I was born and bred in England. I'm passionate about football. I'm the Non-League Editor at NSJ, formerly editor of Northern Lights Football and Local Editor of E Pluribus Loonum. I pitch in elsewhere on the site too.
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&
The USA came into the match directly after a hard-fought semifinal and Brasil were the more rested but it was the hosts who prevailed.
The 110 year old Lamar Hunt US Open Cup is being threatened by current events. The regional governing body Concacaf have seemingly sided with MLS. Since the facts have been well-covered by others, I'm gonna stick with the light that the tournament brings and the emotional attachment many
The Northern Conference of the National Premier Soccer League has kept the same number of teams but it has traded in the unambitious Aris SC for the deeply ambitious Minnesota Blizzard FC. Here's a look at the landscape in the conference. Duluth FC The BlueGreens finished the 2023-24
I argued last year that the WPSL North is too big. It's more than 51,000 sq miles, and it remains so, in fact with expansion into Sioux City Iowa, it's got even bigger. So how should we/would I split it? You could do one
Yes, there already IS a First Division, but now there will be two.
WPSL have hit the six team minimum for the D3 professional league they are slating to start next year. Those six are:
How did we get here? The Gateway Conference went straight to its Championship match, and Des Moines United won 2-1 to advance. The North Conference tournament saw Med City FC upset both the #2 seeded Dakota Fusion and the National #1 seeded Duluth on the road to earn their spot.
For more on the results that got us here, click here The rankings featured are the national points-per-game ranking. All Conference Finals are hosted by the higher seed. The NPSL has decided that the Conference Champion title will belong to whoever wins these matches. Amid those we surveyed, the move
