Brian Quarstad

Grand Portage Band launches first Indigenous-led coast guard on Lake Superior The Grand Portage Band has launched the nation’s first Indigenous-led coast guard on Lake Superior, providing critical search and rescue coverage along Minnesota’s North Shore.

If you look past the Federal evacuation of responsibility, this is a very cool story. www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...

Love this. The Grand Portage area is one of my favorites in MN. Anything north of Grand Maris and things get very quiet and peaceful. Me on top of Mt. Josephine in Grand Portage in September. The trail is accessible thanks to the Grand Portage Ojibway.

#MNUFC training report: Robin Lod was back in action with the Loons today. Sounds like Kelvin Yeboah is progressing well, too; he's done three full training sessions in a row, minus some 11-on-11 work, according to manager Eric Ramsay.

A growing chance Yeboah plays Sat., to get back in form...

Episode 316: Immediate Impact with Nectarios Triantis Podcast Episode · Sound of the Loons · 10/06/2025 · 16m

MNUFC new signing Nectar Triantis was interviewed recently on Sound of the Loons - an interesting conversation on his journey from growing up in Sydney, Australia, to Bodo, Norway, Scotland and now Minnesota. Apple Pods has a transcript to skip the audio. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

A new jazz venue is coming to Uptown in Minneapolis Brownstone Jazz will be an intimate club run by a veteran R&B singer at the corner of Hennepin and 28th.

Glad to see yet another intimate jazz club opening this time at 2756 Hennepin Av. in Uptown. I've been catching some nice sets at the super intimate High Hat in St. Paul on Selby Av. Thrilled to see jazz making a comeback in the Twin Cities.
www.startribune.com/brownstone-j...

Also funny that on my morning scroll I was searching Google Maps for Cape Verde, the smallest country to ever qualify for the World Cup (yesterday) and this photo popped up on images shared of the country. Look familiar to this thread?

Marshmello?

YouTube video by Pops' Hiking and Travel The Visionary Art of KAWS: Beyond the Canvas

Here is an interesting video about KAW's and a comparison of his work to Andy Warhol's. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DOX...

Kelvin Yeboah exclusive interview: Messi, Tony Yeboah, injuries, MLS growth The Minnesota United forward opened up to AS USA about his time in MLS.

I enjoyed this interview with MNUFC Kelvin Yeboah and his comparison of MLS to other leagues in Europe he has played in. "MLS is more like France—more athletic, more about talent and intensity. Honestly, the MLS might even be slightly above Ligue 1 now..."
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I was in Hayward, Wisconsin for a wonderful weekend away with dear friends and took these photos. And no, the chair photo is not ai created - I've had some people ask.

According to @frederickmelo.bsky.social, “FAMILY” — the Centerpiece at the Museum of Modern Art San Francisco —- will be permanently situated either inside or outside the four-level TreeHouse retail/office building at #MNUFC's United Village. It’s by the artist known as KAWS.
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Dr. Bill McGuire recently shared plans for United Village, the development surrounding #MNUFC's Allianz Field. A bakery, dinner, pizzeria, Bailey's Garden, ice rink, music venue, day care, some of these concepts are now in the works. Details here:
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I know I will have at least 5 more years of eye site not having to scroll through months of microfiche. 🧐

This has been really important for my historical MN soccer research. For some reason neither Newpapers.com nor the MNHS had an searchable online versions of the PP. Finally, it's here and I have already made some nice finds in the last several weeks.

MLS is using generative AI to write match recaps. Writers used to get paid freelance rates to do that. Hssssss.

As someone whose time freelancing for MLSsoccer was a vital step in my career progression, and someone who generally gleans insight from the observations of others:

This sucks so hard.

AN AMERICAN GAME Some say that soccer is an American game. Okay, Tom McCabe and Kirk Rudell say that, and it might sound weird if you’re an American soccer fan, and you’ve spent your whole life having to prove you kno...

Direct link to An American Game podcast. Cannot emphasize enough how entertaining and informative this podcast is.
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The US is and has been a soccer nation despite what you have been told by US Soccer and even Don Garber.
Soccer was in New Jersey before Brazil
US had a pro league before Italy or Spain
An American Game podcast tell these amazing and entertaining stories told by @soccertownmedia.bsky.social

Fun story featuring @brianquarstad.bsky.social!

With as many players who have been injured or the team has loaned or transferred out, on top of the clear weaknesses/lack of depth the Loons have, if they only come away with 2 additions this transfer period it will be hard to take the team seriously regarding ambition to compete.

That was a day. I remember the panic in his voice.
Great memory. Thanks.

Amazing. I knew you when.

The most aggressive set-piece team in the world plays in Minnesota Under the guidance of a former Manchester United assistant, Minnesota United are finding MLS success with a surprising tactic

Minnesota United became the most aggressive set-piece team on the planet with old-fashioned tactics backed by new analytics — and now they can’t stop scoring from it.

My first for The Guardian:

This morning on the back side of the Como Park lakeside pavilion, St. Paul, MN.

The world’s earliest soccer film with sound The 1927 film captures an uneventful match between unremarkable ASL teams at the end of a mediocre half-season. Yet, it is a milestone in the history of soccer.

@ussoccerhistory.org has been uncovering and bringing you some of the earliest soccer footage of games played in the US this past week. Now @brianbunk.bsky.social uncovers the world's earliest soccer film with sound. An ASL match from 1927 played in Brooklyn. www.ussoccerhistory.org/the-worlds-e...

The world’s earliest soccer film with sound The 1927 film captures an uneventful match between unremarkable ASL teams at the end of a mediocre half-season. Yet, it is a milestone in the history of soccer.

I wrote about the world's earliest soccer film with sound. Contains a link to the footage so you can watch and listen to highlights of an American Soccer League match from 1927.

www.ussoccerhistory.org/the-worlds-e...

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My perspective of @USMNT Damion Downs game winning PK at US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, on Sunday to defeat Costa Rica and move on the @GoldCup semifinals on Wednesday in St. Louis.

With USMNT GK role in flux, Freese stops Costa Rica cold with PK heroics With the U.S. goalkeeping position unsettled and the team in need of a morale boost, Matt Freese stepped into the limelight

NEW: While Matt Turner can't get club games, Matt Freese's strong MLS form led to this Gold Cup shot. He's rewarded Pochettino's trust, with PK heroics vaulting the USMNT into the Gold Cup semifinal.

"I kept repeating to myself: ‘I want another, I want another.’"
www.nytimes.com/athletic/646...

I would equate the Calvo pull to the Boxall push.