Another summer concludes to give way for the fall season of soccer in the Inland Empire. I contacted as many teams as possible during this preseason to get their thoughts for the upcoming season. The season has yet to be released, but the teams are confirmed with new and old faces in the 1st division. UnlikeContinue reading “2023 SoCal Premier Preseason Survey”
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IE Weekly Headlines (7/3/23-7/9/23)
Here is a new experiment of weekly updates called IE Weekly headlines; a recap of the latest news of IE soccer of the day, plus my commentary on the headlines. Monday The STRYKERS announced a new head coach, Paul Wright, taking over for the 23-24 MASL season. Opinion: The noticeable changes to the organization following theContinue reading “IE Weekly Headlines (7/3/23-7/9/23)”
2022 IE College Preseason Survey
While the college season started for some in late august, the preseason survey I made only received a small number of responses from the coaches sharing their thoughts for the 2022 season. I sent the 4-question google form to all collegiate social media pages, including 2 and 4-year programs, but three coaches had the timeContinue reading “2022 IE College Preseason Survey”
Report: IE Teams in the 2022 SoCal Premier Open Division
Kicking off in February, the SoCal premier open division was a small competition consisting of 10 teams fighting for a spot in next season’s SoCal premier regular season. When the open season finishes, the clubs will be filtered to the SoCal premier’s three divisions based on their opening division placement. There were four from theContinue reading “Report: IE Teams in the 2022 SoCal Premier Open Division”
Recap: State of the Fury
On December 18th, the Ontario fury held a state of the fury zoom call with team owner Jeff Burum, coach Jimmy Nordberg, staff, and fans about some announcements with the team for the upcoming year. This zoom call, one of the many that the indoor team has held, involved new owner Jeff Burum who gaveContinue reading “Recap: State of the Fury”
Straight Outta I.E. part 2
Around 2 years ago, I and my other lower league soccer enthusiast friend Steven were volunteering for local NPSL side Riverside Coras (now rebranded as Club Xolos USA) and had the idea of writing this list of pro players born/from the Inland Empire. Here is part 1. Fast forward to now I decided to updateContinue reading “Straight Outta I.E. part 2”
Exclusive: President of Ontario Fury Bernie Lilavois resigns after starting and serving for 7 years
On July 24th, President of the Ontario Fury indoor soccer team, Bernie Lilavois, has announced via twitter that he has resigned from his position. “My time with the Ontario Fury has come to an end today as I have resigned as Team President. This was an extremely difficult and emotional decision to make but it’sContinue reading “Exclusive: President of Ontario Fury Bernie Lilavois resigns after starting and serving for 7 years”
Return to soccer! Are IE UPSL teams ready for action?
The UPSL made a statement in May about a condensed season following the outbreak of COVID-19 that paused the 2020 spring season after one game (at least for SoCal divisions). A deadline has been in place on June 10th for teams to declare to the league their intention to play the shortened season. On JuneContinue reading “Return to soccer! Are IE UPSL teams ready for action?”