San Francisco Derby Weekend Preview Pod Special

The San Fransisco Derby kicks off this weekend between SF City FC and SF Glens. To preview each match, I caught up with Jacques Pelham from SF City as well as Mike McNeill and Ramon Estevez to get a feeling for how each team is feeling going into their first meeting. Jacques has been on […]
Jason Barbato Joins the SoccerNation Podcast

On the latest edition of the SoccerNation Podcast – powered by soccerloco, Jason Barbato drops by to talk about literally everything. We talk about the origins of the North County Battalion who played in the NPSL for one glorious year before pivoting to PDL and adding a youth component to their first team with San […]
Carolina Dynamo’s 25th Year

Over the past 25 years, the American minor league soccer landscape has changed countless times, and the Carolina Dynamo has been through it all. In 1993, the Dynamo, based in Greensboro, N.C., won the USISL championship in the club’s first season. Founded by Neil Macpherson, a British transplant with a life-long love of Nottingham Forest, […]
Episode 34 – Jacques Pelham of SF City FC + Gold Cup Preview and One or Two Other Little Things

Nate Abaurrea and Dike Anyiwo are joined by San Francisco City Football Club President Jacques Pelham for a quick chat about soccer in the great great great city that has emerged as the battleground for the latest iteration of the American SoccerWarz. The story that has emerged in recent days regarding the potential USL expansion […]
SoccerNation Sitdown: Jason Gerlach of SoCal Surf

In the latest edition of the SoccerNation Sitdown, we were joined by the Co-Owner of the USL-PDL’s SoCal Surf. The San Diego based side has had a roller coaster ride of a first season, with four matches still to go in the side’s inaugural PDL campaign. Here’s what the Wisconsin native and lifelong student of […]
SoCal Surf Hosts FIFA17 Tournament

Southern California Surf, a local amateur side playing in the USL’s Premier Development League has partnered with popular soccer venue Goalkeeper Restaurant to host a EASPORTS FIFA17 tournament in mid-June. Gamers and ganderers alike are encouraged to spend time in the company of other soccer fans in a relaxed and friendly environment. Registration is open […]
Colorado Rush takes on FC Tucson in Club’s First Ever U.S. Open Cup Berth

Colorado Rush travels to FC Tucson in the first round of U.S. Open Cup in a win or go home match to advance to the next round of the 2017 U.S. Open Cup. Rush has had a solid season in their first United Premier Soccer League (UPSL) season and are currently sitting in first place in the […]
SoCal Surf Drop PDL Home Opener to San Diego Zest

In front of a cautiously optimistic crowd on a brisk and blustery evening, San Diego’s two Premier Development League teams met in a season opening skirmish at Southern California Surf’s home base at the Army Navy Academy in Carlsbad. San Diego Zest FC walked away with all three points, courtesy of a 1-0 win in […]
Youth Club Lawsuit Dismissed by U.S District Court

On Thursday, March 30th, ESPN’s Jeff Carlisle reported that a class-action lawsuit against the MLS Players Union by three youth clubs where U.S. National Team players Clint Dempsey, Michael Bradley and DeAndre Yedlin played as children has been dismissed by order of the U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas, Sherman Division. This is the […]
SoccerNation Sitdown: So Cal Premier President Matt Morse (Part 2)

In the latest edition of the SoccerNation Sitdown, our own Nate Abaurrea is joined by Matt Morse, the President of So Cal Premier and the Director of Coaching at AC Brea in Orange County. Part 2 of the conversation starts off with an interesting look into the booming growth of professional soccer in the United […]
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 current events surrounding the Aztecs Soccer program, with the United States Men’s National Team playing at Qualcomm on January 29th, National Signing Day on February 1st, Spring Season matches, and […]
SoccerNation Exclusive with PDL Director Todd Eason

The 2017 MLS SuperDraft was a landmark event for the United Soccer League’s (USL) Premier Development League (PDL). Functioning as the amateur division of the USL’s professional league, the PDL has long been the offseason destination for elite collegiate soccer players to hone their skills while away from school for the summer. SoccerNation spoke exclusively […]
MLS to San Diego and The Sports Elephant In The Room

San Diego wants a top flight professional soccer team to call its own. Well, good news for San Diego, as it was confirmed this past week that the city is indeed one of the ten American metropolitan areas being considered by Major League Soccer as the location for an expansion franchise. There is an unbridled […]
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 season, between hiring a new coach, filling out their staff, finding a new home, and unveiling a planned rebrand. So there’s bound to be many more […]
Episode 8 – Club Tijuana Crashes Out of LigaMX Playoffs, NC Battalion and Surf Merge, soccerloco Surf Cup and more!

Nate and Dike relive the exhilarating Liga MX playoff match between Club Tijuana and Leon. Los Xolos needed to win 3-0 or more in order to advance after falling in the first leg 3-0, and they almost pulled it off. The guys then review the weekend’s action in the Premier League, including Bob Bradley’s first […]
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, structured chaos,” the first thing that comes to mind for people familiar with the literature of George R.R. Martin is Petyr Baelish’s definition of chaos (viewer discretion advised). Baelish described chaos as a ladder, […]