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Coming to a Full Circle: The Story of SC Verdugos
Just northeast of Los Angeles, Glendale is home to around 200,000 people and one of the largest communities of Armenians in the nation. It is the birthplace of various notable players including Jeff Larentowicz, Julio Morales, and Peter Vagenas. It is also home to the story of one of the city’s first adult amateur soccer…
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Match Recap: Atletico Madrid Academia Miami Advance to UPSL D1 Semifinals
On Saturday, Atletico Madrid Academia Miami gets an extra-time goal to advance to the UPSL D1 Southeast Conference – Florida South semifinals over ISA. Pre-game Before their matchup in the UPSL D1 quarterfinals, both Atletico and ISA have met once before in the regular season; that time back in September, Atletico won 2-1. Atletico would finish the regular season…
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Chicago Nation’s Origins and path to the UPSL National Playoffs
In one of the biggest cities in America, Chicago is home to many talented players such as Marcelo Balboa, Reggie Cannon & Mike Magee, among many others. The rich pool of skillful talent ranges from the cities’ different immigrant communities from Europe to Latin America, notable in the many ethnic leagues there. As home to…
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NISA Nation Week 4 Preview
At, ISB, we’re so happy to say we’re starting our NISA Nation Weekly game coverage! Just like how we cover the NISA Pro games, we’ll give you the run-down on all of them in the week, as well as our predictions for them. This week in NISA Nation, we have some fun, and interesting matchups to cover…
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Q&A with Louisiana Krewe
In one of our two upcoming Q&A posts, coming up, we interview GCPL club Louisiana Krewe. The club, recently had an incredible trophy winning year, and also had come off of qualification for the US Open Cup before it was cancelled this year. So, we thought there wouldn’t be a better club to interview than…
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A Groundbreaking New Structure to the Youth System in the US
NISA continues to grow their pyramid, and they’ve created a groundbreaking new partnership. This time it’s the youth system they’re investing and affiliating in, and they announced a new partnership today with the National Competitive Soccer League. The youth league plans to start play in 2022, and this new partnership will provide a way to have…
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New York Countour Wins the UPSL National Title against East Valley United
On Sunday, New York Contour defeated East Valley United 2-1 in the UPSL National Final to be crowned the 2021 Spring champions. On a bright, beautiful day at the Championship Stadium in Irvine, California, the stage was set to see who would win the UPSL 2021 Spring finals. The two finalists would represent the best in the east and the west…
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Pre-game: Boise Cutthroats vs East Valley United Pro
This Friday’s UPSL national semifinals will see two teams from the Western United States face off for a chance to reach the 2021 spring finals. Those two teams being Boise Cutthroats and East Valley United Pro. Boise Cutthroats Here is how the journey to the semifinals was for the team from Idaho. In the Western Conference – Mountain division, the…
