Meet the Southeast Soccer Report Team!
Calum Ewing-
Calum is the founder of the site. He is the lead writer for Atlanta United and AFC Lightning (UPSL), and will also focus on more general semi-pro columns and player/staff interviews for other teams in the Southeast. He has previous experience with Dirty South Soccer and Scarves and Spikes and currently contributes to Beyond the 90.
Forrest Wimberly-
Forrest will be posting a weekly column called the Palmetto State Report, recapping all levels of soccer in South Carolina. He will also be a contributor to coverage of Atlanta United. He is best known for his extensive photo and written coverage of semi-professional soccer across the Southeast, highlighted on both X/Twitter and thecup.us. He also has previous writing experience with MLS Multiplex.
Ronan Briscoe-
Ronan is the site’s lead writer for Nashville SC and Huntsville City FC. He’ll provide weekly coverage and game-by-game reports for each team. He currently contributes to SixOneFive Soccer and has previous experience with Broadway Sports Media, thecup.us, and MLS Multiplex.
Alex McCaskey-
Alex is the site’s lead writer for Charlotte FC and Appalachian FC. He will provide weekly coverage for Charlotte, and will deliver on-ground, extensive coverage for Appalachian FC throughout the season. He has previous writing experience covering all sports at The Appalachian Online.
Kaylor Hodges-
Kaylor is one of the site’s lead contributors for Birmingham Legion FC. He will not only be providing written content, but also post the Hammering Down Podcast and YouTube channel content, which he founded, through the site. Kaylor is a co-host of the famous The USL Show podcast, contributes to Protagonist Soccer, and has experience with thecup.us.
John Fuller-
John is our other lead contributor to Legion FC coverage. He is the founder of the site The Football Forge, which covers the Legion and Birmingham City FC in the EFL League One regularly. He will both cross-post content and provide exclusive write-ups to the site. He has previous experience with Dirty South Soccer.
Ben Zimmerman-
Ben is our lead contributor for the Charleston Battery and will provide weekly insight on the team. He currently runs the Crew Rhino socials on Instagram and X, runs the famous USL Rhino podcast on Spotify, and writes about the USL Championship for Beyond the 90.
Kartik Krishnaiyer-
Kartik is our lead contributor for both Miami FC and the Tampa Bay Rowdies, as he will be providing a weekly column for each team separately converting all news and scores. He will also help with coverage of Club de Lyon. He is the founder of Beyond the 90 and is a EFL contributor for talkSport. He also has written countless books on Florida history and writes for the Florida Squeeze covering said topic.
Alex Ashton-
Alex will be reporting news, analysis, and interviews involving Charlotte Independence, One Knoxville, South Georgia Tormenta, Greenville Triumph, Chattanooga Red Wolves, and FC Naples. He is the founder of League One Updater, contributes to Beyond the 90, is a recent co-host of Protagonist’s The USL Show with colleague Kaylor Hodges, and writes about the Richmond Kickers for River City 93.
Richard Strickland-
Richard is a photographer-by-trade, covering South Georgia Tormenta, Savannah Clovers, and Georgia Southern Athletics. He’ll be writing game reports on the site consistently for Tormenta and occasionally for Savannah.
Josh Taylor-
Josh will be covering Georgia FC, Savannah Clovers, and Club de Lyon for the site in depth. He is the founder of the NISA Today podcast and contributes for Beyond the 90 and The Mane Land (Orlando City).
Next Pro News-
Next Pro News will do what he does best on his own namesake website and on X/Twitter, covering MLS NEXT Pro clubs all across the Southeast. His content will shift between team-specific and general news.
JP Lockwood-
JP will be our lead writer for Apotheos FC, covering the team on a game-by-game basis with reports, interviews, and more.
Jarrett Smith-
Jarrett will also help us with Apotheos FC coverage, as he is the commentator for the team. He currently works with Soccer Down Here.
Sky Stricklin-
Sky is the founder of the Circle City Inferno, the supporter’s group of USL2 side Dothan United in Alabama. He is also a co-founder of the Into The Inferno podcast covering the team.
Jacob Douglas-
The man behind Southern Charm Sports on X/Twitter, Jacob will be providing coverage for Montgomery United in USL2.
Kevin Lencioni-
Kevin works on staff with Mint Hill FC of the UPSL in social media/marketing, and will be writing articles covering the club’s first and second teams.
Matt Laczko-
Matt is the communications director for the Georgia Revolution of the UPSL and will write articles covering the club’s on and off the field work.
Sebastian Diaz -
Sebastian is a staff member with First Coast Athletic of the UPSL in Jacksonville and write articles for the club.
River City FC, Alpharetta FC, North Carolina Ballers, and Huntersville FC will also provide writers. Other semi-professional clubs will send our existing team of writers information to create articles with.
As well as the staff above, content from Atlanta United Fan TV will be on the site with specific permission from the podcast/Youtube channel owners. The website does not have an official partnership with their group. Their videos will be embed in longer form pieces discussing Atlanta United.