In 2019, Detroit City FC transitioned from amateur to professional, joining the NISA from the NPSL. It moved to the USL Championship for the 2022 season.
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Chandler Hoffman, Alabaman, MLS champion and master’s degree candidate, on his new job: NISA commissioner
Chandler Hoffman was the most prominent male soccer player out of Alabama before Chris Richards and Tanner Tessmann and Brandon Servania arrived a decade later.
U.S. Open Cup: Three more USL Championship teams fall
USL Championship teams went 12-4 in the third round of the U.S. Open Cup with three more Division II teams to lower division teams falling on Wednesday night.
Meeting of Michigan rivals highlights Open Cup’s third round
Play resumes this week in the U.S. Open Cup with the third round featuring 16 matches.
Eight USL League One teams advance
Half of the survivors from the first two rounds are teams from USL League One, the oldest of the three Division III pro leagues that U.S. Soccer sanctions.
Des Moines Menace adds retired MLS stars for second-round push
The field of 64 that began the first round will be narrowed to 16 teams before the first 16 teams from the USL Championship begin play in the third round.
Datebook: U.S. Open Cup (Second Round)
The second round features 24 Division III pro teams and eight Open Division amateur teams.
U.S. Open Cup: Des Moines Menace spares amateurs’ blushes
The perennial giant-killer from USL League Two beat NISA expansion team Capo FC 5-4 in a shootout.
