ICONIC Magazine · Est. 2018
What’s next
for ICONIC
Since 2018, we’ve shown North American soccer the way it feels.
Now we’re looking for who carries it forward.
Photo by Trey Madara
How it started
Back in 2018, most soccer photography looked the same: clean, straight out of camera, built for old-fashioned journalism. It didn’t feel like what the sport and its culture meant to us. So we started putting our work out under one name. That was ICONIC.
We wanted to change the way people saw the game by documenting its iconic moments, our way.
By the numbers
Match galleries produced
Photographers
Markets across
North America
Print editions
Where we’ve been
- FIFA World Cup 2026FIFA-Accredited
- FIFA Club World Cup 2025
- MLS Cup Final
- NWSL Championship
- MLS All-Star Game
- International Friendlies
- Concacaf Champions League
- Concacaf Champions Cup
- SheBelieves Cup
- And many more
Shot by 60+ photographers
Plus about another 60 photographers that have contributed over the years.
Thank you to everyone who has shot for us.
Beyond the galleries
Print editions of ICONIC Magazine
“From the Icons” features with Mark McKenzie, Andre Blake, Jack Elliott, Dani Weatherholt and Sofia Huerta
Cities in our Creator Collective,
from Seattle to Atlanta
Why
now
Our son was born this year
If I’m honest, I haven’t been able to give ICONIC the time I used to for a while now. Between family and my own work, it’s been getting whatever’s left over, and it deserves more than that.
Someone else can give it the attention it needs, and they rightfully should.
-Trey Madara
What you get:
- 1
The website and the iconicmagazine.net domain, set up and ready to post
- 2
All 590+ match galleries published on the site
- 3
The ICONIC social media handles
- 4
Our credential access history with FIFA, MLS and U.S. Soccer, including the 2026 World Cup
- 5
Intros to the photographers who’ve shot for us
- 6
Gmail suite including the contact@iconicmagazine.net email
- 7
Any ongoing assistance you may need getting things up and running
Who this offer is for:
Writers and creators:
You write, podcast or make videos and want strong photos behind it.
Media company/new to the industry:
You want a soccer photo desk that already exists.
Agencies:
You’re getting into U.S. soccer and don’t want to start from zero. You’d already have a great network of creators to work with.
The right person matters more to me than the biggest offer.
To be upfront: ICONIC isn’t set up to make a profit right now, but it could be, and the network is already in place. Credentials go to people, not outlets, so you’d apply under the established ICONIC Magazine name.
Let’s talk
Reach out with an offer by December 15th
Link in bio · DM us · contact@iconicmagazine.net
Thanks to everyone who’s followed along, shot for us or shared our work over the years. Looking forward to what the future will bring for all those who continue to push the creative boundaries in this beautiful game and art we all love.