Soccer and Supporters

Notes: Unless otherwise noted, all MLS games are live-streamed at live.mlssoccer.com and all USL games are live-streamed on their YouTube channel On April 12, ESPN+ is launching. Once it launches, all out of market MLS and USL games will be streamed there (cost is $5/month or $50/year, includes much more than American soccer). NWSL is not in action this weekend Friday, 4/6/2018 New England Revolution vs. Montreal Impact - 7:30et - Gillette Stadium Saturday, 4/7/2018 Pittsburgh Riverhounds vs. Toronto FC II - 3:00et - Highmark Stadium Atlanta United vs. Los Angeles FC - 5:00et - Mercedes-Benz Stadium - ESPN Richmond Kickers vs. New York Red Bulls II - 5:00et - City Stadium Philadelphia Union vs. San Jose Earthquakes - 7:00et - Talen Energy Stadium FC Cincinnati vs. Louisville City FC - 7:00et - Nippert Stadium North Carolina FC vs. Indy Eleven - 7:00et - Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park Tampa Bay Rowdies vs. Ottawa Fury FC - 7:30et - Al Lang Stadium FC Dallas

I've decided to change the format up a bit and sort games by date and time rather than league Notes: All MLS games are streamed for free on MLS Live, all NWSL games on Go90, and all USL games on YouTube (Unless otherwise noted on the specific game) Friday Houston Dash vs. Utah Royals - 8:00et - BBVA Compass Stadium Toronto FC vs. Real Salt Lake - 8:00et - BMO Field Saturday New York Red Bulls II vs. Charleston Battery - 1:00et - Red Bull Arena Orlando City vs. New York Red Bulls - 1:00et - Orlando City Stadium - Unimas, Twitter Bethlehem Steel vs. Nashville SC - 2:00et - Goodman Stadium Louisville City FC vs. Tampa Bay Rowdies - 3:00et - Louisville Slugger Field Real Monarchs SLC vs. Portland Timbers 2 - 3:00et - Rio Tinto Stadium Columbus Crew vs. Vancouver Whitecaps - 3:00et - MAPFRE Stadium Los Angeles Galaxy vs. LAFC - 3:00et - Stubhub Center - FOX North Carolina Courage vs. Sky Blue FC - 3:00et - Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park Washington Spirit vs.

It has always been my objective to grow the game, so I will TRY to publish a list of each American soccer game every weekend, and how to watch it. Notes: NWSL opens play this weekend. MLS Live is free until further notice (on MLS' website) MLS Saturday, March 24th New England Revolution vs. NYCFC - 1:30et - Gillette Stadium - MLS Live and Local Broadcasts FC Dallas vs. Portland Timbers - 3:30et - Toyota Stadium - UniMas, Twitter Columbus Crew vs. DC United - 6:00et - MAPFRE Stadium - MLS Live and Local Broadcasts New York Red Bulls vs. Minnesota United - 7:00et - Red Bull Arena - MLS Live and Local Broadcasts Colorado Rapids vs. Sporting KC - 9:00et - Dick's Sporting Goods Park - MLS Live and Local Broadcasts Vancouver Whitecaps vs. LA Galaxy - 10:00et - BC Place - MLS Live and Local Broadcasts NWSL Saturday, March 24th North Carolina Courage vs. Portland Thorns - 3:30et - WakeMed Soccer Park - Lifetime Orlando Pride vs. Utah Royals - 7:30et - Orlando

As you all know, I am a big advocate for lower division/grassroots soccer throughout the country. Below is a list of things you can do to support (what I hope) is our common goal of growing the game at all levels. (If a particular membership is over your budget, consider buying a scarf or something instead) - Donate a youth Kingston Stockade season ticket  ($25)                 Kingston Stockade is an NPSL club based in New York who embodies grassroots soccer. Founded and run by the CEO of Foursquare, Dennis Crowley, the club serves the community of Kingston, New York. Crowley is helping lead the lawsuit against USSF to implement pro/rel. In addition, the club is helping put an end to pay-for-play, and a youth season ticket donates a season ticket to a Hudson Valley organization  such as the YMCA or Boys & Girls Club. - Buy a Himmarshee FC membership  ($20)                 When the NASL's Fort Lauderdale Strikers were forced to fold, the supporter's group, Flight 19,

MLS commissioner Don Garber announced earlier today that Nashville would be the next expansion side to join Major League Soccer. This leaves the three other finalists (Detroit, Sacramento, and Cincinnati) to fight over just one expansion spot left for this round. Garber at the County Music Hall of Fame earlier today to announce MLS expansion to Nashville  The decision seemed clear as day to me as to which cities should be granted the next two teams: Cincinnati and Sacramento. I was naive in believing MLS was competent enough to see that. Cincinnati and Sacramento both have years of overwhelming support for their lower division professional teams that exist already. FC Cincinnati averaged over 21,000/game in 2016 (and almost 15,000 season tickets sold for 2017 already). Sacramento Republic sells out every game with over 11,000 in attendance. Sacramento has also begun construction on their MLS stadium and has over 10,000 MLS season ticket commitments . Credit to Mike Pendlet

FC Kansas City to move to Salt Lake City, Bought by RSL The last few months have been plagued with uncertainty for the fans and players of FC Kansas City (NWSL). It has finally been announced that Real Salt Lake has bought the club and will become the fourth NWSL team owned by a parent MLS club (Orlando Pride, Houston Dash, Portland Thorns). This move brings more stability to the franchise and to the league as RSL is a proven soccer club with relatively deep pockets. The NWSL team will likely play at the new stadium being constructed at RSL's new training ground where Real Monarchs (USL) will play as well. Full story here . #SaveFCKC San Francisco Deltas officially fold The least surprising storyline as we've seen this coming for quite some time, the San Francisco Deltas (NASL) have officially folded after one year in operation and after winning the NASL championship. The club had astronomical expenses, low attendance for most of the year, and a lack of sponsors. Full story