International Champions Cup not coming to Minnesota in 2017

Last year the International Champions Cup clash between Chelsea and A.C. Milan was the first professional match at US Bank Stadium and one of the highest attended soccer games in Minnesota, but sources have confirmed that there will not be a repeat in 2017. The ICC is an annual competition held during the summer between top European club sides staged in the United States. The lack of a match in Minnesota is not unexpected as the competition does not typically schedule matches in the same locations in back-to-back summers.

News bits

• Minnesota is offering $5 lower bowl tickets to the Real Salt Lake match on April 1. So if you haven’t picked up a ticket yet, here’s your chance to get some cheap seats.
• Dark Clouds explain the origin of #PANIC in the latest Tradition Thursday.
• Former Loon Jeb Brovsky wrote a piece in Howler criticizing the use of statistics in soccer.
• Forward and perpetual flopper Dom Dwyer is now a U.S. citizen! Congrats!