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The <a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">State</a> of <a href="/wiki/Minnesota" title="Minnesota">Minnesota</a> has a team in all five major professional leagues (<a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">National Basketball Association</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League">National Hockey League</a> and <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Soccer" title="Major League Soccer">Major League Soccer</a>). Along with professional sports, there are numerous collegiate teams including the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Minnesota_Golden_Gophers" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Minnesota Golden Gophers">University of Minnesota Golden Gophers</a> and <a href="/wiki/St._Thomas_(Minnesota)_Tommies" title="St. Thomas (Minnesota) Tommies">St. Thomas Tommies</a> in <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I" title="NCAA Division I">NCAA Division I</a>, as well as many others across the <a href="/wiki/List_of_colleges_and_universities_in_Minnesota" title="List of colleges and universities in Minnesota">Minnesota public and private colleges and universities</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Major_professional_sports">Major professional sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Major professional sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Baseball">Baseball</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Baseball"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><img resource="/wiki/File:Joe_Mauer_bats_at_the_Metrodome_on_June_9,_2006.jpg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Joe_Mauer_bats_at_the_Metrodome_on_June_9%2C_2006.jpg/220px-Joe_Mauer_bats_at_the_Metrodome_on_June_9%2C_2006.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Joe_Mauer_bats_at_the_Metrodome_on_June_9%2C_2006.jpg/330px-Joe_Mauer_bats_at_the_Metrodome_on_June_9%2C_2006.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Joe_Mauer_bats_at_the_Metrodome_on_June_9%2C_2006.jpg/440px-Joe_Mauer_bats_at_the_Metrodome_on_June_9%2C_2006.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="960" /></span><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">Twins</a> catcher <a href="/wiki/Joe_Mauer" title="Joe Mauer">Joe Mauer</a> at bat, <a href="/wiki/Hubert_H._Humphrey_Metrodome" title="Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome">Metrodome</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">Minnesota Twins</a> are an MLB team that moved to Minnesota in 1961 from <a href="/wiki/Washington_D.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Washington D.C.">Washington D.C.</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where they were known as the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins#Washington_Nationals/Senators:_1901–1960" title="Minnesota Twins">Washington Senators</a>. The Twins played their home games at <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Stadium" title="Metropolitan Stadium">Metropolitan Stadium</a> in <a href="/wiki/Bloomington,_Minnesota" title="Bloomington, Minnesota">Bloomington</a> from 1961 to 1981 and the <a href="/wiki/Hubert_H._Humphrey_Metrodome" title="Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome">Metrodome</a> in <a href="/wiki/Minneapolis" title="Minneapolis">Minneapolis</a> from 1982 to 2009, moving to their current stadium, <a href="/wiki/Target_Field" title="Target Field">Target Field</a>, in 2010. They have been to the World Series in <a href="/wiki/1965_World_Series" title="1965 World Series">1965</a>, <a href="/wiki/1987_World_Series" title="1987 World Series">1987</a> and <a href="/wiki/1991_World_Series" title="1991 World Series">1991</a>, winning in 1987 and 1991. In 2001, the Twins and the <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Expos" title="Montreal Expos">Montreal Expos</a> were threatened with closure in a <a href="/wiki/2001_Major_League_Baseball_contraction_plan" title="2001 Major League Baseball contraction plan">contraction scheme</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Commissioner_of_Baseball" class="mw-redirect" title="Commissioner of Baseball">Commissioner of Baseball</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That effort was unsuccessful, and the next year the team made it to the <a href="/wiki/American_League_Championship_Series" title="American League Championship Series">American League Championship Series</a> (ALCS). Notable current and former Twins include <a href="/wiki/Kirby_Puckett" title="Kirby Puckett">Kirby Puckett</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bert_Blyleven" title="Bert Blyleven">Bert Blyleven</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rod_Carew" title="Rod Carew">Rod Carew</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tony_Oliva" title="Tony Oliva">Tony Oliva</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harmon_Killebrew" title="Harmon Killebrew">Harmon Killebrew</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Molitor" title="Paul Molitor">Paul Molitor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Johan_Santana" title="Johan Santana">Johan Santana</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joe_Mauer" title="Joe Mauer">Joe Mauer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Justin_Morneau" title="Justin Morneau">Justin Morneau</a>, <a href="/wiki/Torii_Hunter" title="Torii Hunter">Torii Hunter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joe_Nathan" title="Joe Nathan">Joe Nathan</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_Ortiz" title="David Ortiz">David Ortiz</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kent_Hrbek" title="Kent Hrbek">Kent Hrbek</a>. There is a <a href="/wiki/Minor_League_Baseball" title="Minor League Baseball">Minor League Baseball</a> team based in St Paul called the St Paul Saints. </p><p>The current <a href="/wiki/St._Paul_Saints" title="St. Paul Saints">St. Paul Saints</a> are the Minnesota Twins AAA affiliate team. The team used to be part of the <a href="/wiki/Northern_League_(baseball,_1993%E2%80%932010)" title="Northern League (baseball, 1993–2010)">Northern League</a>. The team was founded in 1993 as an inaugural team in the league. They won the Northern League Championship in 1993, 1995, 1996, and 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Notable current and former players include <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Millar" title="Kevin Millar">Kevin Millar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Darryl_Strawberry" title="Darryl Strawberry">Darryl Strawberry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jason_Varitek" title="Jason Varitek">Jason Varitek</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jack_Morris" title="Jack Morris">Jack Morris</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ila_Borders" title="Ila Borders">Ila Borders</a>. The Saints play their home games at <a href="/wiki/CHS_Field" title="CHS Field">CHS Field</a> in <a href="/wiki/Saint_Paul,_Minnesota" title="Saint Paul, Minnesota">St. Paul</a> and are the current Triple-A affiliate of Major League Baseball's Minnesota Twins. They moved to downtown St Paul in time for the 2015 season, to start play at the new <a href="/wiki/CHS_Field" title="CHS Field">CHS Field</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Basketball">Basketball</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Basketball"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Augustus_20161011.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Augustus_20161011.jpg/130px-Augustus_20161011.jpg" decoding="async" width="130" height="357" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Augustus_20161011.jpg/195px-Augustus_20161011.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Augustus_20161011.jpg/260px-Augustus_20161011.jpg 2x" data-file-width="730" data-file-height="2007" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Seimone_Augustus" title="Seimone Augustus">Seimone Augustus</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Lynx" title="Minnesota Lynx">Minnesota Lynx</a> shoots a goal in the 2016 WNBA Finals at <a href="/wiki/Target_Center" title="Target Center">Target Center</a>. At left are Lindsay Whalen and <a href="/wiki/Maya_Moore" title="Maya Moore">Maya Moore</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Lynx" title="Minnesota Lynx">Minnesota Lynx</a> are a <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_National_Basketball_Association" title="Women's National Basketball Association">Women's National Basketball Association</a> (WNBA) team founded in 1999 and play their home games at Target Center in Minneapolis. The Lynx have won four <a href="/wiki/WNBA_Finals" title="WNBA Finals">WNBA Championships</a>, doing so during the <a href="/wiki/2011_WNBA_season" title="2011 WNBA season">2011</a>, <a href="/wiki/2013_WNBA_season" title="2013 WNBA season">2013</a>, <a href="/wiki/2015_WNBA_season" title="2015 WNBA season">2015</a> and <a href="/wiki/2017_WNBA_season" title="2017 WNBA season">2017</a> season.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2005, the Lynx drafted <a href="/wiki/Seimone_Augustus" title="Seimone Augustus">Seimone Augustus</a> from <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_State_University" title="Louisiana State University">Louisiana State University</a>. She quickly became the foundation of the franchise and has been the focus of many WNBA advertisements. <a href="/wiki/Maya_Moore" title="Maya Moore">Maya Moore</a>, drafted first overall in 2011, has contributed in great part to the Lynx's success, winning an <a href="/wiki/WNBA_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="WNBA Most Valuable Player Award">MVP</a> award in 2014. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Timberwolves" title="Minnesota Timberwolves">Minnesota Timberwolves</a> are an NBA team founded in 1989<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and play their home games at <a href="/wiki/Target_Center" title="Target Center">Target Center</a> in Minneapolis. The "Wolves", as they are called by fans, have yet to appear in an <a href="/wiki/NBA_Finals" title="NBA Finals">NBA Finals</a> series, but made it to the Western Conference Finals in 2004. In 2000, NBA officials ruled that the Wolves violated league rules when signing then-free agent <a href="/wiki/Joe_Smith_(basketball)" title="Joe Smith (basketball)">Joe Smith</a>. They then declared the contract was henceforth invalid, fined the organization $3.5 million and took the team's next three first-round draft picks.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Notable current and former players include <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Garnett" title="Kevin Garnett">Kevin Garnett</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Love" title="Kevin Love">Kevin Love</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sam_Cassell" title="Sam Cassell">Sam Cassell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Karl-Anthony_Towns" title="Karl-Anthony Towns">Karl-Anthony Towns</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ricky_Rubio" title="Ricky Rubio">Ricky Rubio</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stephon_Marbury" title="Stephon Marbury">Stephon Marbury</a>, <a href="/wiki/Latrell_Sprewell" title="Latrell Sprewell">Latrell Sprewell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Terry_Porter" title="Terry Porter">Terry Porter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sam_Mitchell_(basketball)" title="Sam Mitchell (basketball)">Sam Mitchell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wally_Szczerbiak" title="Wally Szczerbiak">Wally Szczerbiak</a>, <a href="/wiki/Malik_Sealy" title="Malik Sealy">Malik Sealy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Edwards_(basketball)" title="Anthony Edwards (basketball)">Anthony Edwards</a> and <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Wiggins" title="Andrew Wiggins">Andrew Wiggins</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Minneapolis_Lakers" class="mw-redirect" title="Minneapolis Lakers">Minneapolis Lakers</a> were an NBA team that was moved from <a href="/wiki/Detroit" title="Detroit">Detroit</a> to Minneapolis in 1947. Eventually in 1960, the Lakers moved to <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>, where they became the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During their stay, the <a href="/wiki/Minneapolis_Lakers" class="mw-redirect" title="Minneapolis Lakers">Minneapolis Lakers</a> won the 1947–48 <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_League_(United_States)" title="National Basketball League (United States)">National Basketball League</a> (NBL) championship, then joined four other NBL teams in joining the <a href="/wiki/Basketball_Association_of_America" title="Basketball Association of America">Basketball Association of America</a> (BAA), where they won the 1948–49 BAA championship. After the 1948–49 season, the NBL and the BAA merged to become the NBA. The Lakers then won five championships in six years, in 1949, 1950, 1952, 1953 and 1954.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They are considered to be the NBA's first "<a href="/wiki/Dynasty_(sports)" title="Dynasty (sports)">dynasty</a>". Notable players include <a href="/wiki/George_Mikan" title="George Mikan">George Mikan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jim_Pollard" title="Jim Pollard">Jim Pollard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vern_Mikkelsen" title="Vern Mikkelsen">Vern Mikkelsen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Slater_Martin" title="Slater Martin">Slater Martin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Clyde_Lovellette" title="Clyde Lovellette">Clyde Lovellette</a> and <a href="/wiki/Elgin_Baylor" title="Elgin Baylor">Elgin Baylor</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Football">Football</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Football"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><img resource="/wiki/File:20090104_Chester_Taylor.JPG" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/20090104_Chester_Taylor.JPG/220px-20090104_Chester_Taylor.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/20090104_Chester_Taylor.JPG/330px-20090104_Chester_Taylor.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/20090104_Chester_Taylor.JPG/440px-20090104_Chester_Taylor.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></span><figcaption>Vikings in action January 2009</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Vikings" title="Minnesota Vikings">Minnesota Vikings</a> are an NFL team founded as an expansion team in 1961. They play their home games at <a href="/wiki/U.S._Bank_Stadium" title="U.S. Bank Stadium">U.S. Bank Stadium</a>. The Vikings have won one <a href="/wiki/NFL_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL Championship">NFL Championship</a> in 1969, one year before the <a href="/wiki/AFL%E2%80%93NFL_Merger" class="mw-redirect" title="AFL–NFL Merger">AFL–NFL Merger</a>. The Vikings were the first team to appear in four <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl" title="Super Bowl">Super Bowls</a>, but also lost all of them. Their last appearance in the Super Bowl was <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XI" title="Super Bowl XI">Super Bowl XI</a> against the <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Raiders" title="Oakland Raiders">Oakland Raiders</a> in 1977. Notable current and former players include <a href="/wiki/Warren_Moon" title="Warren Moon">Warren Moon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Randall_Cunningham" title="Randall Cunningham">Randall Cunningham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jim_Marshall_(defensive_end)" title="Jim Marshall (defensive end)">Jim Marshall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ron_Yary" title="Ron Yary">Ron Yary</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mick_Tingelhoff" title="Mick Tingelhoff">Mick Tingelhoff</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Krause" title="Paul Krause">Paul Krause</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cris_Carter" title="Cris Carter">Cris Carter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carl_Eller" title="Carl Eller">Carl Eller</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fran_Tarkenton" title="Fran Tarkenton">Fran Tarkenton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Foreman" title="Chuck Foreman">Chuck Foreman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Randy_Moss" title="Randy Moss">Randy Moss</a>, <a href="/wiki/Daunte_Culpepper" title="Daunte Culpepper">Daunte Culpepper</a>, <a href="/wiki/Darren_Sharper" title="Darren Sharper">Darren Sharper</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jim_Kleinsasser" title="Jim Kleinsasser">Jim Kleinsasser</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brad_Johnson_(American_football)" title="Brad Johnson (American football)">Brad Johnson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alan_Page" title="Alan Page">Alan Page</a>, the "<a href="/wiki/Purple_People_Eaters" title="Purple People Eaters">Purple People Eaters</a>", <a href="/wiki/Adrian_Peterson" title="Adrian Peterson">Adrian Peterson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Randall_McDaniel" title="Randall McDaniel">Randall McDaniel</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Randle" title="John Randle">John Randle</a> among others </p><p>Before the Vikings, Minnesota also hosted the <a href="/wiki/Minneapolis_Marines/Red_Jackets" title="Minneapolis Marines/Red Jackets">Minneapolis Marines/Red Jackets</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Duluth_Kelleys/Eskimos" class="mw-redirect" title="Duluth Kelleys/Eskimos">Duluth Kelleys/Eskimos</a>. Three players who played for Duluth are in the <a href="/wiki/Pro_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="Pro Football Hall of Fame">Pro Football Hall of Fame</a>. The Duluth teams played at <a href="/wiki/Athletic_Park_(Duluth)" title="Athletic Park (Duluth)">Athletic Park</a>, while the Minneapolis teams played at <a href="/wiki/Nicollet_Park" title="Nicollet Park">Nicollet Park</a>. In 2014, the <a href="/wiki/Bemidji_Axemen" title="Bemidji Axemen">Bemidji Axemen</a> of <a href="/wiki/Bemidji,_Minnesota" title="Bemidji, Minnesota">Bemidji</a> played two seasons as a team in the <a href="/wiki/Indoor_Football_League" title="Indoor Football League">Indoor Football League</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Vixen" title="Minnesota Vixen">Minnesota Vixen</a> are a <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_American_Football" class="mw-redirect" title="Women's American Football">Women's American Football</a> team (WFA) founded in 1998. They are also the oldest professional women's football team in the U.S. The <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Machine" title="Minnesota Machine">Minnesota Machine</a> was a <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_American_Football" class="mw-redirect" title="Women's American Football">Women's American Football</a> team (WFA) founded in 2008. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ice_Hockey">Ice Hockey</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Ice Hockey"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey_in_Minnesota" title="Ice hockey in Minnesota">Ice hockey in Minnesota</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><img resource="/wiki/File:Flames-Wild-2006-12-12.jpg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flames-Wild-2006-12-12.jpg/220px-Flames-Wild-2006-12-12.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flames-Wild-2006-12-12.jpg/330px-Flames-Wild-2006-12-12.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flames-Wild-2006-12-12.jpg/440px-Flames-Wild-2006-12-12.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3456" data-file-height="2304" /></span><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Wild" title="Minnesota Wild">Minnesota Wild</a> at <a href="/wiki/Calgary_Flames" title="Calgary Flames">Calgary Flames</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Wild" title="Minnesota Wild">Minnesota Wild</a> are an NHL team founded in 2000 based at the <a href="/wiki/Xcel_Energy_Center" title="Xcel Energy Center">Xcel Energy Center</a> in Saint Paul. The Wild have not appeared in the <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Cup_Finals" title="Stanley Cup Finals">Stanley Cup Finals</a>. The Wild made it to the Western Conference Finals in <a href="/wiki/2003_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="2003 Stanley Cup playoffs">2003</a>, by beating the <a href="/wiki/Colorado_Avalanche" title="Colorado Avalanche">Colorado Avalanche</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vancouver_Canucks" title="Vancouver Canucks">Vancouver Canucks</a> both in seven games after being down three games to one in the series, before being swept by the <a href="/wiki/Anaheim_Ducks" title="Anaheim Ducks">Mighty Ducks of Anaheim</a>. With their second draft pick in franchise history, the Wild drafted <a href="/wiki/Mikko_Koivu" title="Mikko Koivu">Mikko Koivu</a>, who now holds the team's record total franchise points. Notable Wild players include <a href="/wiki/Mari%C3%A1n_G%C3%A1bor%C3%ADk" title="Marián Gáborík">Marián Gáborík</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wes_Walz" title="Wes Walz">Wes Walz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Darby_Hendrickson" title="Darby Hendrickson">Darby Hendrickson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mikko_Koivu" title="Mikko Koivu">Mikko Koivu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zach_Parise" title="Zach Parise">Zach Parise</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Suter" title="Ryan Suter">Ryan Suter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Vanek" title="Thomas Vanek">Thomas Vanek</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eric_Staal" title="Eric Staal">Eric Staal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jordan_Leopold" title="Jordan Leopold">Jordan Leopold</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Kirill_Kaprizov" title="Kirill Kaprizov">Kirill Kaprizov</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_North_Stars" title="Minnesota North Stars">Minnesota North Stars</a> were an NHL team that was part of the <a href="/wiki/1967_NHL_Expansion" class="mw-redirect" title="1967 NHL Expansion">1967 NHL Expansion</a>. The North Stars played their home games at the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Sports_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Metropolitan Sports Center">Met Center</a> in Bloomington. They appeared in the 1981 and 1991 <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Cup_Finals" title="Stanley Cup Finals">Stanley Cup Finals</a>, but did not win either one of them. In 1993, the North Stars moved to <a href="/wiki/Dallas" title="Dallas">Dallas</a>, where they became the <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Stars" title="Dallas Stars">Dallas Stars</a>. Notable players include <a href="/wiki/Harry_Howell_(hockey_player)" class="mw-redirect" title="Harry Howell (hockey player)">Harry Howell</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Mariucci" title="John Mariucci">John Mariucci</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gump_Worsley" title="Gump Worsley">Gump Worsley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Neal_Broten" title="Neal Broten">Neal Broten</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mike_Modano" title="Mike Modano">Mike Modano</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Whitecaps" title="Minnesota Whitecaps">Minnesota Whitecaps</a> were a professional women's team that played in the amateur <a href="/wiki/Western_Women%27s_Hockey_League" title="Western Women's Hockey League">Western Women's Hockey League</a> (WWHL) from 2004 to 2011 and eventually joined the professional <a href="/wiki/Premier_Hockey_Federation" title="Premier Hockey Federation">Premier Hockey Federation</a> (PHF, formerly the National Women's Hockey League, or NWHL) for the 2018–19 season as an expansion team. The team has one <a href="/wiki/Clarkson_Cup" title="Clarkson Cup">Clarkson Cup</a> title from 2010, and won the <a href="/wiki/Isobel_Cup" title="Isobel Cup">Isobel Cup</a> in their first PHF season.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They played at <a href="/wiki/Richfield_Ice_Arena" title="Richfield Ice Arena">Richfield Ice Arena</a> in Richfield. </p><p>In the summer of 2023, the PHF was shut down as part of the launch of a new, unified professional women's league, the <a href="/wiki/Professional_Women%27s_Hockey_League" title="Professional Women's Hockey League">Professional Women's Hockey League</a> (PWHL).<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Frost" title="Minnesota Frost">Minnesota Frost</a> became one of the six charter franchises in the new league, and it was announced that the new team would play its home games at the Xcel Energy Centre.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The team held the first ever PWHL draft pick and used it to select <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Golden_Gophers" title="Minnesota Golden Gophers">Minnesota Golden Gophers</a> forward <a href="/wiki/Taylor_Heise" title="Taylor Heise">Taylor Heise</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On May 30, 2024, became the league's first champions as they won the inaugural <a href="/wiki/Walter_Cup" title="Walter Cup">Walter Cup</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Hockey_Hall_of_Fame" title="United States Hockey Hall of Fame">U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame</a> is located in <a href="/wiki/Eveleth,_Minnesota" title="Eveleth, Minnesota">Eveleth</a>, on the <a href="/wiki/Iron_Range" title="Iron Range">Iron Range</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Soccer">Soccer</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Soccer"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Miguel_Ibarra_-_Minnesota_United_-_2017-05-07_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Miguel_Ibarra_-_Minnesota_United_-_2017-05-07_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Miguel_Ibarra_-_Minnesota_United_-_2017-05-07_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Miguel_Ibarra_-_Minnesota_United_-_2017-05-07_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Miguel_Ibarra_-_Minnesota_United_-_2017-05-07_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Miguel_Ibarra_-_Minnesota_United_-_2017-05-07_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Miguel_Ibarra_-_Minnesota_United_-_2017-05-07_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1492" data-file-height="2235" /></a><figcaption>Miguel Ibarra playing for <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_United_FC" title="Minnesota United FC">Minnesota United FC</a> in 2017</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_United_FC" title="Minnesota United FC">Minnesota United FC</a> is a <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Soccer" title="Major League Soccer">Major League Soccer</a> team that was founded in 2010 as the NSC Minnesota Stars. In 2013, the club rebranded with a new crest and a new name, Minnesota United FC. In 2010 when the club was founded, it began to play in <a href="/wiki/North_American_Soccer_League_(2011%E2%80%932017)" title="North American Soccer League (2011–2017)">North American Soccer League</a> in the second tier of US Soccer. In March 2015, MLS announced that Minnesota United had been awarded an expansion spot in MLS. The team continued to compete in the NASL until the 2017 season when Minnesota United began to compete in MLS.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This marked the introduction of top division soccer to Minnesota since the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Kicks" title="Minnesota Kicks">Minnesota Kicks</a> dissolved in 1981.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Minnesota United currently plays its home games at <a href="/wiki/Allianz_Field" title="Allianz Field">Allianz Field</a> in <a href="/wiki/Saint_Paul,_Minnesota" title="Saint Paul, Minnesota">Saint Paul</a>. Minnesota United is nicknamed "the Loons" after Minnesota's state bird, the <a href="/wiki/Common_loon" title="Common loon">common loon</a>. Notable players for Minnesota United include <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Molino" title="Kevin Molino">Kevin Molino</a>, <a href="/wiki/Darwin_Quintero" title="Darwin Quintero">Darwin Quintero</a>, <a href="/wiki/Osvaldo_Alonso" title="Osvaldo Alonso">Osvaldo Alonso</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Miguel_Ibarra" title="Miguel Ibarra">Miguel Ibarra</a>. </p><p>The Thunder were a <a href="/wiki/USL_First_Division" title="USL First Division">USL First Division</a> team founded in 1992 as an <a href="/wiki/Amateur" title="Amateur">amateur</a> men's team, then joined the <a href="/wiki/USL_First_Division" title="USL First Division">USL</a> in 1994, and won the championship of what was then the A-League in 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Notable former players include <a href="/wiki/Tony_Sanneh" title="Tony Sanneh">Tony Sanneh</a> and <a href="/wiki/Manuel_Lagos" class="mw-redirect" title="Manuel Lagos">Manuel Lagos</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Lightning" title="Minnesota Lightning">Minnesota Lightning</a> were a <a href="/wiki/USL_W-League_(1995%E2%80%932015)" title="USL W-League (1995–2015)">W-League</a> team founded in 2006. They also played at the National Sports Center. The team folded after the 2009 season. </p><p>The newest addition to Minnesota sports, the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Aurora_FC" title="Minnesota Aurora FC">Minnesota Aurora FC</a> are a <a href="/wiki/USL_W_League" title="USL W League">USL W League</a> team founded in 2021 and began play in May 2022. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Table_of_professional_teams">Table of professional teams</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Table of professional teams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Current_teams">Current teams</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Current teams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Club </th> <th>Sport </th> <th>League </th> <th>Home Venue </th> <th>City </th> <th>Year Established </th> <th>Championships </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">Minnesota Twins</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Baseball" title="Baseball">Baseball</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Target_Field" title="Target Field">Target Field</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minneapolis" title="Minneapolis">Minneapolis</a> </td> <td>1961 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/World_Series" title="World Series">World Series</a>: <a href="/wiki/1987_World_Series" title="1987 World Series">1987</a>, <a href="/wiki/1991_World_Series" title="1991 World Series">1991</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Vikings" title="Minnesota Vikings">Minnesota Vikings</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">American football</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/U.S._Bank_Stadium" title="U.S. Bank Stadium">U.S. Bank Stadium</a> </td> <td>Minneapolis </td> <td>1961 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1969_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1969 NFL Championship Game">1969 NFL Championship</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Timberwolves" title="Minnesota Timberwolves">Minnesota Timberwolves</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">Basketball</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">National Basketball Association</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Target_Center" title="Target Center">Target Center</a> </td> <td>Minneapolis </td> <td>1989 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Wild" title="Minnesota Wild">Minnesota Wild</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey" title="Ice hockey">Ice hockey</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League">National Hockey League</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Xcel_Energy_Center" title="Xcel Energy Center">Xcel Energy Center</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Saint_Paul,_Minnesota" title="Saint Paul, Minnesota">St. Paul</a> </td> <td>2000 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Lynx" title="Minnesota Lynx">Minnesota Lynx</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">Basketball</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_National_Basketball_Association" title="Women's National Basketball Association">Women's National Basketball Association</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Target_Center" title="Target Center">Target Center</a> </td> <td>Minneapolis </td> <td>1999 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/WNBA" class="mw-redirect" title="WNBA">WNBA</a>: <a href="/wiki/2011_WNBA_Finals" title="2011 WNBA Finals">2011</a>, <a href="/wiki/2013_WNBA_Finals" title="2013 WNBA Finals">2013</a>, <a href="/wiki/2015_WNBA_Finals" title="2015 WNBA Finals">2015</a>, <a href="/wiki/2017_WNBA_Finals" title="2017 WNBA Finals">2017</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Vixen" title="Minnesota Vixen">Minnesota Vixen</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_American_football" class="mw-redirect" title="Women's American football">Women's American football</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Football_Alliance" title="Women's Football Alliance">Women's Football Alliance</a> </td> <td>Simley Athletic Field<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Inver_Grove_Heights,_Minnesota" title="Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota">Inver Grove Heights</a> </td> <td>1999 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/St._Paul_Saints" title="St. Paul Saints">St. Paul Saints</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Baseball" title="Baseball">Baseball</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/International_League" title="International League">International League</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/CHS_Field" title="CHS Field">CHS Field</a> </td> <td>St. Paul </td> <td>1993 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northern_League_(baseball,_1993%E2%80%932010)" title="Northern League (baseball, 1993–2010)">Northern League</a>: 1993, 1995, 1996, 2004, 2019 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Fargo-Moorhead_RedHawks" title="Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks">Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Baseball" title="Baseball">Baseball</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Association_of_Independent_Professional_Baseball" class="mw-redirect" title="American Association of Independent Professional Baseball">American Association</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Newman_Outdoor_Field" title="Newman Outdoor Field">Newman Outdoor Field</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fargo,_North_Dakota" title="Fargo, North Dakota">Fargo</a> </td> <td>1996 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northern_League_(baseball,_1993%E2%80%932010)" title="Northern League (baseball, 1993–2010)">Northern League</a>: 1998, 2003, 2006, 2009 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_United_FC" title="Minnesota United FC">Minnesota United FC</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">Soccer</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Soccer" title="Major League Soccer">Major League Soccer</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Allianz_Field" title="Allianz Field">Allianz Field</a> </td> <td>St. Paul </td> <td>2010 </td> <td>NASL: <a href="/wiki/2011_North_American_Soccer_League_season" title="2011 North American Soccer League season">2011</a>, <a href="/wiki/2014_North_American_Soccer_League_season" title="2014 North American Soccer League season">2014</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_R%C3%98KKR" class="mw-redirect" title="Minnesota RØKKR">Minnesota RØKKR</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Esports" title="Esports">Esports</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Call_of_Duty_League" title="Call of Duty League">Call of Duty League</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minneapolis_Armory" title="Minneapolis Armory">Minneapolis Armory</a> </td> <td>Minneapolis </td> <td>2019 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Wind_Chill" title="Minnesota Wind Chill">Minnesota Wind Chill</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ultimate_(sport)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ultimate (sport)">Ultimate</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Ultimate_Disc_League" class="mw-redirect" title="American Ultimate Disc League">American Ultimate Disc League</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sea_Foam_Stadium" title="Sea Foam Stadium">Sea Foam Stadium</a> </td> <td>St. Paul </td> <td>2013 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Aurora_FC" title="Minnesota Aurora FC">Minnesota Aurora FC</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Soccer" class="mw-redirect" title="Soccer">Soccer</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/USL_W_League" title="USL W League">USL W League</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/TCO_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="TCO Stadium">TCO Stadium</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eagan,_Minnesota" title="Eagan, Minnesota">Eagan</a> </td> <td>2021 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Frost" title="Minnesota Frost">Minnesota Frost</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey" title="Ice hockey">Ice hockey</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Professional_Women%27s_Hockey_League" title="Professional Women's Hockey League">Professional Women's Hockey League</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Xcel_Energy_Center" title="Xcel Energy Center">Xcel Energy Center</a> </td> <td>St. Paul </td> <td>2023 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_PWHL_season#PWHL_Finals" title="2023–24 PWHL season">2024</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Duluth_Harbor_Monsters" title="Duluth Harbor Monsters">Duluth Harbor Monsters</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indoor_American_football" class="mw-redirect" title="Indoor American football">Indoor football</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Arena_League" title="The Arena League">The Arena League</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Duluth_Entertainment_Convention_Center" title="Duluth Entertainment Convention Center">DECC Arena</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Duluth,_Minnesota" title="Duluth, Minnesota">Duluth</a> </td> <td>2023 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Myth" title="Minnesota Myth">Minnesota Myth</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indoor_American_football" class="mw-redirect" title="Indoor American football">Indoor football</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arena_Football_League" title="Arena Football League">Arena Football League</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Target_Center" title="Target Center">Target Center</a> </td> <td>Minneapolis </td> <td>2023 </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Former_Minnesota_teams">Former Minnesota teams</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Former Minnesota teams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Club </th> <th>Sport </th> <th>League </th> <th>Home Venue </th> <th>City </th> <th>Year Established </th> <th>Year Disbanded or Moved </th> <th>Number of seasons </th> <th>Championships </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bemidji_Axemen" title="Bemidji Axemen">Bemidji Axemen</a> (defunct) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indoor_American_football" class="mw-redirect" title="Indoor American football">Indoor football</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indoor_Football_League" title="Indoor Football League">Indoor Football League</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sanford_Center" title="Sanford Center">Sanford Center</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bemidji,_Minnesota" title="Bemidji, Minnesota">Bemidji</a> </td> <td>2014 </td> <td>2015 </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Duluth_Kelleys/Eskimos" class="mw-redirect" title="Duluth Kelleys/Eskimos">Duluth Kelleys/Eskimos</a> (defunct) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">Football</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Athletic_Park_(Duluth)" title="Athletic Park (Duluth)">Athletic Park</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Duluth,_Minnesota" title="Duluth, Minnesota">Duluth</a> </td> <td>1923 </td> <td>1927 </td> <td>4 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Duluth-Superior_Lumberjacks" title="Duluth-Superior Lumberjacks">Duluth-Superior Lumberjacks</a> (defunct) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indoor_American_football" class="mw-redirect" title="Indoor American football">Indoor football</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indoor_Football_League_(1999-2000)" class="mw-redirect" title="Indoor Football League (1999-2000)">Indoor Football League</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>Duluth </td> <td>1999 </td> <td>2000 </td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Machine" title="Minnesota Machine">Minnesota Machine</a> (defunct) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_gridiron_football" title="Women's gridiron football">Women's American Football</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Football_Alliance" title="Women's Football Alliance">Women's Football Alliance</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minnetonka_High_School" title="Minnetonka High School">Minnetonka High School</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minnetonka,_Minnesota" title="Minnetonka, Minnesota">Minnetonka</a> </td> <td>2009 </td> <td>2017 </td> <td>9 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Minneapolis_Millers" title="Minneapolis Millers">Minneapolis Millers</a> (defunct) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Baseball" title="Baseball">Baseball</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Association_(1902%E2%80%931997)" title="American Association (1902–1997)">American Association</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nicollet_Park" title="Nicollet Park">Nicollet Park</a> (defunct) <br /> <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Stadium" title="Metropolitan Stadium">Metropolitan Stadium</a> (defunct) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minneapolis" title="Minneapolis">Minneapolis</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Bloomington,_Minnesota" title="Bloomington, Minnesota">Bloomington</a> </td> <td>1884 </td> <td>1960 </td> <td>74 </td> <td>1896, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1915, 1932, 1935, 1955, 1958, 1959 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Muskies" title="Minnesota Muskies">Minnesota Muskies</a> (relocated to <a href="/wiki/Miami_Floridians" title="Miami Floridians">Miami Floridians</a>) (defunct) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">Basketball</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Basketball_Association" title="American Basketball Association">ABA</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Met_Center" title="Met Center">Met Center</a> (defunct) </td> <td>Bloomington </td> <td>1967 </td> <td>1968 </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Pipers" class="mw-redirect" title="Minnesota Pipers">Minnesota Pipers</a> (returned to <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pipers" class="mw-redirect" title="Pittsburgh Pipers">Pittsburgh Pipers</a>) (defunct) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">Basketball</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Basketball_Association" title="American Basketball Association">ABA</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Met_Center" title="Met Center">Met Center</a> (defunct) </td> <td>Bloomington </td> <td>1968 </td> <td>1969 </td> <td>1 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Goofy%27s" class="mw-redirect" title="Minnesota Goofy's">Minnesota Goofy's</a>/<a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Norsemen" title="Minnesota Norsemen">Norsemen</a> (defunct) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Softball" title="Softball">Softball</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Men%27s_professional_softball_leagues" class="mw-redirect" title="Men's professional softball leagues">APSPL</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Midway_Stadium" title="Midway Stadium">Midway Stadium</a> </td> <td>Minneapolis </td> <td>1977 </td> <td>1979 </td> <td>3 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Purple_Rage" title="Minnesota Purple Rage">Minnesota Purple Rage</a> (defunct) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indoor_American_football" class="mw-redirect" title="Indoor American football">Indoor football</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indoor_Football_League_(1999-2000)" class="mw-redirect" title="Indoor Football League (1999-2000)">Indoor Football League</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Verizon_Center_(Mankato,_Minnesota)" class="mw-redirect" title="Verizon Center (Mankato, Minnesota)">Verizon Center</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mankato,_Minnesota" title="Mankato, Minnesota">Mankato</a> </td> <td>1999 </td> <td>2000 </td> <td>1 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Ripknees" title="Minnesota Ripknees">Minnesota Ripknees</a> (defunct) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">Basketball</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Basketball_Association_(21st_century)" class="mw-redirect" title="American Basketball Association (21st century)">ABA</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gangelhoff_Center" title="Gangelhoff Center">Gangelhoff Center</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Saint_Paul,_Minnesota" title="Saint Paul, Minnesota">St. Paul</a> </td> <td>2006 </td> <td>2008 </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Minneapolis_Marines/Red_Jackets" title="Minneapolis Marines/Red Jackets">Minneapolis Marines/Red Jackets</a> (defunct) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">Football</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nicollet_Park" title="Nicollet Park">Nicollet Park</a> (defunct) </td> <td>Minneapolis </td> <td>1905 </td> <td>1930 </td> <td>20 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Kicks" title="Minnesota Kicks">Minnesota Kicks</a> (defunct) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">Soccer</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_American_Soccer_League_(1968%E2%80%931984)" class="mw-redirect" title="North American Soccer League (1968–1984)">NASL</a> (defunct) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Stadium" title="Metropolitan Stadium">Metropolitan Stadium</a> (defunct) </td> <td>Bloomington </td> <td>1976 </td> <td>1981 </td> <td>6 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Strikers" title="Minnesota Strikers">Minnesota Strikers</a> (defunct) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">Soccer</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_American_Soccer_League_(1968%E2%80%931984)" class="mw-redirect" title="North American Soccer League (1968–1984)">NASL</a> (defunct) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hubert_H._Humphrey_Metrodome" title="Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome">Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome</a> (defunct) </td> <td>Minneapolis </td> <td>1984 </td> <td>1988 </td> <td>5 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Thunder" title="Minnesota Thunder">Minnesota Thunder</a> (defunct) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">Soccer</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_Soccer_Leagues" class="mw-redirect" title="United Soccer Leagues">USL First Division</a>, <a href="/wiki/USL_A-League" class="mw-redirect" title="USL A-League">USL A-League</a> (defunct) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/National_Sports_Center" title="National Sports Center">National Sports Center</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/James_Griffin_Stadium" title="James Griffin Stadium">James Griffin Stadium</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Blaine,_Minnesota" title="Blaine, Minnesota">Blaine</a><br />St. Paul </td> <td>1990 </td> <td>2009 </td> <td>16 </td> <td>1999 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Lightning" title="Minnesota Lightning">Minnesota Lightning</a> (defunct) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">Soccer</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/USL_W-League_(1995%E2%80%932015)" title="USL W-League (1995–2015)">USL W-League</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/National_Sports_Center" title="National Sports Center">National Sports Center</a> </td> <td>Blaine </td> <td>2006 </td> <td>2009 </td> <td>4 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Monarchs" title="Minnesota Monarchs">Minnesota Monarchs</a> (defunct) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Volleyball" title="Volleyball">Volleyball</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Volleyball" title="Major League Volleyball">Major League Volleyball</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Augsburg_University" title="Augsburg University">Si Melby Hall</a> </td> <td>Minneapolis </td> <td>1987 </td> <td>1989 </td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Fighting_Pike" title="Minnesota Fighting Pike">Minnesota Fighting Pike</a> (defunct) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arena_football" title="Arena football">Arena football</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arena_Football_League" title="Arena Football League">Arena Football League</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Target_Center" title="Target Center">Target Center</a> </td> <td>Minneapolis </td> <td>1995 </td> <td>1996 </td> <td>1 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Minneapolis_Lakers" class="mw-redirect" title="Minneapolis Lakers">Minneapolis Lakers</a> (now the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">Basketball</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">NBA</a> / <a href="/wiki/Basketball_Association_of_America" title="Basketball Association of America">Basketball Association of America</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minneapolis_Auditorium" title="Minneapolis Auditorium">Minneapolis Auditorium</a> (defunct) <br /> <a href="/wiki/Minneapolis_Armory" title="Minneapolis Armory">Minneapolis Armory</a> </td> <td>Minneapolis </td> <td>1947 </td> <td>1960 </td> <td>14 </td> <td>1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_North_Stars" title="Minnesota North Stars">Minnesota North Stars</a> (now the <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Stars" title="Dallas Stars">Dallas Stars</a>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey" title="Ice hockey">Ice hockey</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League">National Hockey League</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Met_Center" title="Met Center">Met Center</a> (defunct) </td> <td>Bloomington </td> <td>1967 </td> <td>1993 </td> <td>26 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Fighting_Saints" title="Minnesota Fighting Saints">Minnesota Fighting Saints</a> (defunct) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey" title="Ice hockey">Ice hockey</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/World_Hockey_Association" title="World Hockey Association">World Hockey Association</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/St._Paul_Civic_Center" title="St. Paul Civic Center">St. Paul Civic Center</a> (defunct) </td> <td>St. Paul </td> <td>1972 </td> <td>1977 </td> <td>5 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Moose" title="Minnesota Moose">Minnesota Moose</a> (now the <a href="/wiki/Manitoba_Moose" title="Manitoba Moose">Manitoba Moose</a>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey" title="Ice hockey">Ice hockey</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/International_Hockey_League_(1945%E2%80%932001)" title="International Hockey League (1945–2001)">International Hockey League</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/St._Paul_Civic_Center" title="St. Paul Civic Center">St. Paul Civic Center</a> (defunct) </td> <td>St. Paul </td> <td>1994 </td> <td>1996 </td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Whitecaps" title="Minnesota Whitecaps">Minnesota Whitecaps</a> (defunct) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey" title="Ice hockey">Ice hockey</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Premier_Hockey_Federation" title="Premier Hockey Federation">Premier Hockey Federation</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richfield_Ice_Arena" title="Richfield Ice Arena">Richfield Ice Arena</a> </td> <td>Richfield </td> <td>2004 </td> <td>2023 </td> <td>12 </td> <td>2010, 2019 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Swarm" title="Minnesota Swarm">Minnesota Swarm</a> (now the <a href="/wiki/Georgia_Swarm" title="Georgia Swarm">Georgia Swarm</a>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Box_lacrosse" title="Box lacrosse">Indoor lacrosse</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/National_Lacrosse_League" title="National Lacrosse League">National Lacrosse League</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Xcel_Energy_Center" title="Xcel Energy Center">Xcel Energy Center</a> </td> <td>St. Paul </td> <td>2004 </td> <td>2015 </td> <td>11 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Valkyrie" title="Minnesota Valkyrie">Minnesota Valkyrie</a> (defunct) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arena_football" title="Arena football">Arena football</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lingerie_Football_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Lingerie Football League">Lingerie Football League</a> </td> <td>Target Center </td> <td>Minneapolis </td> <td>2011 </td> <td>2013 </td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/St._Paul_Saints_(UA)" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Paul Saints (UA)">St. Paul Saints</a> (defunct) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Baseball" title="Baseball">Baseball</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Union_Association" title="Union Association">Union Association</a> </td> <td>None </td> <td>St. Paul </td> <td>1884 </td> <td>1884 </td> <td>1 </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_professional_and_semi-pro_sports">Other professional and semi-pro sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Other professional and semi-pro sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bandy">Bandy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Bandy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Bandy" title="Bandy">Bandy</a> has been played on a regular basis in the United States since the early 1980s and the game is most popular in Minnesota, where the winter climate makes it possible to play outdoors for many months a year. </p><p>Most games in the <a href="/wiki/American_Bandy_League" class="mw-redirect" title="American Bandy League">American Bandy League</a> are played at the <a href="/wiki/Guidant_John_Rose_Minnesota_Oval" title="Guidant John Rose Minnesota Oval">Guidant John Rose Minnesota Oval</a> and most of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_bandy_champions" title="List of United States bandy champions">national champions</a> are teams from the state, like <a href="/wiki/Minneapolis_Bandolier" class="mw-redirect" title="Minneapolis Bandolier">Minneapolis Bandolier</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dynamo_Duluth" class="mw-redirect" title="Dynamo Duluth">Dynamo Duluth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Blades" class="mw-redirect" title="Minnesota Blades">Minnesota Blades</a>, and Sirius Minnesota. The Bandolier are the most successful team in the United States, having been crowned United States champions ten times as of 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Guidant John Rose Minnesota Oval was also the main venue of the <a href="/wiki/1995_Bandy_World_Championship" title="1995 Bandy World Championship">1995 Bandy World Championship</a> and the <a href="/wiki/2006_Women%27s_Bandy_World_Championship" title="2006 Women's Bandy World Championship">2006 Women's Bandy World Championship</a>. It will also host the <a href="/wiki/2016_Women%27s_Bandy_World_Championship" title="2016 Women's Bandy World Championship">2016 Women's Bandy World Championship</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lacrosse">Lacrosse</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Lacrosse"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Swarm_lacrosse.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="behind the bench of the Minnesota Swarm" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Swarm_lacrosse.jpg/220px-Swarm_lacrosse.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Swarm_lacrosse.jpg/330px-Swarm_lacrosse.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Swarm_lacrosse.jpg/440px-Swarm_lacrosse.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1632" data-file-height="1224" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Swarm" title="Minnesota Swarm">Minnesota Swarm</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Swarm" title="Minnesota Swarm">Minnesota Swarm</a> were the state's professional <a href="/wiki/Lacrosse" title="Lacrosse">lacrosse</a> team from 2005 to 2015. All home games for the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Swarm" title="Minnesota Swarm">Minnesota Swarm</a> were played at the Xcel Energy Center. The <a href="/wiki/National_Lacrosse_League" title="National Lacrosse League">National Lacrosse League</a> (NLL) awarded St. Paul the inactive Montreal Express franchise on August 10, 2004. After eleven seasons of mixed success playing in Minnesota, the Swarm left Minnesota for Georgia as they became the <a href="/wiki/Georgia_Swarm" title="Georgia Swarm">Georgia Swarm</a>. Swarm owner John Arlotta cited difficulty negotiating a lease with the <a href="/wiki/Xcel_Energy_Center" title="Xcel Energy Center">Xcel Energy Center</a>, competition from other local sports teams, and decreasing ticket sales as reasons for the franchise's relocation.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gaelic_games"><a href="/wiki/Gaelic_games" title="Gaelic games">Gaelic games</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Gaelic games"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Twin_Cities" class="mw-redirect" title="Twin Cities">Twin Cities</a>, which has always had a large <a href="/wiki/Irish-American" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish-American">Irish-American</a> community, the <a href="/wiki/Gaelic_Athletic_Association" title="Gaelic Athletic Association">Gaelic Athletic Association</a> has a club named after <a href="/wiki/Irish_republicanism" title="Irish republicanism">Irish republican</a> icon <a href="/wiki/Robert_Emmett" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Emmett">Robert Emmett</a>. The club fields <a href="/wiki/Hurling" title="Hurling">hurling</a>, <a href="/wiki/Camogie" title="Camogie">camogie</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Gaelic_football" title="Gaelic football">Gaelic football</a> teams. On August 2, 2019, the women of the Robert Emmets Hurling Club's Camogie team won the Silver Cup at the 2019 Gaelic Athletic Association World Games at <a href="/wiki/Croke_Park" title="Croke Park">Croke Park</a> in Dublin. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Golf">Golf</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Golf"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Minnesota plays host to several professional golf events. In 2019, the state became host to the <a href="/wiki/3M_Open" title="3M Open">3M Open</a>, a <a href="/wiki/PGA_Tour" title="PGA Tour">PGA Tour</a> event in <a href="/wiki/Blaine,_Minnesota" title="Blaine, Minnesota">Blaine</a>, which replaced the <a href="/wiki/PGA_Tour_Champions" title="PGA Tour Champions">PGA Tour Champions</a> event that was hosted in Blaine annually since 1993. What used to be the Burnett Senior Classic played at Bunker Hills is now the 3M Championship played at <a href="/wiki/Tournament_Players_Club" title="Tournament Players Club">TPC Twin Cities</a> in <a href="/wiki/Blaine,_Minnesota" title="Blaine, Minnesota">Blaine</a>. Minnesota was the host of the LPGA Classic from 1990 to 1998 at Edinburgh USA in <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Park,_Minnesota" title="Brooklyn Park, Minnesota">Brooklyn Park</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Nationwide_Tour" class="mw-redirect" title="Nationwide Tour">Nationwide Tour</a> stops annually at <a href="/wiki/Tom_Lehman" title="Tom Lehman">Tom Lehman</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Somerby_Golf_Club_and_Community" title="Somerby Golf Club and Community">Somerby Golf Club and Community</a> in <a href="/wiki/Byron,_Minnesota" title="Byron, Minnesota">Byron</a>. </p><p>The state has hosted several major events. The U.S. Open has been played in the state four times, twice at <a href="/wiki/Hazeltine_National_Golf_Club" title="Hazeltine National Golf Club">Hazeltine National Golf Club</a> in <a href="/wiki/Chaska,_Minnesota" title="Chaska, Minnesota">Chaska</a> in 1970 and 1991, once at <a href="/wiki/Interlachen_Country_Club" title="Interlachen Country Club">Interlachen Country Club</a> in <a href="/wiki/Edina,_Minnesota" title="Edina, Minnesota">Edina</a> (1930) in Bobby Jones' historic win, and once at <a href="/wiki/The_Minikahda_Club" title="The Minikahda Club">The Minikahda Club</a> in Minneapolis (1916). Hazeltine played host to the <a href="/wiki/PGA_Championship" title="PGA Championship">PGA Championship</a> in 2002 and 2009, and the <a href="/wiki/Ryder_Cup" title="Ryder Cup">Ryder Cup</a> in 2016; it will host the <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_PGA_Championship" title="Women's PGA Championship">Women's PGA Championship</a> in 2019 and the Ryder Cup again in 2028. <a href="/wiki/Keller_Golf_Course" title="Keller Golf Course">Keller Golf Course</a> in <a href="/wiki/Maplewood,_Minnesota" title="Maplewood, Minnesota">Maplewood</a> hosted the 1932 and 1954 PGA Championships, the 1949 <a href="/wiki/Western_Open" title="Western Open">Western Open</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/St._Paul_Open" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Paul Open">St. Paul Open</a> from 1930 to 1968 (a regular PGA stop). <a href="/wiki/Interlachen_Country_Club" title="Interlachen Country Club">Interlachen Country Club</a> hosted the <a href="/wiki/Solheim_Cup" title="Solheim Cup">Solheim Cup</a> in 2002 and the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Women%27s_Open" title="U.S. Women's Open">U.S. Women's Open</a> in 2008. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Disc_Golf">Disc Golf</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Disc Golf"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Disc golf courses in the Twin Cities play host to the Minnesota Majestic on the third weekend every June.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is part of the <a href="/wiki/Professional_Disc_Golf_Association" title="Professional Disc Golf Association">Professional Disc Golf Association</a>'s National Tour, the top level of pro/am disc golf events in America.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The tournament has frequented Kaposia Park, Blue Ribbon Pines and Hyland Ski Area, among other courses. The 2010 Minnesota Majestic was the 23rd annual. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ultimate_Frisbee">Ultimate Frisbee</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Ultimate Frisbee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Minnesota Wind Chill<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> were founded in 2013 as an expansion team for the <a href="/wiki/American_Ultimate_Disc_League" class="mw-redirect" title="American Ultimate Disc League">American Ultimate Disc League</a> (AUDL). The team plays in the Midwestern Division of the AUDL. Home games are played on the campus of <a href="/wiki/Concordia_University_(Saint_Paul,_Minnesota)" class="mw-redirect" title="Concordia University (Saint Paul, Minnesota)">Concordia University</a>. The Minnesota Strike<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> were founded in 2020 as an expansion team for the <a href="/wiki/Premier_Ultimate_League" title="Premier Ultimate League">Premier Ultimate League</a> (PUL). Home games are played on the campus of <a href="/wiki/Benilde-St._Margaret%27s" title="Benilde-St. Margaret's">Benilde-St. Margaret's</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Softball">Softball</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Softball"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Minnesota had a professional slow-pitch softball team from 1977 to 1979 called the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Goofy%27s" class="mw-redirect" title="Minnesota Goofy's">Minnesota Goofy's</a> and then the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Norsemen" title="Minnesota Norsemen">Minnesota Norsemen</a>. Former Viking <a href="/wiki/Bob_Lurtsema" title="Bob Lurtsema">Bob Lurtsema</a> briefly played for the Norsemen. The <a href="/wiki/Aussie_Peppers" title="Aussie Peppers">Aussie Peppers</a> was founded in 2018 and play in <a href="/wiki/National_Pro_Fastpitch" title="National Pro Fastpitch">National Pro Fastpitch</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Motorsports">Motorsports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Motorsports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="NASCAR">NASCAR</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: NASCAR"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are two <a href="/wiki/Racetrack" class="mw-redirect" title="Racetrack">racetracks</a> in Minnesota that hold <a href="/wiki/NASCAR" title="NASCAR">NASCAR</a> sanctioned events. <a href="/wiki/Elko_Speedway" title="Elko Speedway">Elko Speedway</a> in <a href="/wiki/Elko,_MN" class="mw-redirect" title="Elko, MN">Elko</a> is a 3/8 mile paved oval, which has held NASCAR events for over twenty years. <a href="/wiki/Raceway_Park_(Minnesota)" title="Raceway Park (Minnesota)">Raceway Park</a> (Minnesota) in <a href="/wiki/Shakopee" class="mw-redirect" title="Shakopee">Shakopee</a> is a 1/4 mile paved oval. NASCAR drivers from Minnesota include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Frasson" title="Joe Frasson">Joe Frasson</a> – Ran several races in the 1970s, best career finish is third (three times)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Garvey" title="Mike Garvey">Mike Garvey</a> – <a href="/wiki/NASCAR_Camping_World_Truck_Series" class="mw-redirect" title="NASCAR Camping World Truck Series">NASCAR Camping World Truck Series</a> driver</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerick_Johnson" title="Jerick Johnson">Jerick Johnson</a> – <a href="/wiki/NASCAR_Camping_World_Truck_Series" class="mw-redirect" title="NASCAR Camping World Truck Series">NASCAR Camping World Truck Series</a> driver</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brent_Sherman" title="Brent Sherman">Brent Sherman</a> – Ran six <a href="/wiki/NASCAR_Cup_Series" title="NASCAR Cup Series">NASCAR Cup Series</a> races in 2006</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackie_Wangerin" title="Blackie Wangerin">Blackie Wangerin</a> – Best career finish was 13th<sup id="cite_ref-Countdown:_Minnesota_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Countdown:_Minnesota-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Nick Lewis - 2009 Raceway Park Bomber Track Champion</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Sawalich" title="William Sawalich">William Sawalich</a> – <a href="/wiki/NASCAR_Craftsman_Truck_Series" title="NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series">NASCAR Camping World Truck Series</a> driver</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="NHRA">NHRA</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: NHRA"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><img resource="/wiki/File:TommyMilton_Rc10432.jpg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/TommyMilton_Rc10432.jpg/200px-TommyMilton_Rc10432.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/TommyMilton_Rc10432.jpg/300px-TommyMilton_Rc10432.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/TommyMilton_Rc10432.jpg/400px-TommyMilton_Rc10432.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="463" /></span><figcaption>Milton in his car at <a href="/wiki/Daytona_Beach_Road_Course" class="mw-redirect" title="Daytona Beach Road Course">Daytona Beach Road Course</a> in 1920</figcaption></figure> <p>Minnesota is known for being the home of the <a href="/wiki/Brainerd_International_Raceway" title="Brainerd International Raceway">Brainerd International Raceway</a>, which opened in 1963. It has hosted drag racing, road racing, and kart racing.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/NHRA" class="mw-redirect" title="NHRA">NHRA</a> drivers from Minnesota include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Anderson_(driver)" class="mw-redirect" title="Greg Anderson (driver)">Greg Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Line" title="Jason Line">Jason Line</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Open_Wheel">Open Wheel</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Open Wheel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Perhaps the most successful driver from Minnesota is <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Milton" title="Tommy Milton">Tommy Milton</a>. Milton became the first driver to win two <a href="/wiki/Indianapolis_500" title="Indianapolis 500">Indianapolis 500s</a> with his wins in <a href="/wiki/1921_Indianapolis_500" title="1921 Indianapolis 500">1921</a> and <a href="/wiki/1923_Indianapolis_500" title="1923 Indianapolis 500">1923</a>. Amazingly, Milton was completely blind in his right eye.<sup id="cite_ref-Tommy_Milton_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tommy_Milton-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2007 <a href="/wiki/Rochester,_Minnesota" title="Rochester, Minnesota">Rochester</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Leilani_Munter" class="mw-redirect" title="Leilani Munter">Leilani Munter</a> became the fourth woman in history to compete in the <a href="/wiki/Indy_Pro_Series" class="mw-redirect" title="Indy Pro Series">Indy Pro Series</a>, the development league of <a href="/wiki/IndyCar" title="IndyCar">IndyCar</a>. </p><p>The aforementioned Brainerd International Raceway also hosts a 3-mile road course, which held a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Automobile_Club" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Automobile Club">USAC</a> race in 1969 among other events. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rally">Rally</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Rally"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Rally_America" title="Rally America">Rally America</a>, based out of Golden Valley, holds an annual event in the woodlands near Bemidji. Known as the Ojibwe Forests Rally, the event is held near the end of August each year. Rally America also holds events in Michigan, Missouri, Oregon, Washington, Pennsylvania, Maine, and Colorado. <a href="/wiki/X-Games" class="mw-redirect" title="X-Games">X-Games</a> superstar, <a href="/wiki/Travis_Pastrana" title="Travis Pastrana">Travis Pastrana</a>, is a regular in the series. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_of_Outlaws">World of Outlaws</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: World of Outlaws"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There is a yearly <a href="/wiki/World_of_Outlaws" title="World of Outlaws">World of Outlaws</a> (WoO) sprint car event held at Princeton Raceway. Known as the PolyDome Princeton Nationals, the event is most likely held at the track due to WoO driver, Craig Dollansky, being from nearby Elk River. The 1/4 mile track leads to some exciting, action-packed racing. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Athletics">Athletics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Athletics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Minnesota has a long history with athletics which dates back to the early years as a state, when arena track racing and college track teams drew large crowds. As the cities and towns in the state of Minnesota grew in the 1890s, track and field events became popular at schools and colleges. The early Olympic competitions (especially the <a href="/wiki/1908_Summer_Olympics" title="1908 Summer Olympics">1908 Summer Olympics</a>) boosted the profile of the "marathon," a 26.2 mile road running distance, and Minnesota had its own runnings of the race before 1920.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Minnesota is often touted as one of the healthiest states in America, which coincides with its strong base of road runners and high participation numbers in local road races.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the 1960s, future Olympian <a href="/wiki/Ron_Daws" title="Ron Daws">Ron Daws</a> started the Land of Lakes Marathon in Minneapolis, which grew into the <a href="/wiki/Twin_Cities_Marathon" title="Twin Cities Marathon">City of Lakes Marathon</a>. Participation grew in the marathon while local smaller road races flourished.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The City of Lakes grew into the <a href="/wiki/Twin_Cities_Marathon" title="Twin Cities Marathon">Twin Cities Marathon</a>, which first ran in 1982. </p><p>The success of Olympian <a href="/wiki/Garry_Bjorklund" title="Garry Bjorklund">Garry Bjorklund</a> and the speed of Minnesota's own <a href="/wiki/Boston_Marathon" title="Boston Marathon">Boston Marathon</a>-legend <a href="/wiki/Dick_Beardsley" title="Dick Beardsley">Dick Beardsley</a> prompted more growth in the sport in the North country near <a href="/wiki/Duluth,_Minnesota" title="Duluth, Minnesota">Duluth</a> where the <a href="/wiki/Grandma%27s_Marathon" title="Grandma's Marathon">Grandma's Marathon</a> first ran in 1977. It was named after the restaurant on <a href="/wiki/Canal_Park,_Duluth" class="mw-redirect" title="Canal Park, Duluth">Canal Park</a>, not the gender and age of finishers. The race posted some of the fastest times in the United States, and it drew international racing competition to the <a href="/wiki/North_Shore_(Lake_Superior)" title="North Shore (Lake Superior)">North Shore</a>. </p><p>Now nearly every high school and college in the state offers <a href="/wiki/Cross_country_running" title="Cross country running">cross-country</a> and <a href="/wiki/Track_and_field" title="Track and field">track and field</a> teams for both genders. The state is also host to a team of distance running professionals training for national road races: the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.minnesotadistanceelite.com">MN Distance Elite</a> team (formerly known as Team USA Minnesota).<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There are dozens of <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.run-minnesota.org/train/find-club/">running clubs</a> in the state, and they compete in a circuit of races known as the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://minnesota.usatf.org/about/usatf-minnesota-team-circuit">USATF Team Race Circuit</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Marathons">Marathons</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Marathons"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Today, there are eight Minnesota road marathons certified by <a href="/wiki/United_States_Track_and_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Track and Field">United States Track and Field</a>: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grandma%27s_Marathon" title="Grandma's Marathon">Grandma's Marathon</a> (from <a href="/wiki/Two_Harbors,_Minnesota" title="Two Harbors, Minnesota">Two Harbors</a> to <a href="/wiki/Duluth,_Minnesota" title="Duluth, Minnesota">Duluth</a>, founded 1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twin_Cities_Marathon" title="Twin Cities Marathon">Twin Cities Marathon</a> (from <a href="/wiki/Minneapolis" title="Minneapolis">Minneapolis</a> to <a href="/wiki/St._Paul,_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Paul, Minnesota">St. Paul</a>, founded 1982, but preceded by the Land of Lakes Marathon [1963–1975], the City of Lakes Marathon [1976–1981] and the St. Paul Marathon [1981]).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Med_City_Marathon" title="Med City Marathon">Med City Marathon</a> (in <a href="/wiki/Rochester,_Minnesota" title="Rochester, Minnesota">Rochester</a>, founded 1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mankato_Marathon" title="Mankato Marathon">Mankato Marathon</a> (in <a href="/wiki/Mankato,_Minnesota" title="Mankato, Minnesota">Mankato</a>, founded 2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Wobegon_Trail_Marathon" title="Lake Wobegon Trail Marathon">Lake Wobegon Trail Marathon</a> (on paved <a href="/wiki/Lake_Wobegon_Trails" title="Lake Wobegon Trails">trail</a> from <a href="/wiki/Holdingford,_Minnesota" title="Holdingford, Minnesota">Holdingford</a> to <a href="/wiki/St._Joseph,_Minnesota" title="St. Joseph, Minnesota">St. Joseph</a>, founded 2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Run_for_the_Lakes_Marathon" class="mw-redirect" title="Run for the Lakes Marathon">Run for the Lakes Marathon</a> (in <a href="/wiki/Nisswa,_Minnesota" title="Nisswa, Minnesota">Nisswa</a>, founded 2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bemidji_Blue_Ox_Marathon" title="Bemidji Blue Ox Marathon">Bemidji Blue Ox Marathon</a> (in <a href="/wiki/Bemidji,_Minnesota" title="Bemidji, Minnesota">Bemidji</a>, founded 2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ely_Marathon" title="Ely Marathon">Ely Marathon</a> (in <a href="/wiki/Ely,_Minnesota" title="Ely, Minnesota">Ely, Minnesota</a>, founded 2015)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="College">College</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: College"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The state of Minnesota has 27 schools competing in the <a href="/wiki/National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association" title="National Collegiate Athletic Association">National Collegiate Athletic Association</a> (NCAA). Minnesota is one of eleven US states that do not have a school listed as a <a href="/wiki/National_Association_of_Intercollegiate_Athletics" title="National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics">National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics</a> (NAIA) member,<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> though there are schools transitioning from the NAIA to the NCAA. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Division_I">Division I</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Division I"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:OSU-Minnesota-basketball-2005-02-17.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="in front of the stands, then team-captain and others discuss a dispute" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/OSU-Minnesota-basketball-2005-02-17.jpg/220px-OSU-Minnesota-basketball-2005-02-17.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/OSU-Minnesota-basketball-2005-02-17.jpg/330px-OSU-Minnesota-basketball-2005-02-17.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/OSU-Minnesota-basketball-2005-02-17.jpg/440px-OSU-Minnesota-basketball-2005-02-17.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1417" data-file-height="1000" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Golden_Gophers" title="Minnesota Golden Gophers">Minnesota Golden Gophers</a> at <a href="/wiki/Ohio_State_Buckeyes" title="Ohio State Buckeyes">Ohio State Buckeyes</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MNSTATE.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="runners nearly colliding as they round a bend, as observers look on" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/MNSTATE.jpg/220px-MNSTATE.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/MNSTATE.jpg/330px-MNSTATE.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/MNSTATE.jpg/440px-MNSTATE.jpg 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="465" /></a><figcaption>Minnesota state <a href="/wiki/Cross_country_running" title="Cross country running">Cross-country</a> meet</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/University_of_Minnesota" title="University of Minnesota">Minnesota</a> <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Golden_Gophers" title="Minnesota Golden Gophers">Golden Gophers</a> compete in <a href="/wiki/NCAA" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA">NCAA</a> Division I as members of the <a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" title="Big Ten Conference">Big Ten Conference</a> for all sports except women's hockey, which the Big Ten sponsors only for men. In women's hockey, the school is a member of the NCAA Division I <a href="/wiki/Western_Collegiate_Hockey_Association" title="Western Collegiate Hockey Association">Western Collegiate Hockey Association</a> (WCHA). The Golden Gophers have won 28 total national collegiate championships, including 7 in <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">football</a>, 5 in men's <a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey" title="Ice hockey">hockey</a>, 3 in <a href="/wiki/Baseball" title="Baseball">baseball</a>, 7 in women's hockey, 2 in men's <a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">basketball</a>, 1 in men's <a href="/wiki/Golf" title="Golf">golf</a>, 1 in men's <a href="/wiki/Track_and_field" title="Track and field">track and field</a>, and 3 in men's <a href="/wiki/Collegiate_wrestling" title="Collegiate wrestling">wrestling</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The entire list of collegiate national championships can be found <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Golden_Gophers#National_championships" title="Minnesota Golden Gophers">here</a>. The Golden Gophers have also won 178 conference titles. A list of notable former Golden Gophers can be found at <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Golden_Gophers#Notable_Gopher_athletes_and_coaches" title="Minnesota Golden Gophers">Minnesota Golden Gophers#Notable Gopher athletes and coaches</a>. </p><p>Four other universities in Minnesota also compete in NCAA Division I with teams competing nationally in ice hockey. The other Division I schools are <a href="/wiki/Bemidji_State_University" title="Bemidji State University">Bemidji State University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_State_University,_Mankato" title="Minnesota State University, Mankato">Minnesota State University, Mankato</a> (branded for sports purposes as Minnesota State), and <a href="/wiki/St._Cloud_State_University" title="St. Cloud State University">St. Cloud State University</a> and the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Minnesota_Duluth" title="University of Minnesota Duluth">University of Minnesota Duluth</a>. All of these universities field both men's and women's teams. All four currently compete on the women's side of the WCHA, but have differing homes for their men's teams. Bemidji State and Minnesota State also compete on the men's side of the WCHA, while Minnesota–Duluth and St. Cloud State compete in the <a href="/wiki/National_Collegiate_Hockey_Conference" title="National Collegiate Hockey Conference">National Collegiate Hockey Conference</a> (NCHC), which only operates a men's league. <a href="/wiki/Minnesota%E2%80%93Duluth_Bulldogs" class="mw-redirect" title="Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs">Duluth Bulldogs</a> have won five Division I championships in women's ice hockey and two Division I championships in men's ice hockey. After the 2020–21 season, Bemidji State and Minnesota State will leave the men's WCHA to become inaugural members of the second <a href="/wiki/Central_Collegiate_Hockey_Association" title="Central Collegiate Hockey Association">Central Collegiate Hockey Association</a> (CCHA). This league is the revival of a former Division I men's conference that had operated from 1971 to <a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%932014_NCAA_conference_realignment#Hockey" title="2010–2014 NCAA conference realignment">2013</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 2021, the <a href="/wiki/University_of_St._Thomas_(Minnesota)" title="University of St. Thomas (Minnesota)">University of St. Thomas</a> became the state's newest Division I school. The <a href="/wiki/St._Thomas_(Minnesota)_Tommies" title="St. Thomas (Minnesota) Tommies">Tommies</a> were expelled from their longtime <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_III" title="NCAA Division III">Division III</a> home of the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Intercollegiate_Athletic_Conference" title="Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference">Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference</a> (MIAC), effective with the end of the 2020–21 school year, due to perceptions by most of the other MIAC members that they had grown too strong for the conference.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> St. Thomas soon received an invitation from the <a href="/wiki/Summit_League" title="Summit League">Summit League</a>, a non-football Division I conference, to become a member effective upon its MIAC departure.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> St. Thomas eventually received a waiver of an NCAA rule mandating that Division III schools can only transition to Division II, allowing the school to move directly to D-I on the originally announced schedule.<sup id="cite_ref-UST_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UST-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Of the school's 21 varsity sports, 18 participate in the Summit League. The <a href="/wiki/St._Thomas_Tommies_football" title="St. Thomas Tommies football">football</a> team plays in the <a href="/wiki/Pioneer_Football_League" title="Pioneer Football League">Pioneer Football League</a>, a football-only conference that competes in the second level of D-I football, the <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Football_Championship_Subdivision" title="NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision">Football Championship Subdivision</a> (FCS), thereby becoming the state's first FCS member.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Men's hockey joined the revived CCHA,<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and women's hockey is in the WCHA.<sup id="cite_ref-UST_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UST-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Division_II">Division II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Division II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II" title="NCAA Division II">NCAA Division II</a> teams in Minnesota primarily compete in the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Sun_Intercollegiate_Conference" title="Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference">Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference</a> (NSIC). There are 9 Division II classified schools for the 2017–2018 year. The NSIC was founded in 1932 and joined the NCAA in 1992.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Teams competing in the NSIC are:<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bemidji_State_University" title="Bemidji State University">Bemidji State University</a> – <a href="/wiki/Bemidji_State_Beavers" title="Bemidji State Beavers">Beavers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Concordia_University_(Saint_Paul,_Minnesota)" class="mw-redirect" title="Concordia University (Saint Paul, Minnesota)">Concordia University, St. Paul</a> – <a href="/wiki/Concordia_Golden_Bears" title="Concordia Golden Bears">Golden Bears</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_State_University,_Mankato" title="Minnesota State University, Mankato">Minnesota State University, Mankato</a> – <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_State_Mavericks" title="Minnesota State Mavericks">Mavericks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_State_University_Moorhead" title="Minnesota State University Moorhead">Minnesota State University Moorhead</a> – <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_State_Moorhead_Dragons" class="mw-redirect" title="Minnesota State Moorhead Dragons">Dragons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southwest_Minnesota_State_University" title="Southwest Minnesota State University">Southwest Minnesota State University</a> – <a href="/wiki/Southwest_Minnesota_State_Mustangs" title="Southwest Minnesota State Mustangs">Mustangs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Cloud_State_University" title="St. Cloud State University">St. Cloud State University</a> – <a href="/wiki/St._Cloud_State_Huskies" title="St. Cloud State Huskies">Huskies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Minnesota_Crookston" title="University of Minnesota Crookston">University of Minnesota Crookston</a> – <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Crookston_Golden_Eagles" title="Minnesota Crookston Golden Eagles">Golden Eagles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Minnesota_Duluth" title="University of Minnesota Duluth">University of Minnesota Duluth</a> – <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Duluth_Bulldogs" title="Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs">Bulldogs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winona_State_University" title="Winona State University">Winona State University</a> – <a href="/wiki/Winona_State_Warriors" title="Winona State Warriors">Warriors</a></li></ul> <p>Bemidji State, Minnesota Duluth, Minnesota State, and St. Cloud State notably compete in Division I in men's and women's hockey. All four are members of the women's WCHA; Bemidji State and Minnesota State are also members of the men's WCHA but set to move to the new CCHA in 2021, with Minnesota–Duluth and St. Cloud State competing in the NCHC. Bemidji State University has won five NCAA Division II titles in men's hockey. Minnesota State has produced won 6 team and 49 individual national championships including men's hockey, women's softball. Minnesota Duluth has produced eight Division II and Division 1 titles, five in NCAA Division I Women's Hockey, one in NCAA Division I Men's Hockey, and two in NCAA Division II Football. Winona State has won two NCAA Division II in Men's Basketball titles. Concordia St. Paul has won nine NCAA Division II titles in Volleyball. Saint Cloud State was won two NCAA Division II titles in Wrestling. Minnesota Crookston, MSU Moorhead, and Southwest Minnesota State have not won any NCAA team titles.<sup id="cite_ref-NCAA_titles_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCAA_titles-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Division_III">Division III</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Division III"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_III" title="NCAA Division III">NCAA Division III</a> teams in Minnesota play in one of two leagues, the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Intercollegiate_Athletic_Conference" title="Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference">Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference</a> (MIAC) or the <a href="/wiki/Upper_Midwest_Athletic_Conference" title="Upper Midwest Athletic Conference">Upper Midwest Athletic Conference</a> (UMAC). </p><p>Teams competing in the MIAC:<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Augsburg_University" title="Augsburg University">Augsburg University</a> – Auggies</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethel_University_(Minnesota)" title="Bethel University (Minnesota)">Bethel University</a> – Royals</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carleton_College" title="Carleton College">Carleton College</a> – Knights</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Concordia_College,_Moorhead" class="mw-redirect" title="Concordia College, Moorhead">Concordia College, Moorhead</a> – Cobbers</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gustavus_Adolphus_College" title="Gustavus Adolphus College">Gustavus Adolphus College</a> – Gusties</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamline_University" title="Hamline University">Hamline University</a> – Pipers</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macalester_College" title="Macalester College">Macalester College</a> – Scots</li> <li><a href="/wiki/College_of_Saint_Benedict_and_Saint_John%27s_University" title="College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University">College of Saint Benedict</a> – Blazers (women only)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Catherine_University" title="St. Catherine University">St. Catherine University</a> – Wildcats (women only)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/College_of_Saint_Benedict_and_Saint_John%27s_University" title="College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University">St. John's University</a> – Johnnies (men only)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Mary%27s_University_of_Minnesota" title="Saint Mary's University of Minnesota">St. Mary's University</a> – Cardinals</li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Olaf_College" title="St. Olaf College">St. Olaf College</a> – Oles</li></ul> <p>The MIAC was founded in 1920.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Conference schools have won 30 total NCAA titles.<sup id="cite_ref-NCAA_titles_43-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCAA_titles-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Teams competing in the UMAC:<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bethany_Lutheran_College" title="Bethany Lutheran College">Bethany Lutheran College</a> – Vikings</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crown_College_(Minnesota)" title="Crown College (Minnesota)">Crown College</a> – Storm</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Luther_College" title="Martin Luther College">Martin Luther College</a> – Knights</li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Minnesota_Morris" title="University of Minnesota Morris">University of Minnesota Morris</a> – Cougars</li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Central_University" title="North Central University">North Central University</a> – Rams</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northwestern_College_(Minnesota)" class="mw-redirect" title="Northwestern College (Minnesota)">University of Northwestern - St. Paul</a> – Eagles</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_College_of_St._Scholastica" class="mw-redirect" title="The College of St. Scholastica">College of St. Scholastica</a> – Saints <ul><li>St. Scholastica will leave the UMAC after the 2020–21 school year and replace St. Thomas in the MIAC.</li></ul></li></ul> <p>The UMAC was founded in 1972.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The conference became an active NCAA Division III conference July 1, 2008. There are nine full members, seven from Minnesota. All seven Minnesota members are full Division III members. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Olympians_from_Minnesota">Olympians from Minnesota</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Olympians from Minnesota"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The United States hockey team won the <a href="/wiki/Winter_Olympic_Games" title="Winter Olympic Games">Olympic</a> gold medal for <a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey_at_the_1980_Winter_Olympics" title="Ice hockey at the 1980 Winter Olympics">ice hockey in 1980</a>, coached by Minnesota native <a href="/wiki/Herb_Brooks" title="Herb Brooks">Herb Brooks</a>. Eleven of the twenty players on the roster were from Minnesota.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2014)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The team beat the long-dominant Soviet team in what has been called the <a href="/wiki/Miracle_on_Ice" title="Miracle on Ice">Miracle on Ice</a>, and went on to win the gold medal by defeating Finland. </p><p>The 1960 United States hockey team won the <a href="/wiki/Winter_Olympic_Games" title="Winter Olympic Games">Olympic</a> gold medal in the 1960 Winter Olympics. Six of the 18 members of that team were from Minnesota.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2014)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The team beat the Canadian ice hockey team in the final game to secure the gold medal. A substantial number of players on the 1956 Olympic silver medal hockey team came from Minnesota.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2014)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The 1948 Winter Olympics had a native Thief River Falls, MN member on the team. The majority of players on the 1972 Olympic silver medal hockey team came from Minnesota.<sup id="cite_ref-Caraccioli_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Caraccioli-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/2006_Winter_Olympics" title="2006 Winter Olympics">2006 Winter Olympics</a>, both the bronze medal <a href="/wiki/Pete_Fenson" title="Pete Fenson">U.S. men's</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Cassandra_Potter" title="Cassandra Potter">women's</a> <a href="/wiki/Curling" title="Curling">curling</a> teams came from the <a href="/wiki/Bemidji_Curling_Club" title="Bemidji Curling Club">Bemidji Curling Club</a>. </p><p>Bloomington native <a href="/wiki/Tom_Malchow" title="Tom Malchow">Tom Malchow</a> won a gold medal at the <a href="/wiki/2000_Summer_Olympics" title="2000 Summer Olympics">2000 Summer Olympics</a> and a silver medal at the <a href="/wiki/1996_Summer_Olympics" title="1996 Summer Olympics">1996 Summer Olympics</a> in swimming. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Carrie_Tollefson" title="Carrie Tollefson">Carrie Tollefson</a> was on the <a href="/wiki/2004_Summer_Olympic" class="mw-redirect" title="2004 Summer Olympic">2004 Summer Olympic</a> team as a distance runner and ranked 5th in 2006. </p><p>Minnesota was well represented in the <a href="/wiki/2008_Summer_Olympics" title="2008 Summer Olympics">2008 Summer Olympics</a> in Beijing,<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> including <a href="/wiki/Sada_Jacobson" title="Sada Jacobson">Sada Jacobson</a> (Rochester, Minnesota) already had won the bronze medal in the <a href="/wiki/2004_Summer_Olympic" class="mw-redirect" title="2004 Summer Olympic">2004 Summer Olympic</a> games in <a href="/wiki/Sabre_(fencing)" title="Sabre (fencing)">sabre</a> <a href="/wiki/Fencing" title="Fencing">fencing</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Lynx" title="Minnesota Lynx">Minnesota Lynx</a> players were part of six consecutive and eight overall victories in women's <a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">basketball</a>. <a href="/wiki/Seimone_Augustus" title="Seimone Augustus">Seimone Augustus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sylvia_Fowles" title="Sylvia Fowles">Sylvia Fowles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maya_Moore" title="Maya Moore">Maya Moore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lindsay_Whalen" title="Lindsay Whalen">Lindsay Whalen</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Katie_Smith" title="Katie Smith">Katie Smith</a> were among those who earned Team USA their gold medals.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Gymnast <a href="/wiki/Sunisa_Lee" title="Sunisa Lee">Sunisa Lee</a> competed in the <a href="/wiki/2020_Summer_Olympics" title="2020 Summer Olympics">2020 Summer Olympics</a> and the <a href="/wiki/2024_Summer_Olympics" title="2024 Summer Olympics">2024 Summer Olympics</a>, winning a total of 6 medals, including 2 golds. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Amateur_sports">Amateur sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Amateur sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Baseball_2">Baseball</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Baseball"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Summer collegiate baseball is present in Minnesota with the SCBA-sanctioned <a href="/wiki/Northwoods_League" title="Northwoods League">Northwoods League</a>. All players in the league must have <a href="/wiki/NCAA" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA">NCAA</a> eligibility remaining in order to participate, and therefore are not paid. Minnesota's Northwoods League teams are the <a href="/wiki/Duluth_Huskies" title="Duluth Huskies">Duluth Huskies</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mankato_Moondogs" class="mw-redirect" title="Mankato Moondogs">Mankato Moondogs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rochester_Honkers" title="Rochester Honkers">Rochester Honkers</a>, <a href="/wiki/St._Cloud_Rox_(collegiate_summer_baseball)" title="St. Cloud Rox (collegiate summer baseball)">St. Cloud Rox</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Willmar_Stingers" title="Willmar Stingers">Willmar Stingers</a>. The Northwoods League Offices are located in <a href="/wiki/Rochester,_Minnesota" title="Rochester, Minnesota">Rochester, Minnesota</a>. There are also Northwoods League teams operating in <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin" title="Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iowa" title="Iowa">Iowa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ontario" title="Ontario">Ontario</a>, Canada. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Fargo-Moorhead_RedHawks" title="Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks">Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks</a> are an American Association team founded in 1996 and based in Fargo, North Dakota. While not primarily based in Minnesota the team also includes fans from <a href="/wiki/Moorhead,_Minnesota" title="Moorhead, Minnesota">Moorhead, Minnesota</a>. They won five Northern League titles in 1998, 2003, 2006, 2009 and 2010 (the last year of the league).<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Curling_stones.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="two yellow and one red curling stones on red, white and blue ice" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Curling_stones.jpg/220px-Curling_stones.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Curling_stones.jpg/330px-Curling_stones.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/Curling_stones.jpg 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="300" /></a><figcaption>Curling Stones</figcaption></figure><p>Other <a href="/wiki/Minor_League_Baseball" title="Minor League Baseball">Minor League Baseball</a> teams associated with Minnesota include the <a href="/wiki/Rochester_Red_Wings" title="Rochester Red Wings">Rochester Red Wings</a> (AAA), the <a href="/wiki/New_Britain_Rock_Cats" title="New Britain Rock Cats">New Britain Rock Cats</a> (AA), the <a href="/wiki/Fort_Myers_Miracle" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Myers Miracle">Fort Myers Miracles</a> (High-A), the <a href="/wiki/Cedar_Rapids_Kernels" title="Cedar Rapids Kernels">Cedar Rapids Kernels</a> (Low-A), the <a href="/wiki/Elizabethton_Twins" title="Elizabethton Twins">Elizabethton Twins</a> (Rookie), the DSL Twins<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of the <a href="/wiki/Dominican_Summer_League" title="Dominican Summer League">Dominican Summer League</a>, and <a href="/wiki/GCL_Twins" class="mw-redirect" title="GCL Twins">GCL Twins</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_Coast_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Gulf Coast League">Gulf Coast League</a>, all sponsored by the Minnesota Twins. </p><p><a href="/wiki/American_Legion_baseball" class="mw-redirect" title="American Legion baseball">American Legion baseball</a> is played throughout the state in summer. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Golf_2">Golf</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Golf"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Minnesota has more golfers per capita than any state in the U.S.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hazeltine National Golf Club played host to the 2006 <a href="/wiki/U.S._Amateur" title="U.S. Amateur">U.S. Amateur</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Curling">Curling</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Curling"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In addition to the <a href="/wiki/Bemidji_Curling_Club" title="Bemidji Curling Club">Bemidji Curling Club</a> whose members competed in the 2006 Winter Olympics, there are over two dozen <a href="/wiki/Curling" title="Curling">curling</a> <a href="/wiki/List_of_curling_clubs_in_the_United_States#Minnesota" title="List of curling clubs in the United States">clubs</a> in the state. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Roller_derby">Roller derby</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Roller derby"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Twin Cities is home to <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Roller_Derby" title="Minnesota Roller Derby">Minnesota Roller Derby</a> (Saint Paul), <a href="/wiki/North_Star_Roller_Derby" title="North Star Roller Derby">North Star Roller Derby</a> (Minneapolis) and Twin Cities Roller Derby (Minneapolis), as well as two junior derby leagues, Minnesota Junior Roller Derby (MNJRD) and Minnesota Frostbite. </p><p><b>Minnesota Roller Derby</b> was founded in 2004 as the Minnesota RollerGirls, and were the fourth flat-track league to host a bout. Their venue for the first season was a roller rink in a northern Minneapolis suburb. After selling out all four bouts in their first season, they were approached by the City of <a href="/wiki/Saint_Paul,_Minnesota" title="Saint Paul, Minnesota">Saint Paul</a>, which connected them with the <a href="/wiki/Roy_Wilkins_Auditorium" title="Roy Wilkins Auditorium">Roy Wilkins Auditorium</a>, part of the <a href="/wiki/RiverCentre" title="RiverCentre">RiverCentre</a> Complex, making them the first modern roller derby league to play in a professional sports venue, and their first sellout set the modern roller derby attendance record of 4,900 (which was beaten the next month by the <a href="/wiki/Rat_City_Rollergirls" class="mw-redirect" title="Rat City Rollergirls">Rat City Rollergirls</a> of <a href="/wiki/Seattle,_Washington" class="mw-redirect" title="Seattle, Washington">Seattle</a>, who had recently begun playing in the 15,000-seat <a href="/wiki/KeyArena" class="mw-redirect" title="KeyArena">KeyArena</a>). The Minnesota RollerGirls are founding members of the Women's Flat-Track Derby Association (<a href="/wiki/WFTDA" class="mw-redirect" title="WFTDA">WFTDA</a>), the main governing body for flat track roller derby, and have advanced to the WFTDA Championships in 2006, 2010, 2011, and 2012. Minnesota Roller Derby's training organization includes the adult training team <b>Minnesota Windchill</b> (formerly Debu-Taunts) and junior training team <b>Minnesota Frostbite</b>. </p><p><b>North Star Roller Derby</b> was founded in 2006 as North Star Roller Girls, and played in a roller rink for two seasons before moving to the <a href="/wiki/Minneapolis_Convention_Center" title="Minneapolis Convention Center">Minneapolis Convention Center</a>. They joined the WFTDA in 2009, and competed in the North Central Regional Tournament in 2009 and 2010. In 2015, their primary venue changed to the Lee and Rose Warner Coliseum at the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_State_Fairgrounds" class="mw-redirect" title="Minnesota State Fairgrounds">Minnesota State Fairgrounds</a>, where they remain. Their secondary venues include <a href="/wiki/Canterbury_Park" title="Canterbury Park">Canterbury Park</a> in <a href="/wiki/Shakopee,_Minnesota" title="Shakopee, Minnesota">Shakopee, Minnesota</a> and the Minneapolis Convention Center. The league rebranded to North Star Roller Derby in 2017. </p><p><b>TCRD</b> and MNJRD play in various venues around the Twin Cities. Twin Cities Roller Derby was founded in 2009 as Minnesota Men's Roller Derby, and rebranded in 2018. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Soccer_2">Soccer</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Soccer"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Every year in summer (generally in July) at <a href="/wiki/Blaine,_Minnesota" title="Blaine, Minnesota">Blaine's</a> <a href="/wiki/National_Sports_Center" title="National Sports Center">National Sports Center</a> the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.usacup.org">Schwan's USA CUP</a> is played. It is the largest international youth soccer tournament in North America with over 1,000 teams and participants from 22 countries.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/National_Premier_Soccer_League" title="National Premier Soccer League">National Premier Soccer League</a> expanded into Minnesota with a new division within the Midwest Conference called the NPSL North. This new division incorporates existing NPSL teams with expansion sides. NPSL North incorporates teams from the Minnesota as well as <a href="/wiki/North_Dakota" title="North Dakota">North Dakota</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Dakota" title="South Dakota">South Dakota</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin" title="Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a>. Minnesota teams include <a href="/wiki/Duluth_FC" title="Duluth FC">Duluth FC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minneapolis_City_SC" title="Minneapolis City SC">Minneapolis City SC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twin_Stars" title="Minnesota Twin Stars">Minnesota Twin Stars FC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rochester_Med_City_FC" class="mw-redirect" title="Rochester Med City FC">Rochester Med City FC</a>, and Viejos Son Los Trapos FC. The Inaugural season of NPSL North kicked off in 2017 with 8 teams. </p><p>Formed in 1953, the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Amateur_Soccer_League" title="Minnesota Amateur Soccer League">Minnesota Amateur Soccer League</a> is one of several adult amateur soccer leagues in the state. MASL is considered the top sanctioned adult league, which features four divisions using the promotion-relegation system. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bandy_2">Bandy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Bandy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Bandy" title="Bandy">Bandy</a> in the USA is almost exclusively a Minnesota sport.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All league matches are played on the largest artificial ice surface of the <a href="/wiki/Western_Hemisphere" title="Western Hemisphere">Western Hemisphere</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guidant_John_Rose_Minnesota_Oval" title="Guidant John Rose Minnesota Oval">Guidant John Rose Minnesota Oval</a> in <a href="/wiki/Roseville,_Minnesota" title="Roseville, Minnesota">Roseville</a>, venue of the <a href="/wiki/1995_Bandy_World_Championship" title="1995 Bandy World Championship">1995 Bandy World Championship</a> and the <a href="/wiki/2006_Women%27s_Bandy_World_Championship" title="2006 Women's Bandy World Championship">2006 Women's Bandy World Championship</a> and <a href="/wiki/2016_Women%27s_Bandy_World_Championship" title="2016 Women's Bandy World Championship">2016 Women's Bandy World Championship</a>, even by the team from <a href="/wiki/Duluth,_Minnesota" title="Duluth, Minnesota">Duluth</a>. Also <a href="/wiki/Rink_bandy" title="Rink bandy">rink bandy</a> competitions are organized. The <a href="/wiki/United_States_national_bandy_team" class="mw-redirect" title="United States national bandy team">United States national bandy team</a> is typically the 6th or the 7th best team in the world, thus often having finished either last in Group A or winning Group B of the <a href="/wiki/Bandy_World_Championship" title="Bandy World Championship">Bandy World Championship</a>. At the <a href="/wiki/2012_Bandy_World_Championship" title="2012 Bandy World Championship">2012 tournament</a> they were praised for being better than ever before. However, it was not enough to avoid being relegated to Group B. With an increasing number of participating countries, from the <a href="/wiki/2014_Bandy_World_Championship" title="2014 Bandy World Championship">2014 tournament</a> there are 8 countries in Group A, almost securing USA a permanent place for the foreseeable future. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160303171646/http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/min/history/timeline1.jsp">"Twins Timeline"</a>. 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href="/wiki/Minnesota_State_Mavericks_men%27s_ice_hockey" title="Minnesota State Mavericks men's ice hockey">men's</a> and <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_State_Mavericks_women%27s_ice_hockey" title="Minnesota State Mavericks women's ice hockey">women's</a> ice hockey)</dd> <dd>St. Cloud State Huskies (<a href="/wiki/St._Cloud_State_Huskies_men%27s_ice_hockey" title="St. Cloud State Huskies men's ice hockey">men's</a> and <a href="/wiki/St._Cloud_State_Huskies_women%27s_ice_hockey" title="St. Cloud State Huskies women's ice hockey">women's</a> ice hockey)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/St._Thomas_(Minnesota)_Tommies" title="St. Thomas (Minnesota) Tommies">St. Thomas Tommies</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II" title="NCAA Division II">NCAA<br />Division II</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sports_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="Sports in Illinois">Illinois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_in_Indiana" title="Sports in Indiana">Indiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_in_Iowa" class="mw-redirect" title="Sports in Iowa">Iowa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_in_Kansas" class="mw-redirect" title="Sports in Kansas">Kansas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_in_Michigan" class="mw-redirect" title="Sports in Michigan">Michigan</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Minnesota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_in_Missouri" title="Sports in Missouri">Missouri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_in_Nebraska" class="mw-redirect" title="Sports in Nebraska">Nebraska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_in_North_Dakota" class="mw-redirect" title="Sports in North Dakota">North Dakota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_in_Ohio" title="Sports in Ohio">Ohio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_in_South_Dakota" class="mw-redirect" title="Sports in South Dakota">South Dakota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_in_Wisconsin" title="Sports in Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Northeastern_United_States#Sports" title="Northeastern United States">Northeast</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sports_in_Connecticut" class="mw-redirect" title="Sports in Connecticut">Connecticut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_in_Delaware" class="mw-redirect" title="Sports in Delaware">Delaware</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_in_Maine" class="mw-redirect" title="Sports in Maine">Maine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_in_Maryland" title="Sports in Maryland">Maryland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_in_Massachusetts" title="Sports 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navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sports_in_Alabama" class="mw-redirect" title="Sports in Alabama">Alabama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_in_Arkansas" class="mw-redirect" title="Sports in Arkansas">Arkansas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_in_Florida" title="Sports in Florida">Florida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_in_Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Sports in Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_in_Kentucky" title="Sports in Kentucky">Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_sports_teams_in_Louisiana" title="List of sports teams in Louisiana">Louisiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_in_Mississippi" class="mw-redirect" title="Sports in Mississippi">Mississippi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_in_North_Carolina" title="Sports in North Carolina">North Carolina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_in_Oklahoma" class="mw-redirect" title="Sports in Oklahoma">Oklahoma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_in_South_Carolina" title="Sports in South Carolina">South Carolina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_in_Tennessee" class="mw-redirect" title="Sports in Tennessee">Tennessee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_in_Texas" title="Sports in Texas">Texas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_teams_in_Virginia" title="Sports teams in Virginia">Virginia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_in_West_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="Sports in West Virginia">West Virginia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">West</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sports_in_Alaska" class="mw-redirect" title="Sports in Alaska">Alaska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_in_Arizona" title="Sports in Arizona">Arizona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_in_California" title="Sports in California">California</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_in_Colorado" title="Sports in Colorado">Colorado</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_in_Hawaii" class="mw-redirect" title="Sports in Hawaii">Hawaii</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_in_Idaho" class="mw-redirect" title="Sports in Idaho">Idaho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_in_Montana" class="mw-redirect" title="Sports in Montana">Montana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_in_Nevada" class="mw-redirect" title="Sports in Nevada">Nevada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_in_New_Mexico" class="mw-redirect" title="Sports in New Mexico">New Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_in_Oregon" class="mw-redirect" title="Sports in Oregon">Oregon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_professional_sports_teams_in_Utah" title="List of professional sports teams in Utah">Utah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_in_Washington_(state)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sports in Washington (state)">Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_in_Wyoming" class="mw-redirect" title="Sports in Wyoming">Wyoming</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Territories</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sports_in_American_Samoa" title="Sports in American Samoa">American Samoa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_in_Guam" class="mw-redirect" title="Sports in Guam">Guam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_in_the_Northern_Mariana_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Sports in the Northern Mariana Islands">Northern Mariana Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_in_Puerto_Rico" title="Sports in Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_in_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Sports in the United States Virgin Islands">U.S. Virgin Islands</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Major team sports</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_football_in_the_United_States" title="American football in the United States">American football</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NFL" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL">NFL</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baseball_in_the_United_States" title="Baseball in the United States">Baseball</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/MLB" class="mw-redirect" title="MLB">MLB</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_in_the_United_States" title="Basketball in the United States">Basketball</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NBA" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA">NBA</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey_in_the_United_States" title="Ice hockey in the United States">Ice hockey</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NHL" class="mw-redirect" title="NHL">NHL</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_the_United_States" title="Rugby union in the United States">Rugby</a> 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States">Boxing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bull_riding" title="Bull riding">Bull riding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golf_in_the_United_States" title="Golf in the United States">Golf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gymnastics_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Gymnastics in the United States">Gymnastics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horse_racing_in_the_United_States" title="Horse racing in the United States">Horse racing</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thoroughbred_racing_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Thoroughbred racing in the United States">Thoroughbred</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harness_racing_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Harness racing in the United States">Harness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steeplechase_(horse_racing)#United_States" title="Steeplechase (horse racing)">Steeplechase</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ice_skating_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Ice skating in the United States">Ice skating</a></li> <li><a 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(<a href="/wiki/Climate_change_in_Minnesota" title="Climate change in Minnesota">Climate change</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_colleges_and_universities_in_Minnesota" title="List of colleges and universities in Minnesota">Colleges and universities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minnesota%27s_congressional_districts" title="Minnesota's congressional districts">Congressional districts</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_congressional_delegations_from_Minnesota" title="United States congressional delegations from Minnesota">Delegations</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Natural_history_of_Minnesota" title="Natural history of Minnesota">Ecology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Minnesota" title="Geography of Minnesota">Geography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geology_of_Minnesota" title="Geology of Minnesota">Geology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Minnesota" title="Governor of Minnesota">Governor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_hiking_trails_in_Minnesota" title="List of hiking trails in Minnesota">Hiking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Historic_Landmarks_in_Minnesota" title="List of National Historic Landmarks in Minnesota">Historical Landmarks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Minnesota" title="History of Minnesota">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_reservations_in_Minnesota" title="List of Indian reservations in Minnesota">Indian reservations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lakes_of_Minnesota" title="List of lakes of Minnesota">Lakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Legislature" title="Minnesota Legislature">Legislature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Minnesota" title="Local government in Minnesota">Local government</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_townships_in_Minnesota" title="List of townships in Minnesota">Townships</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_people_from_Minnesota" title="List of people from Minnesota">People</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Minnesota" title="List of political parties in Minnesota">Political parties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_Minnesota" title="List of rivers of Minnesota">Rivers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_school_districts_in_Minnesota" title="List of school districts in Minnesota">School districts</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_high_schools_in_Minnesota" title="List of high schools in Minnesota">High schools</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scouting_in_Minnesota" title="Scouting in Minnesota">Scouting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_State_Fair" title="Minnesota State Fair">State fair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Statutes" title="Minnesota Statutes">Statutes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Minnesota_state_parks" title="List of Minnesota state parks">State parks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Minnesota_state_symbols" title="List of Minnesota state symbols">Symbols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Territory" title="Minnesota Territory">Territory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Tourist_attractions_in_Minnesota" title="Category:Tourist attractions in Minnesota">Tourist attractions</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mall_of_America" title="Mall of America">Mall of America</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transportation_in_Minnesota" title="Transportation in Minnesota">Transportation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Society</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abortion_in_Minnesota" title="Abortion in Minnesota">Abortion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Minnesota" title="Culture of Minnesota">Culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crime_in_Minnesota" title="Crime in Minnesota">Crime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Minnesota" title="Demographics of Minnesota">Demographics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Minnesota" title="Economy of Minnesota">Economy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_Minnesota" title="Education in Minnesota">Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homelessness_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="Homelessness in Minnesota">Homelessness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_of_Minnesota" title="Law of Minnesota">Law</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cannabis_in_Minnesota" title="Cannabis in Minnesota">Cannabis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Minnesota" title="Gun laws in Minnesota">Guns</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Minnesota">LGBT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_television_shows_and_movies_in_Minnesota" title="List of television shows and movies in Minnesota">Movies and TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Minnesota" title="Music of Minnesota">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_Minnesota" title="List of newspapers in Minnesota">Newspapers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Minnesota" title="Politics of Minnesota">Politics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Minnesota" title="Religion in Minnesota">Religion</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Sports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theater_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="Theater in Minnesota">Theater</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Minnesota#Regions" title="Geography of Minnesota">Regions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arrowhead_Region" title="Arrowhead Region">Arrowhead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boundary_Waters" title="Boundary Waters">Boundary Waters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Ridge" title="Buffalo Ridge">Buffalo Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Minnesota" title="Central Minnesota">Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coteau_des_Prairies" title="Coteau des Prairies">Coteau des Prairies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dissected_Till_Plains" title="Dissected Till Plains">Dissected Till Plains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Driftless_Area" title="Driftless Area">Driftless Area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iron_Range" title="Iron Range">Iron Range</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_River" title="Minnesota River">Minnesota River Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Shore_(Lake_Superior)" title="North Shore (Lake Superior)">North Shore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northwest_Angle" title="Northwest Angle">Northwest Angle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laurentian_Mixed_Forest_Province" title="Laurentian Mixed Forest Province">North Woods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pipestone_Region" class="mw-redirect" title="Pipestone Region">Pipestone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_River_Valley" title="Red River Valley">Red River Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siouxland" title="Siouxland">Siouxland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southeast_Minnesota" title="Southeast Minnesota">Southeast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minneapolis%E2%80%93Saint_Paul" title="Minneapolis–Saint Paul">Twin Cities metropolitan area</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Minnesota" title="List of cities in Minnesota">Largest cities<br />pop. over 25,000</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Andover,_Minnesota" title="Andover, Minnesota">Andover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apple_Valley,_Minnesota" title="Apple Valley, Minnesota">Apple Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austin,_Minnesota" title="Austin, Minnesota">Austin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blaine,_Minnesota" title="Blaine, Minnesota">Blaine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bloomington,_Minnesota" title="Bloomington, Minnesota">Bloomington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Center,_Minnesota" title="Brooklyn Center, Minnesota">Brooklyn Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Park,_Minnesota" title="Brooklyn Park, Minnesota">Brooklyn Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burnsville,_Minnesota" title="Burnsville, Minnesota">Burnsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chanhassen,_Minnesota" title="Chanhassen, Minnesota">Chanhassen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaska,_Minnesota" title="Chaska, Minnesota">Chaska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coon_Rapids,_Minnesota" title="Coon Rapids, Minnesota">Coon Rapids</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cottage_Grove,_Minnesota" title="Cottage Grove, Minnesota">Cottage Grove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duluth,_Minnesota" title="Duluth, Minnesota">Duluth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eagan,_Minnesota" title="Eagan, Minnesota">Eagan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eden_Prairie,_Minnesota" title="Eden Prairie, Minnesota">Eden Prairie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edina,_Minnesota" title="Edina, Minnesota">Edina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elk_River,_Minnesota" title="Elk River, Minnesota">Elk River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fridley,_Minnesota" title="Fridley, Minnesota">Fridley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inver_Grove_Heights,_Minnesota" title="Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota">Inver Grove Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakeville,_Minnesota" title="Lakeville, Minnesota">Lakeville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mankato,_Minnesota" title="Mankato, Minnesota">Mankato</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maple_Grove,_Minnesota" title="Maple Grove, Minnesota">Maple Grove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maplewood,_Minnesota" title="Maplewood, Minnesota">Maplewood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minneapolis" title="Minneapolis">Minneapolis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minnetonka,_Minnesota" title="Minnetonka, Minnesota">Minnetonka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moorhead,_Minnesota" title="Moorhead, Minnesota">Moorhead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oakdale,_Minnesota" title="Oakdale, Minnesota">Oakdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Owatonna,_Minnesota" title="Owatonna, Minnesota">Owatonna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plymouth,_Minnesota" title="Plymouth, Minnesota">Plymouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prior_Lake,_Minnesota" title="Prior Lake, Minnesota">Prior Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramsey,_Minnesota" title="Ramsey, Minnesota">Ramsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richfield,_Minnesota" title="Richfield, Minnesota">Richfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rochester,_Minnesota" title="Rochester, Minnesota">Rochester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosemount,_Minnesota" title="Rosemount, Minnesota">Rosemount</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roseville,_Minnesota" title="Roseville, Minnesota">Roseville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Cloud,_Minnesota" title="St. Cloud, Minnesota">St. Cloud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Park,_Minnesota" title="St. Louis Park, Minnesota">St. Louis Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Paul,_Minnesota" title="Saint Paul, Minnesota">Saint Paul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Savage,_Minnesota" title="Savage, Minnesota">Savage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shakopee,_Minnesota" title="Shakopee, Minnesota">Shakopee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shoreview,_Minnesota" title="Shoreview, Minnesota">Shoreview</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winona,_Minnesota" title="Winona, Minnesota">Winona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woodbury,_Minnesota" title="Woodbury, Minnesota">Woodbury</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Minnesota" title="List of counties in Minnesota">Counties</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aitkin_County,_Minnesota" title="Aitkin County, Minnesota">Aitkin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anoka_County,_Minnesota" title="Anoka County, Minnesota">Anoka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Becker_County,_Minnesota" title="Becker County, Minnesota">Becker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beltrami_County,_Minnesota" title="Beltrami County, Minnesota">Beltrami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benton_County,_Minnesota" title="Benton County, Minnesota">Benton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_Stone_County,_Minnesota" title="Big Stone County, Minnesota">Big Stone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Earth_County,_Minnesota" title="Blue Earth County, Minnesota">Blue Earth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brown_County,_Minnesota" title="Brown County, Minnesota">Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlton_County,_Minnesota" title="Carlton County, Minnesota">Carlton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carver_County,_Minnesota" title="Carver County, Minnesota">Carver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cass_County,_Minnesota" title="Cass County, Minnesota">Cass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chippewa_County,_Minnesota" title="Chippewa County, Minnesota">Chippewa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chisago_County,_Minnesota" title="Chisago County, Minnesota">Chisago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clay_County,_Minnesota" title="Clay County, Minnesota">Clay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clearwater_County,_Minnesota" title="Clearwater County, Minnesota">Clearwater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cook_County,_Minnesota" title="Cook County, Minnesota">Cook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cottonwood_County,_Minnesota" title="Cottonwood County, Minnesota">Cottonwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crow_Wing_County,_Minnesota" title="Crow Wing County, Minnesota">Crow Wing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dakota_County,_Minnesota" title="Dakota County, Minnesota">Dakota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dodge_County,_Minnesota" title="Dodge County, Minnesota">Dodge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_County,_Minnesota" title="Douglas County, Minnesota">Douglas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Faribault_County,_Minnesota" title="Faribault County, Minnesota">Faribault</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fillmore_County,_Minnesota" title="Fillmore County, Minnesota">Fillmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freeborn_County,_Minnesota" title="Freeborn County, Minnesota">Freeborn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goodhue_County,_Minnesota" title="Goodhue County, Minnesota">Goodhue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grant_County,_Minnesota" title="Grant County, Minnesota">Grant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hennepin_County,_Minnesota" title="Hennepin County, Minnesota">Hennepin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houston_County,_Minnesota" title="Houston County, Minnesota">Houston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hubbard_County,_Minnesota" title="Hubbard County, Minnesota">Hubbard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isanti_County,_Minnesota" title="Isanti County, Minnesota">Isanti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Itasca_County,_Minnesota" title="Itasca County, Minnesota">Itasca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson_County,_Minnesota" title="Jackson County, Minnesota">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanabec_County,_Minnesota" title="Kanabec County, Minnesota">Kanabec</a></li> <li><a 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