NSC Minnesota Stars

NSC Minnesota Stars is an American professional soccer team based in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul area in Minnesota, United States. Founded in 2010, the team is a member of the North American Soccer League. NSC Minnesota will play the 2010 season in the USL conference of the USSF D2 Pro League, the second tier of the American Soccer Pyramid.[1]

The team will play its home games at the National Sports Center in Blaine, Minnesota, roughly 18 miles north of Minneapolis. The team's colors are dark blue and yellow. Their current head coach is Manny Lagos.

The National Sports Center began considering fielding a Division 2 men's professional soccer team in December 2009. The current team, the Minnesota Thunder, were tenants of of the National Sports Center and were struggling through financial difficulties.[2] In January 2010, the National Sports Center announced they would field a new team to replace the Minnesota Thunder. The Thunder at the time were not officially folded but were facing financial ruin.[3] Following a team-naming contest, the NSC announced the official team name would be NSC Minnesota, with the team nickname being Stars.



source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSC_Minnesota_Stars


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