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Matchday Four: Clueless Minnesota Embarrassed By New England
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Matchday Four: Clueless Minnesota Embarrassed By New EnglandOkay, are we so sure the Loons are not bad? Were we all too quick to decide, as I wrote after the opener, that Minnesota are on track to exceed expectations? Depends on your definition of expectations. On Twitter following United’s unacceptable capitulation against the New England Revolution, I had a back and forth with…
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News in Brief: Loons Lose, Weekend Recap, and More…
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: News in Brief: Loons Lose, Weekend Recap, and More…Loons Lose Second Consecutive After a second road loss this past weekend, the Loons have one more match away before opening their tenure at Allianz Field. Adrian Heath, Ethan Finlay, and others spoke to the press about the loss. The final road match on the trip may be the most difficult as Minnesota takes on…
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NEvMIN Open Game Thread
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: NEvMIN Open Game ThreadKey Info When? – 1:00 p.m. CDT, Saturday, March 30 Where? – Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, MA How to Watch? Fox Sports North Plus How to Listen? SKOR North Social Official Hashtag: #NEvMIN Follow us at @FiveFiftyOne! Team Accounts Minnesota United FC – @mnufc New England Revolution – @NERevolution Live Updates MNUFC Gameday – @mnunitedgameday …
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News in Brief: Short MLS Week and League Results…
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: News in Brief: Short MLS Week and League Results…Quiet Week in MLS Still Brings Surprises As Matthew Doyle tells us in his weekly Armchair Analyst column, though the week was short in MLS, it still offered some insights to the league. Orlando, despite looking a tire fire for nearly a calendar year, upset one of the best teams in the league. FC Cincinnati…
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News in Brief: Minnesota United Lose First Game, Steffen Injured, and More…
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: News in Brief: Minnesota United Lose First Game, Steffen Injured, and More…Loons lose first game in 2019 After a strong 2-0 start against San Jose and Vancouver, Minnesota United FC finally fell to the LA Galaxy on Saturday. Before they lost the game, however, the Loons lost coach Adrian Heath, who underwent dental surgery and could not travel. Ján Greguš and Ángelo Rodríguez scored in the…
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Matchday Three: Minnesota Put Under Pressure By Galaxy, Beaten For First Time In 2019
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Matchday Three: Minnesota Put Under Pressure By Galaxy, Beaten For First Time In 2019Are the Loons mediocre? Maybe. They’re still not bad. Minnesota fans now what bad looks like. But after a 2-3 loss to the Los Angeles Galaxy, the air should come out of some of the slightly silly hype that swirled around this team after their opening two wins of the season. The Loons are winning…
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Minnesota United FC Suffer First Defeat of 2019; Lose 3-2 to LA Galaxy
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Minnesota United FC Suffer First Defeat of 2019; Lose 3-2 to LA GalaxyThe third time was not the charm for Minnesota, as the Loons fell for the first time in 2019, suffering a 3-2 defeat away in Carson, California. A Jonathan Dos Santos penalty and goals by Sebastian Lletget and Chris Pontius were enough to give the three points to the home side. Lineups For the third…
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LAvMIN Open Game Thread
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: LAvMIN Open Game ThreadKey Info When? – 9:30 p.m. CDT, Saturday, March 16 Where? – Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson, CA How to Watch? Fox Sports North Plus How to Listen? SKOR North Social Official Hashtag: #LAvMIN Follow us at @FiveFiftyOne! Team Accounts Minnesota United FC – @mnufc Los Angeles Galaxy – @LAGalaxy Live Updates MNUFC Gameday –…
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Why Start a Soccer Club? Guest Post by Dan Hoedeman
Continue Reading: Why Start a Soccer Club? Guest Post by Dan HoedemanThis is the sixth (I think…) in a series of articles that take a look inside what it’s like to run a lower division club. In this article I talk marketing. It’s personal for me because it’s my day job and, though I know it’s boring and cliche, I really love the craft of what…
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Matchday Two: Loons Overcome San Jose Bogeys With Emphatic Win
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Matchday Two: Loons Overcome San Jose Bogeys With Emphatic WinAre the Loons good? Here’s what we know so far, through two games on the road: they’re not bad. With Saturday night’s 3-0 thumping of the San Jose Earthquakes on the heels of last weekend’s win in Vancouver, the Loons have already surpassed last season’s entire win and point total on the road. They also…
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News in Brief: Minnesota United FC, USSF is Sued, and More…
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: News in Brief: Minnesota United FC, USSF is Sued, and More…Minnesota United win Second Consecutive After last week’s first-ever road win in the Western Conference, the Loons followed up by defeating the San Jose Earthquakes 3-0; the first time the Loons have beaten the Californian squad. The game was also the Loons’ first ever road shutout. After a shaky start in which the Loons allowed…
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SJvMIN Open Game Thread
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: SJvMIN Open Game ThreadKey Info When? – 7:00 p.m. CDT, Saturday, March 9 Where? – Avaya Stadium, San Jose, CA How to Watch? Fox Sports North How to Listen? SKOR North Social Official Hashtag: #SJvMIN Follow us at @FiveFiftyOne! Team Accounts Minnesota United FC – @mnufc San Jose Earthquakes – @SJEarthquakes Live Updates MNUFC Gameday – @mnunitedgameday …
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Building a Schedule the Minneapolis City SC way [By Dan Hoedeman]
Continue Reading: Building a Schedule the Minneapolis City SC way [By Dan Hoedeman]This is the fifth in a series of articles that take a look inside what it’s like to run one a lower division club. Because it’s topical, let’s talk scheduling. With our season schedule announced—and season tickets available for purchase—it seems topical to dive into how we get games on our schedule. The league schedule…