Lower Tier Soccer | Top Tier Coverage
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The Western half of the country have already completed their Round of 16 matches and the league spotlight shines on the Eastern conferences. UPSL delivers four great matchups this weekend and we take a look at the teams involved and what got them here.
by Josh Duder
Read MoreA few years ago Gio Troia, then playing for EPSL’s Oaklyn United FC, reached out to us to see if we had time to chat. Social media is a funny place in that sometimes DMs can get buried underneath all the other chatter and when Gio circled back to see how we were doing we apologized for the belated conversation and asked what was up.
by Joshua Duder
Read MoreWith the UPSL’s Fall Season well-underway, we were fortunate to have NY Empire FC’s co-founder, Max Ferro, reply to our request for an Under the Lights article. He was generous with his time and answered all of our questions about the newest club in the Northeast American (North) Division of the United Premier Soccer League.
by Joshua Duder
Read MoreWith the UPSL season well-underway, we were fortunate to have Emporia FC’s Director of Communications, Gabe Diaz-Serrano, reply to our request for an Under the Lights article. He was generous with his time and answered all of our questions about the club in the Midwest South Division of the United Premier Soccer League.
by Joshua Duder
Read MoreAndy Aguilar founded FC Arcadia with the goal of creating a connection with the community and getting people together basically to share their love for soccer. Learn more about them, Under the Lights.
Read More“About four or five of us play college currently, so we’re like “What are we going to do with no adult/amateur clubs around us?”. From that moment on, five of us began to work on something that will not only help us but help other players and the community around us because we probably aren’t the only ones looking for it.”
Read More“We currently play in the Greater Chicago Soccer League (formerly known as the National Soccer League, the oldest currently operating league in the entire country.) If we had ambitions to progress to a higher league, the next step would be the Midwest Premier League. However, as a club, we've decided our scope is set on being a local Sunday League Club. I think the move to the MWPL would be a very large commitment to a lot of our players that we don't want to push out of our club. So we're just deciding to keep it local and keep it fun.”
Read More“We saw an excellent opportunity to bring something that the community is hungry for in a fantastic mid-size city in the Chicagoland metropolitan area. We felt like with our experiences as well as the communities passion for the game it felt like a great fit.”
Read More“Everett City FC was founded in 2022 by Angel and Uriel Herrera who are two cousins that have love for the game of Soccer. With Uriels time playing in Bellingham for multiple years, he wanted to be closer to home (Snohomish, WA) with continuing a high level of indoor soccer. Which brought the idea of bring a new club to our local community.”
Read More“The club was originally founded in 2010. At the time, we were known as Southie FC. However, after a steady decline between 2018 to 2021, I took over the club for the 2022 season and renamed it to Atletico Boston… For the badge, we wanted to show the iconic Zakim Bridge.”
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