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 by
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-off.
Minneapolis City SC and St Croix Legends faced off at Macalester Stadium on Thursday, July 25, in the final of the second annual Minnesota Super Cup. The Legends won 3-0, with goals from Asher Ozuzu (12th minute), Stu Sain (43rd minute), and Nathan Donovan (46th minute). You can read our
After finally breaking a nine match winless streak with a 2-0 home victory over San Jose, Minnesota United headed to Seattle to begin Leagues Cup play. MNUFC, who are winless in the Emerald City had already lost to the Sounders at Lumen Field once this season. That loss actually kicking
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
The 2024 Minnesota Super Cup final on Thursday, July 25, featured cross-town rivals St Croix Legends and Minneapolis City SC, both making their first appearance in the championship game. St. Croix closed out a high-octane performance with a 3-0 win, leaving Macalester Stadium with a cup and a clean sheet.
Our photo gallery from the UPSL Women Conference Championship between NOSC Blast and Aurora 2 is finally up!
The Loons secured three points at home against the San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday night with a 2-0 win. Here are our photos from Allianz by photographers Tim McLaughlin and Michael Lake.
On a humid Saturday evening at Allianz Field, Minnesota United FC snapped a nine-match winless streak that included seven losses and two draws. The victims were the San Jose Earthquakes, who have struggled all year and fired former MN Thunder player Luchi Gonzalez as their head coach in late June.
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
Minnesota United FC extended its longest-ever winless streak on Wednesday night to nine (until this month, the franchise record was four), dropping a lead in the 90th minute, and then losing in the 91st, to DC United by a score of 3-2. It was a historic result for the visitors,
Check out our visual recap of the MNUFC vs D.C. United match.
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
Dakota Fusion hosted the BlueGreens of Duluth FC last Saturday night in Moorhead, MN for the inaugural NPSL North Conference playoff title, with a spot in the Central Regional playoffs on the line. Fusion who won the regular season title at 9-3-0 (W-D-L) defeated Joy AC 2-1 to advance to
Following a road trip to Houston in which the Loons scored first, only to lose the lead and share a point, (a result that elicited such joyous reactions as: "A soccer game was played tonight in Houston," "The streak is over! Come home quickly, Canadians!" and
On Sunday, MN Aurora FC 2 concluded their inaugural year with their first and only loss of the season, falling 2-1 to NOSC Blast (and the league's leading goal scorer) late in extra time. While Aurora 2 was not able to lift the championship trophy at TCO Stadium
