National Premier Soccer League coverage
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
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&
undefined[uncode_info_box items="Date,Categories"] The 2024 NPSL North got underway with an early match-up when Minnesota TwinStars FC hosted league newcomers Minnesota Blizzard FC. Take a look back with our photos of North Conference opener where the TwinStars secured a 3-2 win. [uncode_block id=
Minnesota TwinStars FC 3-2 Minnesota Blizzard FC NPSL kicked off again with a match up of one of the longest running clubs in this scene, TwinStars {founded in 1997) versus a newcomer in Blizzard. The match took place at Park Center High School, in the northwest of the Twin Cities
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
undefined Minneapolis City SC (USL League 2) played to a 3-1 victory over Duluth FC (NPSL) in the Minnesota Super Cup at Edor Nelson Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Tuesday, July 18th 2023. [vc_gallery el_id="gallery-133788" medias="3126,3125,3124,3123,3121,3120,3119,3118,
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.
