MN Girls Soccer Blog 2

Minnesota Thunder Academy

Andy Kaasa — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 05:16:41 +0000

The news of the merger was released today. While everyone knew for a long time that Bangu was in the big announcement was that Wings SC will also be joining. This will now give the Thunder a strong foot hold in almost all geographical areas of the twin cities.

Bangu announcment

Wings announcment

Is this good news for elite development in Minnesota? Will anything change under the new banner? What are your thoughts?

2008 Region II Regionals

Andy Kaasa — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:47:20 +0000

Schedules are out. Best of luck to all teams from Minnesota.

U13 Girls			Ranking	U14 Girls			Ranking
Bangu	vs	CASA (ON)	22 RII	Bangu	vs	WDM Celtic (IA)	24 RII
Bangu	vs	St Louis SC (MO)	12 N	Bangu	vs	Rushmore Gold (SD)
Bangu	vs	Eclipse (IL)	20 N	Bangu	vs	Vardar (MRL 2- MI)	24 N

U15 Girls				U16 Girls
Bangu	vs	Nebraska		Inferno	vs	WDM Heat (IA)	26 RII
Bangu	vs	Cleveland FC (ON)	4 N	Inferno	vs	Nebraska
Bangu	vs	Lexington FC (KY)	19 N	Inferno	vs	Vardar (MI)	4 N

U17 Girls				U18 Girls
Bangu	vs	Nebraska		Bangu	vs	Illinois
Bangu	vs	MRL 1		Bangu	vs	Rushmore Gold (SD)
Bangu	vs	Illinois		Bangu	vs	KC Metro Dynamo (KS)	21 RII

U18 Girls				U19 Girls
North Metro	vs	Michigan Hawks (MI)	12 N	PSA	vs	Javanon SC (KY)	18 RII
North Metro	vs	JUSC (IA)		PSA	vs	Missouri
North Metro	vs	MRL 2		PSA	vs	KC College Select

MN Thunder And Lightning

Andy Kaasa — Sat, 31 May 2008 16:24:20 +0000

It is official. Bangu and Wings have combined with the Thunder. Read about it here.

The Thunder are currently in in 3rd place with a record of 4-2-1 and they have 2 games in hand on the first place team. Can they continue to get good results? What are your feelings on the move back to Blaine?

The Lightning start their season today and they are looking to repeat as Midwest Division Winners. They play their home games at Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium on the campus of the University of Minnesota.

Summer Club Soccer

Andy Kaasa — Fri, 30 May 2008 16:42:36 +0000

MYSA Leagues are in full swing. Lots of tournaments are going on. Regionals are coming up. How is everything looking now that everyone is playing full time now?

State Cup Semi Finals

Andy Kaasa — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:18:18 +0000

Age	Team	vs	Team	Time	Field
13	U13 Bangu Blue		Wings	9:30am	3
13	U12 Bangu East		Tonka	9:30am	2
14	Bangu Blue		Northern Lights	9:30am	4
14	Bangu White		Wayzata	9:30am	5
15	Bangu Blue		Coon Rapids	9:30am	6
15	Wayzata		Eden Prairie	12:00pm	6
16	Group A		Group D	2:30pm	4
16	Group B		Group C	2:30pm	5
17	Group A		*Wildcard	5:00pm	2
17	WBL		Bangu White	5:00pm	3
18	Bangu Blue		North Metro	7:00pm	2

Thoughts? Games to watch? Finals predictions?

State Cup Seeding

Andy Kaasa — Sun, 04 May 2008 05:46:08 +0000

In order to win State Cup you need to win all your games, but most people want to see the top teams in the final. Cal North does not see it this way as they consistently place the top teams in the same group during round robin play. Story Although the story is satirical, it brings up a good point: How far should they seed State Cup? Also, at what age should they start the seedings?

GSL Poll: How Would You Play?

Andy Kaasa — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 04:27:45 +0000

With State Cup starting this weekend there will be lots of talk about teams "Packing It In" or simply hoping to get to one goal and shut all the offense down. If you were the coach of a team and your team was playing a team that is better than your team how would you play?

Club Soccer: March-April

Andy Kaasa — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 18:32:42 +0000

MRL, Spring Tournaments, and other club related items.

MRL Schedule/Standings Page

4/6 WDM Premier Games Schedule/Results/Standings Link

4/12 JFG U14+ 4/19 U11-U13

4/12 CRSA Chill Out Tournament

GSL Weekly Poll Question

Andy Kaasa — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 01:34:32 +0000

Every week or two I will put up a new poll question. Please let me know if you think that this is a section that is worth
putting up on the site. You can debate the topic in the comments section. If you would like to submit a question to
be put up on the website you are encouraged.

After the first responses and some thought I remade the answers to the first question. I forgot to include the MRL travel weekends.

2008 State Cup

Andy Kaasa — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 04:18:24 +0000

The draws are out. Will the defending Champions repeat or will we have a crazy spring like the FA Cup this year? Which groups will be the most competitive and which games will be the most exciting? Who are your favorites to move on and do well at Regionals? Anything can happen and, I've heard, that is why they play the games.

Defending Champs at current age groups:
U13 First Year   U14 Bangu
U15 Bangu        U16 Inferno
U17 Bangu        U18 Bangu
U19 St Croix