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Week Four is set to kick off on Friday with FC Tulsa hosting El Paso Locomotive, then we get a full slate of matches on Saturday with Birmingham Legion looking to solidify their spot at the top of the Eastern Conference when they visit Tampa Bay Rowdies and San Diego looking to do the double over a desperate Pheonix Rising FC. Protagonist bring you the results from last week and the fixture list for this week.
Read MoreBeing an expansion side isn’t easy, but Club de Lyon has left most people wondering how it will do in its first NISA season. We take a look at what we know and discuss what we don’t about this new professional club from Florida.
by Dan Vaughn
Read MoreAll year long we’ll be on the hunt for fresh kits and the best fits for our Top Tops series which will lead us right into our Top 23 Tops of 2023 end of year best shirts bonanza! Both EV Loves NY and NY International FC have worked with kit-makers in the past couple of years to earn their way into the Top Tops finale and this time around they’ve partnered up - not only to make a good shirt but to do good things for New York!
by Josh Duder
Read MoreAfter a mixed bag in 2022, the newly-formed City Union is ready for 2023. Two clubs merged into one and landed the biggest name in NISA free agency. What will this year’s NISA season bring for the New York based club? Dan takes a look at the past, present, and future of City Union.
by Dan Vaughn
Read More“Part of Lexington SC's plan involved absorbing the two largest youth clubs in the region: Lexington FC and Commonwealth Soccer Club. The result is a fully developed youth program that features more than 100 teams and 1,400 players from U7 through U19. In fact, the first teams to wear the crest in a match were the boys and girls teams in our youth program at the start of last fall.”
Read MoreUSL League One heads into Week Two and the expansion sides get a weekend off to recuperate after 90 minutes of ear-wrenching audio and an opening weekend derby. Familiar faces and old foes get stuck in as Richmond Kickers head to Greenville; Chattanooga Red Wolve open up their campaign against the NoCo Hailstorm; Tormenta look to retain their league toppers status when taking on Charlotte: Finally, the weekend finale is for the birds as Forward brings the Full Mingo to Omaha’s nest.
Read MoreWe’re only two weeks into the USL Championship season, so there’s plenty of time to turn things around, and maybe they will - but there are two teams in particular who can’t seem to get unstuck from the preseason and they look to get unstuck this week. 0 and 3 El Paso head up to annual favorites Louisville City then the 0 and 2 Memphis 901 take a long trip out west to try to steal a point from The Roots.
Read MoreEarlier this week, The Town FC announced its new charity arm, The Town Futures Project. While The Town FC focuses on the soccer, The Town Futures Project (using revenue generated from the soccer arm) will focus on supporting community improvement projects and collaborating with local organizations to ensure young players in the Oakland/East Bay region have all they need to succeed and be healthy.
by Protagonist Soccer Staff
Read More“The Cascadia Premier League aligns perfectly with our core beliefs of community and promotion and relegation. We will start in the second division with hopes of earning promotion as soon as possible. We like the CPL's regional vision for Washington, Oregon, Idaho and even Montana and see how we could be in the CPL a very long time and elevate our club as the league itself elevates.”
Read MoreThe 2023 USL Championship season kicked off in earnest last weekend and was solid entertainment - a handful of matches ended in draws but there were a few surprises including a shocking away win for Loudoun United at Memphis 901 and a convincing first step toward title defense for San Antonio FC.
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