• Voices From Soccer's North •
As 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. Minneapolis City’s first season ended one place in the Premier League West Division standings short of its preseason…
Minneapolis City took the field in its first-ever competitive match on Saturday. The setting was greater Milwaukee’s Bavarian Soccer Club on a beautiful spring night, squaring off against a Milwaukee Bavarians side expected to challenge for the top table position in the Premier League of America’s West Division. Fifty-some City fans made the six-hour trip…
On Saturday, Minneapolis City took 26 players south to play a pair of 60-minute friendlies against the Des Moines Menace reserves. The trip served as City’s final look at a number of players ahead of trimming down its roster in advance of the start of its Premier League of American campaign. The two clubs squared…
On Monday, Minneapolis City announced the commitments of Valparaiso forward Matthew Gweh and Post University defender Abdallah Bah. The duo are the Crows’ first to be paired with host families that will provide housing over the summer for the 2016 Premier League of America season. Gweh, who hails from Apple Valley, was Minnesota’s 2012 Gatorade…