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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…
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Starting Med City FC keeper Nate Levy could have spoken for his entire team on Saturday when he told his goalkeeping coach after some warmup shots that he was ready. The newly-formed team went on to thrash La Crosse Aris FC 4-0, with Levy only really being tested once, early on in…
Med City FC head coach Luke Corey wants to make something clear: there is actually a pretty good soccer scene in Canada. “The level of soccer is on par with the U.S.,” the Canadian says. “Hopefully people don’t think that just because I’m from Canada, that I know hockey but I don’t know soccer.” Corey…
Greenspan joins Riverhounds Minnesota center back Joe Greenspan has joined the Pittsburgh Riverhounds of the USL on loan. According to the press release, Greenspan is expected to be back in Minnesota sometime in May. The purpose of this deal seems to be to get Greenspan some first-team football. To me, this is a way to get…
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Med City FC named Mayo Clinic Sports Medicine as its title sponsor ahead of its inaugural NPSL campaign, and also unveiled a local soccer talent as its first signing this past Wednesday. Mayo’s involvement was described as a huge off-field win. The sports medicine arm of the health care giant has experience with…
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…
Minnesota United FC launch a cultural liaison program We launched our Cultural Liaison program today. Really excited about this initiative. #sports #innovation #diversity pic.twitter.com/gYcxJlWtFZ — Sean Sittnick (@SeanMNUnited) January 9, 2017 These paid outreach positions are something many people who follow the team have been clamoring for (for a while). Great work, Sean! Jamie Watson…