Sacramento Republic’s unbeaten streak against FC Tulsa is no more, as they fall 1-0 in a tough road match. We break down what went wrong and look ahead to their upcoming matchup with Louisville City. Plus, we dive into the latest developments on the Modesto USL soccer project, including potential stadium locations discussed at a recent community event, Central Valley Fuego wins in The League for Clubs, and more!

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In this episode of State of the Republic Podcast, we break down Sacramento Republic’s 2-2 draw against Colorado Springs Switchbacks, including the controversial penalty calls that cost Sac the win. We also preview the upcoming matchup against FC Tulsa and share our predictions in the latest round of Podcast Winner Dinner! Plus, we dive into USL’s groundbreaking announcement about promotion and relegation shaking up the American soccer landscape. Don’t miss this action-packed episode filled with analysis, predictions, and all things Sac Republic!

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We started the 2025 season with a 2-1 win vs the 2024 first place team, New Mexico, and had a sold out game too! The SOTR Team and guest, Editor for Qual City Soccer, Ryan Hodek, talk about Sac Republic's home opener win, our upcoming rival Colorado Springs Switchbacks, our USL Western Conference standings predictions, and more!

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The wait is finally over! The 2025 USL Championship season begins next Saturday and what better than at home! Sac Republic's rival is New Mexico United, and we talk about the game. We also talk about the new USL jersey font and our season/game predictions for the 2025 Edition of Podcast Winner Dinner competition (Luis won the 2024 & 2022 Season, and Sharon won the 2023, who will win in 2025?)

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On today's episode we talk about last Saturday's Sacramento Republic pre-season game vs Ventura County (the former Los Dos) of MLS Next Pro, Luke who formerly played for the Republic Academy and is now playing with the Earthquakes Academy talks about his time with the Academy, Tower Bridge Battalion membership, and more!

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It's almost been a month since our last podcast episode, but we're back (sorry for the wait)! And we have a lot to talk about. Sharon lets us know how the new Sac Republic jersey reveal event went, our thoughts on the new jersey (away jersey will be the same as last season), a few couple of SRFC players were signed during this time, a new possible USL "Premier" League?, and more!

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The first podcast episode of 2025 is here! (Sorry for the wait!) And we have a lot to talk about! The 2025 Sacramento Republic schedule has been announced (there'll be more games with the introduction of a new cup between USL Championship & USL League One Clubs), we have new players arriving in Sacramento, Sharon talks to us about the events for SRFC members, and more news!

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Happy Holidays Sac Soccer Fans! The news we've been waiting for has finally been announced! The new head coach for Sacramento Republic is Neill Collins! He spent years with the Tampa Bay Rowdies as a player and then his first years as coach! Joining us on this podcast to tell us more about him is James Knowles from RBLR Sports in Tampa, who regularly covers the latest Tampa Bay Rowdies news!

Welcome to Sac Republic, Neill!

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