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Here Comes Year Three
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Here Comes Year ThreeMinnesota United begin their third season in MLS this afternoon against the Vancouver Whitecaps. A busy preseason and a long offseason have led to this moment, but in some ways the team has been building towards it for over two years. After a rocky first MLS season and a lost second, here at last is…
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Matchday Twenty-Four: Minnesota Battles To Ugly Point On The Road, With Big Elephant In The Stadium
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Matchday Twenty-Four: Minnesota Battles To Ugly Point On The Road, With Big Elephant In The StadiumHappily for much of Minnesota’s time in MLS, there has been surprisingly little drama. Sure the team may have been bad and players have come and gone, but there’s rarely been a behind-the-scenes soap opera that other teams seem to attract. But this week was different. Days after sending beloved striker Christian Ramirez to LAFC,…
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Matchday Nineteen: Loons Continue Jekyll And Hyde Routine In Win Against Salt Lake
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Matchday Nineteen: Loons Continue Jekyll And Hyde Routine In Win Against Salt LakeThree points are three points, but what could’ve been a celebratory home win against Real Salt Lake ended on a sour note, with two late goals allowed that had Head Coach Adrian Heath steaming mad. In a season with more moral victories than actual victories, here at last was a win that raised more questions…
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Allianz Field Construction Passes Halfway Mark
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Allianz Field Construction Passes Halfway MarkIn honor of Mortenson Construction passing the 50% completion mark of Minnesota United’s Allianz Field, the team held a stadium tour for the media on Thursday. While the exterior of the stadium is visually appealing even without it’s PTFE skin, the interior is even more impressive. Once inside the 19,400-seat stadium, it appears even larger…
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The Case For Optimism
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: The Case For OptimismFiftyFive.One’s staff almost all live in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area, or in close proximity to it. I am the notable exception. Since the summer of 2015, I have lived in Philadelphia. Philadelphia is a big, cosmopolitan city. Depending on how you measure it, the urban area has a population similar to that of the…
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Minnesota United Midway Stadium Construction Finally Begins But Two Acres Remain to Be Purchased
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Minnesota United Midway Stadium Construction Finally Begins But Two Acres Remain to Be PurchasedAfter months of delays, an early access agreement has been struck and a permit for soil remediation and excavation for Minnesota United’s Midway stadium has finally been granted. Even though earthwork is set to begin next week, there are still delays in acquiring the two acres needed at the north end of the stadium. FiftyFive.One…
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Opinion: The Midtown Greenway is the Missing Piece of the Saint Paul Soccer Stadium Plan
Categories: The AngleContinue Reading: Opinion: The Midtown Greenway is the Missing Piece of the Saint Paul Soccer Stadium PlanThe plan for the new Minnesota United FC stadium has been approved by all the relevant parties and is moving forward toward construction. Over the course of the next one to two years, a number of ancillary details will need to be worked out. One of these details is providing adequate transportation for fans going…
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MN Governor Dayton Still a Holdout on Minnesota United Stadium Bill
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: MN Governor Dayton Still a Holdout on Minnesota United Stadium BillMinnesota Governor Mark Dayton stood before the media on Wednesday afternoon to address an error that will, among other things, delay approval of Minnesota United’s new stadium. He explained that in the legislature’s rush to finish an omnibus tax bill in the final hours of the session, they created a wording mistake that would short…
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Your MN United Midway Stadium Parking Explainer
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Your MN United Midway Stadium Parking ExplainerThe question of where fans who drive to Minnesota United FC games will park is one that promises to be with us for a while. Our own Brian Quarstad and Alex Schieferdecker examine where fans will park, and why the site plan doesn’t seem to provide it. “But what about the parking?” Brian: The question…
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Close But No Cigar: St. Paul Inches Closer To MLS Stadium
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Close But No Cigar: St. Paul Inches Closer To MLS StadiumOn Monday, the City of St. Paul moved another step closer to getting a MLS stadium. Close as they may be there’s still there’s no cigar and no concrete announcement that the stadium will indeed be located at the Midway bus barn site. MLS Commissioner Don Garber flew into the Twin Cities early Monday afternoon…
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One Minnesota United Stadium Site To Unite Them All
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: One Minnesota United Stadium Site To Unite Them AllAfter months of incremental movement in the campaign to build a soccer specific stadium in Minneapolis, the entire plot was flipped this past week thanks to the sudden entrance of a familiar character—Saint Paul. The impetus of this week’s action came from Major League Soccer, who seemed determined to not let Minnesota become another Miami,…