On Saturday June 19, US Women's National Team coach Wayne Kraska announced the team selected to represent the US in the 49th Parallel Cup against Canada on July 31 and Aug 1.  4 Minnesota players were selected: Kathryn Hogg and Marie LaVictoire who play for the US Freedom in their 2009 Tour of Australia.  Vanessa Kahn and Becky Kraft will be making their debut for the national team in Toronto.

Congratulations to all the Freeze players who tried out for the national team.

The Minnesota Freeze practices every Saturday morning at 9AM at the Nokomis fields in Minneapolis - see map.
Practice will not occur on Saturdays when the Freeze is playing other teams (see 2010 schedule for those dates).
Practice will not occur on Saturday, July 3.

Scott Johnson has accepted the position of Head Coach for the 2010 season.  Mr Johnson says

It is an absolute honor to be appointed Head Coach of this wonderful club. After a difficult 2009 campaign, met by personnel changes, injuries and indifferent form, 2010 is shaping up as the year that the Minnesota Freeze puts it's stamp back on the competition, as one of the teams to watch out for. Heading into 2010 we will be putting an emphasis on recruiting new talent as well as retention and improvement of our current list.

The entire Freeze organization is excited and looking forward to Scott's coaching. Read more »

The Minnesota Freeze are proud to announce the 2010 Board of Directors:

• President: Brian Driscoll
• Vice Pres: Ryan Evans
• Sec: Jim Dykstra
• Treasurer: Jim Chapple
• Women's: Marie LaVictoire
• Member-At-Large: Kurt Mehlhoff
• Member-At-Large: Steven Rouse
• Head Coach: Scott Johnson

The Freeze thanks departing Board Members Chris Secrest, Dale Williams, Kathryn Hogg,  Jason Becker, Mary Evans, and Tony Davis for their service to the club. Read more »

The Minnesota Freeze women's players capped off a very successful season by winning the 2009 US Australian Football Women's National Championship.  The Freeze women combine with the Milwaukee Lady Bombers.  Representing Minnesota at Nationals are Kathryn Hogg competing in her 5th Nationals (plus 2 exhibition matches), Marie LaVictoire competing in her 2nd, and rookie Tara Byers. 

ABC Stateline in Australia featured Minnesota Freeze members Andrew Werner and Brent Mergen in a piece about the USAFL players competing in WA Country Footy leagues.

MN Freeze,

G'day everybody! I hope everyone is doing well back home and excited for nationals. This is actually my last day in Mt. Barker, Western Australia before I begin my long journey home. We finished up our footy season in fourth place in Great Southern Football League (GSFL) and it was a really fun season. We won a few games along the way and it was pretty cool because I was able to notice some improvement from week to week in how I played. I'm excited to get back and help the team out with training sessions and bringing a few new drills back. I'm especially excited for nationals too. I'm looking forward to catching up with everybody in the club and hearing about the MN Freeze's season and all of the crazy stories from the year as well.

Saturday saw the Freeze make the return leg of the Milwaukee home and away series.
Both teams have been struggling of late with injuries and players on international travel, and a good indication of that was seen when Milwaukee's "Plugger" and Minnesota's "Diesel" both started in the center square, effectively lifting the average age of each team to 75. Not a good sign for any team.

Under overcast but hot conditions, Milwaukee won the toss and elected to kick downhill and with the breeze to start the first quarter. Read more »