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. […]
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CARY, N.C. — When Dave Sarachan’s tenure as interim head coach of the U.S. men’s national team ended last month, he zeroed in on three things to consider when looking for his next career move. The people, the place and the project. Sarachan has coached at the youth level, in college, in Major League Soccer […]
Vissel Kobe, a top club in the Japanese first division, will make a winter tour of Southern California that will include a Jan. 31 friendly against the Los Angeles Football Club at Banc of California Stadium and a Feb. 5 game with the Orange County Soccer Club at the Orange County Great Park in Irvine. […]
Additional cities in Georgia and Utah are getting professional soccer teams. Dalton, located in the northeast part of Georgia near the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, will host a United Soccer League Two team in 2019, the league announced Friday. Additionally, Park City, Utah will also have a team for the upcoming season. The […]
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 […]
Sacramento Republic FC added some depth to its defense on Saturday ahead of the upcoming United Soccer League Championship season. The California-based club announced it signed Dekel Keinan to a contract for the 2019 season. The deal, which is pending league and federation approval, also has a club option for 2020. Keinan, 34, most recently […]
Enzo Martinez had the best statistical performances of his professional soccer career when he was playing for the Charlotte Independence of the United Soccer League Championship. From 2015 through 2017, Martinez made 87 appearances with the club, tallying 31 goals and 14 assists. The attacking midfielder was twice a finalist for the USL MVP award, […]
Major League Soccer won’t be played in Nashville until at least 2020, but the expansion side is beginning to add players to its roster. Nashville’s MLS team announced Thursday it signed Cameron Lancaster to a contract. The terms of the deal were not revealed, but it is an MLS contract. Lancaster will be loaned to […]
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 […]