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Protagonist soccer is a media organization dedicated to lower-tier soccer; UPSL, NPSL, BSSL
Here at Protagonist we love to get stuck into teams and leagues we’ve never heard of before and when we recently discovered the MASL (A professional arena league hiding from us in plain site which plays in front of thousands and thousands of fans) we were instantly in love and wanted to know more
by Joshua Duder
Read MoreThe USL Championship season may have ended in November but teams have already started moving to make sure they improve in 2024. This series will look at the moves teams have made and what gaps still need to be addressed as they take this offseason to build a Championship-caliber squad. This is part three of the series.
by Phil Baki
Read MoreWeek 5 in the MASL was a short one due to the holiday, but we’ve got a double dip into the matches of the week.
by Geo Monterroso
Read MoreEvery 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 fourth and final nominee, Flower City Union.
by Dan Vaughn
Read MoreEvery 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 MoreEvery 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 second nominee, Indy Eleven.
by Dan Vaughn
Read MoreProtagonist Podcasts Presents: America’s Greatest is a brand new podcast series co-hosted by several of Protagonist’s writers and podcasters. We want to explore the history and pedigree of the sport in the United States. In episode two we explore the 2017 Summit League Final between Denver and Omaha with Broadcaster Donny Baarns.
by Joshua Duder
Read MoreWhat a weekend of MASL action! Big matchups that really shook up the standings were kicking off all over the country. Geo recaps the action from the weekend!
by Geo Monterroso
Read More“We choose the UPSL because it has a National platform with nearly 400 teams including now 16 MLS clubs. The UPSL was re-booted in Chicago by Garrett Hayward who ran 3 teams in 2021 and recruited 4 others creating the UPSL Midwest Central.”
Read MoreEvery 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 first nominee, Tulsa Athletic.
by Dan Vaughn
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