Rush Soccer Expands Footprint to the United Soccer League
Originally founded in 1997, Rush Soccer Club has grown from a single youth club into an international behemoth of an organization, with 48 locations nationally and another 36 outposts abroad. Replacing the Harrisburg City Islanders, Penn FC joins the Rush family as the newest member of the United Soccer League. As have many youth clubs, […]
Phoenix Rising FC 0, Orange County 0
Phoenix Rising FC and Orange County SC played to an entertaining 0-0 draw on Wednesday night in the United Soccer League’s Game of the Week. In the 4th minute, it was Canadian spark plug Alessandro Riggi getting on the end of a long, switching ball from Shaun Wright-Phillips. In the 7th, Frank Olijve sent a […]
USL Show Season 2.5 kickoff, featuring LCFC Media Director Jonathan Lintner
The guys are back for what Josh is calling The USL Show Season 2.5! This week, Kyle and Josh are joined by Louisville City FC Media Director, Jonathan Lintner to discuss LCFC’s new stadium proposal. The guys also discuss changes to the show’s format, recap the chosen games of the week, and catch up on […]
Exclusive: USL President Jake Edwards Speaks to SoccerNation
The United Soccer League has been on the rise for some time now. Following the formal affiliation with Major League Soccer in January of 2013, the USL has forged ahead at a remarkable rate, growing from 13 teams to 30 in the current 2017 season. In recent weeks, the league has also confirmed several more […]
USL Mid-Season Updates from President Jake Edwards
The United Soccer League’s 2017 season is charging past the midway point and into the dog days of summer. As the coaching staffs and players on the field adjust rosters and ease aches and pains for the playoff stretch, the league office is reflecting on off-field growth, and how best to manage it. Jake Edwards, […]
United Soccer League Welcomes Austin Back
After nearly two years of uncertainty, the capital city of Texas will once again be represented in the United Soccer League, according to a league release. The as-yet nameless club will play at a new soccer-specific venue at Circuit of the Americas, and will be led by COTA Chairman Bobby Epstein. Play will begin in […]
Drogba Drops Galaxy II; Orange County SC Grab Draw At The Death
USL is now in the business end of the season, with teams fighting to get into the playoff reckoning or jockeying for position in the Top 8. LA Galaxy II were on a four-game unbeaten streak heading into Saturday’s game at home against Phoenix Rising FC. Then Didier Drogba happened. The 39-year-old legend torched Galaxy […]
Opinion: The “2” Teams Aren’t Going Anywhere
The current iteration of the United Soccer League, now in its seventh season, has come a long way from the fractured, acrimonious circumstances that hastened its 2011 launch. Major League Soccer, by way of the 2013 partnership that still exists today, has been a big part of the growth. But how big? Back in the […]
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 […]
Orange County SC Return to USL Play, LA Galaxy II Host Republic FC
The weekend is almost here, and that means USL regular season action is right around the corner. For the first time in three weeks, both Southern California teams are playing. Orange County SC did have a U.S. Open Cup game about 10 days ago, but they’ve been on a three-week bye in league play. The […]
LA Galaxy II Gear Up For Rio Grande Valley FC Rematch
Orange County SC is on break in USL play yet again this weekend, but the other local USL side, LA Galaxy II, keep plugging along. On Saturday, they’ll be in Texas once again to play Rio Grande Valley FC for the second time in the 2017 season. In the teams’ previous meeting, just under a […]
LA Galaxy II aim to continue momentum as they host Phoenix Rising FC
Orange County SC have yet another bye week this weekend in regular season play, but USL is returning to Southern California this weekend. LA Galaxy II look like they have perhaps turned a corner the past two games, and return from their road trip with a home date on Saturday against Phoenix Rising FC. It’s […]
Texas Toast: San Antonio FC rides its speed to 1-0 win over Phoenix Rising
It was never going to be easy, but Phoenix Rising FC may wonder if they let a point slip away in San Antonio Saturday night, as the home team San Antonio FC took a 1-0 win. SAFC was the stronger team throughout, but the match overall lacked much excitement, and if not for a single […]
LA Galaxy II, Orange County SC take long road trips this weekend
LA Galaxy II’s slump continued this week, as they failed to rebound from their 4-0 405 Derby loss to Orange County SC at the weekend, losing 3-0 to Real Monarchs at StubHub Center on Wednesday. Galaxy II defender Jean Engola, rested on the weekend, conceded a first-half penalty and LA found no answers for the […]
NASL coming to Orange County – how will they stand out locally?
NASL made it official this week, announcing an expansion team is coming to Orange County to begin play in 2018. The announcement is significant, not only for confirming previous reports from this year that an expansion announcement to Southern California was imminent, but because it finally happened. NASL-to-Southern California has been a rumored proposition since […]