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News in Brief: Play of the Week, Swamp Soccer, and More
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: News in Brief: Play of the Week, Swamp Soccer, and MorePlay of the week No, not that one. PRO’s Play of the Week for week 20 of the MLS season is from Minnesota’s matchup against New York Red Bulls last Saturday. The supporters filled the stadium with a rendition of a popular chant with new words: “We want video replay! Hey! We want video replay…
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News in Brief: Minnesota United’s First Unified Team and More
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: News in Brief: Minnesota United’s First Unified Team and MoreMinnesota United announce unified team with Special Olympics In a press release Monday, Minnesota United FC and Special Olympics MN announced the creation of the first official Minnesota United Unified Team. Eleven athletes were selected to play two matches against Houston Dynamo’s Unified Team. The first match will take place at TCF Bank Stadium on July 19.…
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News in Brief: Mallory Pugh Signs With Washington, and More
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: News in Brief: Mallory Pugh Signs With Washington, and MoreUSWNT star signs with Washington USWNT and former UCLA phenom Mallory Pugh has signed her first professional contract with the Washington Spirit. The winger went against the norm when she declared she would be leaving UCLA after her freshman season. Usually, women’s players will stay for all four years of college eligibility. According to SI’s…
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News in Brief: International Loons Adjust to USA, Canadian Premier League Earns Green Light, and More
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: News in Brief: International Loons Adjust to USA, Canadian Premier League Earns Green Light, and MoreInternational Loons adjust to life in the USA Megan Ryan of the Star Tribune explores how the international players on the Loon’s roster have adjusted to life overseas. The Loons added seven international players this past offseason, six of whom had never spent time in MLS. For John Alvbåge, Jérôme Thiesson, Vadim Demidov, Bashkim Kadrii,…
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News in Brief: MNUFC DA News, Gophers Nominated for Gold, and More
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: News in Brief: MNUFC DA News, Gophers Nominated for Gold, and MoreMinnesota United announces technical staff for Development Academy Minnesota United FC will start its Development Academy with the U-13 and U-14 age groups this fall. On Wednesday, United announced the technical staff for and provided details on the coaching model. The names are familiar, with the staff holding previous roles with the club or holding…
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News in Brief: Los Blancos Book a Ticket to Soldier Field, Loons Play for Pride, and More
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: News in Brief: Los Blancos Book a Ticket to Soldier Field, Loons Play for Pride, and MoreReal Madrid head to the windy city The reigning UEFA Champions League winners will make their way over to Soldier Field for the 2017 MLS All-Star game. Real Madrid are arguably the best team in the world as they won the FIFA Club World Cup last December. The match will take place on August 2, 2017…
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News in Brief: Former Loons Find New Nests, and More
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: News in Brief: Former Loons Find New Nests, and MoreFormer Loons find new clubs Former Minnesota United FC players Lance Laing, Yago, and (preseason trialist) Eugene Starikov have found new clubs for the 2017 season. Laing and Starikov will play in the NASL this season, signing for North Carolina FC and the New York Cosmos respectively. Yago will be plying his trade overseas in South Korea…
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News in Brief: Swiss Defender Joins Minnesota, Wayne Shaw Steals our Hearts, and More
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: News in Brief: Swiss Defender Joins Minnesota, Wayne Shaw Steals our Hearts, and MoreJérôme Thiesson to join Minnesota United Swiss right back Jérôme Thiesson is set to join Minnesota United from Swiss club FC Luzern according to Goal.com. Minnesota will reportedly send $50,000 of General Allocation Money to Toronto FC because Thiesson was on Toronto’s double secret probation discovery list. Transfrmrkt has Thiesson’s value listed at €900,000. The 29-year-old…
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News in Brief: Preseason in Arizona, MNUFC Signs Taylor and Añor, and More
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: News in Brief: Preseason in Arizona, MNUFC Signs Taylor and Añor, and MorePreseason in Arizona and the list of trialists and invitees To start, a few photos of training courtesy of Minnesota United: Sights from the desert ???? [???? » https://t.co/PDcnZhC3h5]#MNUFC pic.twitter.com/0Bal00yDjV — Minnesota United FC (@MNUFC) January 24, 2017 Yesterday, United released a list of the players present in Arizona on the first day of preseason training. On…
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The Future is Now: Wingers
Categories: The AngleContinue Reading: The Future is Now: WingersThree weeks are left in the MLS regular season. Five weeks remain in the NASL regular season. Seven weeks until the NASL final. Ten until the MLS Cup final and the expansion draft. It’s all happening very fast for Minnesota United FC. As the current seasons race towards their conclusion, Jeff Rueter and Alex Schieferdecker sit down to discuss the…
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Cosmos Hold On for 1-0 Win Against United
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Cosmos Hold On for 1-0 Win Against UnitedA volleyed shot from New York’s David Diosa in the first half ended Minnesota United FC’s unbeaten run as the Loons fight to maintain their spot in the playoff picture. Minnesota kept the same starting lineup from their 1-0 win against Rayo OKC while the Cosmos made one change from a scoreless draw against the…
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New Minnesota United Head Coach Carl Craig Leads team into 2016 Season
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: New Minnesota United Head Coach Carl Craig Leads team into 2016 SeasonAs Minnesota United players took to the National Sports Center indoor fieldhouse for the start of the 2016 preseason, things somehow looked different. It wasn’t a name or logo change this year and the training kits looked similar, too. A few of the players were new, but that’s to be expected and happens every year.…