{{Use American English|date=March 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2024}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = NSC United | fullname = Minnesota NSC United | founded = | manager = Alan Merrick | league = National Premier Soccer League | season = 2006 | position = 5th, did not qualify for playoffs | pattern_la1 = | pattern_b1 = | pattern_ra1 = | leftarm1 = 000000 | body1 = 000000 | rightarm1 = 000000 | shorts1 = 000000 | socks1 = 000000 | pattern_la2 = | pattern_b2 = | pattern_ra2 = | leftarm2 = 000000 | body2 = 000000 | rightarm2 = 000000 | shorts2 = 000000 | socks2 = 000000| }}
'''Minnesota NSC United''' were an American soccer team which became a member of the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, and played in the Midwest Conference in 2006.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=May 10, 2006 |title=PSC56 Unveils Roster |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/391334033 |access-date=2024-03-04 |work=Wisconsin State Journal |id={{ProQuest|391334033}} }}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Anderson |first=Eric |date=May 22, 2006 |title=A look of perfection |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/wisconsin-state-journal-a-look-of-perfec/142641508/ |access-date=2024-03-04 |work=Wisconsin State Journal |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> The team was affiliated with, and played their home matches at, the National Sports Center in the city of Blaine, Minnesota, 16 miles north of downtown Minneapolis.<ref name=":0" /> It was coached by Alan Merrick, a former player in the North American Soccer League.<ref name=":1" />
The team replaced the Minnesota Blast in the NPSL.<ref name=":0" /> The Blast were a semiprofessional indoor soccer team based at the SoccerBlast facility in Burnsville, Minnesota.<ref>{{Cite news |date=September 15, 2004 |title=Dome to boost soccer training |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/427648600 |access-date=2024-03-04 |work=Star Tribune |location=Minneapolis |id={{ProQuest|427648600}} }}</ref>
During the offseason in 2006, Minnesota NSC United left the league.<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 25, 2007 |title=Reloaded P56ers Confident |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/395355149 |access-date=2024-03-04 |work=Madison Capital Times |id={{ProQuest|395355149}} }}</ref> The team's management announced that they would spend the 2007 NPSL season on hiatus. This team no longer exists.
==Year-by-year== {| class="wikitable" !Year !Division !League !Reg. season !Playoffs !Open Cup |- |2006 |"4" |NPSL |5th, Midwest |''Did not qualify'' |''Did not qualify'' |}
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.nscsports.org/index.htm National Sports Center]
Category:National Premier Soccer League teams Category:Defunct soccer clubs in Minnesota Category:Burnsville, Minnesota Category:Anoka County, Minnesota Category:2006 establishments in Minnesota
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