Lower Tier Soccer | Top Tier Coverage
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Protagonist Soccer brings you our prestigious Top 23 Tops of 2023 list and this year we’ve done it in style. Seven Kitnerd panelists from across lower league soccer weigh in and share their opinions about this year’s most impressive US-based club kits! In Part One, we explain the process, give you a list of notable exclusions, and start the countdown. from number 23 to number 14.
Read MoreWith the MASL season now going full throttle, we were fortunate to steal a little time from CEO and Co-Owner of St Louis Ambush, Shelly Clark. When we reached out with a few questions about what makes her team tick, she was generous and provided some great insight about the professional arena soccer team in St Louis, MO.
Read MoreWe’re back from the holidays and we have soccer soccer soccer, indoor and out! The UPSL returns to its playoffs bracket; the SoCal Premier League is kicking off for the second half of the season; MASL, WISL, MLIS and PASL are all going balls off the walls - our writers, podcasters, and contributors pick the games they think look compelling. Let’s get stuck in!
by Protagonist Staff
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 nine we discuss the 2020 NISA final with none other than Protagonist Soccer Editor Dan Vaughn and Fletcher Sharpe, writer and podcaster for the Daily Detroit.
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 week, we look at Detroit City, Memphis 901, New Mexico United, Miami FC, returners North Carolina FC and newcomers Rhode Island FC.
by Phil Baki
Read MoreThe final weekend of 2023 brought so many highlight moments from the Major Arena Soccer League. Geo walks you through all the action from the weekend that was in the MASL.
by Geo Monterroso
Read MoreOne of our favorite times of the year is when new clubs, with great logos and big dreams, pops onto the scene to get us hyped for the next season. To kick off the new year, Protagonist regular, Rich Schenck, was able to hunt down the story of the Ypsi Yetis!
Read MoreWhen the fan voting ended, there was no question which team deserved the title of Protagonist Soccer Club of the Year. Tulsa Athletic was widely supported and overwhelmingly won the vote. The NPSL champion and furthest achieving amateur club in the US Open Cup added another trophy to its impressive haul from this year.
by Dan Vaughn
Read MoreThe outdoor leagues are either over for the season or taking a break this week, so your favorite Protagonist contributors have decided to get totally stuck into indoor soccer! This week we take a look at a handful of games from MASL and a couple from Major League Indoor Soccer too, as their season is just getting underway.
by Protagonist Staff
Read MoreHere 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
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