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Med City FC Wins Rochester City Cup
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Med City FC Wins Rochester City CupRochester’s two men’s soccer clubs faced off against each other in the inaugural Rochester City Cup with Med City FC beating Rochester Football Club (RFC) 3-1 on Friday night. The first half was marked with high-flying tackles evident of a cup final. Rochester Football Club was making hard tackles, and Med City was jarred and…
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The Sprint is Over: Final NPSL Power Rankings
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: The Sprint is Over: Final NPSL Power RankingsWhat. A. Season. Minneapolis City went undefeated in conference play and set a new conference points record. Aris shut out the highest scoring team in the nation. Defending champions Duluth finished with the same points they had last season, but needed a final match win just to make the playoffs. Med City came roaring back…
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On to the Playoffs: NPSL North Matchweek 10 Recap
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: On to the Playoffs: NPSL North Matchweek 10 RecapThe North Conference season wrapped up this weekend, and while every team was in action, the result of the Friday evening game rendered all other postseason clinching scenarios moot. Minneapolis City SC and Duluth FC are into the NPSL Playoffs, the latter qualifying for the second consecutive year after a 1-0 win against Med City…
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New Kings in the North, but the NPSL Season is not Over Yet
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: New Kings in the North, but the NPSL Season is not Over YetOn Saturday, Minneapolis City won the NPSL North Conference title by beating last year’s champions Duluth. The emphatic 4-2 victory ended the title race, but things are still wide open for the second playoffs place. The match itself was a brilliant advertisement for NPSL soccer. The home fans were thunderously loud all game. There was…
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Crows Fly Highest: NPSL North Matchweek Nine Recap
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Crows Fly Highest: NPSL North Matchweek Nine RecapMinneapolis City lived up to the hype for the first time and walked away with two trophies in a week, qualifying for a playoff spot that had proved elusive the first two seasons despite high expectations. The North Conference champions downed two big rivals, including a Duluth side that had previously won five straight games.…
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La Crosse Shocks the World: NPSL North Matchweek Eight Recap
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: La Crosse Shocks the World: NPSL North Matchweek Eight RecapLa Crosse Aris successfully parked the bus against the NPSL’s top-scoring team and picked up its second point in five full seasons. VSLT drew as well, leaving Duluth as the only team that gained ground on the conference leader, making the last three games (four if you are a fan of VSLT) of the regular…
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Ten-Man VSLT Draws Med City FC
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Ten-Man VSLT Draws Med City FCVSLT FC earned a point on the road at Med City FC after going down a man, keeping the team in contention for a playoff spot as the season enters its final stage. Even after going a man down, defensively, VSLT was tough to break down. “Their defensive line was really good…you can tell why…
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No Mercy in the North: NPSL North Matchweek Seven Recap
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: No Mercy in the North: NPSL North Matchweek Seven RecapWhile no team has been mathematically eliminated from playoff contention, for all intents and purposes, the NPSL North is now a four team race. Assuming VSLT wins its rain-postponed game versus La Crosse Aris, the Sky Blues will sit four points back of the top spot, while Duluth holds third place, seven points behind leaders…
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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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The Half-way Point: NPSL North Power Rankings
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: The Half-way Point: NPSL North Power RankingsIt is hard to win games in the NPSL, harder than in most leagues, because of a mixture of talent parity and roster unpredictability unique to a summer league reliant on college-aged and recent post-college players who are not being paid to play. Couple that with a short season in an extremely compact time frame…
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Doubles Done: NPSL North Matchweek Six Recap
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Doubles Done: NPSL North Matchweek Six RecapWith a busy week ahead, the NPSL North’s weekend was full of action that had the potential for season-changing consequences. Minneapolis City and Duluth FC each completed doubles over Med City and Dakota Fusion respectively, VSLT pulled off another 1-0 win to continue holding a playoff spot, and the bottom two teams have nearly been…
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Crows Make a Statement: NPSL North Matchweek Five Recap
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Crows Make a Statement: NPSL North Matchweek Five RecapThe top of the NPSL North is as tight as ever with the teams in the upper half of the standings separated by three points or less and two of those teams having a game in hand each. Minneapolis City notched a big win over VSLT in the Green Line Derby, Duluth snatched all three…