss in Vancouver or what happened with the local […]

Special Edition: Landon Donovan Joins the SoccerNation Podcast

Landon Donovan, the reigning all time leader in both goals scored and assists created, the man who Major League Soccer’s MVP Trophy is named after, recent San Diego transplant and even more recent FS Investor joins Dike Anyiwo for a candid discussion regarding the current status of youth soccer in San Diego and how that […]

Battle over San Diego SoccerCity Site Heats Up in the Public Arena

One of the components of the San Diego MLS expansion bid that looked to be most controversial coming in was the effort to bypass a local vote on the Mission Valley stadium proposal, dubbed “SoccerCity.” On one hand, that was intended to streamline the process, with a petition campaign to obtain signatures intended to be […]

SoccerNation Sitdown: Alexi Lalas from Avaya Stadium

In the build up to the massive USA vs. Honduras World Cup Qualifier in San Jose, our own Nate Abaurrea was joined by the one and only Alexi Lalas for a very special podcast edition of the SoccerNation Sitdown. Abaurrea and Lalas did not hold back in the 25 minute conversation, recorded inside Avaya Stadium. […]

SDSU’s role in the future of Mission Valley

Editor’s note: This essay was originally published by The Daily Aztec  In 1956, the citizens of San Diego voted to gift coastal land in La Jolla to the Regents of the University of California, which ultimately became UC San Diego. Today, UCSD is San Diego’s top employer and has altered the trajectory of the economy. […]

How SoccerCity SD and SDSU Can Strike a Deal in Mission Valley

I’ll preface with this: By no means is the SoccerCity SD group required to make any concessions on this deal. It’s strong enough by to stand up to political scrutiny and gain widespread support on its own merits. That being said, this is an attempt (however feeble it may be) to grease some wheels. SDSU […]