Features
By James Nalton. Alexandre Lacazette, Michael Olise, and Loïc Badé scored the goals that meant the United States men’s team opened their 2024 Olympics campaign with a 3-0 defeat. In the end, the gulf in quality between the two teams was too much, but though the loss was an
Features
By James Nalton. New York Red Bulls' unbeaten home record, the only such record remaining in Major League Soccer, was supposed to be tested by FC Cincinnati, the reigning Supporters' Shield champion and the team with the best away record in the league, but that was not the
California Soccer
By Oliver Tensley. LONG BEACH, Calif. — On Saturday, June 22, fans witnessed the LA Force cruise to a 2-0 win over Capistrano Football Club. They left Veterans Memorial Field at Long Beach City College, drove past the Long Beach Airport not even a mile away, and passed under the 405
MLS
NEW YORK, N.Y. – New York City FC announced a partnership today with the Randall’s Island Park Alliance (RIPA), which will see New York City FC II’s team play several of their home games at Icahn Stadium, on Randall’s Island. As part of the partnership, New York
California Soccer
By Oliver Tensley. SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif. -- Capistrano Football Club, more commonly known as Capo FC, is a club for its community. Many clubs say that, but few capture the feeling of a grassroots American soccer club like Capo. As soccer expands in America, more and more clubs want
Coachella FC
By Oliver Tensley .THERMAL, Calif. -- Coachella Football Club kicked a ball for the first time just a month ago in USL League Two yet already dreams big.“I can take this club to the top of MLS,” owner Rolando Inostroza said. “In the Coachella Valley there is too much
Features
By Oliver Tensley at the Championship Soccer Stadium. IRVINE, Calif. — Irvine Zeta FC is located in Orange County, California yet their scope of view is paradoxically both narrower and wider than “the O.C.” When one asks staff or supporters of Zeta about what the club represents you will hear
DC United
New Zealand defender Ryan Nelsen has spoken of his time playing for DC United between 2001 and 2004, describing what it was like to play in Major League Soccer during those uncertain years, and the mismanagement of American wonderkid Freddy Adu. The future of MLS was in the balance in
Features
By Oliver Tensley. Just three miles from the Ventura Harbor sits Ventura College, home of the Ventura County Fusion. On Wednesday, June 5, they faced the Southern California Eagles (based in Whittier, Calif.) and won 6-0. It was just the club’s second game of the year in USL League
New York City FC
QUEENS, NY – The New York City Council made history today with an overwhelming vote (47-1) to approve the transformational Willets Point Phase II Redevelopment Plan, completing the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP) review process. The Council’s approval of this monumental initiative is a significant milestone in the long
Analysis
By James Nalton. In the 2023 MLS regular season, only Toronto FC and Colorado Rapids -- the bottom teams in each conference -- scored fewer goals than New York City FC. It raised questions about how a team from a multi-club group that generally favors an attacking philosophy could end
Features
By James Nalton. Vermont Green 4, Lexington SC 3 - 2024 US Open Cup First Round. USL League Two amateur side Vermont Green triumphed in its first-ever US Open Cup match, winning a First Round tie against professional, Kentucky-based League One side, Lexington Sporting Club. Amid the off-field issues and