Minnesota and the Twin Cities specifically have a new soccer team called the Kings FC. No, this is not the new team rumored from the National Sports Center or a renamed Thunder team but a brand new team in the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL). The NPSL is a rival to USL's PDL program.

According to the teams website: The team plans to expand and promote playing soccer at an elite level, creating hometown heroes as role models, and impacting the quality of life in the community by providing opportunities for minorities, ESL speakers, and the financially unable to participate in current programs.

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The Madison 56ers missed out on the National Premier Soccer League Midwest Region championship last...
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The Kansas City Wizards 2 Generation Adidas players will be making their way over to South Africa with the rest of an MLS Generation Adidas team. Roger Espinoza and Chance Myers were both named to the team that will leave later this month for a 10 day tour of the World Cup hosting country. Espinoza and Myers will be competing in 3 games against Premier Soccer League reserve teams, including Ajax Cape Town and Orlando Pirates. Click to continue reading...

Bjorn Heidelstrom is cycling from Oslo to Cape Town and collecting signed football jerseys from all teams of all levels along the way. All these shirts will be be sewn together to form the world's largest signed football-shirt - a symbol of the unity of the football family and its solidarity with the plight of young refugees.

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Too much action and exciting matches in the PSL in South Africa this weekend, when the top soccer teams in the country clash in the Premier Soccer League.

Orlando Pirates vs Santos

On Saturday PSL log leaders Orlando Pirates will do all they can to pick up the points from an in-form Santos at the Orlando Stadium in Soweto.

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As we are all awaiting the future of our top professional leagues in MLS & the USL when the 2010 calendar starts this coming January there will be some questions before their respective seasons start. At the same time we are going to also await the future structure of the next edition of the US Open Cup.

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There was a very quiet start to the Premier Soccer League season for Moroka Swallows, who drew 0-0 with Golden Arrows. Technical Director Eddie Lewis, formerly of West Ham United and Leyton Orient, was said to be have been pleased with the clean sheet, if not the result. Another former West Ham player who is [. Click to continue reading...

Midweek seems an apt time to touch on a few things I've overlooked:

*The Sounders play Barcelona at 7:30 tonight in Seattle on ESPN2. It will be interesting to see who that usually delirious crowd will predominantly be rooting for - the home team or the European champions. More here.

Here's Barcelona's Lionel Messi doing a little ball juggling atop the 605-foot-high Space needle ahead of the game.

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Malaysia fury over fake Warriors
by: Nkanyiso Moyo
IMAGINE Arsenal turning up for a friendly against Zimbabwe wearing the England kit?
Unimaginable of course!
But Zimbabwean soccer fans will be outraged today as New Zimbabwe.com reveals the deception that saw Premier Soccer League champions Monomotapa don the national team colours and play in two "international" friendly matches against Malaysia this week. Click to continue reading...

Orlando Pirates are a South African football (soccer) club based in Parktown, Johannesburg that plays in the Premier Soccer League. It was founded in 1937 in the Orlando section of Soweto. The Pirates are one of the most successful South African teams. Last season, they finished 2nd in the ABSA Premiership. Click to continue reading...

Considering that the season has ended in all major leagues and that the clubs are busy looking for possible signings, Confederations Cup and Under 21 European Championship are in the centre of attention at the moment. South Africa, the host country of the Confederations Cup, is a talented footballing nation but not too many of the national team players have attracted interest from Europe.

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Good morning everyone... Felipe Melo is NOT amused!

In day ocho of the selecao's training session at the Super Stadium, Pretoria, the subs played a game against the Under-17 Super Sport United boys. In case you're wondering, SSU is a team that competes in the Premier Soccer League of South Africa.

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O congolês Felix Muamba Musasa pediu desculpas por ter partido a perna a Oupa Ngubule, num jogo entre Black Aces, já pediu desculpas publicamente por ter partido a perna de Oupa Ngubule, do Carara Kicks, a contar para o play-off de acesso para a Premier Soccer League, a principal divisão da África do Sul, país que vai receber o Mundial de 2010. Click to continue reading...

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South Florida WPSL Franchise Launches Season
Plantation, FL, May 26, 2009 – The Miami Kickers F.C., the South Florida franchise of the Women's Premier Soccer League, is proud to announce its 2009 season and roster.
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Martin Rogers of Yahoo! Sports a regular guest on the show stops by to discuss the latest happening with the US National Team and in CONCACAF.

Afterward, we discuss the National Premier Soccer League with NPSL Director of Public Relations Ryan Knapp.

Related posts:

1. Major League Soccer Talk Podcast, Episode One Episode One of the Major League Soccer Talk Podcast is.

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Kansas City Wizards, Heartland Soccer Association Announce Strategic Partnership

Wizards, Heartland Soccer Join Together to Promote Soccer from Youth Ranks to Professional Level; Entire Kansas City Wizards Roster will Appear Sunday at Heritage Soccer Park to Launch Partnership

(May 21, 2009) – The Kansas City Wizards and Heartland Soccer Association (Heartland) announced a major strategic partnership Thursday that will help both organizations promote the game of soccer in the Kansas City area and increase participation in the sport.

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Hunter Gilstrap (not pictured) sure knows how to make an exit. Because when he leaves a football club he does so by showing the fans his middle finger. From what I can tell, he's basically the Kenny Powers (NSFW) of soccer. Gilstrap was playing for South African Premier Soccer League outfit Maritzburg United. Click to continue reading...

Southern California now has two women's soccer national champions.

A day after Pali Blues won the W-League title, Rolling Hills Estates-based Ajax America Women took their first Women's Premier Soccer League crown Sunday night with a 3-1 come-from-behind victory over the Arizona Rush.

It was the team's first WPSL title since 2001.

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The day after the Pacific Palisades-based Pali Blues won the W-League title Rolling Hills Estates-based Ajax America Women will attempt to repeat the feat tonight in the Women's Premier Soccer League championship game in Sacramento.

Ajax America crushed the Madison (Wisconsin) Lady Blues Saturday to advance to tonight's final against the Arizona Rush.

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There isn't any.

Well, not much.

The closest top class local games today are in the Women's Premier Soccer League regional playoffs at Esperanza High in Anaheim.

Today's playoff schedule:
5:30 p.m. West Coast FC v Sonoma County FC Sol.
7:30 p.m. California Storm v Ajax America Women.

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*The alleged MLS All-Star game is 4 p.m. Thursday on ESPN2. I'll have more on that in Tuesday's column.

*The Galaxy play at 4 p.m. Sunday in Dallas (live on Prime).

*Chivas USA plays next Aug. 2 in Chicago.

*From the Women's Premier Soccer League:

Saturday at Esperanza High (Anaheim):
5:30 p.

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Sorry for the brevity with today's post, but I'm ultra busy with reality today. Cheers.
- The real reason Buffalo Sabre Maxim Afinogenov was a scratch from the Eastern conference semifinals last season? He was playing that wimpy sport soccer and slammed is head on the concrete.
- Convincing the coach that you're an eligible freshman and not a ball boy anymore sometimes pays off for everyone. Click to continue reading...

While doing some research today for the upcoming African Cup of Nations, I came across the Wikipedia entry for South Africa's top flight league, the Premier Soccer League. The thing that immediately stood out to me was the club crests. I couldn't help thinking if I was in the right place or not, because some of the crests are so pathetic that I would be ashamed of them if I played for a ten-years-old girl's side. Click to continue reading...

- Poor Victoria Beckham, if moving to a new city, not eating, and having to take care of three boys with no money for nannies and assistants wasn't stressful enough, now she's going to have to worry whether or not her hubby really is at practice or if he's hanging out with Rebecca Loos, his alleged ex-mistress who is moving to Los Angeles.
- Speaking of David, the LA Galaxy have added another date to their Australia-Asia tour later this year. Click to continue reading...