Photo Gallery: Minneapolis City SC vs Med City FC Featured Minnesota National Premier Soccer League by Seth Steffenhagen - June 11, 20210 Minneapolis City hosted Med City this past weekend in what was a match up between the two remaining undefeated teams in the NPSL North. The two sides were deadlocked at the break but the Crows were awarded a penalty kick early in the second half. Minneapolis City SC midfielder Max Stiegwardt scored the opening goal from the spot in the 56'. Fellow midfielder Kevin Andrews then extended that lead in the 75'. Minneapolis City SC forward Justin Oliver tried to sneak in a quick free kick in the 86' that beat Med City FC goalkeeper AJ Jarvis as he was setting up his wall but it was called back and Oliver had to make another attempt. AJ Jarvis parried the retake
The W League is back Featured Minnesota News USL League Two USL W League Women's Premier Soccer League by Tim Abbott - June 8, 2021June 8, 20210 Today, in a move which had been suggested by The Athletic, USL announced a new women's amateur league with an old name. The new USL W League was unveiled with a Selection Sunday-style stream, together with 8 founding members and a strong trend of organizations whose men's sides are within the professional tiers of the USL system. The old W League folded in 2015. The eight founding clubs are: Minnesota Women's Soccer, a brand-new club which will be more fully unveiled this weekend but which already promises "a women majority owner which will be paired with a unique element of community and supporter ownership" and ownership independent of current organizations. Kaw Valley FC will be debuting its women's side in USL W.
What is the Unity Cup? – A Q and A with MapleBrook’s Jean-Yves Viardin Featured Minnesota News United Premier Soccer League Women's Premier Soccer League by Tim Abbott - June 2, 2021June 2, 20210 The 2021 Unity Cup : MapleBrook 58ers and Friends vs Joy Athletic Club takes place at Maple Grove High School Stadium at 5pm. Admission is free. Q: What is the Unity Cup? A: Joy Athletic is coached by a friend of mine and I'm very familiar with the organization and I respect that organization. I run the youth club over here in Maple Grove called Maplebrook. We had a UPSL team. We took a year off because of Covid. Because it is Joy Athletic's first year in the NPSL. We share players. We had planned to have a game. A friendly game. When all the bad stuff happened in Minneapolis and then we decided not to play in our league it didn't look