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Match Preview: Minnesota United FC vs. FC Dallas
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Match Preview: Minnesota United FC vs. FC DallasYour best value for a Scotch whisky that is approachable and still refined might be The Glenlivet 18 Speyside scotch, which has sweeter tones of…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Match Preview: Los Angeles FC vs. Minnesota United FC
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Match Preview: Los Angeles FC vs. Minnesota United FCI said last week that a bit of luck and a bit of skill was all it took to change the narrative in a league…
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News in Brief: Shuttleworth and Calvo Earn Spots in TOTW, and More
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: News in Brief: Shuttleworth and Calvo Earn Spots in TOTW, and MoreShuttleworth and Calvo earn TOTW accolades For the second week in a row Bobby Shuttleworth is the man between the posts in the MLS TOTW….
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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…
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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…
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Matchday Seven: Loons Bright Spots Overwhelmed By Errors, Again, Again, Again
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Matchday Seven: Loons Bright Spots Overwhelmed By Errors, Again, Again, AgainAt points last season, I sometimes felt like reprinting my previous columns, as Minnesota United FC made the same mistakes over and over again. Well,…
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Minnesota United FC Loses 4th Straight, Falls 3-1 Away to Seattle Sounders
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Minnesota United FC Loses 4th Straight, Falls 3-1 Away to Seattle SoundersA pleasant spring day was nearly spoiled for 90 minutes for Minnesota United FC fans as the Loons struggled to put together a coherent game…
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Match Preview: Seattle Sounders FC vs. Minnesota United FC
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Match Preview: Seattle Sounders FC vs. Minnesota United FCThe old saying “if it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, it’s a duck” is being put to the test by Minnesota United….
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Matchday Six: Loons Impressive, Again, In Loss, Again
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Matchday Six: Loons Impressive, Again, In Loss, AgainThe Loons threatened at times to ruin Portland’s home opener, but they ultimately couldn’t overcome their own errors in the Rose City. What to make…