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Minnesota United FC Routs Visiting Los Angeles FC 5-1
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Minnesota United FC Routs Visiting Los Angeles FC 5-1Three home matches, three wins. Minnesota United FC beat Los Angeles FC 5-1 off Rasmus Schüller’s first goal for the Loons, two goals for Christian Ramirez, and a goal each for Miguel Ibarra and Darwin Quintero. Lineup Minnesota has settled into a line up that Coach Adrian Heath appears comfortable with, with the familiar 5-3-2…
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Match Preview: Minnesota United FC vs. Los Angeles FC
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Match Preview: Minnesota United FC vs. Los Angeles FCA “winning streak” is technically defined as three or more wins in a row. Minnesota United has never accomplished this modest feat in MLS. Riding on the backs of Miguel Ibarra and Darwin Quintero, playing as well as any attacking pair in MLS right now, the Loons have a chance to pull it off and…
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Match Preview: Minnesota United FC vs. New England Revolution
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Match Preview: Minnesota United FC vs. New England RevolutionMinnesota serves, as it often has, as a Rorschach test for fans to learn more about the latent beliefs they hold about the team and, probably, the entire world around them. What feels more true: that Minnesota has conceded eight goals in their last three MLS games (they have), or that the team has won…
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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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Minnesota Outlasts Real Salt Lake 3-2, Starts Home Stand With Win
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Minnesota Outlasts Real Salt Lake 3-2, Starts Home Stand With WinMinnesota United FC outlasted Real Salt Lake 3-2 at home thanks to goals by Ibson, Darwin Quintero, and Miguel Ibarra. The visitors staged a comeback with second half substitute Joao Plata scoring two, but fell short of stealing any points from the Loons. Lineup Minnesota again came out in their newer look 3-5-2 formation. Francisco…
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Match Preview: Minnesota United FC vs. Real Salt Lake
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Match Preview: Minnesota United FC vs. Real Salt LakeThe Loons followed an exciting 4-3 win over Toronto, a victory that had some feeling the tide had turned, with a 3-0 loss to Houston, among the club’s worst showings this season. It now falls on the team, and all of us, to figure out exactly who Minnesota United is and who it wants to…
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Match Preview: Houston Dynamo vs. Minnesota United FC
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Match Preview: Houston Dynamo vs. Minnesota United FCFor just about the entire season, Minnesota United has been unlucky. Shots that could have gone in did not, individual errors in defense were punished with goals rather than swept up and forgotten, and defensive injuries have meant a revolving door in the backline. It has overshadowed the fact that the club looks better than last…
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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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Match Preview: Sporting Kansas City vs. Minnesota United FC
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Match Preview: Sporting Kansas City vs. Minnesota United FCOf the many reputations Minnesota United might have, it should probably be most noted as the “yeah, but” team. It seems most losses are softened by a “yeah, but half the roster is injured” or “yeah, but they played on short rest” (such as the loss to Los Angeles FC). Many wins, meanwhile, are interrupted with a…
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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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Minnesota United FC Holds On, Draws 1-1 With Sporting Kansas City
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Minnesota United FC Holds On, Draws 1-1 With Sporting Kansas CityMinnesota United managed to keep the score level against a superior Sporting Kansas City side. The visitors struck first with a Khiry Shelton header, but Darwin Quintero managed to level the score at 1-1. On a beautiful spring day in the northern state of Minnesota, the Loons faced a daunting task. Their form poor as…
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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…