Weston FC’s notable recent alum include Tyler Hall, Benjamin Cremaschi, Noah Allen and Aiden Morris.
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NWSL: Waldrum is out as Houston head coach
Randy Waldrum, who left his job as head coach at Notre Dame, one of the most successful women’s programs in the country, to take over as the Houston Dash head coach for its launch in 2014, isout. The Dash and Waldrum agreed to part ways just seven games into the 2017 season. Assistant coach Omar […]
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MLS Expansion: Minnesota United FC fans win day
Less than seven months before it kicks off its first game, MLS has given the green light for the expansion team Minnesota United FC to begin play in 2017. Minnesota United FC will retain the name ithas used in the NASL in recent years and will play at TCF Bank Stadium on the campus of […]
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MLS Expansion: Let loose the Loons!
The deafening silence shrouding MLS expansion to Minnesota, which is supposed to start play next season, is about to be lifted. The league issued a press release on Tuesday stating thatCommissioner Don Garber would attend an event Friday in the capital city of St. Paul. Mayor Chris Coleman and team owner Bill McGuire will join […]
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MLS Countdown: Tasty menu of rivalry games is served up
One of the shrewder competitive practices instilled by MLS has also produced marketing opportunities the league enthusiastically promotes. Case in point is “Rivalry Week,” sponsored byHeineken, during which a package of the league’s most intense matchups are rolled out on national television. On Friday, the series kicks off when Philadelphia hosts D.C. United on UniMas; […]
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MLS expansion, immediate and long term, taking shape
MLS’s plans to slot in the launch dates of its next four expansion teams are beginning to take shape. MLS commissioner Don Garber said at an event to promote the Sacramento expansion bid onThursday that the goal — a word he emphasized several times — is to launch Atlanta United and Minnesota in 2017 and […]
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Minnesota group unveils stadium renderings
The new MLS club in Minnesota that will begin play in 2017 or 2018 unveiled plans for its soccer stadium in St. Paul.
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St. Paul wins MLS Twin Cities sweepstakes
When MLS announced in March that it would add a team in Minnesota, the assumption was the team would play in Minneapolis — specifically on an industrial site near the Minneapolis Farmers Market –but it quickly discovered the power of stadium fatigue, which political forces used to stall a Minneapolis deal. A lot changed over […]
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What They're Saying: Don Garber
“It has an opportunity to be very transformational about bringing these two cities together.” — MLS commissioner Don Garber on the proposal for asoccer-specific stadium for the MLS Minnesota team in St. Paul’s Midway neighborhood. The MLS team was originally looking at twin city Minneapolis but the St. Paul site is being touted for itsproximity […]
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What They're Saying: Minnesota United FC fan Abe Opoti
“What gets me is, there are so many people here who are so territorial. I know St. Paul people who will not go to Minneapolis. I know people in Minneapolis who will not go to St. Paul. People inareas of the south Metro won’t go north that much.” — Minnesota United FC fan Abe Opoti, […]