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“USL League One kicks off Week Three on Saturday, April 1st with five matches. Notably, first place Charlotte Independence visit Richmond Kickers and the winner will retain first place for the week and depending on how other results work out, the lead could be either one point or as much as four points - for as early in the season as it is, this really could end up being an important result.”
Read MoreA new NISA season brings a flock of expansion sides, including the Savannah Clovers. After taking last season off to prepare for 2023, what can we expect from this new professional club?
by John Howard-Fusco
Read MoreThe club that everyone loves to root for struggled to find consistency last season and returns in 2023 with more questions than answers. How can a revamped Maryland Bobcats roster find a way to deliver results in NISA this season?
by Dan Creel and Dan Vaughn
Read MoreAfter finishing second last season, ALBION was thought to be done for good. However, the club is back for another season in NISA, but without most of the names and faces that drove the team to excellence in 2022.
by Dan Creel
Read MoreNo other NISA club has the kind of expectations facing Chattanooga FC. Coming up short in the semifinals last season, the club has reloaded and revamped Rod Underwood’s roster. This year is a massive one for CFC.
by Dan Creel and Dan Vaughn
Read MoreWeek 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.”
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