Tag: NASL
Special Edition: Lev Kirshner Joins the SoccerNation Podcast
San Diego State University Men's Soccer Head Coach Lev Kirshner joins Dike Anyiwo for a special edition of the #SNPod.
Lev and Dike discuss the cur [...]
Episode 13 – Has Major League Soccer Already Arrived in San Diego?
Rumblings of San Diego as a Major League Soccer expansion destination have been gathering for months now. We San Diegans have been teased and tinkered [...]
New NASL, USL Expansion Rumors Emerge for San Diego, Orange County
Big news dropped on Friday, as the U.S. Soccer Federation, after considerable deliberation, granted both the NASL and USL Division II status on a prov [...]
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 [...]
NC Battalion Parts Ways With NPSL
On the same day that the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) announced an impressive expansion capture of the Kitsap Soccer Club, news broke that th [...]
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 [...]
In the Wake of All Star Week, MLS to San Diego Becomes More Challenging
The 2016 Major League Soccer All Star Game was by all accounts a roaring success. Soccer fans from all across California and beyond converged in San J [...]
San Diego Homegrown Series: Rhett Bernstein
Next up on our San Diego homegrown series is none other than Miami FC of the NASL's newest addition this year: Rhett Bernstein.
Rhett grew up in Un [...]
San Diego Homegrown Series: Eric Avila
Passion, hard-work, determination and winning are all extremely familiar terms for the subject this week’s edition of San Diego Homegrowns: Eric Avila [...]
San Diego Homegrown Series: Shawn Nicklaw
The road to life as a professional soccer player is not an easy one, yet another one of our own from San Diego is living his childhood dream. Shawn Ni [...]