First Touch Online Soccer Publication

First Touch is New York’s longest-running and best-loved soccer publication. Here you’ll discover all the best soccer bars in the USA for watching your favorite teams. Our Soccer TV Guide will help you watch all the big games happening this week. Stay up to date with all the EPL and MLS schedules.

Also, you’ll find Soccer supporters clubs for the popular teams in every City and State in the USA. Furthermore, you can read hundreds of great articles and interviews from our archives, all free on this amazing website and mobile app.

Soccer Supporters Clubs In The USA

**Find your supporters club in your city!**

Star Player Interviews

First Touch goes one on one with some of the greats of the game. See all of our exclusive interviews here!

Darren Moore – Walking The Great Wall Of China

Darren Moore, West Brom’s club captain, talks to Dave Bowler about his life changing experience walking the Great Wall of China.

August 28, 2005

Carlos Mendes Interview (New York Cosmos)

With almost a decade of MLS experience, New York Cosmos Captain Carlos Mendes ranks second on the RBNY franchise’s all-time games played list.

December 12, 2013

Legends Of The Game

Read profiles of some of the greats who shaped the game of soccer over decades.

Jack Charlton & Norman Hunter Tribute

Jack Charlton passed just a couple of months after his Leeds and England colleague, Norman Hunter, who also left the dressing room for the final time in 2020.

July 11, 2020

Francesco Totti Is A Roma Legend

Roma captain and beloved son Francesco Totti called time on his career this week, So drink in the Totti retirement ceremony with Tim Hall.

June 1, 2017

Great Teams

Read all about the greatest teams ever to play the game.

Graham Williams Remembers The Busby Babes

Welsh international Graham Williams remembers the Busby Babes of Manchester United from likely conquerors of Europe to a team with no future.

December 20, 2015

Ajax Of Amsterdam Dominate Europe 1971-73

Dave Bowler reflects on the great Ajax 1971-73 team that was so dominant in Europe at the time, winning the European Cup 3 times in a row as Dutch Champions.

August 19, 2022

Soccer Bars In New York

Soccer Bar: Dog & Bone, NYC

The Dog & Bone is one of the most popular soccer bars for watching World cup games in midtown Manhattan. Enjoy the special matchday atmosphere in a British pub.

Soccer Bar: 11th Street Bar, EV

The 11th Street Bar is the place to watch Liverpool in the East Village. Long-time home base of LFCNY, the official Liverpool supporters club of New York.

Soccer Bar: The Monro Pub, Brooklyn

The Monro Pub in Brooklyn has recently become the official Liverpool bar in Brooklyn. Congratulations to OLSC Brooklyn (Official Liverpool Supporter Club).

Listen to archived episodes of this classic podcast presented by Dave Bowler and Chris Lepkowski

JLAHF Podcast: Simply The Best

Welcome to JLAHF Podcast. Just Look at His Face – talking about football, but not as we know it. This podcast is all about football, as we remember it.

February 25, 2021

JLAHF Podcast: The Soul Of Football

This week's podcast we go in search of football's soul. Where has it gone? How do we get it back? In the meantime, let's put football straight...

February 12, 2021

Classic Articles From The Archives

We have many great articles spanning decades of First Touch magazine

A Decade Of Serie A Coverage

Michael Ottolenghi reflects on how Serie A has and hasn’t changed in ten years of his coverage for First Touch from 2008 to 2018

May 17, 2018

New York Red Bulls Drafting History: Part Two

Here is Part Two of Tim Hall\'s look at the drafting history of the New York Red Bulls, from the early days of the Metrostars onwards.

March 29, 2018