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PODCAST & VIDEO: Jenny Vetter

6/27/2023

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​Mark sits down with All-Everything Mankato star Jenny Vetter to talk about signing her first pro contract in Portugal, the mindset shift from star college player to tryout player in NWSL camp, the process of finding an agent, exploring her opportunities overseas, her historic NSIC career, and more!

​You can watch the show below or you can listen ​to it as a podcast on Soundcloud, iTunes, Google Play, or Stitcher. Show presented by Pentz Homes (pentzhomes.com)
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Summer League Recap: Aurora and MN Thunder rolling, Superior City repping the North, and Equal Time Headed to Sioux Falls!

6/15/2023

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"Aurora in Bubble" Photo Credit Dan Mick (@danielmickphoto)

The weather cannot stop summer soccer from happening. Whether thats 90 degrees with humidity on turf, or an air quality crisis from Wild Fires in the north, the game apparently finds a way to play on. MN Aurora relocated a game mid day to the Stillwater Rec Bubble and kept it rolling with a 5-0 win over Green Bay. In the new UPSL Midwest West, Superior City is earning shine with early results and a place at the top of the table. In the WPSL, the Minnesota Thunder would like to remind you that they score goals and if the vibe is right, that could mean 5, 7 or 9 that they put past you. We're basically halfway through our Summer Leagues and most of the teams have plenty of playoff hopes to play for. Equal Time has been on the ground for a ton of games already and this Sunday we will make the drive west to cover Sioux Falls City vs Rochester United FC. Stay tuned for content on Sunday and watch the high quality stream that they produce. Dig into the past 2 weeks results and we'll give you the games to watch for the coming weeks in the North!


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WPSL

Northern Conference

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Paige Peltier has 7 goals and 2 assists for MN Thunder as they’ve torched the early half of their schedule aside from a draw with Salvo. 7-2 to St Croix, 5-1 against Mankato and 9-1 at Joy AC stand out, but not to be totally outdone, both Maplebrook and Salvo wanted to remind you they are also in the top echelon of squads each year with 6-0 hits of their own. Even though the Thunder have a +19 goal difference in 5 games, they’re still just ahead of Salvo, Manitou and Sioux Falls City with Maplebrook sure to make a jump in the standings as well. Stay tuned for the brutal race for 1 playoff spot among 10 teams in the Northern Conference, starting with Sioux Falls visiting MN Thunder on Saturday, June 16.

June 2
Maplebrook 3-4 Rochester United FC
Sioux Falls City FC 0-0 Joy AC
Manitou FC 2-0 Dakota Fusion FC
Salvo SC 2-0 St Croix SC

June 4
Dakota Fusion 0-6 Maplebrook Fury
Manitou FC 1-0 Mankato United SC
MN Thunder 1-1 Salvo SC

June 7
MN Thunder 5-1 Mankato United SC
Rochester United FC 0-3 Manitou FC


June 9
Mankato United SC 0-2 Sioux Falls City FC
Rochester United FC 2-1 Dakota Fusion FC
MN Thunder 7-2 St Croix SC

​​June 10
Maplebrook Fury 0-0 Manitou FC

June 11
Dakota Fusion FC 0-1 Mankato United SC
Sioux Falls City 2-0 St Croix SC
Salvo 6-0 Joy AC

June 14 
Joy AC 1-9 MN Thunder

WPSL Games to Watch

Minnesota Thunder vs
Sioux Falls City FC

Friday, June 16, 6pm
STREAM: Eleven Sports
Maplebrook Fury vs
​Joy AC

Saturday, June 24, 7pm
STREAM: Eleven Sports


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​USL W League 

Heartland Division
 

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​​MN Aurora sit comfortable atop the USLW Heartland Division with a 7-0 record and eye popping +32 goal difference, but at least 4 teams other than Aurora could still find a playoff bid. Chicago City and Bavarian United are in especially good footing to contend for a Wild Card bid (which goes to the 2nd place team with the best points per game between Heartland and Great Lakes Divisions), with Green Bay and Chicago Dutch Lions still showing potential. As of Now Chicago City would earn that Wild Card. For City, Bavarian and Green Bay, their games on the 16th, 17th and 21st seen below will make the playoff picture that much clearer. 

June 3
Bavarian United SC 2-2 Chicago City SC

June 4
Rochester FC 0-1 MN Aurora FC
Green Bay Glory 1-2 RKC Third Coast


June 7
Green Bay Glory 1-2 Chicago City SC
RKC Third Coast 1-3 Bavarian United SC
MN Aurora FC 6-1 Chicago Dutch Lions

June 9
Bavarian United SC 4-0 Rochester FC
June 10
RKC Third Coast 0-4 Chicago Dutch Lions

June 11
Chicago City SC 1-3 MN Aurora FC
Green Bay Glory 3-1 Rochester FC

June 13
Bavarian United SC 1-2 Chicago Dutch Lions

June 14
Rochester FC 2-3 RKC Third Coast
MN Aurora FC 5-0 Green Bay Glory


USL W League Games to Watch
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 Chicago City SC vs
​Green Bay Glory

Saturday, June 17th, 6pm
STREAM: Eleven Sports &YouTube
Chicago City vs
​Bavarian United SC

Wednesday, June 21, 6pm
STREAM: Eleven Sports & YouTube



​​UPSL 

Midwest West Divison

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​After 5 games, Superior City FC, the team (exclusively) from the North, is an early surprise for this new Division. Their roster is local, made up of UW Superior, UM-Duluth, St Scholastica players and others from area high schools in the Twin Ports Region, so you have to give Head Coach Sharon Lehti credit for finding a rhythm so early against the largely metro based Midwest West division, where it’s simply easier to find players. Aside from Granite City, the teams are showing competitive balance with Tonka Fusion Elite and Superior City standing just above Vlora and Northern Tide, and St Croix also struggling a bit like Granite City. For Tonka Fusion to hold their spot up top with Superior City, they face a home and away with Vlora, who could climb to top the table with results against Tonka. Vlora has a stream for the June 24 game, so if you’re looking for a UPSL match to watch, that’d be the one next weekend.

June 3
Northern Tide FC 1-1 Tonka Fusion Elite
Granite City FC 1-2 Vlora FC

June 4
Superior City FC 1-1 St Croix SC
June 10
Northern Tide FC 1-0 Vlora FC
Granite City FC 0-4 Superior City FC

June 11
Tonka Fusion Elite 4-0 St Croix SC

UPSL Games to Watch
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Tonka Fusion Elite vs
​Vlora FC

Sunday, June 18, 5pm 
Minnetonka High School
Vlora FC vs
​Tonka Fusion Elite

Saturday, June 24, 7pm 
STREAM: YouTube 

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Check out our interview with Haley Kopmeyer of Just Womens Sports (and a MN Aurora Community Owner) to hear about her thoughts on the rapid growth of the game, where Aurora is at in year 2 and MORE! Click image to watch on YouTube!

Lis Schendel of Protagonist Soccer and California Storm also dropped by a Pregame to chat West Coast W League expansion, playoff potential and MORE! Click image to watch on YouTube!
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Summer League Recap June 1  (WPSL, USL W League and UPSL Women)

6/1/2023

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Mark Privratsky
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"Full Rapp" Photo Courtesy of Daniel Mick (@DanielMickPhoto)

​Sunburns are happening to parents and Equal Time correspondents and that can only mean one thing, Summer League is in full form. Last night Minnesota Aurora put up 10 (TEN) goals on W League debutant RKC Third Coast, yet somehow that isn’t the biggest win yet this year. In the UPSL Midwest West, Tonka Fusion Elite started their year with a modest 2-0 win over Superior City FC, but when they played Granite City FC 5 days later, they put up 11 on the team from St Cloud. Salvo played Sioux Falls to a hard fought and dramatic 1-1 draw at home to avoid an early bump, while Sioux Falls take confidence in battling the champs of last year in an early away game. The Summer League Recap is your way to dig into the past weeks results, find your games to watch this week, and get connected to our gameday content from the week that was!


USL W League

Heartland Division

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May 19
Bavarian United SC 4-0 RKC Third Coast

May 21
Rochester FC 0-1 Bavarian United SC
Chicago Dutch Lions FC 2-1 RKC Third Coast

May 24
Chicago Dutch Lions FC 0-1 Chicago City SC
Minnesota Aurora FC 5-0 Rochester FC


​May 27
Chicago City 7-0 RKC Third Coast
Chicago Dutch Lions 0-4 Minnesota Aurora FC
Bavarian United SC 1-2 Green Bay Glory

May 31
Rochester FC 0-2 Green Bay Glory
Minnesota Aurora FC 10-0 RKC Third Coast

Games to Watch
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​Rochester FC vs
Minnesota Aurora FC


Sunday, June 4, 3:30pm
RCTC Stadium, Rochester
Stream: YouTube.com 
​The Loons of Rochester FC will be excited to host their neighbors to the north for the first time. Aurora won the first matchup 5-0, but that was with the help of 5000 fans at TCO Stadium, and with Rochester missing some key pieces. The W League Loons will hope for a closer fight with the 2022 Runners Up. Rochester FC provides a high quality stream and we applaud them for that! See highlights from past games on their youtube channel as well. 

GOOOOOAAAAL @MNAuroraFC @morganstone_ with a GOLAZO on the bounce out (@SportsCenter Top 10 hello)

Aurora are just rolling over RKC at this point

Crosses in, deep shots, runs through the channels

6-0 near half time@USLWLeague @MNRevontulet pic.twitter.com/J2J3tNJPqq

— Equal Time Soccer (@EqualTimeSoccer) June 1, 2023


​Green Bay Glory vs
Chicago City SC


Wednesday, June 7, 6pm
Capital Credit Union Park, Green Bay
Stream: Eleven Sports

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​It is very early in the season, but we could already predict a potential battle for 2nd in the Division between Green Bay Glory (2nd last year) and Chicago City (3rd last year). To make the playoffs, you have to either win the Heartland, or earn a wild card by having a better record than the 2nd place team from the Great Lakes Division. This may be a game that sets the standards for that race! 

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​WPSL

Northern Conference
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May 20
Joy AC 3-0 Manitou FC

May 21
St Croix SC 0-1 Maplebrook Fury
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May 26
Salvo SC 1-1 Sioux Falls City FC
St Croix SC 3-0 Joy AC
May 30
Rochester 0-3 Joy AC

May 31
Manitou FC 2-4 Minnesota Thunder

GOAL!!!@khyahharper_43 with the header off the Buekle cross to level things at 1-1 with just minutes to go.

Salvo 1-1 Sioux Falls. 88 min. pic.twitter.com/YPOeioZR9u

— Equal Time Soccer (@EqualTimeSoccer) May 27, 2023


Game to Watch
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​Minnesota Thunder vs Salvo SC

Academy of Holy Angels Dome
Sunday, June 4, 7pm
Stream: Eleven Sports
​Two perennial contenders of the Northern Conference face off in their annual battle for WPSL bragging rights. The bulk of these players have been teammates or opponents in close proximity for years, and the matchup usually doesn’t disappoint. The Thunder stream on Eleven sports!



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​UPSL

Midwest West
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May 12
Superior City FC 2-0 Vlora FC

May 20
Tonka Fusion Elite 2-0 Superior City FC

May 21
Vlora 2-1 St Croix SC
May 25
Tonka Fusion Elite 11-0 Granite City FC

May 28
Vlora FC 0-2 Superior City FC
St Croix SC 0-0 Northern Tide FC

Game to Watch
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​​Superior City FC vs St Croix SC

NBC Spartan Sports Complex, Superior, WI
Sunday, June 4, 3pm
Stream: ifan.tv 
​Superior City has come out with a strong start with a heavily local Twin Ports roster, and they’ll face an opponent hungry for their first win. St Croix  tied Northern Tide and lost a tough 2-1 match at Vlora to start their year. Superior City provides a stream and we applaud that! 
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Pictured: Superior City FC (Courtesy of the team)
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