Give Los Angeles businessman Harry Tachian just five minutes of your time and you’ll quickly learn of his love for the sport of soccer. Tachian’s love for the game began during his time at the British International School of Jeddah in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Many of his physical education teachers were coaches, former coaches, or people that loved soccer. Because of his connections in Jeddah, Tachian was discovered as a youth prospect at the age of seven. “(My coaches)
The National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) is proud to announce that Los Angeles United Football Club (Los Angeles, CA) has joined the league as an expansion team. The club will begin competition in the West Region’s Southwest Conference in 2019. “The NPSL is thrilled to be penetrating further into the Los Angeles market,” NPSL Managing Director Cindy Spera commented. “We are expecting great rivalries and exciting players to emerge from this area, a true hotbed of talent in the U.S.” The
Playing for the first time within the city limits, Atlantic City FC was forced to play nearly an hour down a man but still managed a 1-1 draw with Virginia amateur club Motorik FC on Saturday night. Photo Credit: Matt Ralph/ISNSoccer.com The home side came out strong on the artificial surface they train on at Chelsea Heights Recreation Complex. Controlling most of the possession, it took the Aces only eight minutes to open the scoring when Alex Nicol hit a shot
Rhode Island Reds FC forward Komla Fabrice Dogbey has been selected as the 15th NPSL National Player of the Week for the 2018 NPSL season. Photo Credit: Julie Lach “This award means a lot to me,” Dogbey commented. “I am humbled and honored to win the NPSL National Player of the Week. I would like to thank the Rhode Island Reds and my teammates for making this possible.” Dogbey tallied five goals and two assists in two matches against Hartford City FC
Photos Courtesy of James Baird James Baird is a special player and coach, someone that has impacted the beautiful game in nearly every corner of the world. The 35-year-old has played for an astonishing 21 different clubs in Scotland, Faroe Islands, England, Trinidad and Tobago, U.S., and Iceland. That doesn’t include his national team experience or his numerous coaching gigs or even his work with the Global United charity team. Baird is a true international player that has spent time
Photo Credit: Ralph Schudel It’s a warm Tuesday night in early May, Micaela Powers prepares to clock out from another busy day at her job in tech sales. She heads home to gather her equipment and begin the ritual of commuting to another training session with the Columbus Eagles. She found her way to the Women’s Premier Soccer League (WPSL) franchise in mid-March after finishing her playing career at the University of Wisconsin in 2016. According to the former Badger, she
New York Cosmos B spoiled Boston City FC’s 2018 home opener on Sunday night, riding a dominant first-half performance to a 4-0 win over the third-year NPSL side. Photo Credit: Chris Aduama Darwin Espinal, a Honduran forward, scored in the 19th and 72nd minutes to pace the former NASL squad, while center back Alejandro Penzini and captain Danny Szetela chipped in goals of their own in the eighth and 44th minutes, respectively. For first-year head coach Carlos Mendes, it was exactly the
Mike Grella hadn’t played in a Major League Soccer match since June 3, 2017 and he hadn’t played a match at all for Columbus Crew SC before Saturday and the Black & Gold’s 2-1 victory over the San Jose Earthquakes. Photo Credit: Ken Tishenkel/ISNSoccer.com After suffering a knee injury and undergoing months of rehab, Grella made his first appearance for Crew SC off the bench after leaving the New York Red Bulls as a free agent during the offseason. He entered
It took a home match for Columbus Crew SC to snap a three-game losing streak and remedy a scoring drought against the New England Revolution on Saturday evening. The 2-2 tie saw a score by forward Gyasi Zardes and a New England own goal. Entering the match, the Black & Gold had scored just one goal in their past three matches and had been shutout in their last two. “I think it’s positive,” Crew SC Head Coach Gregg Berhalter said. “What I