Saturday May 10th Sioux Falls Thunder 2-1 Siouxland United Thunder left it late with goals from Sunao Midorikawa in the 82nd minute and Nick North in the 5th minute of second-half stoppage time to reverse the tide of a Siouxland derby which had seen the visitors go ahead in the
Burnsville-based Vlora FC make the short trip to Eagan to face Lakeville-based Minnesota Blizzard FC as this regionalized, national tournament makes its opening visit to Minnesota for this year. Vlora operates a UPSL squad, but they entered the draw as Minnesota Amateur Soccer League members. In that league, they finished
There are no brand-new clubs to the North Conference of the NPSL, but it is getting longer and shorter at the same time with Dakota Fusion's hiatus and the entry of former Gateway Conference members Iowa Demon Hawks. Of the four playoff qualifiers from the North in 2024,
Duluth FC finished the regular season as the 33rd ranked team by points-per-game, the metric used to determine hosting priority for the playoffs. It is eerily similar to the last time they made this stage. Their odyssey has so far taken them on a 500 mile round trip to Fargo
Steel City reached this stage last year, before falling to eventual champion Tulsa Athletic on penalty kicks. Duluth can reach a bit further back and recall their own Midwest Region Championship in 2018. They came perilously close to the mandatory 10pm lights out (per the broadcast crew) but in the
Iowa Demon Hawks 0-2 Duluth FC Duluth FC and Iowa Demon Hawks kicked off from Indianola High School, about 30 minutes south of Des Moines for the right to face the region's #1 seed, Steel City FC in Pittsburgh. Duluth FC went 7-1-4 in the regular season and
Wednesday (#= Conference seeding/National ranking) #1/6 Dakota Fusion 2-1 #4/38 Joy Athletic Club Fusion v Joy is the league's stingiest defense against the joint Golden Boot winner Philip Caputo. It took Joy Athletic 20 mins to register a chance, in a first 40 minutes dominated by
Tuesday: Siouxland United 3-1 Sioux Falls Thunder A 43rd minute goal by Lucas Foreman and two from Ben Shields were countered by a goal by Simon Woods for Thunder. Dakota Fusion 6-1 Minnesota TwinStars A strong wind blew left to right, in the faces of Fusion, at the backs of
Wednesday Duluth FC 10-0 Minnesota Blizzard Tyler Limmer scored a hat trick, Dylan Sumner scored twice, Myles Edmondson, Felipe Santos, Felipe Carli, Manny Morales and Golden Boot leader Eduoard Nys all scored one. Sioux Falls Thunder 0-0 Minnesota TwinStars Siouxland United 3-0 Joy Athletic Club Ahmed Dosso, Magloire Makila and
Tuesday: Joy Athletic Club 2-1* Minnesota TwinStars This back and forth match was brought to a halt in the 48th minute by torrential rain and high winds. Grant Luce put Joy ahead in the 14th minute. Akinola equalized for TwinStars five minutes later. Philip Caputo put the hosts back ahead
undefinedThe TwinStars had already notched a memorable win over Duluth FC and although they would give up a lop-sided defeat to the same opposition on the road, they remained undefeated at their home at Park Center High and in third place going into their match with top of the table
Wednesday Sioux Falls Thunder 0-2 Dakota Fusion Fusion continue to set the pace, with goals from substitutes Felix Buabeng and Takumi Sato and riding out five mins down to ten men due to a second yellow card for captain Gael Gonzalez. Minnesota Blizzard 0-3 Duluth FC Edouard Nys scored twice
Dakota Fusion FC 2-0 Sioux Falls Thunder FC Fusion fans brought a drum. The team proved them worthy of the accompaniment. Fusion dominated possession in the opening 10 minutes but the first Fusion shot on goal came via Brandon Garcia at 9:45. Sioux Falls Thunder’s keeper Jack Howard
Spotlight Match: Minnesota Blizzard FC 1-1 Sioux Falls Thunder FC In a first half of few chances, Blizzard broke through in the 38th minute, Ashton Hosler finishing a counter attack which he had led, beginning with an interception at the top of their own defensive area. Thunder equalized in the
undefined Spotlight Match: Sioux Falls Thunder 1-1 Joy Athletic Club Owen Salzwedel opened the scoring for Joy Athletic Club in the 19th minute, but the Goats were unable to hold off Sioux Falls, with the Thunder equalizer coming courtesy of Natinael Ayalew in the 79th minute. [uncode_info_box items=
Wednesday: Duluth FC 3-0 Joy Athletic Club Duluth FC's Charlie Wood had a couple of good chances with 5 mins on the clock, but the crosses in from the left were missed. Two corners back to back eventually resulted in an easy catch for the Joy keeper. Joy&
