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In this week’s recap of Minnesotans playing professionally outside of the State: Bunbury can’t find the net, and David is fighting to stay up. Jackson Yueill played the full 90 for the San Jose Earthquakes in a 2-0 loss to the Montreal Impact. It was the midfielder’s fourth 90-minute shift this season. While the main…
In a sparse recap of Minnesotans playing professionally outside of the state: a quiet game from Bunbury, and Kendall-Moullin has a rough outing. The New England Revolution settled for a scoreless draw with Seattle Sounders FC. It was a game that led Head Coach Brad Friedel to begin his post-game press conference by asking if…
In this week’s recap of Minnesotans playing professionally outside of the state: Minutes elude Yueill and Mallace while Kendall-Moullin and Jome face off. For the first time in his MLS career, Teal Bunbury has scored double digit goals in a single season. The forward was close in 2011 with nine goals for Sporting Kansas City,…
In this recap of Minnesotans playing professionally outside of the state: streaks end for Jome and Bunbury. A 2-1 loss to Louisville City ended Nashville SC’s run in the U.S. Open Cup. Ismalia Jome started on the left side of the midfield. The former Loon nearly set up an opening goal in the 55th minute. After taking…
In this week’s recap of Minnesotans playing professionally outside of the state: Yueill earns an assist and Mallace puts in a full shift. Teal Bunbury equaled his season high goal mark just 15 games into this year. In 2011 he scored nine goals in 29 appearances for Sporting Kansas City. The forward went the full…
In this week’s recap of Minnesotans playing professionally outside of the state: Bunbury scores twice while Cropper makes progress. Ismalia Jome earned his first assist for Nashville SC in a 3-1 win over Penn FC. The former Loon played just shy of 60 minutes on the left side of the midfield. In the 36th minute…
In this week’s recap in Minnesotan’s playing professionally outside of the state: Jome debuts and David finds a home in Finland. Twelve games into the season, Teal Bunbury is now one goal away from matching last year’s total. The forward went 89 minutes for the New England Revolution in a 3-3 draw with the Vancouver…
In this week’s recap of Minnesotans playing professionally outside of the state: Double game weeks give mixed results for Yueill and Kendall-Moullin. Last week Mukwelle Akale signed a two-year extension with Villarreal CF. Having finished his season with Villarreal CF C the midfielder has also been training with the first team. This looks promising for…
Castle Black Minneapolis City SC has announced its 2018 NPSL North schedule but are still searching for a home venue. ANNOUNCING: the 2018 @NPSL_North schedule for #MplsCity Mark your calendars & get that Membership! –> https://t.co/QWlDxEEXAZ pic.twitter.com/RdoCU9qmCE — Minneapolis City SC (@mplscitysc) December 18, 2017 City midfielder Ian Smith wrote what it is like to…
Round four of this Midwest slugfest comes with plenty to play for. Sporting Kansas City have yet to clinch a playoff spot and could do so with a win against Minnesota; in truth, they will almost certainly make the postseason and are hunting for better seeding at this point. Minnesota has not yet technically been…
As Minnesota United has been building its roster before MLS and now as a team in MLS, there has been a frustrating lack of results. If fans are going to “trust the process,” just what is that process? One of the unique aspects of American sports is the process of “tanking,” by which a team…
With 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…
Marc Burch struggling with injury As we reported yesterday, full back Marc Burch is off to Philadelphia to see a specialist and could be facing a long layoff. Burch has not played since he was subbed out late during the MLS away fixture against Sporting Kansas City. Justin Davis and Ismaila Jome made up the left…