Jake Edwards Talks Expansion, Attendance and California’s Role in USL
On Sunday, New York Red Bulls II will face Swope Park Rangers in the USL Cup Final (5 pm PT, ESPNU). With the end of the 2016 season drawing near, SoccerNation spoke exclusively to USL President Jake...
View ArticleEpisode 4 – Patience in the Premier League, Sockers Thrash Turlock, Club...
Dike and Nate open up with an analysis of what is going on in the American Soccer Pyramid. Why did the Tampa Bay Rowdies and Ottawa Fury decide to relegate themselves and how does the shifting...
View ArticleNPSL Chairman Joe Barone Provides League Update
The American soccer pyramid is a tenuous thing. Tedious and temperamental at times too. At the moment though, the pyramid is in flux, and at the center of that flux, is “organized, structured chaos,”...
View ArticleArena’s USMNT Appointment Means Big Changes at LA Galaxy
A day after the United States Soccer Federation fired just the third head coach of the men’s senior national team of the past 18 years, a familiar face is back in charge: Bruce Arena, the USMNT head...
View ArticleNorth County Battalion and San Diego Surf Soccer Club Join Forces to Move...
When Joe Barone, Chairman of the National Premier Soccer League, described the lower leagues of American soccer as being subject to “organized, structured chaos,” the first thing that comes to mind for...
View ArticleJack McBean Makes League One Debut for Coventry City
The tale of local product Jack McBean took a new turn in the past week, as the on-loan LA Galaxy striker finally made his league debut for English side Coventry City, playing in the Sky Blues’ last two...
View ArticleThe Mafia Tones of the American Soccer Wars
“Plain and simple, we decapitate and do business with what’s left.” Those were the words of Phil Leotardo before his New York family went to war with what he called a “glorified crew” from New Jersey....
View ArticleRobbie Keane Exclusive: Ireland Legend Visits soccerloco in San Diego
Republic of Ireland and legendary striker Robbie Keane has called Southern California home for much of the last six years. In the wake of the announcement that he will be leaving the Los Angeles...
View ArticleEpisode 9 – YALLA SD, Robbie Keane visits soccerloco, Ben Forman Drives the...
00:00 – Nate and Dike are joined by San Diego Spurs Chairman Ben Forman to discuss the 2nd Annual Premier League Supporters Club Holiday Party benefiting YALLA SD, a nonprofit organization geared...
View ArticleLAFC Announce Partnership with Orange County Blues
MLS expansion side LAFC announced a partnership with USL club Orange County Blues on Wednesday. Orange County will be the USL affiliate with LAFC as part of a “multi-year partnership” enacted by the...
View ArticleCurt Onalfo Officially Hired as Next LA Galaxy Head Coach
The Bruce Arena era is over for the LA Galaxy. It’s now the Curt Onalfo era. The Galaxy unveiled Onalfo as the club’s eighth head coach in club history on Tuesday, capping off a search for a...
View ArticleThe State of the Orange County Blues’ Offseason
The offseason is well underway in USL, and the Orange County Blues figure to be one of the teams in the league with most changes ahead of the 2017 season, between hiring a new coach, filling out their...
View ArticleThe State of LA Galaxy II’s Offseason and a Look at Their Development Pipeline
On Wednesday we examined the state of local USL side Orange County Blues’ offseason so far, while also discussing the questions surrounding the full development picture at the club moving forward....
View ArticlePhoenix Rising Football Club Signs Escondido Native Matthew Hurlow-Paonessa...
Newly rebranded USL team Phoenix Rising Football Club has been busy in their offseason, adding Escondido native Matthew Hurlow-Paonessa to their potent strike force, pending league and USSF approval...
View ArticleMLS to San Diego and The Sports Elephant In The Room
San Diego wants a top flight professional soccer team to call its own. Well, good news for San Diego, as it was confirmed this past week that the city is indeed one of the ten American metropolitan...
View ArticleEpisode 11 – The 227th Merseyside Derby and San Diego’s Sports Elephant in...
Nate and Dike open up the show with a review of the 227th Merseyside Derby before discussion San Diego’s place in the MLS Expansion hunt. For 93 minutes Evertonians, Liverpudlians and neutrals alike...
View ArticleNew NASL, USL Expansion Rumors Emerge for San Diego, Orange County
Big news dropped on Friday, as the U.S. Soccer Federation, after considerable deliberation, granted both the NASL and USL Division II status on a provisional basis for 2017. The news appears to have...
View ArticleEpisode 13 – Has Major League Soccer Already Arrived in San Diego?
Rumblings of San Diego as a Major League Soccer expansion destination have been gathering for months now. We San Diegans have been teased and tinkered with as rumors of potential ownership groups,...
View ArticleIntroducing The Orange County Soccer Club
Farewell Orange County Blues Football Club. Welcome Orange County Soccer Club. A new name and a new look logo have long been mooted for the club formerly known as the OC Blues for some time now. On...
View ArticleSoccerNation Exclusive with PDL Director Todd Eason
The 2017 MLS SuperDraft was a landmark event for the United Soccer League’s (USL) Premier Development League (PDL). Functioning as the amateur division of the USL’s professional league, the PDL has...
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