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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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Matchday Nineteen: Loons Continue Jekyll And Hyde Routine In Win Against Salt Lake
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Matchday Nineteen: Loons Continue Jekyll And Hyde Routine In Win Against Salt LakeThree points are three points, but what could’ve been a celebratory home win against Real Salt Lake ended on a sour note, with two late goals allowed that had Head Coach Adrian Heath steaming mad. In a season with more moral victories than actual victories, here at last was a win that raised more questions…
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News in Brief: Minnesota United FC’s Plan, World Cup Semifinals, and More…
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: News in Brief: Minnesota United FC’s Plan, World Cup Semifinals, and More…Minnesota United FC have a plan, and it is coming together Andy Greder at the Pioneer Press published a lengthy piece detailing Adrian Heath’s history and the plan for the future. Included is the note that Tuesday marks the opening of the transfer window. The first of those signings are coming, with both winger Romario…
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Matchdays Sixteen, Seventeen, and Eighteen: What Are The Loons Building?
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Matchdays Sixteen, Seventeen, and Eighteen: What Are The Loons Building?I was away on vacation the last two weeks, blissfully detached from the ups and downs (let’s face it, mostly downs) of following Minnesota United. After the horrific loss on the road to Colorado, it was a good time to step away, and though I missed one of the most memorable individual performances in team…
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Matchday Fifteen: Loons Embarrassed In Last-Second Loss To Awful Colorado
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Matchday Fifteen: Loons Embarrassed In Last-Second Loss To Awful ColoradoYou’ve heard the adage that ‘good teams make their own luck.’ A team like Atlanta gets so many penalties and cards on the opposition simply by putting them pressure. In contrast, Minnesota are proving the reverse is true, that bad teams make their own bad luck. In Colorado, against a team that would struggle to…
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Match Preview: Colorado Rapids vs. Minnesota United FC
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Match Preview: Colorado Rapids vs. Minnesota United FCMinnesota United has spent much of the season at least tickling the playoff line. That is officially no longer the case. The Loons are six points back from the Western Conference playoff line (22 points, where two teams currently sit) and will need a hot streak, in combination with some stumbles by the teams directly…
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Matchday Thirteen: Longtime Loons Lead Against Miserable Montréal
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Matchday Thirteen: Longtime Loons Lead Against Miserable MontréalIn a must-win match against a very bad team, the Loons finally delivered the three points that was expected of them. Despite a horrible start to the match against Montréal, the club rallied and earned the win through goals from the North’s favorite tag-team duo of Christian Ramirez and Miguel Ibarra. Over at The Athletic, our…
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Matchday Twelve: Minnesota Escapes With Home Point Against Sporting KC
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Matchday Twelve: Minnesota Escapes With Home Point Against Sporting KCMinnesota United rebounded, in a fashion, from their awful loss last weekend to San Jose, with a gritty draw against Sporting Kansas City. An early Khiry Shelton goal was canceled out by Darwin Quintero’s early equalizer, and neither side could break the deadlock in the seventy minutes that followed. Is a point at home a…
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Match Preview: Minnesota United FC vs. Sporting Kansas City
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Match Preview: Minnesota United FC vs. Sporting Kansas CityMinnesota really should have lost against Los Angeles last week, playing on short rest, with some new starters, and on the road against one of the league’s best teams. The loss to San Jose, however, was a deflating head scratcher. Key errors were punished, and the league’s worst team snapped a seven-game winless streak on the…
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Matchday Eleven: Lapses in Concentration Persist, Sink Loons Effort Against San Jose
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Matchday Eleven: Lapses in Concentration Persist, Sink Loons Effort Against San JoseStop me if you’ve heard this one before. Minnesota United put in an overall strong effort against their opponent (in this case the San Jose Earthquakes), but individual mistakes gifted goals away, and ultimately the Loons played much of the game from behind and could not complete the comeback. It is beyond a broken record…
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Matchday Ten: Minnesota’s Defensive Errors Continue in Loss to Los Angeles
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Matchday Ten: Minnesota’s Defensive Errors Continue in Loss to Los AngelesMinnesota United had allowed fewer goals in the past two games, but had still made plenty of mistakes in defense. On Wednesday night, they met a team who actually had the ability to punish errors, and that’s exactly what happened. But forgetting about this game ought to be easy for the Loons. With a massive…
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Matchday Eight: Better Lucky Than Good For Victorious Loons
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Matchday Eight: Better Lucky Than Good For Victorious LoonsSoccer is a funny game, and it often breaks in unexpected ways. Against the very-bad-on-the-road Houston Dynamo, the Loons played poorly—worse than they did at home against Atlanta and on the road against Portland. They gave the Dynamo chance after chance, and didn’t exactly muster much on the opposite end. Yet, Minnesota emerged victorious on…
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Match Preview: Minnesota United FC vs. Houston Dynamo
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Match Preview: Minnesota United FC vs. Houston DynamoFour straight losses and a pulverizing injury to Ethan Finlay has Minnesota fans, and surely the team itself, reeling. The club does not appear to be one signing away from having it all figured out as the transfer window closure nears. As Houston heads north on Saturday, there are more questions than answers. Loons coach…