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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
Top Articles
NYCFC Lose Play-Off Opener Against Cincinnati
NYCFC lost 1-0 to FC Cincinnati in Round One, Game 1 of the Audi 2024 MLS Cup Playoffs on Monday night at TQL Stadium in Ohio. Yamil Asad scored the...
Emma Sears Scores On Debut For USWNT
The USWNT beat Iceland for the second time in a week due to second half goals from Lynn Williams, Lindsey Horan and Emma Sears on her debut.
A Fond Farewell To Luka Modric
As the greatest midfield player of his generation and one of the all-time greats, how do you pay tribute to the legend Luka Modric? Derek Ross gives it a go.
Aberdeen Looking To Challenge The Top Two
Aberdeen are flying high in the Scottish Premiership. Could they upset the status quo in Scotland and finish above Celtic or Rangers, or both?
Star Player Interviews
First Touch goes one on one with some of the greats of the game. See all of our exclusive interviews here!
Brian McBride Interview (USA)
Chicago Fire former Fulham star Brian McBride is thrilled to see his ex-teammates at Fulham qualify for next season’s Europa League.
Mats Hummels Interview (Bayern Munich)
Bayern Munich star Mats Hummels on working with Jurgen Klopp, almost joining Manchester United... and being a German who doesn’t like beer!
Legends Of The Game
Read profiles of some of the greats who shaped the game of soccer over decades.
Brazil Legend Carlos Alberto Dies Age 72
Former Brazil captain Carlos Alberto has died at the age of 72.
Michel Platini – Man Of Great Vision
Michel Platini was a footballer of great vision and intelligence who could pass the ball with the accuracy of a mathematician and the finesse of an artist.
Great Teams
Read all about the greatest teams ever to play the game.
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.
Preston North End Profile 1888-93
Under the leadership of Major William Sudell, Preston North End were the Manchester City of their day. Their dominance required other teams to up their game.
Soccer Bars In New York
Soccer Bar: Shillelagh Tavern, Queens
Shillelagh Tavern is the official LFCNY supporter bar in queens - or the best Liverpool bar in queens - & the local chapter of the USMNT supporters club
Read MoreSoccer Bar: Peter Dillon’s, Midtown
Peter Dillon's is a Newcastle United Supporters bar in midtown Manhattan run by passionate Newcastle fans. This is the place to be in NYC for Newcastle games.
Read MoreSoccer 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.
Read MorePodcast - Just Look At His Face
Listen to archived episodes of this classic podcast presented by Dave Bowler and Chris Lepkowski
JLAHF Podcast: Merseyside in the 80s
Bill Shankly's biographer Dave Bowler & journalist Chris Lepkowski take a look back at the dominance of Liverpool and Everton in the 1980s
JLAHF Podcast: Discrimination In Football
football\'s on-going struggle with racism and why the well-intended social media boycott feels like no more than a token gesture.
Classic Articles From The Archives
We have many great articles spanning decades of First Touch magazine
Completing My 2014 World Cup Tour Of NYC
Two hours before the 2014 World Cup began I had already been kicked out of 2 restaurants. embarking on an epic journey to see how NYC experiences the World Cup.
Football’s Racism Problem
The crisis facing the game in Europe is the rise of the ugly spectre of racism once again, such that it threatens the fabric of the game itself.