Culture F.c.

With The North American Soccer League suspending its league in 2018 and their future currently uncertain as a result of their failed Lawsuit against the United States Soccer Federation as well as several of their clubs jumping ship to other leagues, we wanted to discuss NASL’s impact, it’s legacy and its future. It was a […] The post Episode 26 – The North American Soccer League appeared first on Trebl Soccer.

While hooliganism has certainly died down, it still persists around the world and figures to feature prominently at the Russian World Cup and in the future. Hooliganism is an undeniable black mark on the global game but also figures so prominently in the history of the culture of the sport. You may have seen Russian […] The post Episode 25 – Hooliganism appeared first on Trebl Soccer.

With Toronto FC in the Concacaf Champions League Final against Club Deportivo Guadalajara this week as well as MLS teams doing well in this years competition, we thought it’d be a good idea to talk about the Concacaf Champions League. The CONCACAF Champions League is an annual continental club football competition organized by CONCACAF for the top football clubs in North America, Central America, […] The post Episode 24 – CONCACAF Champions League appeared first on Trebl Soccer.

The National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) was established in 2012 as a successor to Women’s Professional Soccer (2007–2012), which was itself the successor to Women’s United Soccer Association (2001–2003). The league began play in 2013 with eight teams, four of which were former members of Women’s Professional Soccer. With the addition of two expansion teams […] The post Episode 23 – National Women’s Soccer League appeared first on Trebl Soccer.

Portland has been known as Soccer City USA. The Timbers have a season ticket holder wait list that is well north of 10,000 people. Add that to the 21k average attendance and you’re Immediately in the 31-34k range without factoring in non-season ticket holders who would attend games if tickets were easier to get. Compare that to […] The post Episode 22 – Portland Timbers: Soccer City USA appeared first on Trebl Soccer.

The Seattle Sounders were one of the first MLS clubs to have massive support and one of the first teams to average huge attendance numbers in a football stadium. They regularly have 50-60,000 people in attendance to watch games at CenturyLink Field and have lead the league in Average Attendance since their introduction into the […] The post Episode 21 – Spotlight: Seattle Sounders appeared first on Trebl Soccer.

With Zlatan Ibrahimovic signing with the LA Galaxy today we examine how he is now considered the exception and not the standard anymore,. The MLS has shifted in how it signs Designated Players. Even though sometimes they will hold on to these classic cases, such as Schweinsteiger and Zlatan but more clubs are now targeting […] The post Episode 20 – MLS Designated Players appeared first on Trebl Soccer.

What do Tevez, Oscar, Drogba, Paulinho, Carrasco, Hulk, and Ramires all have in common? They all made big money moves to play in the Chinese Soccer League over the last few years. You may be wondering, why China? China has been searching for sporting achievement for years in the Olympics. As one of the few […] The post Episode 19 – Growth of Chinese Soccer appeared first on Trebl Soccer.

You’ve most likely seen viral videos of people smashing their controllers against a wall because they just lost a match in FIFA on a late 90th-minute goal. The EA sports soccer series has grown to become the highest selling game franchises in the world. Every year people line up to buy the latest installment of […] The post Episode 18 – FIFA Video Games Are Growing Soccer Culture appeared first on Trebl Soccer.

This week we wanted to tell you all a little more about ourselves! By now, you know that Lui And I are huge Manchester United supporters, and Brendan is a big Liverpool fan. We discussed what got us to support these clubs, and how we feel about supporting English teams all the way from the […] The post Episode 17 – Our Fan Stories appeared first on Trebl Soccer.