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The Podcast Outside Your Window: Episode 0

Sept. 26, 2025 |  Category:  Home

I recently stumbled across this and thought I might as well share it. It’s a pre-COVID project I had to do a podcast on Marvel’s New Universe imprint of the late 1980s. I put three episodes in the can before the pandemic hit and threw things out of wack. I might revisit it at some point, maybe as a blog series rather than a podcast. Anyway, here’s the script for the introductory episode that gi...

The legacy of the Charleston Battery

Sept. 26, 2025 |  Category:  Home

[This blog post was originally published on November 12, 2023.]

The 2023 USL Championship season is the 30th year of existence for the Charleston Battery. Tonight the teams is playing in the USL Championship Final against Phoenix Rising FC. While Phoenix is seeking their first professional title in their tenth season, Charleston is looking for their fifth over 31 seasons.

Along ...

Angus MacLachlan

Sept. 26, 2025 |  Category:  Home

Bouncing back to the inaugural 1921-22 American Soccer League season, I started doing research on the player rosters for that year. I’m using Colin Jose’s seminal “American Soccer League, 1921-1931: The Golden Years of American Soccer” as my starting point.

The first team I’m working on is the Fall River United that only lasted that one season. Jose lists on of their players as “McLaugh...

Uniforms of the 1914-15 St. Louis Soccer Football League

Sept. 26, 2025 |  Category:  Home

1914-15 was the final season of the original StLSFL before the league re-merged with the Federal Park Soccer League to become the St. Louis Soccer League and thus ending the St. Louis "Soccer Wars".

Logos for the 1999 USL W-League teams Sept. 26, 2025 |  Category:  Home

USL W-League logo

W-1 Division
North...

Logos for the 1999 USL PDL teams

Sept. 25, 2025 |  Category:  Home

USL Premier Development League logo

Eastern Conference
Logos for the 1999 USL D3 Pro League teams Sept. 24, 2025 |  Category:  Home

1999 USL D3 Pro League logo

Northern Conference
Logos for the 1999 USL A-League teams Sept. 24, 2025 |  Category:  Home

USL A-League logo

Eastern Conference

Research is easy. Writing is hard.

Sept. 12, 2025 |  Category:  Home

[This blog post was originally published on July 17, 2023.]

At least for me.

I started thinking about this earlier today as I was mowing the lawn. My spouse and I often have discussions about how our brains work. While the term “neurodivergent” has become trendy and overused, as I’ve gotten older, it’s become a boon in helping me understand how I relate to the world aroun...

U.S. clubs in the CONCACAF Champions' Cup (1961-1996)

Sept. 12, 2025 |  Category:  Home

1960s


1961 & 1962

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1963

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New York Hungaria (German-American Soccer Association, Major Division)
How qualified: 1962 National Challenge Cup title