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The “Losers”: Minnesota Lets 14 Players Ride off Into the Sunset
Continue Reading: The “Losers”: Minnesota Lets 14 Players Ride off Into the SunsetMinnesota United FC announced on Monday the players whose contracts had been extended with Minnesota for the 2019 season and also shared the names of the players whose time with Minnesota had come to end. Fourteen players have been confirmed by the team to be leaving. Woodbury native Eric Miller is currently in contract negotiations…
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United Fans React to Final Match at TCF
Continue Reading: United Fans React to Final Match at TCFStraight across the field from the Dark Clouds supporters’ section, the Loony Bin let visiting LA Galaxy striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic know that Minnesota fans weren’t filling the stadium for him. “Hey, Zlatan. We’re not here for you! Hey, Zlatan. We’re not here for you!” The cheer came strong and steady each time the forward got…
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The More Things Change…a Comparison Between the 2017 and 2018 MNUFC Seasons
Categories: The AngleContinue Reading: The More Things Change…a Comparison Between the 2017 and 2018 MNUFC SeasonsMinnesota United finds itself in a familiar position. With five matches left, their points per game, goals for, and goals against are tracking to be nearly the same as they were last year. For a team that admitted it got some things wrong last season, signed a number of new players in the off season,…
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Fixing The Weather: A Way to Deal With the Disparate Climates Facing North American Soccer Clubs
Continue Reading: Fixing The Weather: A Way to Deal With the Disparate Climates Facing North American Soccer ClubsLast week, there was a thread going around about how MLS should adopt a fall-spring schedule, using average temperatures as a data point to support this idea. https://twitter.com/BrianCostin/status/1031406471140069376 While many of my fellow Minnesotans were very critical of Brian Costin’s work, and it does have some faults, he’s not wrong in one of his initial…
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Losing Ramirez, Minnesota Loses Some Magic
Categories: The AngleContinue Reading: Losing Ramirez, Minnesota Loses Some MagicChristian Ramirez’s sale to LAFC comes at a crucial time for Minnesota United, but his legacy will remain as a magical player and the greatest player of the modern era in Minnesota soccer. It took Christian Ramirez only sixteen minutes. Sixteen minutes into his debut for Minnesota United in 2014, he announced himself to fans…
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Making Meaning Out of a so-called “Meaningless” Friendly
Continue Reading: Making Meaning Out of a so-called “Meaningless” FriendlyIt’s easy to call a preseason match with regular season priced tickets a “cash grab.” But for so many in attendance at US Bank Stadium, it was so much more than that. For Tottenham Hotspur and AC Milan, it’s becoming more and more important to keep up with the likes of Real Madrid, Manchester City,…
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Supremely Insightful Reflections on the FIFA Men’s World Cup
Categories: The AngleContinue Reading: Supremely Insightful Reflections on the FIFA Men’s World CupWith a week’s worth of time to digest the delights, despair, and drama of the FIFA Men’s World Cup, we thought it would be helpful to review the action and imagine what we’ll all be talking about in four years time. Which player became a new favorite of yours? Ben MacKenzie: I expect that I…
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Coach’s Corner: When Things Get Chippy
Continue Reading: Coach’s Corner: When Things Get ChippyTake one look at the stat sheet from MinnestoaUnited’s game against the Revs and you could quickly guess what kind of game it was: chippy and aggressive. A chippy first half Games like this are often difficult to coach. With the Loons finding the back of the net in the first five minutes, the Revs…
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Coach’s Corner: the Final Countdown
Continue Reading: Coach’s Corner: the Final CountdownYou might say coach Kayla was born with a soccer ball at her feet. The daughter of a soccer coach, Kayla played club and college soccer before moving into coaching, working with players both in Minnesota and internationally. Questions or topics you are wondering about? Drop her a line at coachkayla55.1@gmail.com Nothing is more frustrating…
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World Cup Daily Spotlight Review
Categories: The AngleContinue Reading: World Cup Daily Spotlight ReviewIt’s over. The memes and the screams, the cheers and the tears, the tweets and the feats (of brilliance). The FIFA Men’s World Cup has packed up and gone away for another four years (plus five months, but who’s counting?) We loved almost every minute of it (sorry Panama/Tunisia). And chances are—if you’ve sought out…
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55.1 World Cup Daily (June 13th)
Categories: The AngleContinue Reading: 55.1 World Cup Daily (June 13th)As part of our coverage of this summer’s FIFA Men’s World Cup, we’ll be providing these short daily videos. Each one will review what happened and preview what has yet to come. And just for our local audience, each preview will focus on those players who might figure in the future plans of Minnesota United…
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Totally Informed FIFA World Cup Predictions
Categories: The AngleContinue Reading: Totally Informed FIFA World Cup PredictionsThe FIFA Men’s World Cup kicks-off today in Russia with the host country facing Saudi Arabia. To prime yourself for the rest of the tournament, check out our staff predictions. Or come back at the end of the tournament and see how wrong we all were! Which team do you think will win? Kaleb Olson:…
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A North Fan’s Guide to Rooting for the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Continue Reading: A North Fan’s Guide to Rooting for the 2018 FIFA World CupAs the 2018 FIFA World Cup kicks off this week, the attention of the world will turn to Russia. 1.6 billion people will cheer for their own nation, but the remaining five billion and change have a choice on their hands. Some will root for the land of their ancestors. Others will root for a…