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Tom Franklin @soccerzombie.com · 20h

NEW VLOG

In Chicago, I found 2 of the most passionate non-league fanbases in America.

Why can't we have this in St. Louis?!

This is Non-League Soccer in America. This is @chicagohouseac.bsky.social vs Wisloka Chicago in the #USOC2026.

(Featuring @pwilt1.bsky.social!)

📺 youtu.be/6HN9ZRw6iYY

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Tom Franklin @soccerzombie.com · 2d

St. Louis played Kansas City in the #USOC2026 qualifying rounds Saturday, as BOHFS STL traveled to Mission, KS for Woodland FC.

If you weren't one of the 4 St. Louisans who weren't playing that actually made the trek, this video is for you!

FULL VLOG: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSC6...

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Midwest Premier League @midwestpl.bsky.social · 2d

Midwest Premier League teams doing what they do best:

Survive and Advance.

Some leagues play different.

#midwestgrown

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Midwest Premier League @midwestpl.bsky.social · 5d

Who has the best chance at advancing this weekend? 🤔

Midwest Premier League @midwestpl.bsky.social · 26d

𝐔𝐒 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍 𝐂𝐔𝐏

Three excellent clubs head into battle in the 2nd Round of Qualifiying Matches for the US Open Cup 🏆. BOHFS & Edgewater travel for their matches, while Chicago House draws homefield advantage.

Fireworks begin October 11th.

(Credit @ussoccer)

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Midwest Premier League @midwestpl.bsky.social · 12d

🚨 𝓜𝓦𝓟𝓛 𝓔𝔁𝓹𝓪𝓷𝓼𝓲𝓸𝓷 𝓐𝓵𝓮𝓻𝓽 🚨

The Midwest Premier League is officially looking to add new clubs for the 2026 season 👀⚽

If you’re ready to bring competitive, community-driven soccer to your city, this is your chance.

Visit midwestpl.com/join for more information.

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Midwest Premier League @midwestpl.bsky.social · 26d

𝐔𝐒 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍 𝐂𝐔𝐏

Three excellent clubs head into battle in the 2nd Round of Qualifiying Matches for the US Open Cup 🏆. BOHFS & Edgewater travel for their matches, while Chicago House draws homefield advantage.

Fireworks begin October 11th.

(Credit @ussoccer)

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Midwest Premier League @midwestpl.bsky.social · Aug 4

The 2025 Midwest Premier League season has come to a close. Thank you to the players, fans, staff, and club leaders who made it possible.

Our biggest season yet—because of all of you. ❤️🖤⚽

#midwestgrown

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Midwest Premier League @midwestpl.bsky.social · Aug 4

𝑷𝑶𝑻𝑴 𝒙 𝑯𝑹𝑻

An unstoppable force, racking up 5 goals and 2 assists in just 2 games. @steel-city-fc.bsky.social’s Christian “The Train” Baumgartner has been named the Heartland Conference Player of the Month for July 2025. 🚂

📸: Tyler Kaput

#midwestgrown

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Midwest Premier League @midwestpl.bsky.social · Aug 4

𝑷𝑶𝑻𝑴 𝒙 𝑮𝑻𝑾

Niko Curic of BOHFS St. Louis is the July Gateway Conference Player of the Month. The 17-year-old BOHFS midfielder had 3 goals and 2 assists in 3 games and earned pro tryout invites this offseason.

🥇 Niko Curic (BOHFS)
🥈 Drew Darnold (Linoma FC)

📸: Nathan Porter

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Midwest Premier League @midwestpl.bsky.social · Aug 4

𝑷𝑶𝑻𝑴 𝒙 𝑮𝑳𝑲

Tebello Ntene of Goshen City FC is your Great Lakes Conference Player of the Month for July 2025.

2 goals, 2 assists — and a massive role in Goshen City FC’s Great Lakes West and Conference title run. 🍁

📸: Juliana Chupp

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Midwest Premier League @midwestpl.bsky.social · Aug 4

𝑻𝒐𝒑 𝑮𝒐𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒓𝒔 - 𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑫𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 1

Ricardo “Kikis” Avalos has done it again. ⚽

With another standout season, the @chicagohouseac.bsky.social forward finishes as the 2025 HRT-1 top scorer—earning the Bob Gansler Sr Golden Boot Award for a third straight year.

📸: Emily Chaffin

#midwestgrown

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Midwest Premier League @midwestpl.bsky.social · Aug 4

ℹ️ The final four full-time results of the 2025 MWPL season — all from the Heartland Conference — helped lock in the last major outcomes of the year, securing promotion for Edgewater Castle FC and back-to-back titles for RWB Adria.

#midwestgrown

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Midwest Premier League @midwestpl.bsky.social · Aug 4

𝑩𝒂𝒄𝒌-𝒕𝒐-𝑩𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑹𝑾𝑩 𝑨𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒂

Scenes from the celebration 📸🏆

RWB Adria lifted the 2025 Heartland Conference Champions trophy last weekend after a commanding 5-0 win over Green Bay Glory on the final day of the season.

#midwestgrown

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Midwest Premier League @midwestpl.bsky.social · Aug 2

𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒎𝒑𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔

RWB Adria Chicago are 2025 Heartland Conference Champions! 🏆

The Chicago-based club clinched back-to-back conference crowns on the final matchday with a decisive win over Green Bay Glory.

📸: DateTheMoment

#midwestgrown

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Midwest Premier League @midwestpl.bsky.social · Aug 1

𝑻𝒐𝒑 𝑮𝒐𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒓𝒔 - 𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑫𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 2

Christian "The Train" Baumgartner ( @steel-city-fc.bsky.social ) is the top goalscorer in the 2025 Heartland Division 2 season—netting 9 goals in just 6 matches. 🚂⚽

📸: Tyler Kaput

#midwestgrown

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Midwest Premier League @midwestpl.bsky.social · Aug 1

𝑷𝑹𝑶𝑴𝑶𝑻𝑬𝑫

Edgewater Castle FC are headed to Heartland Division 1! 🏆

The Rooks clinched the 2025 Heartland Division 2 title—and the division’s lone promotion spot—with a 3-0 win tonight over Rockford FC.

📸: Anjelo Evans, Nicholas Balabanoff

#midwestgrown

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Midwest Premier League @midwestpl.bsky.social · Jul 31

𝑮𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑷𝒓𝒐

We would like to congratulate BOHFS St. Louis' forward James Stone on signing with Isthmian League club Sevenoaks Town FC in England.

The McKendree University alumn finished tied for second in goals this Gateway Conference season.

Best of luck overseas! 🌍⚽️🇬🇧

#midwestgrown

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Midwest Premier League @midwestpl.bsky.social · Jul 31

ℹ️ Edgewater Castle FC heads into a crucial promotion-deciding match tonight vs Rockford FC, while the conference title will be decided this weekend with both RWB Adria Chicago and Chicago House AC still in contention heading into their final matches.

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Midwest Premier League @midwestpl.bsky.social · Jul 31

ℹ️ Three more Heartland Conference results are in — two from Sunday and one from Wednesday evening — as the only MWPL conference still in action this week.

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Midwest Premier League @midwestpl.bsky.social · Jul 30

Huge thank you to @soccerzombie.com for his outstanding coverage of the MWPL this season.

His passion, storytelling, and commitment to the lower league game are second to none.

Follow & support this work — it’s what helps grow the game from the ground up. 🫶⚽

www.youtube.com/@SoccerZombi...

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Business inquiries: [email protected] Once upon a time, I came up with an idea for a St. Louis CITY SC fan chant for former Borussia Dortmund goalkeeper Roman Burki, sung to the tune of "Zomb...

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Midwest Premier League @midwestpl.bsky.social · Jul 30

🎥 E11 — Soccer Zombie wraps up the 2025 MWPL season with Ehtar Belleville FC's 450+ mile journey to the Gateway Conference Final vs @linomafc.bsky.social in Omaha, NE.

Road trip, behind-the-scenes moments, championship game tension and trophy lift — this one has it all.

Watch Now 📺

🔗👇

Tom Franklin @soccerzombie.com · Jul 29

They were overlooked.
They were lovable losers.
They weren't expected to be good.
They weren't expected to win the @midwestpl.bsky.social Gateway South.
They weren't expected to go to Omaha.

No one told Ehtar FC.

The season finale of "This is Non-League Soccer in America": youtu.be/BHtpMH630RI

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Midwest Premier League @midwestpl.bsky.social · Jul 29

𝑷𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝑹𝒂𝒏𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔

With all MWPL conferences but the Heartland now wrapped up, the final Power Rankings of the 2025 season are here.

One new team breaks into the Top 10, a few shifts across the board, and a settled Top 3 as the championship picture nears completion. 📈

#midwestgrown

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Midwest Premier League @midwestpl.bsky.social · Jul 28

𝑻𝒐𝒑 𝑮𝒐𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒓𝒔 - 𝑮𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝑳𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆

Babacar Sene of Michigan Stars U23 has won the 2025 Gil Heron Golden Boot Award as the Great Lakes Conference’s top goalscorer, with an impressive 11 goal tally this season.

📸:Violeta Matovski

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Midwest Premier League @midwestpl.bsky.social · Jul 28

𝑻𝒐𝒑 𝑮𝒐𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒓𝒔 - 𝑮𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆

Martin Herrera of @linomafc.bsky.social has won the 2025 Ruben Mendoza Golden Boot Award as this year's Gateway Conference top goalscorer, with 8 goals helping his club capture GTW-N and Gateway Conference titles.

#midwestgrown

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Midwest Premier League @midwestpl.bsky.social · Jul 28

𝑫𝒆𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝑺𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒏, 𝑫𝒐𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝑮𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒚

Scenes from Morrison Stadium on Sunday, where GTW-N winners Linoma FC lifted the 2025 Gateway Conference trophy after a dramatic 2-1 extra time win over GTW-S winners Ehtar Belleville FC, earning a conference trophy to cap off their debut MWPL season.

📸: Montana Meredith

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