FiftyFive.One
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Author: Wes Burdine
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FiftyFive.One Podcast 2: Our men in Havana, the Flash win the NWSL, and the Loons? Sigh…
Categories: MediaContinue Reading: FiftyFive.One Podcast 2: Our men in Havana, the Flash win the NWSL, and the Loons? Sigh…On this week’s episode of the FiftyFive.One Podcast, Wes Burdine and Jeff Rueter look at the US winning on a kickball pitch and how this may actually have been the alternate timeline off the US v Belgium match in 2014; we recap the Western NY Flash winning the NWSL; we try and figure out why…
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Stumbling Toward the Playoffs: Loons Not Alone in Late-Season Woes
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Stumbling Toward the Playoffs: Loons Not Alone in Late-Season WoesIt has been over a month since the last Minnesota United win; they are on a six-match winless streak; and yet, they are not alone in struggling toward the end of the season. Last weekend, Tampa Bay and Miami — the two teams best-poised to overtake the Loons — both lost, allowing Minnesota to actually gain a point on them.…
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US Women Will Look to the Future in Minneapolis
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: US Women Will Look to the Future in MinneapolisUS Women’s head coach Jill Ellis announced her 24-player roster today that will travel to Utah before playing at US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis on October 23. Notably absent from the squad are Megan Rapinoe, Ali Krieger, and Alex Morgan. After a disappointing Olympic performance, Ellis appears to be casting her eyes toward the new…
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The Second Coming: Or, the Alternative Minnesota United Game Recap
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: The Second Coming: Or, the Alternative Minnesota United Game RecapThe Second Coming W.B. Yeats Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full…
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Minnesota United Slump to a 2-2 Draw with the Rowdies
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Minnesota United Slump to a 2-2 Draw with the RowdiesMinnesota United broke their four match losing streak but still slouched toward a late draw with the Tampa Bay Rowdies as twice the Loons went up and twice they were pegged back. Even on points with the Rowdies, a win would have pushed Minnesota in the direction of the playoffs. A draw leaves them scratching…
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Introducing: FiftyFive.One Podcast
Categories: MediaContinue Reading: Introducing: FiftyFive.One PodcastLadies and gentlemen, may we introduce the FiftyFive.One Podcast, a new show about US Soccer coming from Minnesota. On this week’s episode, Wes Burdine and Jeff Rueter talk about Le Bob becoming a Black Swan, Big Rumors of Big Sam coming to Minnesota, and there is weeping and gnashing of teeth over the state of…
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Minnesota United Slowly Returning to Health
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Minnesota United Slowly Returning to HealthThe Loons kicked the ball about on the training fields of the National Sports Center in Blaine on Thursday. Notably absent from training were any players jogging around the pitch as the rest scrimmaged. For the first time since the beginning of the 2016 season, every Minnesota United FC player trained together. After a long…
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Scouting the Scouting Trip: Potential Minnesota United Targets in Norway
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Scouting the Scouting Trip: Potential Minnesota United Targets in NorwayLast week the Loons’ Sporting Director, Manny Lagos, zipped off to Scandinavia for Minnesota United’s first explicit MLS scouting trip. We are going to regularly keep tabs on his trip by looking at a few of the potential targets in Norway and Sweden. While Lagos did not describe who or what (designated player, starter, etc…)…
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Manny Lagos Embarks on Scandinavian Scouting Trip
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Manny Lagos Embarks on Scandinavian Scouting TripMLS first kick is six months away and Manny Lagos is turning to Scandinavia to start filling out Minnesota United FC’s inaugural MLS squad. The Loons’ Sporting Director will travel from September 23rd to October 2nd, watching at least nine matches in Norway and Sweden. In an interview with media today, Lagos said he was looking…
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What the Hell is Going on with United?
Categories: The AngleContinue Reading: What the Hell is Going on with United?After Minnesota United crumbled in the ebbing moments of a 2-3 loss to Ottawa, there was a lot of hand-wringing from inside and outside the club. The head coach sat stone-still on the bench as players milled about, faces drawn in exhausted frowns. 2016 has not gone to plan for the club, but who’s to…
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Minnesota United Collapse as Fury Win 2-3
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Minnesota United Collapse as Fury Win 2-3“First half everyone thought we were Johan Cruyff. The second half… well, we made stupid mistakes,” Carl Craig summed up his team’s performance in the post-match interview. Minnesota United had three points in their hands with six minutes left in the match, only to see them snatched away. The Loons opened the match promisingly. In…
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The Shortlist: Minnesota United Making Coaching Shortlist for MLS
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: The Shortlist: Minnesota United Making Coaching Shortlist for MLSOn the training fields of Blaine, Minnesota United’s head coach Carl Craig has his mind on this weekend’s matchup with the Ottawa Fury; he has an NASL playoff berth to secure. But across town, eyes are turning toward a different goal, a different trophy, and a different league. Sporting Director Manny Lagos has begun putting…
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Minnesotan Sean Boyle is “Playing for Something Bigger” as US Paralympic Soccer Team Hopes to Advance
Categories: The AngleContinue Reading: Minnesotan Sean Boyle is “Playing for Something Bigger” as US Paralympic Soccer Team Hopes to AdvanceWhen Sean Boyle steps onto the pitch on Monday, you would perhaps not blame him if he was a little distracted. The 21-year-old goalkeeper from Wayzata, Minnesota is still overcoming the complications of surgery that, just ten months ago, doctors told him would end his soccer career. Now, he’ll be standing in goal representing his…