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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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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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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…
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Grudge Matches Ahead and Behind: NPSL North Matchweek Four Recap
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Grudge Matches Ahead and Behind: NPSL North Matchweek Four RecapAs is tradition for a conference in which 14 regular season games are packed into two months, the table remains tight and there was a good amount of movement in the past week. After opening the season with a draw, VSLT has won four straight to fly to the top of the conference. Rivals Minneapolis…
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High Drama in the North: NPSL North Matchweek Three Recap
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: High Drama in the North: NPSL North Matchweek Three RecapIf you are a fan of the drama that lower league soccer creates, there may be no better conference for you than the NPSL’s North. A surprise game cancellation seemed to galvanize Minneapolis City who thrashed Dakota Fusion at home, VSLT shot up the standings with two wins in a week, and the La Crosse…
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Nobody’s Perfect: NPSL North Matchweek Two Recap
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Nobody’s Perfect: NPSL North Matchweek Two RecapThe NPSL North had all teams in action for the first time and, already at this early stage in the season, no one is without a mark on their record. Minneapolis City and Sioux Falls both came back and got three points after drawing in the conference opener, Duluth stole a point on the road,…
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Meet the Crows: Six Things to Know About Minneapolis City
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Meet the Crows: Six Things to Know About Minneapolis CityMinneapolis City SC burst on the scene in 2016 and, since then, has been one of the driving forces in the exploding lower division soccer scene in Minnesota. The well-hyped club, which finished 8-1-5 last year, heads into Saturday’s home opener against Rochester’s Med City FC with as much visibility and expectation as they have…
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Soft Open: NPSL North Matchweek One Recap
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Soft Open: NPSL North Matchweek One RecapThe first week of the NPSL North season featured just one game; Minneapolis City traveled to Sioux Falls for the opener and the Thunder earned a draw. The conference starts play in earnest with all eight teams in action next Saturday. Minneapolis City SC 2, Sioux Falls Thunder 2 May 5, 2018 Yankton Trails Park…
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Minneapolis City SC Forced to Look Far Afield for a Place to Play, Will Play in Osseo
Categories: The AngleContinue Reading: Minneapolis City SC Forced to Look Far Afield for a Place to Play, Will Play in OsseoMinneapolis City SC is on a “gap” year, and will play the 2018 NPSL season in Osseo. After a very successful second season for the NPSL club at Augsburg University’s multi-use Edor Nelson Field in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood in Minneapolis, the club was told during their year-end talks with the school that the field would…
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Achieving Longevity in the Notoriously Unstable World of Lower-Division Soccer
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Achieving Longevity in the Notoriously Unstable World of Lower-Division SoccerFans of the lower-division game in and around Minnesota have never been more spoiled for choice locally, with the NPSL North — having burst on the scene last summer — now gearing up for its 2018 season with a consistent slate of teams. That isn’t damning them with faint praise. Soccer in the U.S. is…