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Duluth FC and Med City Emerge as Title Competitors After Week Three
Duluth FC 5-0 Minnesota TwinStars The TwinStars traveled to Duluth midweek on Wednesday for the only match of the day, having lost their opener against Minneapolis City before beating La Crosse Aris. For their hosts, Duluth FC, it would be a chance to extend a near-perfect run that’s seen the side score eight goals in […]
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Match Preview: MNUFC at Dallas
Last season, games against the Texas teams kept the Loons afloat in their chase for the playoffs. This season, the Loons have already gone to Texas once, and it wasn’t pretty. This one’s at the slightly odd time of 6pm on Sunday evening, but it’s not a national TV game – it’s on Channel 23 […]
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Crows second half flurries come up short in loss to Peoria, 1-0
Golden Valley, Minn. – Minneapolis City SC nearly had a remix of their magical stoppage time goal the prior week in their match against Peoria. Yet it wasn’t to be as Eli Goldman’s late shot was saved by the Peoria keeper Rimi Olatunji in the waning moments, resulting in a 1-0 loss at home to […]
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DJ Taylor shines as MNUFC drops points at Allianz Field against the LA Galaxy.
Getting the nod from the start, Loons fullback DJ Taylor made just his third start this season under Adrian Heath, as Romain Metanire continues to rehab a nagging thigh injury. The 24-year-old rescued MNUFC late with a lovely assist to talisman Robin Lod in the 87th minute, rescuing a point in a 1-1 draw against […]
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Making Big Time Soccer Local – The Origins and Ambitions of Austin Villa
Minnesotan soccer, expectedly, is based around the urban population centers of the state. Duluth and Rochester both contribute clubs to the lower league scene, as does Moorhead as half of the border territory the Dakota Fusion call home. In a region where soccer, and the financial possibilities around it, are still finding their way, it […]
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Match Preview: LA Galaxy at MNUFC
For the first time this year, midweek MLS action comes to Minnesota, as the Loons are entering an extremely busy period. It’ll be six games in 20 days for Minnesota, as MNUFC careens through a U.S. Open Cup-filled stretch before the June international break. This one is the first game of the season between the […]
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Parks and Recreation: The Return of MNUFC Supporters’ Audible Goalkeeper Heckling and “The Wanderwall”
May 16, 2022 Last Thursday, Minnesota United resumed their U.S. Open Cup match versus the Colorado Rapids after a rain delay. The 1:00 PM start time meant fewer fans could attend due to daytime responsibilities. With fewer fans however, Wonderwall introduced Colorado GK Clint Irwin to a tradition of Dark Clouds past: audible goalkeeper heckling. […]
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Young Stars, FC Minneapolis Emerge as UPSL Contenders
Rochester 0-1 Maplebrook Rochester returned home off a tough tour of the division’s new member clubs, Austin Villa and Ebusua, that left them with one point and six goals conceded. The occasion, a match against Maplebrook, provided a much needed opportunity to find that first win of 2022 and of course correct their promising season. […]
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Adrian Heath “Sick to Death” Following Minnesota United’s 3-1 Loss in Seattle
You could call it a tipping point. After a 1-0 halftime lead turned into a 3-1 loss at Lumen Field, the Loons’ seventh straight defeat in Seattle since joining MLS, Minnesota United gaffer Adrian Heath didn’t hold back when speaking to media Sunday evening. “Well, I’m sick to death of coming here and playing like […]
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St. Croix Legends Lay Building Blocks in Opening Loss to Des Moines
Learning experience. In the world of sports, that phrase often comes with a negative connotation, with the underlying reality of a team receiving an “education” from their opponent and ultimately coming up short. In the case of the newly formed St. Croix Legends, the USL League Two embodiment of longtime Twin Cities youth club St. […]
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