Phoenix Rising vs El Paso Locomotive: USL Match Preview 8/1/20
El Paso Locomotive travel to Casino Arizona Field in Tempe, Arizona to play Phoenix Rising FC on Saturday, August 1, 2020. Phoenix comes into the matches reeling after back to back games where they dropped points on the road to arch rivals Orange County SC. The result of getting only 1 point from those 2 matches has seen Phoenix…
Read MoreOrange County vs Phoenix Rising: USL Group B Match Preview 7/25/20
Phoenix Rising FC will travel to Championship Soccer Stadium to play Orange County SC this Saturday, July 25, 2020. It is the second of two consecutive USL Championship match-ups between PRFC and OCSC in a 10-day-period, both at Irvine, California. In the first match, on last Thursday, July 16, the clubs fought to a 1-1…
Read MoreOrange County SC vs Phoenix Rising: 2020 USL Group B Match Preview
Phoenix Rising FC will travel to Championship Soccer Stadium to play Orange County SC this Thursday, July 16, 2020. It is the first of what will be two consecutive USL Championship match-ups between the two clubs over the next 10 days. It is Phoenix’s second match since the USL’s “Return To Play”, and they are…
Read MorePhoenix Rising vs LA Galaxy II: 2020 USL Group B Match Preview
LA Galaxy II travel to Casino Arizona Field to play Phoenix Rising FC this Saturday, July 11 2020 as the USL Championship returns to play for the first time since the season was suspended due to COVID-19. It will be Phoenix’s first time in action since beating Portland Timbers 2 by a 6-1 margin all the…
Read MoreVAR – What Is It Good For? The Premier League’s Video Replay Problem
After watching the three Premier League matches on July 9/20 the 1969 Edwin Starr song “War – What is it good for?” popped into me head followed by the line “Absolutely nothing” and then it became “VAR – What is it good for?” well you get the rest. Ask Dean Smith, Eddie Howe, Carlo Ancelotti…
Read MoreUSL Stadium Tour In The Time Of COVID (A Road Trip With Arran) Part 2
Day 3: St Louis FC The next day was a shorter drive from Kansas City to Louisville, via St Louis, and that of course meant a stop and a search for the Eastern Division side Saint Louis FC’s home ground, West Community Stadium. Never having seen them in action live, or on TV (inter-conference games…
Read MoreUSL Stadium Tour In The Time Of COVID (A Road Trip With Arran)
It all began one night a few weeks back when a friend called me up out of the blue and asked if I wouldn’t mind help him move. This wasn’t any ordinary move though – he was asking me to drive his Jeep Grand Cherokee from Phoenix, Arizona all the way to Dayton Ohio, while…
Read MoreGeorge Hudson: Accrington Stanley Peel Park Days Legend
George Hudson scored an amazing 35 goals for Accrington Stanley in the 1960-1961 season. Following photographs featuring Accrington Stanley’s legendary centre forward George Hudson surfacing on social media, I thought it would be good to contact George and thanks to a search on Twitter, l managed to locate initially his son Al, then eventually George himself.…
Read MorePhoenix Rising vs Portland Timbers 2: 2020 USL Match Preview
Portland Timbers 2 travel to Casino Arizona Field to play Phoenix Rising FC this Saturday, March 7, 2020. It is the first USL Championship match of the year for these Western Conference foes. Phoenix finished 1st place in the Western Conference last season with 78 points, before being upset in the 2nd round of the playoffs…
Read MoreErik In, Erik Out: Loudoun Clear From The U.K. Part 2
In my first ever piece on Loudoun United, one of the main topics I covered was the exciting news that Estonian International Erik Sorga had signed for Loudoun for the forthcoming season. On researching the 20-year old, it soon became apparent that the striker had bright future in the game. What I did not expect…
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