The MN Aurora FC soccer club supports women with enthusiasm throughout the organization. From leadership to kit designers, from coaches to players, the Aurora empowers and embraces women and all they have to offer. Andrea Yoch and MacKenzie Langdok from the MN Aurora FC share their stories in the world of women’s soccer. To hear the entire conversation check out So Much More Ep. 78: MN Aurora FC. For Community, By Community.
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[00:00:00] We've got a very ambitious list for 2025. But the truth of our brand is that there were women designers in the Twin Cities that had been consistently rejected from working in sports. And they came forward and said, we want to help. And we were smart enough to say, great, awesome. And again, saying very much that I was in my lane. I had nothing to do with any of it except for approving the hiring of these women. And as has happened a lot with Aurora, it just came together.
[00:00:28] So the woman that actually designed our jerseys, so we had two other women, Carla and Nicole and Allie, that did our logo, which of course we're not wearing. I love it. It's great. But then this woman, Cassidy Sapinski, who designed our jerseys, she actually introduced herself to Wes Burdine after we had announced that we were bringing a team. We were Minnesota Women's Soccer. And she introduced herself and said, I am a kit designer. I haven't had a chance to really do this on a big stage. I want to design your kits. And she had done some minor
[00:00:57] soccer stuff that, again, we were aware of because we're soccer geeks. And so Wes is literally texting us from the bar at Blackheart saying, Cassidy Sapinski just walked in and said, she wants to design our kits. Can I hire her? And the board's like, yes, like hire her. I love that. And she's done all of our kits since then. But she started on the foundation of the logo that the fans voted on. And it's been amazing. And so yeah, the 2025 jerseys. I can't wait. We could maybe reveal them here.
[00:01:26] Yeah, I'm hoping we can. I love that. Yeah, I've already put it on the list. But yeah, so we've been, again, just so many people coming together that wanted to work in sports, wanted, and we are female led. We use women every opportunity and every position. Our entire medical team is female. Our strength and conditioning coach is female, which is, have you ever had anyone except for Kayla that was female? No. They're all guys all the time, right?
[00:01:51] Guys training women, athletes, it's like, you know, they're different. So we are really proud of all of that.