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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 live Soccer TV Guide will help you watch all the soccer on TV 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

How To Find The Best Soccer Bars

Nobody knows soccer bars like First Touch do. We’ve worked with all the best soccer bars in the USA over the past three decades and we are happy to share that knowledge with you. Check out our state by state guide to the very best soccer bars and soccer supporters clubs throughout the nation, and don’t forget to download our free live soccer TV app so you always know when the game is on.

mulligans soccer bar. Home of many soccer supporters clubs and first touch favorite

Top Articles From First Touch

USMNT forward Tim Weah

USMNT Beat Jamaica 4-2 In Missouri

The USMNT advanced to the CONCACAF Nations League semi final with a convincing 4-2 win over Jamaica in the quarter final second leg at CITYPARk in Missouri.

NJ/NY Gotham FC goalkeeper Ann-Katrin Berger

Washington Spirit Downs Gotham FC In DC

In its final game of the season, NJ/NY Gotham FC lost to the Washington Spirit in penalties in the semifinals of the 2024 NWSL Playoffs.

scottish football logo

Scotland’s Vital Nations League Tests

For the most, the Nations League hasn’t worked, but that doesn’t mean that Scotland can afford to overlook the 2 fixtures scheduled for this international break

Star Player Interviews In First Touch

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

Sami Hyypia

Sami Hyypia Interview

Ex-Liverpool and Finland defender Sami Hyypia talks to Greg McKay about what he has been doing since leaving management, as well as Liverpool\'s prospects..

James Chester in a Wales top

James McClean & James Chester Interview

James Chester of Wales and James McClean of the Republic of Ireland give us their thoughts on what hopefully awaits them at Euro 2016 in France.

Legends Of The Game

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

Nobby Stiles

Legends Of Soccer: Nobby Stiles

Nobby Stiles was the beating heart of the 1966 England side, the one that made all things possible. He was the sheet anchor around whom the rest could play.

Great Teams

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

leeds united fans holding scarves

Dirty Leeds: 100 Years Of History

As Leeds celebrates its centenary it remains a club either loved or loathed. There's no middle ground. Its passionate supporters wouldn’t have it any other way.

The Busby Babes in 1955

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. 

Classic Articles From First Touch Archives

We have many great articles spanning decades of First Touch soccer magazine

barcelona fans outside smithfield hall soccer bar in midtown

Meet The Barcelona New York Fans

Meet the Barcelona NYC fans - otherwise known as the NYC FCBarcelona Penya - formed by ex-pats from Catalonia who meet at Smithfield Hall for all of the Barca matches.

stoke city players pose with league cup trophy

Spotlight On Stoke City FC: Then & Now

Stoke City are a side on the crest of a slump, having taken just five points from their last eight in the EPL. The Relegation trap door beckons.

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