Good evening #MastodonFC friends.
Want a good #USLonESPN x #USLAfterDark game to watch? Phoenix Rising FC vs. Memphis 901 FC at 11 p.m. ET is just the ticket.
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Director, Content - United Soccer League. Cambridge United supporter. Won't you look at me? I'm crazy. But I get the job done.
He/Him.
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Win, lose or draw, there's nothing like going to a game.
Wonderful to welcome my friend Jonathan Tannenwald of the Philadelphia Inquirer to #USL HQ this lunchtime and show him around with Amanda Vandervort.
First time we've met in person, if you can believe it.
Safe travels this season, my man. #MastodonFC
Now he's been called into his first #USMNT camp. It's a great opportunity for a talented player.
It's also another illustration of how the USL Championship can offer a pathway to top young players into Europe, and visibility that earns this sort of opportunity.
Rogers succeeded at HamKam, and Energy FC transferred him after the end of his loan.
He was subsequently transferred to Rosenborg. Yes, 26-time Norwegian First Division title winner, Rosenborfg. And he succeeded there as well.
Rogers was a top prospect at Seattle Sounders FC. He made 64 appearances for Tacoma Defiance, the club's USL Championship organization.
But he wanted to get to Europe, and that meant needing First Team minutes. The Sounders couldn't offer that.
So he went to OKC Energy FC. He played 12 games there. And then he was sent on loan to Norwegian club HamKam.
The #USMNT announced its squad for its January friendlies today. Obviously, it's great to see 2021 USL Championship Young Player of the Year Jonathan Gomez selected.
But what about the other player in this picture? That's Sam Rogers. He's a player that took the same route as Gomez, but to much less fanfare.
Extremely proud of the work my colleagues, led by Amanda Vandervort, Missy Price and Betsy Haugh, have done to create #StepUp, the #USL's new women's soccer initiative.
It's going to be a game-changer for the game in our country, from the Academy to the Professional level.
Get all the details, and download the full strategy report, here. #MastodonFC
The passing of a great player hurts. It hurts even more when the player was someone you got to see play live, and admired.
Gianluca Vialli was a brilliant player, but by all accounts an even better person. The collated tributes after his passing on Friday were remarkably moving.
Vai in pace, Luca.
Gianluca Vialli: a look back at the Italy great's football life
To go with today's announcement, I picked out 11 Home Openers you should definitely get to if you can, or tune in for.
Among them are two playoff rematches, a clash between two #USYNT standouts, and a much-anticipated return to face his former club for one of the USL Championship's recent standouts.
