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We catch up with USL League One as it heads into the final third of the season. With everything to play for, One to One takes a look at one match that happened and one match to watch for in the second tier of USL.
by Joshua Duder
Read MoreTattoo culture has long been part of belonging to subcultures, and in the modern era soccer fandom and ink have interlocked. Fans put their loyalty on their skin and identify their support through visual marks. Looking back through history, it should be no surprise that the high-risk world of supporter culture and tattoos would blend together so often.
by Dan Vaughn
Read MoreThe club captured lightning in the bottle: the right place; the right front office; the right head coach; and the right mixture of players. In 1976 the sky was the limit for US soccer and an expansion club from the San Fernando Valley playing in the minor leagues was the epitome of that marvelous future waiting right around the corner.
by Dan Creel
Read More“Our goal next year is to build on our late season success from this year and continue to mature. We're hoping to bring in some older, more experienced players to not only improve the maturity of the team, but to also help grow our younger players on the field.”
Read MoreWith the big national leagues in the offseason, one of our favorite regional leagues, First Flight League, is just getting started. In conjunction with On Board, the FFL’s youtube show, we’ve got the Week 1 Power Rankings.
Read MoreFour years, this is the article that started it all. After a decade of play in the Northwest, the Kitsap Pumas closed up shop and exited the NPSL. It came as a shock, but it was also just another name in the list of amateur soccer clubs that didn’t make it.
by Phil Baki
Read MoreIn this throwback article from October 31, 2019, Dan Vaughn looks back over the earliest years of American soccer, highlighting the Fall Fiver Marksmen and their goalkeeper, Findlay Kerr. Family contributions, including never before seen photos, make this article a rich one for history fans.
by Dan Vaughn
Read More4 years ago, Robby Smukler and Icarus were almost unknown the vast majority of lower league soccer. We asked him to write about his inspiration, process, and goals for his company. Since then, his company has grown to dominate lower league amateur soccer in the United States.
by Robby Smukler
Read MoreOriginally published in August of 2018, Club of Immigrants focuses on the story of a Texas club that was founded in Mexico and immigrated with the families that filled the roster. Now three generations of Mexican-Americans have played for Inocentes FC in Fort Worth. This is the story of that club.
by Dan Vaughn
Read MoreIt’s not often that we can get a person on the ground at a National Championship, but our own John Howard-Fusco made the trip to see FC Motown win its first NPSL championship. He reports on the match.
by John Howard-Fusco
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