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Author: Alex Schieferdecker
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#PORvMNU Open Game Thread
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: #PORvMNU Open Game ThreadWhen? – 8:30 PM CT, Friday, March 3 Where? – Providence Park, Portland, OR How to Watch? FS1 How to Listen? myTalk 107.1 Social: Official Hashtag: #PORvMNU Follow us at @FiveFiftyOne! Team Accounts Minnesota United FC – @mnufc Portland Timbers FC – @TimbersFC Live Updates MNUFC Gameday – @mnunitedgameday Pre-Match Reading: FiftyFive.One Match Preview FiftyFive.One MLS Preview MLS Season…
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Minnesota United Ramping Up Marketing (at Last) As Opener Nears
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Minnesota United Ramping Up Marketing (at Last) As Opener NearsMinnesota United FC kicks off its MLS era on Friday, March 3, with a nationally televised away match against the Portland Timbers. Just over a week after that, on Sunday, March 12, the Loons will return home for their home opener at TCF Bank Stadium on the campus of the University of Minnesota. It’s all…
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Salt Lake vs. Minnesota: Three Things
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Salt Lake vs. Minnesota: Three ThingsThe Loons wrapped up the preseason Portland tournament on Wednesday with a thrilling 3-3 draw against Real Salt Lake. The result, their fifth tie in five preseason games, managed to both be exhilarating and disappointing, but it was beside the point. What mattered most was the performance. Even though the Loons were quite visibly tired…
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Portland vs. Minnesota: Three Things
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Portland vs. Minnesota: Three ThingsOn Sunday night, before a partisan preseason crowd of over 13,000, Minnesota United FC played out a 2-2 draw against the Portland Timbers. The result — Minnesota’s fourth draw in four preseason games — was unremarkable, but the game itself was a fun watch, featuring good play and quality goals for both sides. Even better, the…
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Loons Draw New England Revolution in Preseason Opener
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Loons Draw New England Revolution in Preseason OpenerMinnesota United FC played its first game of the 2017 preseason on Tuesday, taking on the New England Revolution at Grande Sports World in Casa Grande, Ariz. Both teams are using the facility, which is also hosting Real Salt Lake and is the permanent home of the RSL academy. As always, it’s difficult to judge…
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Loons Add Experienced Defender Vadim Demidov
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Loons Add Experienced Defender Vadim DemidovMinnesota United FC announced on Tuesday the signing of centerback Vadim Demidov with targeted allocation money (TAM). Last week, we reported on the Loons’ strong interest in the veteran. Demidov, a thirty year-old naturalized Norwegian (born to Russian parents in modern-day Latvia), will bring to Minnesota an extensive European CV and a reputation for tenacity and leadership. Starting as…
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Who’s Next For MLS Expansion?
Categories: The AngleContinue Reading: Who’s Next For MLS Expansion?Ten cities, four* spots, same old considerations? A little over one year ago, I wrote about the developing race for the 25th through 28th spots in MLS. What unexpectedly followed was a year in which the expansion process was set to a slow burn. The monthly expansion updates that we’d come to expect diminished, and…
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Opinion: Unimaginative Club Identities are the New Scourge of US Soccer
Categories: The AngleContinue Reading: Opinion: Unimaginative Club Identities are the New Scourge of US SoccerThe most frequent question about the professional soccer team that plays in Cary, NC, is famously: “what the hell is a RailHawk?” It’s a good question, because there is in fact no such thing as a RailHawk. But at the very least, the name is unique and local. After ten years of use, it is also what…
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Hopes Renewed for Minnesota United Stadium Progress
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Hopes Renewed for Minnesota United Stadium ProgressAutumn in Minnesota has been mild, but it has been a cold and desolate fall for Minnesota United news. Dr. Bill McGuire had repeatedly expressed hopes that there would be some sort of activity on the stadium site in the fall; the site remains an undisturbed dirt lot. But it seems that movement before the…
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Opinion: Deloitte’s Pro/Rel Study is Useless
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Opinion: Deloitte’s Pro/Rel Study is UselessPromotion and Relegation Is A Thing, Say Consultants Paid To Say So At midnight Eastern time, on Monday the 21st of November, the English consulting firm Deloitte released a summary of a study — commissioned by Miami FC owner Riccardo Silva — on the topic of promotion and relegation in US Soccer. It’s hard to…
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The Expansion Draft Cometh: Defenders Edition
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: The Expansion Draft Cometh: Defenders EditionThis week and the next, we’ll be taking a look at who Minnesota might take in the upcoming MLS Expansion Draft. The Loons will get five selections of players left unprotected by the other twenty teams in the league. Atlanta will also get five selections, and they have the first pick. To start this series,…
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Loons Tap Amos Magee, One-time Minnesota Thunder Coach, to Join Technical Staff
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Loons Tap Amos Magee, One-time Minnesota Thunder Coach, to Join Technical StaffAfter weeks of silence, Minnesota United FC announced on Wednesday the hire of a critical figure to aid the team’s offseason transition to MLS. Amos Magee, who played over a decade for the Minnesota Thunder, then coached the team from 2006 to 2008, has been named director of player personnel. In this position, Magee will work…
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Gameday Open Thread: #MNUvNYC
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Gameday Open Thread: #MNUvNYCOpen thread. Enjoy! When? – 7:00 PM CT, Saturday, October 29 Where? – National Sports Center Stadium, Blaine, MN How to Watch? My29 (Local), ESPN3 and One World Sports (Everywhere else) Reads: 55.1 Match Preview Loons Reflect on End of an Era, Leaving Nessie One Last Tifo: Dark Clouds Prep for NSC Finale Pioneer Press: United FC…