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Dynamic Duo Return to Minnesota United
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Dynamic Duo Return to Minnesota UnitedGOLDEN VALLEY, MINN. – Minnesota United announced the return of two of their most popular players. Former roommates and once young upstarts, Christian Ramirez and Miguel Ibarra were reunited as the team announced their latest MLS signings. At a press conference held at the team’s offices, Minnesota United paraded out both Ramirez and Ibarra, also…
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Minnesota’s Best XI Soccer News Stories of 2016
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Minnesota’s Best XI Soccer News Stories of 2016The contributors of FiftyFive.One compiled a year-end list of what we believe to be the most important news stories of 2016. It wasn’t easy but we paired that list of more than 20 stories down to our Best XI and here they are. #11 — FiftyFive.One is launched In the late fall of 2015, a…
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FiftyFive.One Best of 2016: Young Female Player U-23
Categories: The AngleContinue Reading: FiftyFive.One Best of 2016: Young Female Player U-23As 2016 comes to a close, FiftyFive.One is honoring the best Minnesota soccer players. This week, we’ll release the shortlist of nominees across six categories. Readers can vote for their favorites with the winners announced next week. The pool of worthy nominees for our Young Female U-23 Player of the Year award is the deepest of…
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Cloud City Looks Dreamy: MN United Ceremoniously Break Ground on New St. Paul Stadium
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Cloud City Looks Dreamy: MN United Ceremoniously Break Ground on New St. Paul StadiumBetween two large, yellow construction excavators holding a giant mural of Minnesota United’s soccer-specific stadium, team officials and dignitaries ceremonially broke ground for their St. Paul soccer stadium on Monday. The event was held at the “bus barn” site, where the new $150 million-plus privately financed stadium will soon be constructed. Joining team owner Dr. Bill…
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Gopher Goalkeeper Tarah Hobbs Uses Father’s Memory as Motivation
Categories: The AngleContinue Reading: Gopher Goalkeeper Tarah Hobbs Uses Father’s Memory as MotivationGophers Digital Productions has recently released a brief but excellent video on senior goalkeeper Tarah Hobbs. The Faces of Fearless series speaks to Hobbs about the tragic loss of her father at 8 years old and how her hero’s death didn’t fully affect her until she was in her sophomore year of college. Hobbs has used…
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What Happened to the TOA’s Original NASL Founders
Categories: The AngleContinue Reading: What Happened to the TOA’s Original NASL FoundersOn Tuesday, US Soccer released a statement saying they postponed a decision for 7-10 days on the NASL/USL sanctioning of the second division. The current NASL crisis (where teams are hemorrhaging money) has brought up the discussion of what the original NASL was attempting with the Team Owners Association (TOA). Those TOA members started breaking away…
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Despite Groundbreaking, Minnesota United Midway Stadium Construction Still on Hold
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Despite Groundbreaking, Minnesota United Midway Stadium Construction Still on HoldOn Monday, Dec. 12, Minnesota United will hold their much anticipated groundbreaking ceremony for their Midway stadium site. While groundbreaking usually signals the beginning of construction, multiple sources have told FiftyFive.One that team owner Bill McGuire and his investors are still a ways off before “actual construction” can begin on the stadium with a small…
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Source: NASL Down to Four Teams, Future Bleak
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Source: NASL Down to Four Teams, Future BleakFiftyFive.One has learned that the Cosmos have ceased operations and the NASL is now down to only four teams. A source with information of the situation said it “appears that the NASL is officially dead.” It’s expected that those four teams will either go dark or make the move (subject to full vetting by USL…
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St. Thomas Falls to NCAA DIII Champion Tufts
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: St. Thomas Falls to NCAA DIII Champion TuftsThe University of St. Thomas Men’s soccer team finished their most successful season ever on Friday with a 2-1 loss to Tufts College (14-5-2) in the Final Four Semifinal of the NCAA DIII Tournament. The fairy-tale season for the Tommies ended too soon for coach Jon Lowery and his players in Salem, Virginia. Still, there…
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St. Thomas Men’s Soccer Advances to NCAA Final Four
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: St. Thomas Men’s Soccer Advances to NCAA Final FourComing from behind in two games this past weekend, the University of St. Thomas men’s soccer team (20-1-3) continued their NCAA D-III Tournament run by defeating both Redlands (18-6-1) and Benedictine (Ill.) (16-5-2). Sunday’s 3-2 Elite Eight victory means the Tommies get an invitation to the Final Four held in Salem Va. at Kerr Stadium…
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St. Thomas Rolls Through NCAA Tournament Opening Weekend; Other MN Teams Exit
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: St. Thomas Rolls Through NCAA Tournament Opening Weekend; Other MN Teams ExitThe 12th ranked University of St. Thomas men’s soccer program was Minnesota’s shining star in this first weekend of NCAA Tournament play. St. Thomas won both its first and second round games and for the first time in the program’s history, advanced to the Round of 16 next weekend in Chicago. Saturday – St. Scholastica…
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Eighth-Ranked St. Thomas Wins MIAC Championship
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Eighth-Ranked St. Thomas Wins MIAC ChampionshipThe University of St. Thomas men’s soccer team kept its successful season rolling on Saturday with a 1-0 win over Macalester College in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) Championship game. A record crowd of 350 watched the No. 1 seeded Tommies’ home championship victory and saw Shae Bottum score his 11th career goal in…
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Gophers’ Kolander and Teammates are Dreaming Bigger
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Gophers’ Kolander and Teammates are Dreaming BiggerBy Michael Seidl, special to Fifty Five One. After sweeping two B1G away matches last weekend, the Minnesota Gophers moved up to No. 8 in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) rankings. That puts the team in the NSCAA rankings for the fifth-straight week and is the highest-ever rating in the program’s history…