Whether it’s the virtual pitch, or the real pitch, Marvin Mosquera is plenty familiar with it. The 23-year-old features on the pitch for New Orleans Jesters as a midfielder, but since the start of the eNPSL he has featured as the player/coach for the Jesters in the competition. When first told about the competition, Mosquera leapt at the chance to partake and noted how he pushed for the Jesters to play a role. However, the competition itself was more than he
Despite the cancellation of the 2020 NPSL outdoor summer season, eNPSL has taken over the on-pitch focus for clubs and fans alike. The 2020 summer season was set to be Risers’ inaugural season competing in the NPSL. Instead, they are dominating on the virtual pitch to the tune of an 11-4-1 record, good for third in the eNPSL table, and level with first and second on points. The club as a whole have been able to use this momentum as
While in Cancun, Mexico, for Crew’s preseason training camp, Columbus Crew SC head coach Caleb Porter spoke with reporters ahead of the 2020 MLS season that is just under a month from officially kicking off. Photo Credit: Ric Kruszynski/ISNSoccer.com Perhaps unsurprisingly, much of the talk of the conference call was on the newest members of the Crew – along with the departure of longtime team captain Wil Trapp. Porter spoke highly of Trapp, who was traded to Inter Miami on January
On Sirius XM FC on September 17th, the NPSL announced that they would be making the jump into a two-season system. The summer season will remain in place and, as NPSL Chairman Kenny Farrell said, will take precedent when looking at any possible tough decisions, but there will be a spring/fall season as well. Spring will run in March and April, teams will then break for summer season, then teams that will continue playing in fall will resume play in
Within the scope of European football, the American fan may overlook the Scandinavian nations like Denmark in the grand scheme of things. That, very well, may be changing very soon. FC Helsingør is a side that has an eye on the United States when it comes to player development and expanding their reach. In addition to Jordan Gardner, chairman and co-owner of the club, two key members of the staff are at the forefront of this project – North American
An internationally-capped senior women’s player for the Czech Republic, a club head coach in Australia, and the most recent USWNT U20 Head Coach, Jitka Klimkova has seen more places, than many footballers will even dream of in their careers. Also having previously serving as the U19 Head Coach, Klimkova has been at the helm for plenty of international matches, including the 2018 U20 World Cup in France, for the red, white, and blue. Now, she will be joining Internationals Soccer
On December 23rd, the New York Cosmos announced the return of captain and longtime player Danny Szetela for the 2019 NPSL season, including both the regular season and Founder’s Cup competition. His seventh year with the Cosmos promises to be another thrilling ride as a side with a historic lineage in the sport returns to professional status. This also promises to be another thrilling season in a career that has spanned from Columbus in the MLS, overseas, back to the
Photo Credit: Ryan Makuch/ISNSoccer.com On December 19th and 20th, over 70 top young soccer prospects and more than 20 professional clubs flooded Brighton, Michigan. The purpose for players and scouts alike was to make professional dreams come true at the third annual Midwest Pro Soccer Combine. The combine itself consists of fitness tests followed by six games, each of the four teams playing each other once. The games are slightly shorter than full-length at sixty minutes each, but it is plenty
