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Giovanni Savarese, the new head coach for the Portland Timbers, made a big signing by acquiring former New York Cosmos midfielder Andres Flores, who he coached in back-to-back NASL championship seasons. The Timbers also acquired one more player and re-signed another as pre-season begins. READ MORE
We use the MLS bye week as an opportunity to experience NASL soccer and see the New York Cosmos draw North Carolina FC at MCU Park on Coney Island. READ MORE
The National Premier Soccer League will welcome over 20 new clubs for the 2017 season, and certainly one with high ambitions for the future ahead will be Hartford City FC. Headed by team owner Aaron Sarwar and club president Shawn Simao, the club aim to bring high-quality soccer to a community with a strong passion […] READ MORE
U.S. Soccer voted on Friday to grant provisional division II status to both USL and NASL for the 2017 season, giving each league a year to make their case. READ MORE
Podcast (November 29, 2016) – What’s up Taco Tuesday fanatics! Today on Last Word SC Radio, Matt Pollard, Joe Hojnacki, and Blayne Riffle are talking all things MLS Cup Conference Finals. Last Word SC Radio: MLS Cup Conference Finals Updates And NASL Collapse First off, Matt and the boys talk about the Seattle Sounders defeating […] READ MORE
The New York Cosmos are still breathing, for now. That is despite news from Pedro Heizer, a South Florida based soccer writer. He gave us this short and ominously vague series of tweets this morning that spelled doom for not only the Cosmos, but for the entire North American Soccer League: Breaking: Cosmos have notified […] READ MORE
New York Cosmos, the darlings of the North American Soccer League and the primary brand name keeping the league afloat, is experiencing financial woes that threaten their very existence. Dave Martinez of Empire of Soccer has the full report of the Cosmos being unable to pay staff, putting ticket sales on hold, and looking to […] READ MORE
The North American Soccer League is in trouble. The second tier league in the United States was already losing Minnesota United to MLS, and now they could see as many as four more sides depart the crumbling competition before the start of next season with only one more coming in to replace them. The NASL Crisis and How […] READ MORE