North Carolina FC added a familiar face to its USL Championship squad ahead of the upcoming season. The club signed Alex Comsia, an NCFC and Vancouver Whitecaps academy product and University of North Carolina player, to a professional contract Friday after a successful preseason trial. The 22-year-old Canadian defender is making the jump to the […]
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Chattanooga Red Wolves SC, a USL League One expansion side, added a player recently who has scored a handful of goals at the Major League Soccer level. The club announced on Jan. 23 that it had signed Conor Doyle to a deal for the 2019 season, pending league and federation approval. “I’m very excited to […]
Birmingham Legion FC added a player with Major League Soccer experience to its back line Thursday with the signing of Kyle Fisher. Fisher, 24, joins the USL Championship expansion side on a multiyear deal. A defender who can play centerback or right back, he is the 11th player Birmingham has signed so far. “Kyle is […]
OKC Energy FC added a forward with Major League Soccer experience on Wednesday, signing Trinidad and Tobago international Cordell Cato. Cato, 26, comes to OKC after spending last season with the USL Championship’s Charlotte Independence. In 24 appearances with the club last season, he scored eight goals and added eight assists. “Cordell is another player […]
Birmingham Legion FC, a 2019 expansion side in the United Soccer League Championship, signed a forward with Major League Soccer experience Monday. Femi Hollinger-Janzen will join the Legion for the 2019 season, pending league and federation approval. Hollinger-Janzen has spent the past three seasons with the New England Revolution, where he appeared in 36 matches […]
Austin da Luz is a familiar face and a fan favorite among supporters in Cary, N.C., and fans will get the chance to cheer for him again in 2019. The former Major League Soccer SuperDraft pick is returning to North Carolina FC for his eighth season, the club announced Thursday, pending league and federation approval. […]
Birmingham Legion FC, a United Soccer League Championship expansion side, added a defender with Major League Soccer experience last week. The club announced Friday it signed right back Eric Avila to a contract for the 2019 season. Avila, 31, played last season with the Las Vegas Lights FC, but has appeared in 174 MLS matches […]
Hartford Athletic will begin playing in the United Soccer League Championship in 2019, and the expansion side signed its first three players Tuesday: Wojciech Wójcik, Jose Angulo and Alex Dixon. Terms of the deals were not revealed and their contracts are pending league and federation approval. Each of the players previously played under Hartford head […]
The United Soccer League Championship unveiled its schedule for the 2019 season, which features 36 teams set to play a total of 612 games across 33 weeks. For the 2019 season, each USL Championship side will play a home-and-home series with intraconference teams. All USL Championship games will be streamed on ESPN+, but the league […]
Orlando Pride assistant Khano Smith is now the assistant coach for USL Championship side Birmingham Legion FC. Legion FC, which is based in Birmingham, Alabama, announced Smith’s hiring on Tuesday. Smith, 36, will work with Legion FC coach Tom Soehn. “I’m excited to have Khno on board,” Soehn said in a statement. “He has a […]