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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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….
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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…
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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….
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…