The All-American Soccer Podcast Hank Alexandre, Abram Chamberlain

Is the Louisiana Premier League not deep enough in the pyramid for you? How about a step further down to the South Alabama Soccer Association? Abram talks with players, owners, league commissioners, and people looking to build beyond that and moving up the pyramid in the championship game of Mobile, Alabama's premier amateur men's league. Listen Here

Mississippi? There's apparently soccer in Mississippi. Apparently elite amateur soccer. Apparently teams that play in the Louisiana Premier League. Wait? Louisiana? Mississippi? In Biloxi? Looks like Abram has some questions to ask. Listen Here

Abram goes up to Birmingham, Alabama to talk to the Chattahooligans and the Magic City Brigade about promotion-relegation, twitter spats, and why amateur soccer matters. Listen Here

The First Eleven comes back to talk about regional soccer leagues as the future of American soccer, NPSL as the innovated branch of American soccer, MLS as the current state of American soccer, and NASL as the "what the hell is going on here?" of American soccer. Twitter: @FirstElevenPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FirstElevenPod Listen Here

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