July 2026 Updates
More updates to the Soccer Almanac site. First, we've started adding goalscorers to matches. Currently those updates include NASL seasons 1967 to 1970 and all the St. Louis leagues on …
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Major Updates for 2026
We've made a ton of updates to the Soccer Almanac site. A new search box is available on every page to help find specific information you'll be looking for. In …
A-League 1995 season
In July of 1994, the Atlanta Magic club was granted a franchise in the American Professional Soccer League to begin play in 1995. Sam Chase was the president of the …
USISL Pro League 1995 season
The United States Interregional Soccer League held its annual general meeting during the 1994 season Sizzlin' Nine weekend. The organization voted on taking up a new name and setup beginning …
USISL Premier League 1995 season
The United States Interregional Soccer League held its annual general meeting during the 1994 season Sizzlin' Nine weekend. The organization voted on taking up a new name and setup beginning …
USWISL 1995 season
The United States Interregional Soccer League held its annual general meeting during the 1994 season Sizzlin' Nine weekend. The organization voted on taking up a new name and setup beginning …
US Indoor Soccer League 1995-96 season
The 1995-96 season of the US Indoor Soccer League, technically an amateur division of the USISL, was the tenth in its existence. Only 10 teams played a full schedule with …
A-League 1996 season
Having accepted their status as the USSF's formally sanctioned Division II professional league, the A-League had a stable offseason before the 1996 season. in January, the struggling New York Centaurs …
USISL Select League 1996 season
During the summer of 1995, the USISL decided to create a new professional division, the Select League, that would be made up of the top 24 teams in the league. …
USISL Pro League 1996 season
During the summer of 1995, the USISL decided to create a new professional division, the Select League, that would be made up of the top 24 teams in the league. …
USISL Premier League 1996 season
During the summer of 1995, the USISL decided to create a new professional division, the Select League, that would be made up of the top 24 teams in the league. …
USWISL 1996 season
The second full season of the USWISL, better known as the W League, say the league still finding its footing. The organization began to coalesce around a core group of …
USISL I-League 1996-97 season
In mid-1996, the USISL incorporated in Florida as USISL, Inc. and merged with the American Professional Soccer League (A-League). Those entities created a new USISL A-League sanctioned by the USSF …
The Podcast Outside Your Window: Episode 0
I recently stumbled across this and thought I might as well share it. It’s a pre-COVID project I had to do a podcast on Marvel’s New Universe imprint of the …
The legacy of the Charleston Battery
[This blog post was originally published on November 12, 2023.] The 2023 USL Championship season is the 30th year of existence for the Charleston Battery. Tonight the teams is playing …
Angus MacLachlan
Bouncing back to the inaugural 1921-22 American Soccer League season, I started doing research on the player rosters for that year. I’m using Colin Jose’s seminal “American Soccer League, 1921-1931: …
USL PDL 1999 season
The USISL had gone through a regular rotation of names since its founding in 1986. But, in the offseason before the 1999, the organization changed its name to the United …
Uniforms of the 1914-15 St. Louis Soccer Football League
1914-15 was the final season of the original StLSFL before the league re-merged with the Federal Park Soccer League to become the St. Louis Soccer League and thus ending the …
Logos for the 1999 USL W-League teams
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Logos for the 1998 USISL A-League teams
Western Conference Pacific Division …
Logos for the 1999 USL PDL teams
Eastern Conference Northeast Division …
Logos for the 1998 USISL PDSL teams
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Logos for the 1999 USL D3 Pro League teams
Northern Conference <img …
Logos for the 1999 USL A-League teams
Eastern Conference Northeast Division <td …
Research is easy. Writing is hard.
[ This blog post was originally published on July 17, 2023. ] At least for me. I started thinking about this earlier today as I was mowing the lawn. My spouse and …
USL A-League 1999 season
The USISL had gone through a regular rotation of names since its founding in 1986. But, in the offseason before the 1999, the organization changed its name to the United …
USL W-League 1999 season
The USISL had gone through a regular rotation of names since its founding in 1986. But, in the offseason before the 1999, the organization's name was changed to the United …
USL D3 Pro League 1999 season
The USISL had gone through a regular rotation of names since its founding in 1986. But, in the offseason before the 1999, the organization changed its name to the United …
USISL PDSL 1998 season
Like the rest of the USISL the Premier Development Soccer League's offseason prior to the 1998 season was one of relative consistency. The PDSL grew from 30 to 33 teams. …
USISL D3-Pro League 1998 season
The offseason before the 1998 USISL D3-Pro League season was one of consistency. The league had 39 teams in the 1997 season and the same number of teams in 1998. …
USISL A-League 1998 season
The USISL A-League expanded from 24 to 28 teams for the 1998 season. The league added the Albuquerque Geckos (1997 USISL D3-Pro League champions), the San Francisco Bay Seals (promoted …
USISL I-League 1997-98 season
The USISL began in 1986 as the five-team Southwest Indoor Soccer League. The 1997-98 season would be the last for the USISL I-League. And, its final season would have the …
USISL W-League 1998 season
The autumn of 1997 saw the player-driven National Soccer Alliance form as the first true professional women’s soccer league. The eight-team league was scheduled to start play in the spring …
U.S. clubs in the CONCACAF Champions' Cup (1961-1996)
1960s 1961 & 1962 none 1963 New York Hungaria (German-American Soccer Association, Major Division) How …
USL teams by tier (1990-2010)
I’ve been doing research for a while taking a survey of the leagues in the USL. I’ve gotten to the end of the 90s and am starting to see the …
Names for the new Brooklyn USL League One franchise
[ This blog post was originally published on June 8, 2023. ] USL League One just announced that a new Brooklyn franchise will be joining the league starting in 2025. Here are …
Logos for the 1998 USISL W-League teams
W-1 Division North Division …
Logos for the 1998 USISL D3-Pro League teams
Northeast Division <img src="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/pvwuv6d511u4quce6wz9q/1998-Cape-Cod-Crusaders-logo.png?rlkey=e80apkxtlmv6gojwjtsma2c92&st=bjxgr005&dl=1" …
USISL A-League 1997 season
In mid-1996, the USISL incorporated in Florida as USISL, Inc. which led to a merger between the USISL and the Division II American Professional Soccer League (aka the A-League) which …
USISL D3-Pro League 1997 season
In mid-1996, the USISL incorporated in Florida as USISL, Inc. which led to a merger between the USISL and the Division II American Professional Soccer League (aka the A-League) which …
USISL PDSL 1997 season
In mid-1996, the USISL incorporated in Florida as USISL, Inc. which led to a merger between the USISL and the Division II American Professional Soccer League (aka the A-League) which …
USISL W-League 1997 season
In mid-1996, the USISL incorporated in Florida as USISL, Inc. which led to a merger between the USISL and the Division II American Professional Soccer League (aka the A-League) which …
Update
We've made some major updates to the site. The biggest of those is adding player (and manager) tables. The first league to add this data to the site is the …
1953 in U.S. Soccer
[ This blog post was originally published on May 6, 2023. ] The coronation of Charles III as king of the United Kingdom took place earlier today. Charles is Britain’s first new …
The 1926-27 Western Soccer Cup Association
On August 15, 1926, officials from the St. Louis Soccer League (SLSL) traveled to Chicago to discuss an inter-city league with officials of the Chicago Soccer League. President Winton E. …
The Final Season of the Original USISL
The USISL began in 1986 as the five-team Southwest Indoor Soccer League. The 1997-98 season would be the last for the USISL I-League. And, its final season would also just …
History of USSF Sanctioned Teams by Professional Division
In the Modern Era of U.S. Soccer, the USSF directly sanctions a soccer league and its teams as professional. Those professional ranks are broken out into three specific tiers - …
The Beginnings of USISL as a Pro League
What is now known as the United Soccer Leagues began as a five-team indoor soccer league called the Southwest Indoor Soccer League. Located primarily in Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico …
The Sporting Life and Tragic Death of John Tait
On the morning of 4 July, 1912, a rear-end train collision occurred three miles east of Corning, N.Y. The wreck caused the deaths of 39 people and injured 88 others. …
The 90-Year Gap
One of the best stories from this year’s European football season is Royale Union Saint-Gilloise. The Belgian club ended a 90-year title drought by winning the 2025 Belgian Pro League. …