List of professional sports teams in Minnesota

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Minnesota has a number of professional and semi-professional sports teams in various sports and leagues. Most are based in Minneapolis, though every major league team in the state is named for Minnesota itself.

Major league teams

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Team Sport League Division/Conference Venue
Minnesota Twins Baseball Major League Baseball American League Central Target Field
Minnesota Vikings Football NFL NFC North U.S. Bank Stadium
Minnesota Wild Ice hockey NHL Central Division Xcel Energy Center
Minnesota Timberwolves Basketball NBA Northwest Division Target Center
Minnesota Lynx Basketball WNBA Western Conference (WNBA) Target Center
Minnesota United FC Soccer Major League Soccer Western Conference Allianz Field
Minnesota ROKKR Esports Call of Duty League N/A Minneapolis Armory
Minnesota Frost Ice hockey Professional Women's Hockey League Unconferenced Xcel Energy Center

All teams currently play their home games in Minneapolis except United, the Wild, and the Wind Chill. United and the Wild play home games exclusively in St. Paul; the Wind Chill splits its home schedule between Blaine and St. Paul.

Former professional sports teams in Minnesota

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Team Sport League Venue Dissolved/moved
Minneapolis Lakers Basketball National Basketball Association Minneapolis Auditorium 1960 (moved to Los Angeles)
Minnesota Muskies Basketball American Basketball Association Met Center 1968 (Moved to Miami)
Minnesota Kicks Soccer North American Soccer League Metropolitan Stadium 1981
Minnesota North Stars Ice hockey National Hockey League Met Center 1993 (moved to Dallas)
Minnesota Arctic Blast Roller hockey Roller Hockey International Target Center 1996
Minnesota Fighting Pike Arena football Arena Football League Target Center 1996
Minnesota Thunder Soccer USL First Division National Sports Center 2009
Minnesota Lightning Soccer USL W-League National Sports Center 2009
Minnesota Whitecaps Ice hockey National Women's Hockey League TRIA Rink 2023
Minnesota Swarm Box lacrosse National Lacrosse League Xcel Energy Center 2015 (moved to Georgia)

Women's sports teams in Minnesota

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Team Sport League Venue
Minnesota Lynx Basketball WNBA (Western Conference) Target Center
Minnesota Vixen Football WFA Simley High School
Minnesota Machine Football WFA Osseo High School
Minnesota Frost Ice hockey Professional Women's Hockey League Xcel Energy Center
North Star Roller Derby Roller derby Women's Flat Track Derby Association Lee & Rose Warner Coliseum
Minnesota Roller Derby Roller derby Women's Flat Track Derby Association Roy Wilkins Auditorium
Minnesota Strike Ultimate Premier Ultimate League Sea Foam Stadium
Minnesota Aurora FC Soccer USL W League TCO Stadium

College

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Teams from Minnesota are also represented in university sports. For example, the Golden Gophers of the University of Minnesota are organized in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and, through 2020–21, are the only college sports program in the state to be represented in Division I. They compete against other teams in the Big Ten Conference.

The Gophers were joined in July 2021 by the St. Thomas Tommies, representing the University of St. Thomas in Saint Paul.[1] The Tommies, who were involuntarily removed from their Division III Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) effective at the end of the 2020–21 school year, will begin a four-year transition to Division I as members of the Summit League. Other universities are in Division II and III.

Four ice hockey teams from Minnesota are represented in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association.

References

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  1. ^ Kercheval, Ben. "Division III football powerhouse 'involuntarily removed' from conference for simply being too good". CBS.

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