Beyond the 90 Podcast

On the late week edition of The Third Half:

I’m sure some have been waiting for one but after Tuesday and Wednesday I let loose on the USL and USL Championship and how poor they were in the US Open Cu…

While there were two snoozers on this second day, we had moments where the USL Championship sides did threaten MLS teams, including the last third division team in AV Alta FC of USL League One. El Pa…

While there were no cupsets on the first day of the fourth round of the 2025 US Open Cup, three of the five matches nearly had some, as the first two matches were pushed into Extra Time. One barely e…

On the early week edition of The Third Half:

Mark Briggs was announced Head Coach for Birmingham Legion. We talk about the hire and the draw in St. Pete with the Tampa Bay Rowdies.

Rhode Island finally…

The video gives details about a prospective project that we’ve been floating to a number of people in the game.

Chalk this one up to constantly learning things and seeing new things happen when actions are taken. We’ve theorized for years about how promotion and relegation would help the game in the United Sta…

Beyond the 90 is a reader supported publication where the majority of our community members have significant involvement in the domestic game here in the United States.

We never had problems until th…

Going from supporter to writer. Some tips from personal experiences and some of the mistakes I’ve made in the past.

The situation is fluid, but there are some conclusions that can be drawn from what has transpired in the last few months.

On this late week edition of The Third Half:

We take a look at the Gainbridge announcement and I give my thoughts on this massive news for the USL.

Buffalo has announced a stadium site for their home g…

How should the USL professional ecosystem be structured with PRO/REL? Some ideas here.

President Trump is unlikely to have a huge impact on whether people travel to World Cup 2026 or not as many of the concerns I have heard about coming to the United States predated his election, but t…

Sorry for the delay this week - life happens. But we got around to recording on Monday afternoon and covered all the Loudoun United situation news and analysis as well as digging into the weekend’s U…

While, the financial arguments do deserve more critiques (next video in this series) the player development benefit around promotion and relegation are painfully obvious. But for those still unconvin…

When we launched Beyond the 90’, we made a commitment to avoid political discussions as political polarization is tearing apart much of the citizenry in western democracies. Football/Soccer should be…

This is the Day Two review of the third round in the 2025 US Open Cup. We had plenty of thrills, chills, and excitement galore as we had six of the eight matches head into extra time, and four of the…

Billy Corben whose production credits include Cocaine Cowboys, Dawg Fight, The U, and The U Part 2 needs no introduction to most of you. For those who don’t know, he’s a relentless advocate for gover…

Robbie Nelson Sacking Does No Good, Does in Birmingham, Entertaining Monterey Bay/Colorado Springs Match, Charleston Righting Ship and More.

On this Friday Edition of The Third Half:

We look in depth at the departure of Tom Soehn at Birmingham Legion FC.

Detroit City announces friendly with Santos Laguna. welcome Santos Laguna for friendly …