COUNTRY
Before the first cap: the club communities behind America’s new faces
Teenage US debutants bring Orlando, New England and Philadelphia into the national team’s next chapter.
COUNTRY
United States
Following a national team and following a local club can be different kinds of attachment. Our United States coverage will explore both, including women’s and men’s football, community access and the many routes by which a supporter finds a team.
Stories & context
CULTURE
In Boston, the football programme also makes room for poetry
Boston Scores combines a place on a team with a place for a young person’s own words.
CULTURE
Little Caribbean puts a name to a living part of Brooklyn
A neighborhood identity and a football network show two different ways a large city becomes more specific.
CLUB
What fifty small pitches add to a football city
New York’s Soccer Initiative shows why a playing surface and the rules around it belong in the same story.
Sources & further reading
- U.S. Soccer official site Source checked