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Author: Louis Garcia
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Twinstars Earn Draw in Rochester
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Twinstars Earn Draw in RochesterRochester, MN – Twinstars assistant coach Karim Darbaki was the stand-in head coach on Saturday when the Twin Cities team earned a point against Med City FC in Rochester. It was a rough and tumble game, with some diving — one player feigned injury on the Twinstars team before getting up when his team had…
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Minneapolis City Stays Perfect With Win Over Med City
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Minneapolis City Stays Perfect With Win Over Med CityA rainy night slipped out of control between Med City FC and Minneapolis City SC after the final whistle. Players and coaches got into an argument, with taunting uttered in mostly hushed tones, as the post-match scene fell into chaos. According to chatter on the field, uneven refereeing seemed to be the cause of the…
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Med City, Duluth FC Play to Stalemate
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Med City, Duluth FC Play to StalemateMed City FC staff and players said two weeks ago that nothing from the past season mattered. That they’d forgotten a controversial throw-in from Duluth, their own lax defending, and a last-minute goal that left them dejected as goalscorer Andrew Jenkins threw off his shirt and ran around the end line celebrating in a pure…
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Med City Puts Five Past La Crosse Aris
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Med City Puts Five Past La Crosse ArisMed City FC bounced back from a 3-2 loss to Minneapolis SC over the weekend to defeat La Crosse Aris FC 5-1. Were it not for a stoppage time penalty, the Medics’ 90 minutes of mayhem would have seen them keep a comfortably earned clean sheet. At least after the first half. In the early…
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New-Look Medics Win Nonleague Opener
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: New-Look Medics Win Nonleague OpenerThe day was wet, the night windy and gray – but the future looks bright for Med City FC. The nonleague encounter with Union Dubuque FC, a team that plays in the United Premier Soccer League, ended with Rochester’s National Premier Soccer League team winning 3-1. Last year Med City finished fourth in the NPSL’s…
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Med City Loses Stunner in Stoppage Time to Duluth
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Med City Loses Stunner in Stoppage Time to DuluthROCHESTER, Minn. — Med City FC lost control over its own destiny as a huge blow was dealt to its title aspirations after Duluth FC scored a stoppage-time winner in Rochester on Saturday evening in front of nearly 700 energetic fans. A Duluth FC goal after a referee no-call in the dying seconds against Med…
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Med City Top of NPSL North Amid Plethora of Goals, Red Cards
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Med City Top of NPSL North Amid Plethora of Goals, Red CardsROCHESTER, Minn. — Med City FC is top of the NPSL North table thanks to bags of goals and slick play this season. However, play as of late has been marred by a number of red card offenses. Before its recent narrow win over La Crosse Aris FC, the Medics rained mayhem upon themselves and the…
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Med City FC Edges TwinStars in Thriller
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Med City FC Edges TwinStars in ThrillerROCHESTER, Minn. — The Wednesday evening NPSL North matchup between host Med City and the TwinStars from Minneapolis was an exciting one, with the host overcoming an early deficit. Med City not only found a way back but grabbed a late game winner allowing the Mayhem a 2-1 victory. When Ayomide Adebayo picked up the ball…
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Med City FC Wins First-Ever Match
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Med City FC Wins First-Ever MatchROCHESTER, Minn. — Starting Med City FC keeper Nate Levy could have spoken for his entire team on Saturday when he told his goalkeeping coach after some warmup shots that he was ready. The newly-formed team went on to thrash La Crosse Aris FC 4-0, with Levy only really being tested once, early on in…
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Northern Exposure: Med City FC
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Northern Exposure: Med City FCMed City FC head coach Luke Corey wants to make something clear: there is actually a pretty good soccer scene in Canada. “The level of soccer is on par with the U.S.,” the Canadian says. “Hopefully people don’t think that just because I’m from Canada, that I know hockey but I don’t know soccer.” Corey…
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Med City FC Goes Local With Sponsorship, First Signing
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Med City FC Goes Local With Sponsorship, First SigningROCHESTER, Minn. — Med City FC named Mayo Clinic Sports Medicine as its title sponsor ahead of its inaugural NPSL campaign, and also unveiled a local soccer talent as its first signing this past Wednesday. Mayo’s involvement was described as a huge off-field win. The sports medicine arm of the health care giant has experience with…