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Author: Wes Burdine
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A League of Their Own: the Cosmos, the NASL, and TV Deals
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: A League of Their Own: the Cosmos, the NASL, and TV DealsJust before the 2016 NASL season, the league announced several landmark broadcasting deals. They snagged four separate national broadcast deals with BeIn Sports and CBS…
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It’s No David and Goliath: a Minnesota perspective on MLS in Detroit
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: It’s No David and Goliath: a Minnesota perspective on MLS in DetroitYesterday, MLS held a press conference announcing talks with a potential Detroit ownership group. Just like that, a new expansion drama starts, but this time…
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Chalktalk United: Loons 1, Cosmos 0
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Chalktalk United: Loons 1, Cosmos 0Just scrawl it on the chalkboard: the Loons beat the Cosmos. That’s all we need right? Carl Craig managed to pull off what Manny Lagos…
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Surviving Midway
Categories: The AngleContinue Reading: Surviving MidwayWhen I moved my family from suburban Northeast Minneapolis to the neighborhood around the new Minnesota United FC stadium (in the inner city of St….
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A Nonexhaustive List of Ben Speas Puns
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: A Nonexhaustive List of Ben Speas PunsBen Speas is both the hero we asked for and the hero we need. Scoring two goals this past weekend, including one that could be…
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Miami FC’s Marketing Goes Full Spring Break
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Miami FC’s Marketing Goes Full Spring BreakMiami FC have their debut home opener coming up this weekend at FIU Stadium on Florida International University’s campus. And by the looks of it,…
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Dark Clouds Unveil a New Cloud
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Dark Clouds Unveil a New CloudThe Dark Clouds emerged over a decade ago on a lark. The supporters group founded by handing out pins with a goofy-looking black-silhouetted cloud on…
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Self-Help; Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Soccer
Categories: The AngleContinue Reading: Self-Help; Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the SoccerI need you to sit down before you read this, but MLS is just OK. NASL, well it’s a little less OK, USL? Yeah. I…
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Loons Launch “From the North” Series
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Loons Launch “From the North” SeriesA staple of every Minnesota United home game is a patchwork flag, hung from the main stands. Stitched together are the flags of England, Ethiopia,…
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The North London Derby in the North
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: The North London Derby in the NorthAt 6:30 AM on Saturday, while the Midwest sleeps, two Minneapolis bars (The Nomad & The Local) will be filling up with the Spurs white…
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Major League Facepalm: MNUFC Might Have Its Name Forcibly Changed
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Major League Facepalm: MNUFC Might Have Its Name Forcibly ChangedOn March 25, 2015, Commissioner Don Garber and his MLS posse rolled into the Twin Cities to welcome the 23rd franchise to the league. Fans…
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An Elegy for a Scorpion
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: An Elegy for a ScorpionAn elegy begins with a lament and I am here, dear friends–garments rended, hair pulled, weeping, gnashing teeth–I am hear to bury a friend, the…
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Shakeup Atop Minnesota United
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Shakeup Atop Minnesota UnitedWith a distinct eye toward a 2017 MLS entrance, Minnesota United FC are poised to announce a shakeup in their front office. Northern Pitch has…