James Riley is an American soccer defender who currently plays for the Tacoma Stars of the Major Arena Soccer League. Riley previously spent eleven seasons in Major League Soccer (MLS) with the New England Revolution (2005–2007), San Jose Earthquakes (2008), Seattle Sounders FC (2009–2011), Chivas USA (2012), D.C. United (2013), LA Galaxy (2014), and the Colorado Rapids (2015). Riley served as the captain of the Cascadia National Team in the 2018 ConIFA World Football Cup.
Lamar Justin Neagle is an American soccer player who plays for the Tacoma Stars of the Major Arena Soccer League. He has spent most of his career with the Seattle Sounders FC of Major League Soccer over the course of several stints; Neagle has also played for Montreal Impact and D.C. United in Major League Soccer, as well as Mariehamn in Finland.
Myron Samuel is a Vincentian international footballer who currently plays for Seattle Sounders FC 2 in the USL. Samuel is one of the youngest players to play and to score for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
The USL Championship (USLC), formerly known as United Soccer League (USL) and USL Pro, is a professional men's soccer league in the United States and Canada that began its inaugural season in 2011. The USL is sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation as a Division II Professional League since 2017, placing it under Major League Soccer in the hierarchy. The USL is headquartered in Tampa. Until 2016 it had Division III status.
Philip Lund is a Danish footballer who currently plays for indoor soccer team Tacoma Stars in United States.
The Cincinnati Dutch Lions FC are an American amateur soccer club based in Cincinnati, Ohio and playing home games in the suburb of Highland Heights, Kentucky. Founded in 2013, the team plays in USL League Two, the fourth tier of the American soccer pyramid.
Aodhan Quinn is an American professional soccer player who currently plays for Orange County SC in the United Soccer League.
Louisville City Football Club is an American professional soccer club based in Louisville, Kentucky. The team plays in the USL Championship, known through the 2018 season as the United Soccer League (USL), which is currently the second tier of the American soccer pyramid.
Tacoma Defiance, formerly Seattle Sounders FC 2, is an American professional soccer team based in Tacoma, Washington, U.S. that competes in the USL Championship, the second tier of the national soccer pyramid, as the reserve team of Seattle Sounders FC. The Defiance is operated and managed by Seattle Sounders FC, while 20 percent of the club is fan-owned through the non-profit Sounders Community Trust.
The 2015 Sacramento Republic FC season is the club's second season of existence. The club is playing in the newly rebranded United Soccer League (USL), formerly known as USL Pro, the third tier of the American soccer pyramid. After offseason expansion of the USL from 14 to 24 teams and division into an Eastern and Western Conference, Sacramento Republic FC is competing in the new Western Conference of the USL. The Republic will be playing as defending champions, having defeated the Harrisburg City Islanders 2-0 on September 27, 2014. The season began on March 21 and concluded on September 20.
The Western Conference is one of two conferences in USL Championship soccer.
Shandon Hopeau is an American soccer player who currently plays as a winger for Tacoma Defiance in the USL Championship.
Azriel Gonzalez is an American soccer player who currently plays as a midfielder for Tacoma Defiance in the USL Championship.
The 2019 USL Championship season is the ninth season of the USL Championship and third under Division II sanctioning. This is the first season in which the league is operating under the name "USL Championship," having used the name "United Soccer League" through 2018. The season began on March 8, 2019 and will conclude on October 20, 2019; with each team playing 34 matches. 36 teams are competing in the 2019 USL Championship season, split into 2 conferences of 18 teams each. Louisville City FC are the two-time defending USL Cup champions. The currently reigning Regular Season champions, FC Cincinnati, are no longer playing, having been replaced by a Major League Soccer franchise of the same name for 2019 and beyond.
The 2019 Tacoma Defiance season is the club's fifth year of existence, previously for the last four seasons as Seattle Sounders FC 2, and their fifth season in the USL Championship, the second tier of the United States Soccer Pyramid. This is the 2nd season of the soccer team playing in the Tacoma, Washington. Defiance is majority owned by Seattle Sounders FC.
The 2019 Seattle Sounders FC season is the club's forty-fifth season of existence, and their eleventh in Major League Soccer, the top flight of American soccer. The 2019 season is Brian Schmetzer's third full MLS season as head coach of the Sounders. Seattle-based Zulily became the official jersey sponsor of the Sounders in the 2019 season.
Chris Little is a Scottish-born football coach and former player. He is currently the head coach of the Tacoma Defiance, the second-division affiliate of Seattle Sounders FC. He played professionally for the Wilmington Hammerheads of the USL Second Division and previously coached various amateur and college teams in North Carolina and Kentucky.
