Lower Tier Soccer | Top Tier Coverage
Protagonist soccer is a media organization dedicated to lower-tier soccer; UPSL, NPSL, BSSL
A few years ago Gio Troia, then playing for EPSL’s Oaklyn United FC, reached out to us to see if we had time to chat. Social media is a funny place in that sometimes DMs can get buried underneath all the other chatter and when Gio circled back to see how we were doing we apologized for the belated conversation and asked what was up.
by Joshua Duder
Read MoreWith the UPSL’s Fall Season well-underway, we were fortunate to have NY Empire FC’s co-founder, Max Ferro, reply to our request for an Under the Lights article. He was generous with his time and answered all of our questions about the newest club in the Northeast American (North) Division of the United Premier Soccer League.
by Joshua Duder
Read MoreThe short and intense USL League Two regular season is over and after having games seemingly every night for months, we have our final take on the top 35 teams. Protagonist will have a USL League Two Playoff Preview out on Friday morning, before the Round of 16.
by Ryan Stallings
Read MoreWith USL League Two matches kicking off all week, every week, we’ve done our best to utilize the stats compiled by the league by Sunday night and use them in our very own THE 2HOW Top 35. At the end of the road, only 35 teams from the league will enter the playoffs and we’ll be here every week to keep watch over the progress, and regress, of some of USL League Two’s top sides.
by Ryan Stallings
Read MoreWith USL League Two matches kicking off all week, every week, we’ve done our best to utilize the stats compiled by the league by Sunday night and use them in our very own THE 2HOW Top 32. At the end of the road, only 32 teams from the league will enter the playoffs and we’ll be here every week to keep watch over the progress, and regress, of some of USL League Two’s top sides.
by Ryan Stallings
Read MoreWith USL League Two matches kicking off all week, every week, we’ve done our best to utilize the stats compiled by the league by Sunday night and use them in our very own THE 2HOW Top 32. At the end of the road, only 32 teams from the league will enter the playoffs and we’ll be here every week to keep watch over the progress, and regress, of some of USL League Two’s top sides.
by Ryan Stallings
Read MoreWith the UPSL season well-underway, we were fortunate to have Emporia FC’s Director of Communications, Gabe Diaz-Serrano, reply to our request for an Under the Lights article. He was generous with his time and answered all of our questions about the club in the Midwest South Division of the United Premier Soccer League.
by Joshua Duder
Read MoreAndy Aguilar founded FC Arcadia with the goal of creating a connection with the community and getting people together basically to share their love for soccer. Learn more about them, Under the Lights.
Read More“About four or five of us play college currently, so we’re like “What are we going to do with no adult/amateur clubs around us?”. From that moment on, five of us began to work on something that will not only help us but help other players and the community around us because we probably aren’t the only ones looking for it.”
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.”
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