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Championship Pedigree
Jun 14, 2025
Championship Pedigree
Jun 14, 2025

With the USL Super League Championship match set to kick off in a few hours, we sat down with a key contributor for Tampa Bay Sun, Natasha Flint. She brings a wealth of personal experience delivering hardware for her clubs, and she’s ready to do it one more time.

by Dan Vaughn

Jun 14, 2025
USL Super League Final: Point/Counter Point
Jun 13, 2025
USL Super League Final: Point/Counter Point
Jun 13, 2025

Tomorrow, the USL Super League final will take place in Tampa as Ft Lauderdale will face Tampa Bay Sun. To prepare our readers for the matchup, John Howard-Fusco and Danielle Gawronski of The Super Show make the case on how each team could win the championship.

by Protagonist Staff

Jun 13, 2025
USL Super League Semifinal Previews
Jun 7, 2025
USL Super League Semifinal Previews
Jun 7, 2025

The USL Super League playoffs are here and the Super Show crew has your semifinal previews!

by Protagonist Staff

Jun 7, 2025
Three of a Kind
Jun 3, 2025
Three of a Kind
Jun 3, 2025

Harold Hanson, Philip Hephzibah and Ebrima Njie teamed up for Real Sociedad O.C. this season in the SoCal Premier League. Their paths could only cross in the amateur leagues of the United States. Sure, similar types of player groupings have happened in places like New York, Chicago, Miami and Dallas, but this one is unique to Southern California.  

by Dennis Pope

Jun 3, 2025
Super League Sync - Decision Day Edition
Jun 2, 2025
Super League Sync - Decision Day Edition
Jun 2, 2025

The final day of the regular season delivered in every way and we now have the roster of teams in the USL Super League playoffs.

by Dan Vaughn

Jun 2, 2025
Mackenzie George: The Constant is the Game
May 23, 2025
Mackenzie George: The Constant is the Game
May 23, 2025

Growing up in NorCal, college in Tennessee, professional in Iceland, now playing in Brooklyn. Mackenzie George has seen the world from the football pitch. Playing in diverse and different settings, everything is in flux and the only constant is the game.

by Dan Vaughn

May 23, 2025
Introducing: The Brandi Chastain Cup
May 22, 2025
Introducing: The Brandi Chastain Cup
May 22, 2025

The three largest women’s soccer leagues in the country have been brought together by US Soccer’s Adult Council and join hands to bring you, us, themselves, the Brandi Chastain Cup. Four of the biggest amateur soccer teams in the country will kick off the inaugural competition which pits WPSL, UWS, and the USLW against each other - then sprinkles in the 2024 Women’s National Amateur Cup Champions for good measure.

by Josh Duder

May 22, 2025
Super League Sync
May 22, 2025
Super League Sync
May 22, 2025

With just two weeks to go, the USL Super League playoff picture is coming into focus and we’ll soon know the roster of clubs who will be competing for the crown. Basically, it all hinges on Dallas.

by Dan Vaughn

May 22, 2025
Loud and Proud
May 15, 2025
Loud and Proud
May 15, 2025

In an political era where regressive societal views are working to roll back acceptance of the LGBTQIA+ community, visibility and representation are more important than ever. The Proud Owls stand as an example of how community can lead to strength and unity.

May 15, 2025
Super League Sync
May 12, 2025
Super League Sync
May 12, 2025

The USL Super League is weeks away from the playoffs and every match matters. Brooklyn FC may have fumbled the bag with their draw against Spokane, but there’s always next week.

by Dan Vaughn

May 12, 2025

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