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News in Brief: Minnesotans Abroad, Minnesotans in Recovery, and More…
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: News in Brief: Minnesotans Abroad, Minnesotans in Recovery, and More…Minnesotans Abroad Youngster Mukwelle Akale was promoted to Villareal B this season, and he has had a great week. He had a goal last week and then a brace on Sunday. Akale recently signed a new contract with the team in May. Tony Sanneh spoke on a recent podcast with Grant Wahl about his experience…
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FiftyFive.One Best of 2017: Award Winners
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: FiftyFive.One Best of 2017: Award WinnersWith 2017 having come to a close, FiftyFive.One is honoring Minnesota’s best soccer players. Last month, we released the shortlist of nominees across six categories. Readers voted for their favorites, and now it is time to announce the winners. Gophers Player of the Year: Sydney Squires Squires’ 2017 season could be described as prolific. On…
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Gophers Soccer Announces Fall 2018 Recruiting Class
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Gophers Soccer Announces Fall 2018 Recruiting ClassAfter losing six major contributors to graduation, head coach Stefanie Golan has some big gaps to fill in her lineup. But with a strong spine down the middle, the Minnesota lineup might just be enough to make the Gophers truly dangerous next season. At any given point last season, the senior class accounted for nearly…
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Recruiting 101: the Journey to Division I Women’s Soccer
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Recruiting 101: the Journey to Division I Women’s SoccerWhen they officially commit to the University of Minnesota in February, the Gophers’ soccer class of 2022 will be wrapping up what can be a decade-long process of choosing their college program. Even though the new class of recruits comes in as the young guns on the squad, they’re far from inexperienced. The journey to…
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FiftyFive.One Best of 2017: Gophers Player of the Year
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: FiftyFive.One Best of 2017: Gophers Player of the YearNow that 2017 has come to a close, FiftyFive.One is honoring the best soccer players in Minnesota. This week, we are releasing the shortlists of nominees across six categories. Readers can vote for their favorites with the winners announced next week. The Gophers had another successful run as one of the top teams in the…
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News in Brief: NWSL in Minnesota, Wahl Knows Nothing, and More
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: News in Brief: NWSL in Minnesota, Wahl Knows Nothing, and MoreMLS doesn’t have a monopoly on confounding decision making. Amongst the turmoil surrounding Columbus Crew SC, the NWSL has made some changes already as well. Minnesota businessman Elam Baer bought FC Kansas City, with hopes of moving it to the North. Instead, the league bought it back from him, closed it, and is opening a…
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Disappointing Season Has Gophers Focused on Next Fall
Categories: MediaContinue Reading: Disappointing Season Has Gophers Focused on Next FallThe Gopher soccer team ended up on the wrong side of the bubble come tournament time. Now, soon-to-be seniors Emily Heslin and April Bockin are focused on making sure that doesn’t happen again. We caught up with the two Gopher soccer stars to learn how they’re adjusting to the off-season, how they’ll try to lead…
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Former Gopher Stars Hobbs and Stiever Return from Sweden
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Former Gopher Stars Hobbs and Stiever Return from SwedenPlaying professional sports is one of the most glamorous jobs in the world: making a few hundred bucks a month and picking up shifts at a coffee shop. You know, that kind of stuff. When Tarah Hobbs and Josee Steiver graduated almost a year ago, they were part of a lauded Gopher soccer senior class.…
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News in Brief: USSF-NASL Deal Collapses, Porter Out in Portland, and More
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: News in Brief: USSF-NASL Deal Collapses, Porter Out in Portland, and MoreDespite rumors circulating of an agreement between USSF and the NASL being close, Front Row Soccer reported on Saturday that there will be no deal. The leaked story is that there was a verbal agreement in place and the written deal did not reflect that agreement. The 2017 MLS playoffs are set to continue this…
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News in Brief: How the USSF Presidential Election Works and More
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: News in Brief: How the USSF Presidential Election Works and MoreUSSF President election There are six—and counting—candidates so far for USSF President. On Medium, Anthony DiCiccio goes over how the voting process works and how one of the candidates can become USSF President. The election will take place in 2018. MLS transfer change According to Paul Tenorio of FourFourTwo, multiple league sources are saying that MLS…
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Step by Step: a Guide for a Gopher Turnaround
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Step by Step: a Guide for a Gopher TurnaroundMinnesota had an unfortunate early exit from the Big Ten Tournament, but that gives the Gophers a chance to regroup before a possible NCAA Tournament berth. While we have a little time (the Big Ten Tournament doesn’t wrap up until Sunday), I figured it might be a good time to take a broader look at…
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Gophers Snubbed in Award Season, Host Badgers for Border Battle Sunday
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Gophers Snubbed in Award Season, Host Badgers for Border Battle SundayMinnesota took down Nebraska on the road but only after things stretched all the way into double overtime. Long story short, Kailee Sharp made a hell of a save and Kellie McGahn, Molly Fiedler, and Julianna Gernes connected for a fantastic finish. The win clinched a third place finish in the Big Ten and a…
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Kyndra de St. Aubin on Minnesota, the Gophers, and MNUFC
Categories: The AngleContinue Reading: Kyndra de St. Aubin on Minnesota, the Gophers, and MNUFCFrom multi-sport stardom growing up in Minnesota to her climb to the top of the soccer broadcasting ranks, Kyndra de St. Aubin sat down with Matt Privratsky to talk through her remarkable career. https://www.facebook.com/fiftyfiveone/videos/1684957768222953/ FiftyFive.One is now on Patreon. Do you like the independent coverage of soccer news from Minnesota and beyond that FiftyFive.One offers?…