Soccer in America is growing, and I traveled 10,000 miles to find it | 2024 in review/2025 preview

⁣Soccer is exploding in America, from the top levels of MLS to the USL
and even "non-leagues" like MWPL, USL2, and others.

I spent 2024 in search of this growth and learned a lot, like how the
youth of America embracing soccer before other sports and seeing where
and how the game is spreading.

And I'm not done in 2025.

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Chapters:

0:00 - Intro
0:21 - The challenges of groundshopping in America
3:16 - Indy Eleven's near extinction/Open Cup run
5:07 - Union Omaha's Open Cup heartbreak/stadium woes
7:23 - The wonderfully weird flock of Forward Madison
8:11 - Tampa Bay Rowdies' unique setup
9:07 - The surprising FC Tulsa experience
10:14 - The birth of a club (Tampa Bay Sun)
11:07 - The German Invasion of Kentucky (Frankfurt vs Louisville)
12:24 - Finding soccer in our backyards
14:05 - Was it worth it?
18:08 - 2025 vlog plans (Rhode Island FC, Portland Hearts of Pine, etc)

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Credit:
@DaBronco video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7gSIetlucQ&t=11s
@louisvillecityfc including the fanss I spoke to
@StLouligans for challenging me to do this
@Eintracht
@UnionOmaha
@forwardmadisonfc
@IndyProSoccer
@rhodeislandfc
@PortlandHeartsofPine
@STLSantos
@USL
@RowdiesOfficial
@TampaBaySunFC
@FCTulsa
@americangroundhopper
@stlCITYsc
@KCCurrent
@PeoriaCitySoccer
@NWSLsoccer
@ussoccer
@awaydaysfootball for being an inspriation
@KMOX1120 for helping me improve to do stuff like this
@RobbZipp
Brad Whiteside (driver)
Jake Henry (away day travel buddy)
Jason Wyrick (Indy)
Morgan O'Rear (Omaha)
Mike/Skrrt (Omaha friend/driver)
Kane (for letting me crash in Denver)
Ashley, Eric, AJ, and Cooper Mical (my cousins in Tulsa)
Amanda Vandervoort ( @uslsuperleague president)