Week 5 of WPSL action sees the last two clubs in the North finally make their season debut (in St Croix's case, after two postponements). More about that match later, here's the full recap of the week's action. Wednesday Salvo SC 1-0 Minnesota Thunder
Friday Mankato United 0-3 Minnesota Thunder A comfortable win, with goals by Kaitlyn MacBean (from Paige Peltier), Paige Kalal (from Paige Peltier) and Kalal again (from Mackenzie Jacobson). Here's the opening two goals - the second showing stunning ball control, via our friends at Equal Time Soccer and
undefined Spotlight Match: Minnesota Thunder 2-0 Joy Athletic Club Last year's national leading goalscorer Kaitlyn MacBean returned for another Summer and led Thunder past their neighbors, with tallies in the 13th (from Rilyn Rintoul) and the 90th (from half-time sub Ashley Thirk). [uncode_info_box items="Date,
Yes, it is too big but it features some of the best amateur players in the country, and some who have very recently been professionals. Let's look at the Northern Conference of the Women's Premier Soccer League. Salvo SC Having finished in second place in the
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
Semi-Finals Charlotte Eagles (South) 1-0 Rhode Island Rogues (East) The Eastern Wildcard winners faced the Southeast Conference's Eagles. Rhode Island conceded a ninetieth minute equalizer in their Championship game but went ahead again in stoppage time. Charlotte won the South after rallying from a 4-1 deficit to take
Khyah Harper, Salvo's hottest attacking player at the moment is not a shock, but comes to the postseason with a track record at the University of Minnesota and with Salvo. She is joined by club mates Ansley Atkinson, Lauren Eckerle and breakthrough highschooler Ayden Gagner in goal. At
How it works: At this stage, the Conference winners face each other in a central location of Wauwatosa, WI. For more on how the Conferences were won, see here Semi-Finals Colorado Rapids Women (Mountain) 1-0 KC Courage (Heartland) Last year's national runner-up faced a club returning to WPSL
How it works: At this stage, the divisional winners face each other. Don't see Heartland or North? That's because those conferences only have one division, so the regular season champion is the Conference champion and goes through to the next round. Or at least, they do
This Week Wednesday Manitou FC 0-1 Salvo Katherine Jones struck the deciding blow, a rocket from twenty yards out, to give Salvo a win. St Louis Scott Gallagher 2-0 Sunflower State FC After a short trip across Missouri, from the Kansas border to the Illinois border, the visitors returned home
https://twitter.com/Lights_Football/status/1674280797086384128 How it works: At this stage, the divisional winners face each other. Don't see Heartland or North? That's because those conferences only have one division, so the regular season champion is the Conference champion and goes through to the
This Week Wednesday Rochester United 0-9 Minnesota Thunder The North's leaders got off to a storming start, with Paige Kalal converting an Olimpico from the left after only ninety seconds. Thunder continued to press but United had a chance to equalize in the eleventh minute, Samara Nunn seizing
This Week Wednesday Joy 1-8 Minnesota Thunder On a day when most others canceled due to Canadian wildfire smoke, the visitors got off the bus from Plymouth wearing their hitting shoes and Paige Peltier made it 1-0 within the opening two minutes. Peltier then doubled the lead in the tenth
undefined[uncode_info_box items="Date,Categories"] Minnesota Thunder defeated Sioux Falls City FC 3-1 in Friday's WPSL game at Academy of Holy Angels in Richfield, Minnesota. Here are our photos from the pitch. [uncode_block id="1756" inside_column="yes"]
This Week Wednesday FC Spirit 3-1 Dayton Dutch Lions Claudia Melgar opened the scoring in the thirteenth minute for Spirit. Ella Hamner doubled the score in the thirty-sixth minute. Carley Groh halved the deficit for DDL in the sixty-third minute but Hope Lensing connected to a long free kick in
This Week Wednesday KC Courage 1-1 Sunflower State FC Having lost narrowly to their neighbors in their home match, Sunflower State went ahead with the last kick of the first half, when Lexie Ruf broke away from midfield and slotted calmly past the onrushing keeper. Courage had a good chance
