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A brief "who to follow" guide for Tormenta fans

 We're going to get to what happened with Tormenta and what the plans are for 2026 soon, I promise. But for now, the season starts this weekend and I'm not sure what to do with my time that I'd planned to spend watching games this season. I could work to develop better relationships with my family and friends, or take up a hobby or develop a skill that I've always wanted to learn, but that sounds like a lot of work when, instead, I could kick my feet up on the couch, enjoy a cold beverage and watch some USL1 games like I was going to do anyway.  But who should I watch? And why? I don't know. And if my blog post ended there, this would have been a waste of your time. Fortunately, some kindhearted souls were willing to help me out. I asked some of the people covering USL1 teams not to convince me to become a fan of their team, but why I should follow their team in the upcoming season. You know when there's three games happening at once and you're trying to dec...

The Dating Game: USL League One Style

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I need to write something fun. I make no promises that it'll be good, but it'll be fun for me and you all get to be my therapist who listens to me ramble for a bit and says "well, our time is up, we'll see you next week. I think we made some good progress today" before taking a strong drink and savoring the fact that the minute I leave is the longest possible time before I come back. I'm merely throwing this idea out into the world and I'm not suggesting that a team's social media people get together to make it happen, but I'm saying that if Boise or Madison (the two clubs that I looked at that could make this work the best) wanted to make it happen, I wouldn't be upset. I know ya'll are busy with other events and promotions, but hear me now and believe me later, you're going to want to make this work. So here's what we need. We need a team with three home games in a row, all in close proximity to each other. Boise, you all have fo...