About Us

The Gray Ducks history extends well beyond it's February 2017 launch. The club is founded by Ryan Adams, a veteran club organizer, lead Minnesota's original LGBT soccer club from 2013 - 2017 out from from near extinction to new heights. JB Becker and friends started LGBT Soccer in 2009 to rally the community around this great sport, though JB has long passed, his vision of LGBT soccer is kept alive and flourishing through our club. Adams was also the founder of the legendary LGBT community group, The Lake Calhoun Boys, which produced communitty activities and charity activations from 2008-2011 for lgbt persons in the Twin Cities. The Gray Ducks hatched from a vision of Ryan Adams, which has been laid out above in the club information and mission. 

The Gray Ducks roots are in the LGBT community, and Allies of the LGBT community have always been and continue to be a vital part of the Gray Ducks. The Ducks continue to have an emphasis on promoting equality for gender, racial, and sexual orientation. The Gray Ducks hold sporting organizations in Minnesota accountable for equity in sport, and strive to partner with them to ensure LGBTQIA2+ persons, staff and athletes are affirmed and welcomed in sport at all levels and ways. 

The Gray Ducks are built on a for-profit operation model, though there are no paid personnel, the model of the Gray Ducks is fiscal responsibility and sustainability. Through private leadership of the organization, there is a 100% say-do ratio among the leadership team. Providing diverse opportunities is a significant reason the Gray Ducks launched and have been successful as a club. The LGBT soccer community has long been let down by poor leadership at the international level, as well as locally.  It is with great honor, and privilege that the Gray Ducks are Minnesota's largest LGBT and Allied soccer club and among the best LGBT teams in the world. We appreciate those who paved the path for our success and look up to the likes of Stonewall FC in the UK.