Women’s Premier Soccer League

Minnesota Thunder Academy joined the Women’s Premier Soccer League (WPSL) for the 2020 season. After Covid-19 canceled our entrance into the league, the Summer of 2021 was the first season of WPSL competition. Due to our strong roster of former and current MTA players, we ended the season as the Northern Conference Champions!

70% of players in the WPSL are Collegiate players. For many players, WPSL play serves to develop their game in the offseason before returning to their collegiate teams. For those in the post-grad stage of their careers, the league provides the same opportunity to up their skills while they seek out professional contracts.

Some of the greatest soccer players in the world have played in the WPSL, including Alex Morgan, Brandi Chastain, Abby Wambach, Megan Rapinoe, and Julie Foudy, and it has become a launching pad for many of the globe’s female soccer stars. Over 53% percent of players selected in the last four National Women’s Soccer League Drafts paved their way via the WPSL. 23 former WPSL players were selected in the 2024 NWSL Draft.

2025 – WPSL North Lake Conference Champions
2023 – WPSL Northern League Champions
2022 – WPSL Northern League Runner up
2021 – WPSL Northern League Champions

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2026 Roster

Coaches

Schedule

Awards

Player Name	Player Number	Representing
Livia Abboud-Young		University of Minnesota
Greta Chmura		Ohio State University
Ashlyn Derosier		University of WI – Milwauke
Reese Elzen		Univeristy of Wisconsin
Grace Estby		University of Minnesota
Clara Fedunok		Marquette University
Savannah Gieseke		University of MN – Duluth
Kiya Gilliand		Univ of Western Michigan
Brooke Goerish		University of Colorado
Skylar Heimerl		University of St. Thomas
Brooke Hillins		Bapson College
Adeline Judson		University of Mississippi
Isabel McEwan		University of St Thomas
Olivia Monnens		Minnetonka HS
Bella Naples		University of Minnesota
Ellen Neuharth		University of Minnesota
Abigail O’Brien		University of WI – Milwauke
Vivian Rojas Collins		Claremont College
Siena Sanchez		University of Colorado
Madeline Shillings		Drake University
Addy Soehn		University of Louisiana-Lafayette
Addison Stadden		University of North Dakota
Anya Van Den Einde		Harvard University

Danny Storlien

Head Coach

Dominic Duenas

Assistant Coach

Caroline Smith

Assistant Coach

2026 Schedule

June 3: HOME vs Joy AC – 7:00 PM

June 7: AWAY @ Minnesota Bliss – 7:00 PM

June 10: AWAY @ St. Croix Legacy FC – 7:00 PM

June 13: AWAY @ Salvo SC – 7:00 PM

June 16: HOME vs Manitou FC – 7:00 PM

June 21: HOME vs Salvo SC – 3:00 PM

June 24: HOME vs Minnesota Dutch Lions – 7:00 PM

June 28: AWAY @ Mankato United – 5:00 PM

Reese Elzen – 2025 Goalkeep Player of the Year

Abby O’Brien – 2025 Defensive Player of the Year

The Women’s Premier Soccer League is a national, semi-professional league in the United States and Canada. It is in the second level of women’s soccer in the U.S. soccer pyramid, below the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) and roughly equal with the USL W League and United Women’s Soccer (UWS). In its 26th season (2024) since the league was started in 1998, the WPSL is the longest active women’s soccer league with more than 140 clubs from coast to coast in 35 states – making it the largest women’s soccer league in the world.

Womens Premier Soccer League (WPSL)

The WPSL’s national footprint stretches from coast-to-coast with 140+ active teams in 16 conferences and 14 divisions. WPSL is in 35 of the 50 states and has teams occupying 19 of the 20 largest metropolitan areas in the United States. The WPSL also has Canadian clubs based in Vancouver.

In its 26th season (2024), the WPSL is the longest active women’s soccer league with more than 140 clubs from coast to coast in 35 states – making it the largest women’s soccer league in the world.

The WPSL strives to provide the highest level of developmental opportunities for amateur players and team rosters consist of highly skilled female players from collegiate, post-collegiate, international, and stand-out prep athletes. Nearly 70% of WPSL players are current student-athletes at all prestigious division levels.