Welcome to FiftyFive.One – (pronounced Fifty-Five-One)
When Northern Pitch started, it pulled together a group of avid soccer fans and writers who had previously all worked separately. Some of us had our own blogs, podcasts, fanzines, or scribbles on napkins. We came together and teamed up with another group of sports websites, MinnCentric.
In little over a year, we like to think we have accomplished a lot. We have become the singular source for regular coverage of professional soccer in Minnesota. We have broken news and we have told stories that weren’t being told elsewhere.
As we have grown, both in scope and size, we came to the point where we needed to branch off on our own and do something new. We are grateful for the support from everyone involved with MinnCentric.
FiftyFive.One is a partnership with Brave New Media–a premier media company from Minneapolis with deep ties to the soccer community–as well as Byline Press–creators of the gameday zine The Darkness and the annual book The Complete Darkness. We are also bringing in new writers as well as the sarcastic and witty Two United Fans Podcast.
Our name comes from the average high temperature of Minnesota. It’s a way for us to signal an intent to take the temperature of soccer in the region, to be at its heartbeat.
Soccer is poised for a remarkable growth in the coming years, both in our region and the country, and FiftyFive.One will be the first stop for regional fans of the game as well as those outside our region who are looking for the Northern perspective on the game. These are heady times for soccer and we want to continue to explore the stories happening all around us.
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