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The top teams in the standings are separating themselves with three weeks and four games each to play until the playoffs begin. Med City solidified its lead on the conference with two wins, Duluth picked up an important three points in what is the only real rivalry in the North so far, and La Crosse…
The NPSL North reached its halfway point on Wednesday as each team completed their seventh league match of the season. In a regular season that lasts just two months, quite a bit remains undecided and it’s anyone’s conference to win. Med City extended their lead at the top of the pile with two wins this…
After a week in which nearly every team played two games, the standings in the NPSL North are tighter than ever as the season approaches its midway point. Just three points separate the top seven teams in the conferences after Minneapolis City bounced back with two wins, Duluth kept its unblemished record going, and Dakota…
The fourth week of play in the NPSL North brought Dakota Fusion’s first loss; a surprise home defeat to Minnesota TwinStars. The Minnetonka-based team had demolished La Crosse Aris earlier in the week for its first win of the 2017 campaign. La Crosse continued its run of futility against VSLT and Duluth let a lead…
A busy Memorial Day weekend started separating teams in the standings as Minneapolis City ended its three game homestand with only a point to show, Dakota Fusion remained the lone undefeated team in the conference, and Duluth grabbed its first win against a hapless La Crosse Aris side. Minneapolis City SC 1, Med City…
MINNEAPOLIS — Second-half goals from Isaac Kehson and Hartrick Tarr secured a come-from-behind victory for Dakota Fusion as it bettered Minneapolis City SC 3-2 on Friday evening. The win kept Fusion’s record unblemished on the young season, and marked the second-straight home loss for the Crows. Dakota head coach James Robbins set up his charges…
Rain soaked the region in the second week of the NPSL North season, canceling one game and making for interesting playing conditions in the other three. Dakota Fusion, Minneapolis City, and Duluth are the only remaining undefeated teams, the latter two having drawn on Saturday evening. VSLT rebounded from an opening weekend loss with a…
The NPSL’s new North Conference launched this weekend with all eight teams in action. Med City FC was the lone home side to capture all three points after dismantling La Crosse Aris FC, the Dakota teams squared off with Fusion leaving victorious against Sioux Falls Thunder, and Minneapolis City SC took the inaugural Green Line…
As a follow-up to yesterday’s piece highlighting the budding local and regional rivalries in the NPSL Midwest Region’s rebranded North Conference, here is the conference’s full slate of regular season games. To the best of FiftyFive.One’s knowledge, at time of publication not all North Conference teams had yet released their schedules. The following represents the first…
The NPSL Midwest Region’s North Conference released its schedule today. The North, which includes a pair of holdovers from the old Central Conference, features six clubs new to the NPSL — two of which have yet to take the field in a competitive match in any context. Three of the North’s teams are located in…