Chris and Ben talk with Greenville Triumph's Chris Lewis about the club's entry into the USLW and the future of the club in the Upstate! This is also our last regularly scheduled episode of the summer. We will be back this fall. There may be sporadic episodes between now and then.  If you have a story you want to tell or have an idea for a future episode, tweet at us: @AmateurHourSCCR @TheSoccerGoose @ThatChrisDavis

This week Chris uploaded the most popular episode of his podcast Dive Into Development where he talked with Jonny about providing free to play competitive soccer in the Carolina Champions League!  New Episodes every Monday! Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AmateurHourSCCR

This week Ben talks with Bilal Saeed. Bilal is the Chair of AFC Ann Arbor, an amateur soccer club who is committed to being a community club who is anti-racist.  Community Kicks: https://www.afcannarbor.com/community-kicks Anti-Racist Soccer Club: https://www.afcannarbor.com/latestnews/2020/12/3/css-building-anti-racist-soccer-clubs-panel-recap New Episodes every Monday! Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AmateurHourSCCR

Tim from You're Smarter Than Us joins the Amateurs to talk about Asheville City's approach to the Covid-19 pandemic and where the clubs goes from here.  New Episodes every Monday! Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AmateurHourSCCR

Ben talks with Zac about how he came up with crest designs for North Carolina’s 79ish biggest towns. They also talked about his time as the commissioner of the First Flight League, and what it’s like to support soccer all all different kinds of levels! Club designs for your local North Carolina town: https://medium.com/amateursoccernc Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgMrun4EFdfWJWz3ml0dYXw New episodes every Monday!

Ben and Chris talk with Dennis Pope to learn who UPSL are and what their place is in the U.S. soccer landscape.  New episodes every Monday! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgMrun4EFdfWJWz3ml0dYXw

Ben and Chris hop on real quick to let listeners know why they're back, and what we can expect for this season of Amateur Hour! New episodes every Monday! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgMrun4EFdfWJWz3ml0dYXw Twitter: @AmateurHourSccr

We're really excited to announce we are coming back! On this episode Chris spells out the plan for that as well as includes an interview he did for his internship with Carolina Champions League! You can subscribe to his podcast with them called Dive Into Development here: Linktr.ee/DiveIntoDevelopment Its a podcast thats going to be pretty similar to Amateur Hour, but focusing on different clubs.  We've also started our own YouTube channel in case you'd like to see our pretty faces while we talk soccer with others. You can subscribe to that here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgMrun4EFdfWJWz3ml0dYXw

The Amateurs are going on strike, or hiatus, or something. The amateur season is winding down with all the Carolina teams eliminated from the playoffs. We would like to thank everyone who's listened, supported, or shook our hands at games. We might be back one day, but if you want more coverage of amateur soccer in your area, be the one to make it. Chris wrote a thing a few years back to explain how he got started on a budget. The equipment might be a bit dated, but here it is for y'all to check out: https://medium.com/@ChrisDavisCLT/podcasting-on-a-budget-7254d8a5652a  We are proud members of BGN - The Beautiful Game Network! You can learn more about them at BGN.fm and follow them on Twitter @theBGNfm Be sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts, even in places you don't  Follow us on Twitter @AmateurHourSCCR  Music: “Red, White, Black, & Blue” by PEG & The Rejected, used under Creative Commons license.

We couldn't let a season go by without talking to our good friend Grinch! Grinch has been a supporter of ours from the beginning and Chris talks with him briefly about year 2 for Milltown Operatives and what its like supporting 2 clubs in the same community. We are proud members of BGN - The Beautiful Game Network! You can learn more about them at BGN.fm and follow them on Twitter @theBGNfm Be sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts, even in places you don't, and expect new episodes every Monday morning! If you'd like to support the podcast, you can become a Patreon member at https://www.patreon.com/AmateurHourSoccer Follow us on Twitter @AmateurHourSCCR  Music: “Red, White, Black, & Blue” by PEG & The Rejected, used under Creative Commons license.