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Matchdays Seven, Eight, and Nine: The Good, The Decent, And The Ugly For Minnesota In Three Key Games
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Matchdays Seven, Eight, and Nine: The Good, The Decent, And The Ugly For Minnesota In Three Key GamesWelcome back to our regularly scheduled post-game notes. Three games in one this week, because I was on vacation last weekend, and after the midweek match, it seemed prudent to let these results percolate and see what came of this past weekend. What a series of three games it was. From one perspective, the Loons…
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MINvDC Open Game Thread
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: MINvDC Open Game ThreadKey Info When? – 12:30 p.m. CDT, Sunsday, April 28 Where? – Allianz Field, Saint Paul, MN How to Watch? FS1 How to Listen? SKOR North Social Official Hashtag: #MINvDC Follow us at @FiveFiftyOne! Team Accounts Minnesota United FC – @mnufc DC United – @dcunited Live Updates MNUFC Gameday – @mnunitedgameday Reads Support local…
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Quick DC Double Cancels Out Angelo’s First MLS Goal
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Quick DC Double Cancels Out Angelo’s First MLS GoalA weight lifted off of Ángelo Rodríguez’s shoulders as he scored his first goal for Minnesota United. Two DC United goals in four minutes by Ulises Segura and Darren Mattocks, however, continued Minnesota’s poor form away from home. Starting lineup Suspensions to Michael Boxall and Francisco Calvo, along with Rasmus Schüller away on international duty,…
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Matchdays Twenty-Seven and-Twenty Eight: Loons’ Long National Road Trip Nightmare Is Over
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Matchdays Twenty-Seven and-Twenty Eight: Loons’ Long National Road Trip Nightmare Is OverIt’s easy to forget that Minnesota started their recent stretch of seven games, six of which were on the road, riding high on a crest of optimism. They had just pulled off an incredible week with nine points in three home games, and the playoff line was in touching distance. That was nearly two months…
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Match Preview: Real Salt Lake vs. Minnesota United FC
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Match Preview: Real Salt Lake vs. Minnesota United FCIt may be hard to remember, but the last time Minnesota United played a home game a playoff surge was on the lips of many fans. By the time they play their next home game, it may be more likely that a half finished bottle of Glenlivet will be pressed to the lips of many…
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Match Preview: DC United vs. Minnesota United FC
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Match Preview: DC United vs. Minnesota United FCMinnesota United is still playing MLS soccer. It has been a while, with an international break and scheduling conspiring to provide the Loons with the longest break of the season. That does not mean, however, that the team will return refreshed and with its best eleven ready to take the field. Far from it. Minnesota…
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Match Preview: Minnesota United FC vs. Seattle Sounders FC
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Match Preview: Minnesota United FC vs. Seattle Sounders FCWith the low bar of the Grant Wahl threshold safely cleared, Minnesota turns its sights to another milestone on Saturday: first consecutive wins. Seattle comes to town the epitome of an average team: just above the red line, middle of the pack in goals for and against, trudging through a MLS Cup hangover year affected…
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Three Things: Minnesota United vs. D.C. United
Categories: The AngleContinue Reading: Three Things: Minnesota United vs. D.C. UnitedLast Saturday, the Loons erupted from their 360-plus-minute scoreless streak and unloaded four goals on a no good, very bad, terrible D.C. United team. It was a cathartic performance back to front. All the Loons who needed to score (Christian Ramirez, Abu Danladi, and Miguel Ibarra) scored. All the Loons who were missed on international…
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In a Clash of Uniteds, Minnesota Comes Out on Top 4-0
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: In a Clash of Uniteds, Minnesota Comes Out on Top 4-0Minnesota United FC beat fellow basement dweller D.C. United 4-0 in Minneapolis. Christian Ramirez started off the scoring in the seventh minute with Abu Danladi adding another goal to give Minnesota a two-goal lead entering half. After the break, it was an own goal by D.C. United and a goal at the death by Miguel…
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Community Match Ratings: D.C. at Minnesota
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Community Match Ratings: D.C. at MinnesotaVoting for community match ratings is open for 48 hours following the match. Contribute by rating each player. Want to know more about what these ratings mean? Check out our Match Ratings Primer. You can see how the team and players progress through the season on our Match Ratings page.
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#MINvDC Open Game Thread
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: #MINvDC Open Game ThreadWhen? – 7:00 p.m. CDT, Saturday, July 29 Where? – TCF Bank Stadium, Minneapolis How to Watch? my29 How to Listen? 1500 ESPN Social: Official Hashtag: #MINvDC Follow us at @FiveFiftyOne Team Accounts Minnesota United FC – @mnufc DC United – @DCUnited Live Updates MNUFC Gameday – @mnufcmatch Pre-Match Reading: Back To Basics (FiftyFive.One) United goalkeeper coach Marius…
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Quarterly Review: Updated MLS Rankings
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Quarterly Review: Updated MLS RankingsWith over a quarter of the 2017 MLS season gone, we can start to assess the teams and our own evaluations of those teams. At the beginning of the season our writer poll made some bold predictions: some correct and some dead wrong. In our quarterly review, we adjust those rankings, no doubt to be…
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Minnesota United Trade for Collin Martin
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Minnesota United Trade for Collin MartinMinnesota United announced via Twitter the team had traded its natural 2018 fourth round SuperDraft pick to D.C. United in exchange for 22 year-old midfielder Collin Martin. The 5-foot-11, right-footed attacking midfielder is a product of the D.C. United Academy, joining at age 14 during the 2009-2010 season. In 2012 Martin elected to enroll at…