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Author: Wes Burdine
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FiftyFive.One Podcast 33: NPSL Preview and Loons Beat Rivals
Categories: MediaContinue Reading: FiftyFive.One Podcast 33: NPSL Preview and Loons Beat RivalsMinnesota United beat the Nickelback of MLS, Sporting Kansas City, and Wes and Alex relive the beauty of it. Meanwhile, the NPSL season kicks off this weekend and Kyle Eliason joins to give a preview. iTunes Google Play Stitcher Send us questions at wesburdine[at]fiftyfive.one or on Twitter: Alex Wes Kyle FiftyFive.One is now on Patreon.…
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Cronin and Martin Join “Playing for Pride”
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Cronin and Martin Join “Playing for Pride”Two Minnesota United newcomers have thrown their hats into the ring to help raise money for a good cause. Sam Cronin and Collin Martin have joined up with Playing for Pride to raise money for Human Rights Campaign in an effort to fight prejudice and homophobia. The story starts with their North Carolinian connections to…
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Quarterly Review: Updated MLS Rankings
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Quarterly Review: Updated MLS RankingsWith over a quarter of the 2017 MLS season gone, we can start to assess the teams and our own evaluations of those teams. At the beginning of the season our writer poll made some bold predictions: some correct and some dead wrong. In our quarterly review, we adjust those rankings, no doubt to be…
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Gambles, Bargains, and Busts Revealed in Minnesota United Salary List
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Gambles, Bargains, and Busts Revealed in Minnesota United Salary ListTwice a year, the MLS Players Union makes its players’ salaries public, offering outsiders a chance to look at how the Loons’ deal-making stacks up. This year’s revelations show Minnesota took quite a few gambles, some of which paid off and some that didn’t. The most notable figure in Minnesota United’s salary list is captain Vadim…
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FiftyFive.One Podcast 31: Clean Sheets for Everyone!
Categories: MediaContinue Reading: FiftyFive.One Podcast 31: Clean Sheets for Everyone!The Loons kept their first clean sheet of the season and we’re gonna celebrate. Wes and Jeff are joined by Eric Silva Brenneman to talk about soccer kindergarten, Minnesota winning, and Latino Alt Rock music. iTunes Google Play Stitcher Send us questions at wesburdine[at]fiftyfive.one or on Twitter: Jeff Wes Eric FiftyFive.One is now on Patreon.…
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Best XI: A Team of Molinos Versus a Team of Ramirezes, Who Wins?
Categories: The AngleContinue Reading: Best XI: A Team of Molinos Versus a Team of Ramirezes, Who Wins?If you put a team of eleven Kevin Molinos out on the pitch against a team of eleven Christian Ramirezes, who would win? Yes, it is a meaningless, hypothetical question that no one has ever bothered asking themselves. But now, using Football Manager, it is a meaningless hypothetical with a very meaningless and real answer:…
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FiftyFive.One Podcast Episode 27: Jeb Brovsky Nears Fitness and Return
Categories: MediaContinue Reading: FiftyFive.One Podcast Episode 27: Jeb Brovsky Nears Fitness and ReturnFive months after collapsing to the ground with an ACL and cartilage injuries in his knee, former Loon Jeb Brovsky says that he’s close to returning to full fitness. On Tuesday, Brovsky sat down with Wes Burdine and Jeff Rueter for a broad-ranging interview in which the midfielder (and defender) discussed what he calls the…
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Thirteen Deities That Christian Pulisic Resembles
Categories: The AngleContinue Reading: Thirteen Deities That Christian Pulisic ResemblesOn Friday, the US men’s national team emerged from its panicky start to the last stage of World Cup qualifying with a bang. In the 6-0 drubbing of Honduras, the young Christian Pulisic was electric, some might even say divine. “Young Messiah,” as he is known to no one yet, but hopefully will be soon, also…
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The WENGER OUT Heard ‘Round the World
Categories: The AngleContinue Reading: The WENGER OUT Heard ‘Round the WorldIt was a small sign, no more than 2-by-3 feet and hastily drawn up. Jake Wythers raised it over his head in the hard driven snow as Minnesota United FC took on Atlanta United. “WENGER OUT!” it said, complete with a pasted on photo of Arsène Wenger, a man – quite notably – not involved…
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Minnesota United to Call on Emergency Goalkeeper to Deputize Shuttleworth
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Minnesota United to Call on Emergency Goalkeeper to Deputize ShuttleworthOnly weeks ago, Minnesota United had four goalkeepers in preseason camp plus an unsigned draft pick out with an injury. Now, with two recent injuries, Bobby Shuttleworth will get the start in the coming weekend and Minnesota United will be forced to call up an emergency goalkeeper. First-choice keeper, John Alvbåge suffered an injury in…
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Allianz to Sponsor Minnesota United’s Stadium
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Allianz to Sponsor Minnesota United’s StadiumThe opening of Minnesota United’s Midway stadium may be two years away, but the club has secured a sponsor. German insurance company Allianz, which has its U.S.-based operations headquartered in Minnesota, has secured naming rights for Minnesota United’s future stadium. E Pluribus Loonum reported this possibility earlier in the day, and FiftyFive.One has since confirmed the sponsorship…
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The Sights From the Sanneh Foundation’s Gala4Goals
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: The Sights From the Sanneh Foundation’s Gala4GoalsOn Saturday, more than 1,200 people from the Twin Cities gathered at the downtown Saint Paul RiverCentre to raise over $100,000 in charity. It was all to benefit former USMNT player and Minnesota soccer legend Tony Sanneh’s the Sanneh Foundation. Sanneh’s foundation works with low-income youth throughout the Twin Cities and St. Cloud on education and…