Photo Gallery: Union Dubuque vs Chicago Athletic

by Knives Paige - July 14, 2021July 14, 20210

Union Dubuque FC hosted Chicago Athletic FC in Midwest Premier League play this past weekend at the Dubuque Soccer Complex in Dubuque, IA. After scoreless first 45 minutes Union was able to break open the match when Chicago ended up scoring an own goal. DBQ would add one more goal to the match when Lorran De Almeida scored on a penalty kick

Midwest Premier League: July Preview

by Ashle Norling - July 3, 2021July 3, 20210

This weekend the Midwest Premier League enters the final month of play in their inaugural season with the last matches of 2021 being played on August 1st. Those are one East Division match between BiH Grand Rapids (3rd Place as of 7/2/21) and Michigan Stars U23 (2nd Place as of 7/2/21). One West Division match will be played along side that as DeKalb County United (11th as of 7/2/21) hosts Rockford FC (9th as of 7/2/21). East Division Heading into the final four weeks of league play the East Division has been entirely dominated by Detroit City U23, the developmental side of NISA's Detroit City FC. Le Rouge sit atop the East at a perfect 9-0-0 with 27 points. Detroit City U23

Midwest Premier League, Week 8: Preview

by Ashle Norling - June 12, 20210

Saturday: West Michigan Bearings vs Inter Detroit: 1 PM - South Christian High School, Byron Center, MI - No Stream Announced West Michigan is just three points back from East Division leaders the Michigan Stars, a win tonight will put the Bearings even with the Stars U23 side in the Division. And for a league without playoffs this is big. Inter Detroit however is fighting to get out of the mid-table and up to the top. After a 1-1 draw last weekend with the Stars U23 a win is not out of the question. Livonia City FC vs BiH Grand Rapids: 4 PM - Total Sports Wixom, Wixom, MI - No Stream Announced After a win 10 days ago against the Bearings, BiH will

NISA Independent Cup Schedule Announced

by Ashle Norling - June 10, 2021June 10, 20210

This morning the National Independent Soccer Association announced the schedule for most games for the 2021 NISA Independent Cup. A few weeks ago NISA announced the field for the Independent Cup as well as it's format. The tournament has a round robin format and each side will play three matches, with most either playing two at home and one on the road or two on the road and one at home. There will be no matches past the round robin and the top team in the region will be declared the regional champion. An interesting aspect of the tournament will be how the two Midwest Premier League sides fare against the National Premier Soccer League clubs and how all clubs fair

NISA’s Chicago House AC pays groundbreaking solidarity payment

by Tim Abbott - June 9, 2021June 9, 20210

Six years after US Soccer and MLS went to court to defend their right not to pay amateur or youth clubs after their players are signed by professional clubs, Chicago House AC has decided to do things differently. The incoming NISA club announced today that it has paid a solidarity payment, believed to be the first in US soccer history, to Joliet, IL's Steel City FC (guests on a recent episode of our podcast) when their player Damien Almazan was signed by CHAC. Such payments are a universal and very much routine part of the global soccer landscape where players come through youth systems and clubs at lower levels of the pyramid before moving to larger clubs. The mechanism is slightly different,

Midwest Premier League, Week 8: Where to Watch

by Ashle Norling - June 5, 2021June 5, 20210

Tuesday: West Michigan Bearings, 1 vs BiH Grand Rapids, 2 : 7:30 PM - Midwest United FC Soccer Complex, Grand Rapids, MI - No Stream Announced Thursday: Michigan Stars U23, 3 vs LK St. Clair, 0 : 7 PM - Michigan Stars Sports Center, Washington, MI - Eleven Sports Saturday: Detroit City U23, 3 vs West Michigan Bearings, 0 : 3 PM - Keyworth Stadium, Hamtramck, MI - No Stream Announced Cedar Rapids Inferno, 1 vs RWB Adria, 3 : 5 PM - Fairfax City Sports & Park Complex, Fairfax, IA - No Stream Announced Berber City FC, 3 vs Chicago Athletic, 2 : 7 PM - Lions for Hope Sports Complex, Chicago, IL - Eleven Sports Chicago Mustangs, 5 vs DeKalb County United, 1 : 7 PM

MWPL Week 7, Where to Watch

by Ashle Norling - May 26, 2021May 29, 20210

Wednesday: Michigan Stars U23 vs Livonia City: 6 PM - Michigan Stars Sports Center, Washington, MI - MyCujoo RWB Adria vs Steel City FC: 8 PM - Hales Franciscan High School, Chicago, IL - Facebook Friday: Inter Detroit vs Lansing Common: 4 PM - Evolution Sportsplex, Auburn Hills, MI - MyCujoo Saturday: Union Dubuque vs Rockford FC: 3:30 PM - Dubuque Soccer Complex, Dubuque, IA - MyCujoo Livonia City vs Detroit City U23: 6 PM - St. Joe's Sports Complex, Livonia, MI - MyCujoo Berber City vs Steel City FC: 7 PM - Lions for Hope Sports Complex, Chicago, IL - MyCujoo Sunday: Edgewater Castle vs Chicago Mustangs: 3 PM - CIBC FirePitch, Chicago, IL - Twitch *Note – All Times CDT

Midwest Premier League Scores – Weekend of May 15th, 2021

by Admin - May 20, 2021May 21, 20210

This past weekend the Midwest Premier League played a total of 7 matches between it's East and West Divisions. The two Eastern matches in Michigan saw LK St. Clair host Inter Detroit in one match while Livonia City played host to the Michigan Stars U23 side. Out West between Illinois and Iowa there were a total of five matches played with Rockford FC hosting RWB Adria, Chicago Athletic battling Edgewater Castle in an all Chicago matchup, Bavarians headed from Milwaukee to Normal to face FC Diablos, and Berber City FC hosted DeKalb County United all on Saturday. Then on Sunday, Steel City FC traveled from Joliet, IL to Dubuque, IA to face Union Dubuque FC.