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As 2016 comes to a close, FiftyFive.One is honoring the best Minnesota soccer players. This week, we’ll release the shortlist of nominees across six categories. Readers can vote for their favorites with the winners announced next week. Minneapolis City’s first season ended one place in the Premier League West Division standings short of its preseason…
This Saturday at 4:00 PM, Minneapolis City will play its first-ever home match at South High School’s Les Barnard Field. The contest comes a week after more than 50 supporters made the six-hour drive to cheer the Crows in their competitive debut away to Milwaukee Bavarians. It will be interesting to see what type of crowd…
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…
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…