You might be hard pressed to find a bigger soccer advocate in the state of Arizona than the manager of the Arizona Sahuaros, Petar Draksin. The Grand Canyon University coach doesn’t get paid to manage the Sahauros, a club that has existed continuously, in many forms, since 1989. He also “will never give up” in […]
US Open Cup Qualifying
2009 Meet the USASA: Atlanta FC
With only a few exceptions, expansion teams always take time to get off the ground. Atlanta FC of the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) appears to be one of those exceptions. In only their second year of existance, they have punched their ticket to the 2009 Lamar Hunt US Open Cup and will face the USL First Division’s Charleston Battery in the First Round at Blackbaud Stadium on June 9.
2009 Meet the Underdogs: 402 from Nebraska
When discussing the hotbeds of soccer in the US, Nebraska usually doesn’t enter the conversation. But Jason Mims will tell you that when it comes to adult soccer in the state what’s been lacking is organization, not talent.
2007 Meet the USASA: El Paso Indios USA
The recent trend of foreign clubs fielding teams in the lower division leagues in the United States is evidenced in this year’s U.S. Open Cup.