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Here Comes Year Three
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Here Comes Year ThreeMinnesota United begin their third season in MLS this afternoon against the Vancouver Whitecaps. A busy preseason and a long offseason have led to this moment, but in some ways the team has been building towards it for over two years. After a rocky first MLS season and a lost second, here at last is…
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Matchday Twenty-Four: Minnesota Battles To Ugly Point On The Road, With Big Elephant In The Stadium
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Matchday Twenty-Four: Minnesota Battles To Ugly Point On The Road, With Big Elephant In The StadiumHappily for much of Minnesota’s time in MLS, there has been surprisingly little drama. Sure the team may have been bad and players have come and gone, but there’s rarely been a behind-the-scenes soap opera that other teams seem to attract. But this week was different. Days after sending beloved striker Christian Ramirez to LAFC,…
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Allianz Field Construction Passes Halfway Mark
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Allianz Field Construction Passes Halfway MarkIn honor of Mortenson Construction passing the 50% completion mark of Minnesota United’s Allianz Field, the team held a stadium tour for the media on Thursday. While the exterior of the stadium is visually appealing even without it’s PTFE skin, the interior is even more impressive. Once inside the 19,400-seat stadium, it appears even larger…
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United Sculpture Unveiled to Honor Fans at Allianz Field
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: United Sculpture Unveiled to Honor Fans at Allianz FieldOn every match day, the 11,842 members of Minnesota United FC’s Itasca Society will be able to walk by their names, engraved upon a 12-foot-tall sculpture that was announced today by the team. The sculpture, a 12 by 65 foot “UNITED” will stand at the southwest entrance of Allianz Field. Managing Partner Dr. Bill McGuire,…
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News in Brief: Deltas Take NASL Trophy, Cloud City From the Clouds, and More
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: News in Brief: Deltas Take NASL Trophy, Cloud City From the Clouds, and MoreNASL The San Francisco Deltas won the NASL Soccer Bowl in the team’s first—and what looks like only—season in the league. They defeated the New York Cosmos 2-0 on a first-half penalty by Tommy Heinemann and a second half stoppage time goal from Devon Sandoval. #SFDeltas score their second with the final kick of the…
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News in Brief: Looking Back, Forward, and to Atlanta
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: News in Brief: Looking Back, Forward, and to AtlantaYear-end review As we clean up from the holidays and open new word of the day calendars, it’s natural to reflect on the previous year. FiftyFive.One compiled the best Minnesota soccer stories of the year and the best players of the year. You can also check out what MLSSoccer.com thought were the best MLS stories…
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News in Brief: State of Cloud City, the Roster, and the League
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: News in Brief: State of Cloud City, the Roster, and the LeagueBreaking ground for Cloud City A key date this week for Minnesota United is the groundbreaking for the new stadium. As FiftyFive.One’s Brian Quarstad reported last week, the construction isn’t likely to start any time soon. And neither, it seems, is any demolition. If you can’t build a stadium, build a roster It’s widely expected…
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Minnesota United’s New Stadium Gets a Quiet Nip & Tuck
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Minnesota United’s New Stadium Gets a Quiet Nip & TuckMinnesota United FC has been working out the details of the land deal for its new stadium in hopes of breaking ground early 2017. In the meanwhile, Dr. Bill McGuire’s team has also been quietly adjusting the final stadium plans. Sometime in the last month, United swapped out its stadium renderings with new images that…