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Wednesday evening’s match between the Medics and Crows was an important one. Each team sits atop the North Conference of the National Premier Soccer League, with Rochester’s team still in first in the standings after the chaotic night. Med City FC commanded the first half of its home match against Minneapolis SC, but didn’t find…
This is the sixth (I think…) in a series of articles that take a look inside what it’s like to run a lower division club. In this article I talk marketing. It’s personal for me because it’s my day job and, though I know it’s boring and cliche, I really love the craft of what…
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 fourth in a series of articles that take a look inside what it’s like to run one a lower division club. It’s focused on the playing side of things: mainly, our mission and what it takes to be competitive in the NPSL. Last season, we won our conference without taking a loss,…
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…
This is the first in a series of articles that take a look inside what it’s like to run Minneapolis City SC, a lower division club, from the perspective of Dan Hoedeman, a club founder. He is very involved in the day-to-day operations across the sporting and business side of the club. The plan is…
With the MLS season off-season upon us, it’s Minneapolis City, a club that has been off for more than three months, that is making moves first. The NPSL side has made a number of announcements this week, including new coaches for their NPSL and U-23 sides, as well as a new U-19 side to begin…
This is, in many ways, a golden age of soccer in the United States and it is not dissimilar to the dawning of the age of flight. It is a time when people are trying things, there is no accepted model, and independent opportunities exist. The truth, though, is that they are likely to get…
What. 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…
The 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…
On 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…
Minneapolis 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.…