ONE: Home Openers Announced

The league recently announced the home openers for the season - with some interesting matchups, including the champions starting on the road to a re-vamped North Carolina FC and new boys One Knoxville SC hosting fellow expansion side Lexington SC in a southern bourbon darby!

March 17th
- North Carolina FC vs SG Tormenta FC
March 18th
- Charlotte Independence vs Richmond Kickers
- One Knoxville SC vs Lexington SC
March 22nd
- Central Valley Fuego vs North Carolina FC
March 25th
- Greenville Triumph SC vs Richmond Kickers
- South Georgia Tormenta FC vs Charlotte Independence
- Chattanooga Red Wolves SC vs Northern Colorado Hailstorm
March 26th
- Union Omaha vs Forward Madison
April 1st
- Richmond Kickers vs Charlotte Independence
April 8th
- Lexington SC vs Forward Madison
April 15th
- Forward Madison vs Greenville Triumph SC
May 27th
- Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC vs Central Valley Fuego

ONE: Players on the move

Its the silly season all around the world and USL League One is no different ! Forward Madison moving a few players on should be no surprise after finishing two spaces off the bottom, but the Mingos seeing off Mathesus Cassini might be. The Sao Paulo, Brazil native - whose former teams include Palermo of Serie B as well as Santos and Fluminense of the Brazilian leagues - showed a ton of promise with his 5 goals and 5 assists from 26 appearances. “Matheus is a player our staff enjoyed watching last season and he posed problems when trying to analyze how to contain him," Tormenta FC Head Coach Ian Cameron said. The league doesn’t list any compensation for the move - it might be that an opportunity to move to the champions simply could not be refused!

Oddly, it seems that the team who were runners-up in the league are having a fire-sale and we see Villalobos move to expansion side One Knoxville SC; Timmy Mehl (who was on loan from Tampa Bay Rowdies of the USLC) heads to Forward Madison; DJ Denton moves to North Carolina FC; and the dynamic Brazilian winger Rafa Mentzingen joins him.

Kaelon Fox was announced as expansion club Lexington SC’s first signing; Jan-Erik Leinhos moves from USLC Champions Louisville FC to One Knox SC; and another year, another club for Mikey Maldonado as he takes his talents to join a handful of new players in North Carolina FC. We’ll be sure to bring you more moves as we see them.

by Joshua Duder