Lower Tier Soccer | Top Tier Coverage
Protagonist soccer is a media organization dedicated to lower-tier soccer; UPSL, NPSL, BSSL
Every year we nominate five clubs for Protagonist Soccer Club of the Year. Our readers vote on who deserves the award. So let’s celebrate an amazing year of lower league soccer by highlighting four tremendous clubs who deserve your vote. Here’s the third nominee, Sacramento Republic.
by Dan Vaughn
Read MoreWhile most of the soccer fans in this country has their tv’s tuned to ESPN+ for the US Open Cup final, we had our own man in Exploria Stadium to see the match first-hand. From before the match to Denny’s after, Cameron Reed describes the matchup between USL and MLS and how Sacramento Republic gave all lower league fans a sense of hope.
by Cameron Reed
Read MoreWith under 24 hours to go before the US Open Cup Final, Major League Soccer franchise Orlando City SC admit they are being investigated for possible spying on the “Underdogs” - are the “Favorites” scared?
by Joshua Duder
Read More“Major League Soccer doesn’t deserve the Sacramento market… They played their inaugural season in 2014 and only went on to win the league in their first foray into the soccer world – in nearly every civilized footballing nation, that would have seen them move up.”
by Joshua Duder
Read MoreWith only four matches this round, we are running out of teams to care about - Sacramento Republic of the USL Championship and Union Omaha of USL League One are the only two clubs left carrying the guidon for non-MLS teams to root for.
by Joshua Duder
Read More“Beyond our community, we do user interviews every week with club presidents, operations directors, coaches, and players, from clubs at all levels of the pyramid in the US, Canada, UK, and other countries. I've personally spoke to 150 people about how they manage their club.”
by Joshua Duder
Read MoreThere are eight matches left in the whole competition and only three of them really matter to us - otherwise its the end of the road for the teams we can get behind in the 2022 US Open Cup.
by Joshua Duder
Read More“Winners of the 1999 US Open Cup, where they beat four MLS franchises in succession, including stunning the Colorado Rapids 2-0 to secure the title - Rochester brings a particular pedigree to the contest which is hard to ignore.”
by Joshua Duder
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