Ryan Kirk

Associate Professor of Geography. Geographic aspects of the global game. Original analysis on US college soccer.

[Riccardo D'Agnese @RiccardoDAgnese]

🇺🇸 Mappa della città della California realizzata da me 🇺🇸

The California Football Federation aims to create its own league and in the meantime on the map I show all the Californian teams belonging to the first levels of MLS, USL, USL 1, USL 2, NISA, NPSL, UPSL and USASA.

[German Fußball Fan Association USA @GFFA_USA]

The #Bundesliga is back in 10 days!!! Finally.

Find local soccer fans and bars here: https://t.co/JiQTWJLcv2

If you'd like us to add a soccer bar or a fan(club) location to the map, comment below ⬇️

[Epic Maps 🗺️ @theepicmap]

Host cities for 2026 FIFA World Cup

[Bloomberg Graphics @BBGVisualData]

The American takeover of English football isn’t slowing down, but now investors are targeting a different type of club.

🔗⚽️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿: https://t.co/O7JLWaccWg

[College Soccer Truth ™ @ImCollegeSoccer]

International Soccer Players Participating in NCAA Division 2 Soccer Tourney 2023 🚨

Super Region 1

Franklin Pierce 17/47 36% 
Charleston (WV) 38/51 75%
Millersville 2/22 9%
Post 27/33 82%
West Chester 0/28 0%
Gannon 22/47 47%
Notre Dame (OH) 28/46 61%
Bloomsburg 3/39 8%
Southern NH 18/30 60%
Queens (NY) 13/34 38%

Super Region 2

Limestone 35/62 56%
Florida Tech 24/35 69%
Wingate 21/30 70%
Barry 28/40 70%
Lincoln Memorial 17/35 49%
West Florida 17/32 53%
Lynn 22/33 67%
Clayton State 9/32 28%
Lenoir-Rhyne 13/41 32%
Chowan 15/36 42%

Super Region 3 

Tiffin 21/32 66%
Ill.Springfield 24/40 60%
UIndy 19/65 29%
McKendree 20/35 57%
Southern Nazarene 16/31 52%
Lake Erie 15/65 23%
Lewis 10/37 27%
Maryville (Mo) 13/28 46%
Wis.-Parkside 11/30 37%
Purdue NW 18/39 46%

Super Region 4

Midwestern State 8/40 20%
Cal State LA 14/36 39%
Cal Poly Pomona 8/31 26% 
CSU Pueblo 18/35 51%
Chico State 0/36 0%
Cal St Monterey Bay 1/31 3%
Simon Fraser 6/25 24%
Fort Lewis 8/29 28%
UC Colorado Springs 14/34 41%
Point Loma 3/30 10% 

Region 1 
168/377 45%

Region 2
201/376 53%

Region 3
167/402 42%

Region 4
80/327 24%

616/1482 42%

West Chester and Chico State were the only two NCAA participants without International players.  Simon Fraser is in British Columbia and had 6 players not from Canada on its roster.  

Best of luck to all NCAA Tourney participants.  Its a testament to all the hard work you've put in. Enjoy the journey it goes by quickly!   #CSTruth

[College Soccer Truth ™ @ImCollegeSoccer]

Percentage of International Players playing in the NCAA Division 1 Men's Tourney! 🚨

Top 16 Seeds

1. Marshall 24/29 83%
2. Notre Dame 6/34 18%
3. UNC 9/36 25%
4. Georgetown 0/29 0%
5. WVU 15/29 52%
6. SMU 9/32 28%
7. UVA 8/36 22%
8. UNH 16/33 48%
9. Clemson 11/32 34%
10. WFU 5/33 15%
11. Portland 7/33 21%
12. UCF 20/29 69%
13. UCLA 4/26 15%
14. Hofstra 18/30 60%
15. Duke 6/32 19%
16. Stanford 5/29 17%

Top 16 Seeds 163/502 32%

Remaining NCAA Participants

San Diego 9/35 26%
Cal Baptist 12/27 44%
Missouri State 24/26 92%
Omaha 13/28 46%
Charlotte 10/28 36%
High Point 4/28 14%
Syracuse 15/34 44%
Boston 5/27 19%
Louisville 5/27 19%
Dayton 15/30 50%
Vermont 10/29 34%
Rider 10/29 34%
Loyola Marymount 8/30 27%
UCIrvine 3/28 11%
Pittsburgh 10/28 36%
JMU 9/30 30%
Memphis 13/28 46%
SIUE 12/26 46%
Bryant 20/54 37%
Yale 6/31 19%
Oregon State 13/29 45%
Seattle 15/30 50%
Denver 3/31 10%
Long Island 10/33 30%
FIU 23/27 85%
Mercer 1/29 3%
Indiana 4/32 13%
Lipscomb 12/30 40%
W. Michigan 4/31 13%
UWGB 12/30 40%
Xavier 8/30 27%
Kentucky 9/25 36%

Non Seeded Participants
327/960 34% 

Total # of International players participating in 2023 NCAA tourney 490/1462=34%

Georgetown University is the only participant without an international player! Best of luck to all the teams playing. 

#CSTruth

[Ben Anderson @BenAndersonGeog]

I’ve always found it odd there isn’t more on sport in geography, given what a difference it makes for people and it’s entanglements with so much, so it’s important to recognise and celebrate innovative work that opened up different paths in geography - John Bale obituary

[College Soccer Truth ™ @ImCollegeSoccer]

NCAA Division 2 🚨

International Players in the Preseason Top 25 NCAA Men’s Division 2 Polls:

Franklin Pierce 18/48 38%
Colorado Pueblo 18/35 51%
Barry 28/40 70%
Lake Erie 14/69 20%
Charleston 38/51 75%
Northwest Nazarene 6/26 23%
Rollins 11/29 38%
Maryville 13/28 46%
Cal Dominguez Hills 4/36 11%
Florida Tech 24/36 67%
Davis & Elkins 33/43 77%
Cal State LA 14/36 39%
Wingate 22/31 71%
Ill. Springfield 24/39 62%
Saginaw Valley 8/29 28%
Wisconsin Parkside 11/28 39%
Midwestern State 8/40 20%
Post 27/42 64%
West Florida 17/32 53%
Co. School of Mines 3/27 11%
Cal Poly Pomona 8/31 26%
Notre Dame 28/46 61%
Lander 18/30 60%
Mercyhurst 19/45 42% 

414/897 46%👈

#CSTruth

[College Soccer Truth ™ @ImCollegeSoccer]

International Players in the Preseason Top 25 NCAA Men’s Division 1 Polls:

Syracuse 15/34 44%
Indiana 4/32 13%
Kentucky 9/25 36%
Duke 6/32 19%
Pittsburgh 10/28 36%
Washington 4/35 11%
Stanford 5/29 17%
Creighton 10/28 36%
Clemson 10/33 30%
UNC Greensboro 11/29 38%
Marshall 25/30 83%
Vermont 8/28 29%
Portland 7/33 21%
Maryland 9/28 32%
Virginia 9/37 24%
Tulsa 14/37 38%
Georgetown 0/29 0%
Wake Forest 5/33 15%
SMU 9/32 28%
Cornell 4/33 12%
FIU 23/27 85%
Akron 7/30 23%
New Hampshire 16/33 48%
Saint Louis 5/29 17%
Penn 1/32 3%

226/776 29% 

#CSTruth

[SoccerWire @TheSoccerWire]

Most represented @NCAASoccer programs at the @FIFAWWC:

1. @FSUSoccer (8)
2. @StanfordWSoccer (7)
3. @uncwomenssoccer (6)
T4. @CalWSoc (5)
T4. @GatorsSoccer (5)
T4. @HoyasWSoc (5)
T4. @PennStateWSOC (5)
T8. @USFWSOC (4)
T8. @USC_WSoccer (4)
T8. @Vol_Soccer (4)

[Eldanesito @eldanesito]

Useful map for people with intentions of groundhopping in the Metropolitan area of Copenhagen.
Train lines and Stations with Club locations.

[Tom Arnison 📽️ ⚽ @TomArnison]

After a two year hiatus, here it is:

The United States of Professional Men's Soccer Map - 2023 Edition

Which team's stadium are you closest to?

[College Soccer Truth ™ @ImCollegeSoccer]

NCAA Division 2 Men’s Championship Final.

Of the players that played in the game, below is the box score.

Franklin Pierce - 2

Colorado State-Pueblo - 0

#CSTruth

[These Football Times @thesefootytimes]

Oh, don’t mind us. We are just spending the morning marvelling over this map that shows every nation and who inflicted their largest footballing defeat.

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[MapAddict @AddictMap]

One day left for the World Cup, here is a map of the best result by country | Source: https://t.co/Wh4msy7Bun #maps #geography

[twintig5 @twintig_5]

#african countries that have qualified for the #worldcup #qatar2022
#caf #africa #maps
#Cameroonoon #LesLionsIndomptables
#ghanana #blackstarsofghana
#moroccocco #leslionsdelatlas
#senegalal #lionsofteranga
#Tunisiaa #eaglesofcarthage

[Zay @slim540]

Map of US and Canadian mens pro soccer overlayed on the major US interstates and Canadian national highway systems 🗺️

[Tom Hindle @Tom_Hindle_]

In recent years, Africa has become the newest source of US recruitment, with soccer academies sending some of their best players to the States.

Here are some of the players' stories, with at least 1 reference to Chipotle(!!)

(For @TopDrawerSoccer)

https://t.co/PJXDqHHzxR

[Riccardo D'Agnese @RiccardoDAgnese]

🇺🇸 Mappa della geografia calcistica degli Stati Uniti realizzata da me 🇺🇸

Here AVAILABLE in preorder: https://t.co/5hioo4qi9D

All the clubs from @MLS to the third levels of US soccer pyramid @MLSNEXTPRO, @NISALeague and @USLLeagueOne. #Hawaii and #Alaska have their own leagues.

[COPA90 @Copa90]

We love a football map, and @NLBIBLE4 have certainly delivered the goods here 🙌

If anyone needs us, we’ll staring at this for the remainder of the day…