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
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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
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
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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
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By James Nalton. The pressure-relieving goal for New York City FC and head coach Nick Cushing came from the unlikeliest of sources. A header from left wing-back Kevin O'Toole, his first goal in Major League Soccer, gave NYC a much-needed 2-1 win against Toronto FC in the Bronx.
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By James Nalton. Two late Portland Timbers goals saw New York City FC fall to a disappointing defeat in their home opener at Yankee Stadium on Saturday afternoon. Supporters who turned up in the Bronx were stunned, and then annoyed, some angry, as Brazilian winger Antony nabbed an equaliser with
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By James Nalton. Two full matchdays into the new Major League Soccer season, it is safe to say there are contrasting levels of optimism around the two teams with New York in their names. Starting with the positive, New York Red Bulls have shown promising signs under new head coach
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By James Nalton. Flower City Union, the National Independent Soccer Association (NISA) club from Rochester, NY, completed its remarkable playoff run by winning the NISA championship game on Saturday. A goal from Matt Bolduc was enough for the lowest-seeded team in the NISA playoffs to go all the way, defeating
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By James Nalton. Rochester, NY, based side Flower City Union has advanced to the Championship final of the National Independent Soccer Association (NISA) playoffs. Union, which finished sixth in the regular season standings, knocked out the regular season champion Chattanooga FC following extra-time and penalty kicks in Sunday night'
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By James Nalton. NJ/NY Gotham is through to the NWSL Championship game for the first time in franchise history after defeating Portland Thorns in Sunday night's semifinal. Katie Stengel's extra-time goal in the 107th minute was the only goal of the game but it was