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Virtually back

Just a brief note to acknowledge the presence of  Lucas Daunhauer  for Fusion in the  Lower League E-Cup  FIFA 20 tourney. His name wasn't on the squad list released a while back, but his bio says he is a Fusion player. He's a keeper so I guess he was chosen to take over from Steven Harris. 🤷🏻‍♂️

The men's squad that could've been

First off, the fact that the season has been cancelled sucks, but Fusion put out a public shout out to the men who had successfully tried out for the NPSL club. So here is the background I found: Returnees Austin Shafer (Jamestown, ND - Montana State Billings) Jacob Grosvenor (Christchurch, NZ - University of Jamestown, ND) Faiz Musa (Des Moines, IA/ Sudan - Marshalltown Community College, IA) Hartrick Tarr (Grand Forks, ND - Northwestern College, IA) Mach Chuol (Des Moines, IA - Marshalltown CC) Nigaba Olivier (West Fargo - Concordia College) New Locals High School Colton Altringer (Jamestown, ND, University of Jamestown) Jacob Holtz (Bismarck, ND - MT Billings) Noah Schmidt  (Minot, ND) Telvin Vah  (West Fargo - Concordia College) Gatorade High School Player of the Year 2018/19 College Kevin Ndeti (Nairobi, Kenya - U of J) Ruben Zapeda (Puebla, Mexico - U of J) Samuel Adama (London, England - U of J) Sondre Rygg (Trondheim, Norway - Conco...

Sports on pause

As I recover from a Matrixectomy, news emerged that NPSL at the national level has  canceled  its 2020 Spring season.  The FAQs attached to the announcement offer more hope and some clubs have already declared their intention to play some  games this season. Closer to home, new NPSL North member Milwaukee Torrent has canceled its own men's and women's seasons. WPSL now dangles out on a limb, with no announcement from that league and therefore a schedule for WPSL North (and Fusion women's) is still scheduled to go ahead - at time of publication. Stay tuned.