r/RhodeIslandFC

Hi everyone!

My name is Perrin and I write the soccer/travel substack “The Football Was My Savior”. It's a travelogue which focuses on telling stories of my adventures as I explore American soccer at the local, grassroots level, and this September I’m heading out on a month long road trip through the northeast and the mid Atlantic to visit as many USL clubs as I can!

While much of the writing is focused on my own experience, I’m also looking to incorporate the voices of the folks who support the clubs I’m visiting. I lived in Providence and Narragansett for two years, so it’s fitting that RIFC is the first stop on my trip, and I’ll be attending the match on Saturday, 9/5 against Louisville City FC.

Before that, I would love to connect with some folks to learn about your team, and hear what makes this club special to you, so that I can incorporate your experiences into some of my writing. I’m open to meeting up for a beer or a coffee prior to the match, or just chatting on Reddit, whatever you feel comfortable with!

If this sounds interesting to you, shoot me a message and I’ll reach out :) ultimately, it doesn’t matter if you’re the biggest RIFC fan on the planet, or if you’ve only been to a few games; if you’ve got something interesting to share about the team/club, I’d like to pick your brain!

If anyone’s interested, here is a link to the Substack so that you can check out some of the work I did for this summer’s Men’s World Cup, and get a feel for what this project is all about:

https://open.substack.com/pub/perrinhess

Cheers, ya’ll and hope to hear from some of you soon!