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Match Preview: Minnesota United FC vs. Portland Timbers FC
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Match Preview: Minnesota United FC vs. Portland Timbers FCThe Loons will return to the relatively safe harbor of TCF Bank Stadium for the first time in seven weeks on Saturday, aiming to salvage a bit of pride and assess its options for 2018. The club will have most of its preferred options available and will be playing a tough Portland Timbers side. With…
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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. Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Match Preview: Minnesota United FC vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FCA bit of luck and a bit of skill is as good a recipe as any for a healing salve, and the wounds of four straight losses and yet another season-ending injury were given a temporary balm by Sunday’s home victory against Houston. It was a victory that, if numbers mean anything, probably should not…
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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 home against Atlanta and on the road against Portland. They gave the Dynamo chance after chance, and didn’t exactly muster much on the opposite end. Yet, Minnesota emerged victorious on…
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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 of a Minnesota team that looks so much better, but continually shoots itself in the foot? There’s that well-worn adage in politics, “if you’re explaining, you’re losing.” Minnesota United FC…
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Match Preview: New York Red Bulls vs. Minnesota United FC
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Match Preview: New York Red Bulls vs. Minnesota United FCHow you view Minnesota United’s season so far probably says a lot about you as a person outside of soccer, as well. The Loons are perched near the peak of the Western Conference after two confident victories. Those wins, however, came against two sides missing key players, and who may not be very good anyway. Should we be…
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Matchday One: Old Problems Continue Surfacing in Loons’ Loss to San Jose
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Matchday One: Old Problems Continue Surfacing in Loons’ Loss to San JoseMaThe opening day of the season is caught up in so many emotions, it is difficult not to get carried away in interpreting the results. Are Atlanta fatally flawed? Can Toronto sustain their focus? Are New England going to get a red card every game? It’s even harder when you watch a game like Saturday’s…
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WCIS 127: Interview with Jerry Thiesson
Categories: MediaContinue Reading: WCIS 127: Interview with Jerry ThiessonThis week we were lucky enough to spend an hour chatting with MNUFC player and Dark Clouds Newcomer Of The Year, Jerome Thiesson. While we initially hoped to cut down the interview to a more compact length, Jerry was far too engaging for us to give him the editing treatment. So instead we’re bringing you…
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Shuttleworth, Thiesson Take Home Dark Clouds Awards as Supporters Raise Money for Sanneh Foundation
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Shuttleworth, Thiesson Take Home Dark Clouds Awards as Supporters Raise Money for Sanneh FoundationWith another season in the bag for Minnesota United fans, the Dark Clouds supporters group held its annual end of the year party and fundraiser. Among the award winners were Player of the Year Bobby Shuttleworth and Newcomer of the Year Jérôme Thiesson. The event held at Lake Monster Brewery included a silent auction that raised…
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Match Preview: Minnesota United FC vs. Sporting Kansas City
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Match Preview: Minnesota United FC vs. Sporting Kansas CityRound 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…
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Match Preview: Minnesota United FC vs. FC Dallas
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Match Preview: Minnesota United FC vs. FC DallasMinnesota stunned fans twice against Montreal. The first stunner came when the club trotted out a lineup that essentially mirrored what objective reality suggested they should have — with strugglers sitting on the bench and just about the best available 11 players starting. The second stunner came when it worked. Despite an embarrassing opening 15…
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Match Preview: Montreal Impact vs. Minnesota United FC
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Match Preview: Montreal Impact vs. Minnesota United FCPlaying its third game in eight days, and with some health questions about some key players, Minnesota faces a tough road game against the Impact on Saturday. However, tough circumstances could come with a silver lining. With playoff elimination all but a formality, this could be a game to experiment with tactics and players, giving…
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News in Brief: You Know Nothing Grant Wahl and More
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: News in Brief: You Know Nothing Grant Wahl and MoreGrant Wahl is a pretty good sport Early in the preseason Sports Illustrated’s Grant Wahl infamously predicted that Minnesota United FC would be the worst team in MLS history. In his mailbag, he set the wins over/under for the Loons inaugural season at five. This past Saturday, Minnesota earned their sixth win of the season…