History
North Oaks Soccer Club History: Once Upon a Time...
It was in the early 70’s that a group of people who loved soccer, started the original North Oaks Soccer Club. Out of a tiny little tool shed across the street from two open, prairie grass fields, in the middle of North Oaks, kids came together to play a game that few knew anything about.
Over the years, the North Oaks Soccer Club evolved as young athletes found a love for this game foreign folks called “futbol.” Then, in 1977, with the arrival of the NASL and the Minnesota Kicks at the old Met Stadium, soccer’s interest grew; and with it, so did the North Oaks Soccer Club.
From club leaders like Doc Glenny, Pat Dummigan, Myron Dudynski, Glen Winchell and Jerry Otto, the club ebbed and flowed with talented young players from across the north metro, competing locally against clubs like Coon Rapids and Blaine as well as against cross-town rivals from Burnsville and Apple Valley.
For nearly a decade and a half, North Oaks Soccer Club continued to gain respect. The tiny tool shed remained an icon for the clubs small but strong image.
In the mid-80‘s, the North Oaks Soccer Club slowly gave way to other larger organizations as interests in other sports grew and as more intensified development opportunities in new developing clubs tugged at the talent pool. Eventually, the clubs membership dwindled down and the tiny tool sheds hasp rusted shut.
Since hearing about North Oaks Soccer Club’s reconstitution, there has been no shortage of soccer-people wanting to become involved. Today, many of those former players and soccer enthusiasts are still loving soccer and looking to get involved in a soccer community that had given them so much.
Jerseys once labeled with names like Conlin, Dummigan, Gish, Geist, Glenny, Larson, McClanahan, Michaelson, Moriarty, Peterson, Robertson, Shah, Singh and Tuttle are just a small sampling of the original North Oaks Soccer Club families that have given way to new names and new opportunities. Names that we hope will find ways to make the new North Oaks Soccer Club every bit as special as it was, once upon a time.
So, with dreams in hand and with strong support from a community that is wanting to once again, lead out in an inspiring and positive way, the North Oaks Soccer Club is back, playing great soccer, helping develop quality players and people on and off the field.