Leagues Cup Knockout Stage – Quarterfinals NSH vs. MIN AppleTV For the first time in almost a year and the only time during the 2023 season, Minnesota United travels to Nashville, TN for a clash with Nashville SC. Both sides come into Friday night's clash off penalty kick wins
A high scoring, back and forth affair for 90 minutes in the knockout round of a continental competition, culminating in the away side winning on penalties. This is the perfect type of match to introduce new fans to soccer and exactly the type of match seen last night between Minnesota
On a night where dark clouds took over the sky at Allianz Field, Minnesota United set their sights on Chicago Fire. Following a scoreless 60n minutes, four goals were scored in less then 20 minutes, followed by a Kei Kamara goal right before a weather delay. Unable to score in
On a humid Sunday night in St. Paul, a sell-out crowd filed into Allianz Field to see their first taste of continental soccer, as the Leagues Cup opened in the North Star State. Liga MX's Club Puebla served as the home side while on Minnesota United's
Semi-Finals Charlotte Eagles (South) 1-0 Rhode Island Rogues (East) The Eastern Wildcard winners faced the Southeast Conference's Eagles. Rhode Island conceded a ninetieth minute equalizer in their Championship game but went ahead again in stoppage time. Charlotte won the South after rallying from a 4-1 deficit to take
Khyah Harper, Salvo's hottest attacking player at the moment is not a shock, but comes to the postseason with a track record at the University of Minnesota and with Salvo. She is joined by club mates Ansley Atkinson, Lauren Eckerle and breakthrough highschooler Ayden Gagner in goal. At
https://twitter.com/NPSLSoccer/status/1682104281468370944 These Conference Best XIs throw up some interesting results. Sunflower State FC and Club Atletico St Louis have the most members of the Gateway, even though they both failed to make the playoffs. On the other hand, 8 of the 12 selections in the
How it works: At this stage, the Conference winners face each other in a central location of Wauwatosa, WI. For more on how the Conferences were won, see here Semi-Finals Colorado Rapids Women (Mountain) 1-0 KC Courage (Heartland) Last year's national runner-up faced a club returning to WPSL
How it works: At this stage, the divisional winners face each other. Don't see Heartland or North? That's because those conferences only have one division, so the regular season champion is the Conference champion and goes through to the next round. Or at least, they do
This Week Wednesday Manitou FC 0-1 Salvo Katherine Jones struck the deciding blow, a rocket from twenty yards out, to give Salvo a win. St Louis Scott Gallagher 2-0 Sunflower State FC After a short trip across Missouri, from the Kansas border to the Illinois border, the visitors returned home
https://twitter.com/Lights_Football/status/1674280797086384128 How it works: At this stage, the divisional winners face each other. Don't see Heartland or North? That's because those conferences only have one division, so the regular season champion is the Conference champion and goes through to the
This Week Wednesday Rochester United 0-9 Minnesota Thunder The North's leaders got off to a storming start, with Paige Kalal converting an Olimpico from the left after only ninety seconds. Thunder continued to press but United had a chance to equalize in the eleventh minute, Samara Nunn seizing
This Week Wednesday Joy 1-8 Minnesota Thunder On a day when most others canceled due to Canadian wildfire smoke, the visitors got off the bus from Plymouth wearing their hitting shoes and Paige Peltier made it 1-0 within the opening two minutes. Peltier then doubled the lead in the tenth
This Week Wednesday FC Spirit 3-1 Dayton Dutch Lions Claudia Melgar opened the scoring in the thirteenth minute for Spirit. Ella Hamner doubled the score in the thirty-sixth minute. Carley Groh halved the deficit for DDL in the sixty-third minute but Hope Lensing connected to a long free kick in
This Week Wednesday KC Courage 1-1 Sunflower State FC Having lost narrowly to their neighbors in their home match, Sunflower State went ahead with the last kick of the first half, when Lexie Ruf broke away from midfield and slotted calmly past the onrushing keeper. Courage had a good chance
This Week Thursday AFC Columbia 2-3 St Louis Scott Gallagher AFC CoMo's home opener saw the visitors go ahead in the thirty-seventh minute after a series of unfortunate events that Lemony Snicket would be proud of. There was a shot off the post, and a save by the
