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2025 Season Opener: Loons drop points after late LAFC goal

2025 Season Opener: Loons drop points after late LAFC goal

Minnesota United opened their ninth season in Major League Soccer with a trip [back] to sunny Southern California for a clash with Los Angeles FC. The Loons returned to California, where they were based for most of their first preseason under Eric Ramsay. That return ended in an unflattering fashion

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USL W League continues to build in the Northland

USL W League continues to build in the Northland

The USL W League continues its expansion in the Northland, although a merger keeps the net number of teams the same as last year in the Heartland division of the Central Conference. Chicago Dutch Lions struggled badly last season, accumulating a 3-0-9 record, which somehow was not the

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USL League 2 waves goodbye to the Deep North

USL League 2 waves goodbye to the Deep North

In the 30-year-old USL League 2, the Heartland Division of the Central Conference is our focus - with that conference the initial focus of any playoff run. Its former neighbor to the East has subsumed the Deep North division. Into the Heartland's Chicagoland base come a trio

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The North no longer, WPSL does the hokey-pokey

The North no longer, WPSL does the hokey-pokey

The clubs and structure for the 2025 WPSL season have been announced. With the departure of Sioux Falls City and Dakota Fusion (at least for now), the WPSL has taken the opportunity to reorganize (what was) the Northern Conference. The Northern Conference has steadily grown while remaining an outlier until

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NISA Independent Cup Update

NISA Independent Cup Update

It took a few months, but Milwaukee Torrent have clarified their stance on the NISA Independent Cup which they won (by default). The default cost the club a game for which tickets had been sold, a sequence which left the club feeling aggrieved and a lingering impression of a mess

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Duong and Parten the MVPs in the Post Season awards

Duong and Parten the MVPs in the Post Season awards

The USL W League and UPSL leagues have announced their postseason awards this week, led by Katie Duong, who was named Heartland Conference Player of the Year. It is the latest and last award in the glittering pre-professional stage of her career. Having been drafted in the fourth round

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NISA Independent Cup Review

NISA Independent Cup Review

Five amateur sides (Vlora FC, Dakota Fusion, Milwaukee Torrent, United Stars Soccer and Inter Detroit) joined metro Detroit's Michigan Stars in the Great Lakes region of this year's NISA Independent Cup. The regional champions get a trophy but do not meet in any kind of play-

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WPSL Central Playoff Spotlight

WPSL Central Playoff Spotlight

The #1 team in the country, Sioux Falls City FC, hosted the Central Region's playoffs over the weekend, with the winners of the Heartland, Midwest and Mountain Conferences all joining the North's best with the heat index hitting over 100 degrees on both days. Saturday (National

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