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Phoenix Rising Football Club Looks To Continue Playoff Run, Move To MLS

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Phoenix Rising takes the field in July 2017.

Phoenix Rising Football Club is hosting Swope Park Rangers, from Kansas City, Friday night, in the United Soccer League’s Western Conference Semi-finals.

That’s the team that knocked Phoenix Rising out in the first round of the USL playoffs last year.

To talk about the team, and its goal of moving up to Major League Soccer, The Show spoke with Noah Davis, a freelance soccer writer who’s written for ESPN and The Ringer, among other outlets.

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Mark Brodie is a co-host of The Show, KJZZ’s locally produced news magazine. Since starting at KJZZ in 2002, Brodie has been a host, reporter and producer, including several years covering the Arizona Legislature, based at the Capitol.