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Tonight two sister soccer clubs will face off in the first ever Derby Paso Del Norte in El Paso. El Paso Locomotive and FC Juarez plan to make this matchup a regular friendly that allows fans of both clubs to root for their teams in the borderland.
by Dan Vaughn
Read MoreCouldn’t have scripted a better day one of the US Open Cup than what we got last night. Cupsets galore and small clubs on display made for one of the most fun days in Open Cup history!
by Dan Vaughn
Read MorePhil Baki tries to make sense of the USL Championship weekend that was. Let’s get our bearings and clean ourselves up, this is the Championship Hangover.
by Phil Baki
Read MoreWith Round One of the 2024 US Open Cup kicking off this week, Adnan Bašić made the trip out to Chicago House AC’s practice to talk with players, staff, and the godfather of Chicago soccer, Peter Wilt, to talk about the club’s preparations for it’s matchup on Wednesday.
by Adnan Bašić
Read MoreThe US Open Cup is back, with or without certain teams we mostly won’t mention. Round One pops off this week and could prove to be a rather interesting beginning to The Cup, with professional sides and amateur teams clashing much earlier than usual - MLSNP will throw their lot into the mix with whichever NISA teams are still operating, USL League One, and a cornucopia of USL League 2, UPSL, NPSL, Open Qualifying teams and various other clubs from amateur ranks.
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 MoreTough night for Locomotive, going down a score in the second half and couldn’t find the equalizer, regardless of effort.
by Dan Vaughn
Read MoreBoth USL Championship as well as USL League One are into week two and our contributors have gone whole hog on telling you why you should watch these games. NPSL is also into week two and we have a sneaky great matchup while certain opponents are playing in the US Open Cup. The Metroplex Premier League, out of Dallas, is back in action and the MASL regular season is all but done, with just a couple playoff spots undecided and grudges to settle.
by Protagonist Staff
Read MoreOn a windy night in El Paso, Monterey Bay managed to sneak out with a point after a last minute goal evened things. There was plenty to be excited for the home side, as El Paso looked good for the first 45. This is a full match report from the evening.
by Dan Vaughn
Read MoreThis past weekend the USL Championship season got going and with it came some of the usual bumps, some new, exciting aspects, and some fantastic football. We’ll take a look at a few of the things that stuck out from Kickoff Weekend and what it might mean for the rest of the year, both on and off the field.
by Phil Baki
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