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This is the fifth in a series of articles that take a look inside what it’s like to run one a lower division club. Because it’s topical, let’s talk scheduling. With our season schedule announced—and season tickets available for purchase—it seems topical to dive into how we get games on our schedule. The league schedule…
This is the third in a series of articles that take a look inside what it’s like to run one a lower division club by Dan Hoedeman, co-founder of Minneapolis City SC. We’ll take a look at the revenue piece of the business as a super-interesting prelude to next article which talks about the sporting…
This is the second in a series of articles that take a look inside what it’s like to run a lower division club. It was written by Dan Hoedeman, one of the cofounders of Minneapolis City SC. In December Minneapolis City SC attended the NPSL Annual Owner’s Meeting. While the league staff do a fantastic…
MINNEAPOLIS — Minneapolis City SC has been disqualified from the U.S. Open Cup after the club found itself in conflict with current cup policy. Per the U.S. Soccer Federation Policy manual, Open Division teams forfeit their eligibility upon switching leagues after the Open Division entry deadline has passed. Minneapolis City was awarded an Open Division berth…
MNUFC’s Francisco Calvo and Johan Venegas called up to #LaSele Feliz y agradecido con Dios otro llamado a #lasele ????????#uncaf pic.twitter.com/VSzmP3fWlJ — Francisco Calvo (@calvo05oficial) January 3, 2017 Fully one-fourth of Minnesota United FC’s current roster has been called up to the Costa Rican squad for the Copa Centroamericana 2017, taking place in Panama from…
MINNEAPOLIS — Semi-pro Minneapolis City SC is leaving the Premier League of America for the National Premier Soccer League, and will begin play in the latter’s rebranded North Conference, formerly the Midwest Region’s Central Conference. City will face a pair of holdovers from the old Central Conference as divisional opponents: future metro area-rival Minnesota TwinStars…
Editor’s Note: Minneapolis City SC is a non-profit, semi-professional team that was founded in late 2015 as part of the Stegman’s organization. In this guest feature, Minneapolis City Chairman Dan Hoedeman offers a unique perspective on the practical realities of starting and running a lower-division team in America, outside the fully-professional realm of the top three…
After six years of success fielding teams in the MASL and MRSL, local amateur club Stegman’s Old Boys will take its most ambitious step to date and launch Minneapolis City in the Premier League of America. We sat down with Stegman’s three founders and the newly appointed head coach of Minneapolis City to discuss City’s…