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In the USL Championship, specific trends have tied successive postseasons together; defensive-minded teams with either a great goalkeeper or talismanic striker tend to do best. USL League One defies such clear…
USL League One has now seen three clubs fold in 2026.
The leaves are turning, the mercury is dropping in the thermometer, and the USL Championship playoffs are back for another year. Every fall, 16 teams meet to decide a champion. Every fall, the pathway to the title is…
It’s in the title, folks. Every week during the MLS season, Backheeled is here to dive into the biggest Winners and Losers from around the league. Let’s get right to it!Winner: Order in the MLS universeMLS can be messy.…
As USL League One celebrated the final week of the 2026 season, there were two playoff spots and two top-four berths up in the air. With the dust settled, we’ve got the full picture. Chattanooga and Naples are in as…
Rarely has there been such a consequential final day in the USL Championship.Saturday’s full slate saw the top seed in the West change hands and decided the East’s final postseason berth. In a 20-minute span on the…
Qualifying for the 2026 U.S. Open Cup began a full year ago in the fall of 2025, and the long road from there led to St. Louis City lifting a trophy on Wednesday night. That shootout win over the Columbus Crew after a…
Week 33 in USL League One didn’t quite decide the playoff picture, but we’re one step closer to clarity. The Charlotte Independence are your Players’ Shield winners; both Sarasota Paradise and FC Naples both need…
It’s in the title, folks. Every week during the MLS season, Backheeled is here to dive into the biggest Winners and Losers from around the league. Let’s get right to it!Winner: A young winger near youThe part of my job…
33 weeks down, one to go. After a full weekend of action, the stakes are clear across the USL Championship heading into decision day. In the East, Indy Eleven need a result to leapfrog Miami FC and return to the…
We’re days away from the end of the USL Championship and USL League One regular seasons, capping off a monumental 2026. The USL has continued to push toward major reforms, re-oriented itself at the headquarters level,…
It was a winter day in Atlanta when Yoann Damet’s phone rang. The person on the other end of the line? Corey Wray. Wray wasn’t calling to reminisce with a former coworker about the good old days of winning MLS Cup with…
In MLS, there are many factors that determine whether a chief soccer officer is successful. Obviously, the top-line metric is simple: winning. But plenty of other things determine if you can do that. Do you create…
The playoff race in USL League One got a healthy dose of clarity in Week 32, but the stakes remain high across the division. The lead in the hunt for the Players’ Shield changed hands this weekend, and the home playoff…
It’s in the title, folks. Every week during the MLS season, Backheeled is here to dive into the biggest Winners and Losers from around the league. Let’s get right to it!Winner: Michael Bradley and Red Bull New YorkFor…