Hawaii is a tropical paradise and one of the most beautiful places on Earth. It is also one of the most promising soccer markets in the country. Leading the way from the islands is Oahu League of Hawaii Youth Soccer CEO and President Chris Keem. Keem is an accomplished soccer executive who has grown the game in both the U.S. and Canada for nearly 20 years. From 2005-2008, he was the Executive Director of Queen City FC, an NPSL side in
The National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) joined the esports community on Wednesday with the launch of the VPG eNPSL competition. “The NPSL is excited to enter the esports market for the first time,” NPSL Managing Director Cindy Spera said. “The VPG eNPSL will be a great way to bring our community members together for friendly competition on a virtual pitch. This will also be an opportunity to take the NPSL brand beyond our traditional boundaries and into new households across the
When you think of great managers in the beautiful game today, the obvious names come to mind. Pep Guardiola. José Mourinho. Jürgen Klopp. Diego Simeone. Brendan Rodgers. But after you read this, you will want to add another name: Stephen Constantine. Photos Courtesy of stephenconstantine.com Constantine, whose career was chronicled in From Delhi to the Den: The Story of Football’s Most Travelled Coach, has an amazing story and an equally impressive resume. His Twitter profile says “I
The National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) is proud to announce that Nashville United (Nashville, TN) has joined the league as an expansion team. The club will begin competition in the East Region’s Southeast Conference in 2020. “We are very excited to launch another team in Tennessee with the addition of Nashville United,” NPSL Managing Director Cindy Spera said. “Tennessee and the Southeast Conference will always have a special place in the history of the NPSL. We are looking forward to Nashville United adding to that
The National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) is proud to announce that Metro Louisville FC (Louisville, KY) has joined the league as an expansion team. The club will begin competition in the East Region’s Southeast Conference in 2020.
“We are thrilled to add a team in Kentucky,” NPSL Managing Director Cindy Spera said. “The Southeast Conference, with its move to the East Region and the addition of several new teams, is expected to be one of our most exciting conferences in 2020.”
Arguably David Goldblatt understands the beautiful game better than anyone else in the world. He’s an intellectual, a scholar, a historian, and the best-selling author of The Ball is Round: A Global History of Soccer. And he’s done it again with a masterpiece called The Age of Football: Soccer and the 21st Century. Goldblatt takes readers on an exhaustive journey through soccer’s recent history, a 550+ page text that is exceptionally thorough. His message is clear: football is shaped and
The 2020 United Soccer Coaches Convention in Baltimore kicked off with a bang thanks to the NWSL Draft. The players were surrounded by loved ones and fans that were showing their excitement for these athletes to be drafted. It was amazing to see these 36 young women’s dreams of becoming a professional soccer player come true. After the draft, the convention continued to be an amazing event full of great lectures, training sessions, speakers, and coaches that truly make it a
One thing I love about the beautiful game is the wide range of opinions and the passionate people behind those opinions. Some are praising the possibilities behind pro/rel, while others speak about the untapped potential of the American game. Others rave about nepotism, failed leagues, and a broken model. The Twitterverse is home to all kinds of these discussions every moment of every day…even on Christmas (I’ve looked). Cover Art Courtesy of Rowman and Littlefield Why the U.S. Men Will Never
Cover Art Courtesy of Y Lolfa Y Lolfa always has great sporting titles, but where they shine the most is with Welsh football. Phil Stead’s Red Dragons and Jamie Thomas’ When Dragons Dare to Dream are recent releases that were absolutely brilliant. Nick Burnell’s Trailing Clouds of Glory: Welsh Football’s Forgotten Heroes of 1976 is equally good and focuses on the 1970s and Wales’ quarter-final finish at Euro ’76. There’s plenty of context about the 50s and 60s so you hear about
