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Minneapolis City took the field in its first-ever competitive match on Saturday. The setting was greater Milwaukee’s Bavarian Soccer Club on a beautiful spring night, squaring off against a Milwaukee Bavarians side expected to challenge for the top table position in the Premier League of America’s West Division. Fifty-some City fans made the six-hour trip…
On Saturday, Minneapolis City took 26 players south to play a pair of 60-minute friendlies against the Des Moines Menace reserves. The trip served as City’s final look at a number of players ahead of trimming down its roster in advance of the start of its Premier League of American campaign. The two clubs squared…
Minneapolis City is now less than a month away from its first-ever competitive match. The club has inspired a supporters group and sold nearly 90 memberships, but it remains to be seen how successful the Crows will be on the field. To that end, Northern Pitch spoke to two players with NPSL experience now vying…
After months of conceptualizing, grumpy-cat tweeting, and finalizing, Minneapolis City SC took another step toward turning the idea into a reality on Thursday evening. The team revealed their home and road kits for their inaugural season at an event at Kieran’s Pub. The event was billed as starting at 6:00 PM. People drifted in as…
On Monday, Minneapolis City announced the commitments of Valparaiso forward Matthew Gweh and Post University defender Abdallah Bah. The duo are the Crows’ first to be paired with host families that will provide housing over the summer for the 2016 Premier League of America season. Gweh, who hails from Apple Valley, was Minnesota’s 2012 Gatorade…
It was a notable week for Minneapolis City. On Tuesday, the club announced its home ground for the coming 2016 season. Then, on Thursday, City was provided with a path to Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup qualification as the Premier League of America added a 12th team. During City’s launch event on on February 6th,…
Newly-founded semi-pro soccer club Minneapolis City held its official launch this evening at the Local in downtown Minneapolis. The club’s brass, coaching staff and advisers—as well as a pair of players who signed their commitments—were on hand to greet 80-plus supporters and unveil the club’s crest ahead of City’s inaugural campaign in the Premier League…
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…