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Matchdays Twenty and Twenty-One: Minnesota Change The Narrative With Two Important Wins, One Big Week
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Matchdays Twenty and Twenty-One: Minnesota Change The Narrative With Two Important Wins, One Big WeekEven a year and a half on, Minnesota United have struggled to shed the first impression they gave in MLS. Hopelessly inept at defending, mercurial in…
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Minnesota United FC Routs Visiting Los Angeles FC 5-1
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Minnesota United FC Routs Visiting Los Angeles FC 5-1Three home matches, three wins. Minnesota United FC beat Los Angeles FC 5-1 off Rasmus Schüller’s first goal for the Loons, two goals for Christian…
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Match Preview: Minnesota United FC vs. Los Angeles FC
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Match Preview: Minnesota United FC vs. Los Angeles FCA “winning streak” is technically defined as three or more wins in a row. Minnesota United has never accomplished this modest feat in MLS. Riding…
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Match Preview: Minnesota United FC vs. New England Revolution
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Match Preview: Minnesota United FC vs. New England RevolutionMinnesota serves, as it often has, as a Rorschach test for fans to learn more about the latent beliefs they hold about the team and,…
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Minnesota Outlasts Real Salt Lake 3-2, Starts Home Stand With Win
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Minnesota Outlasts Real Salt Lake 3-2, Starts Home Stand With WinMinnesota United FC outlasted Real Salt Lake 3-2 at home thanks to goals by Ibson, Darwin Quintero, and Miguel Ibarra. The visitors staged a comeback…
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Match Preview: Houston Dynamo vs. Minnesota United FC
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Match Preview: Houston Dynamo vs. Minnesota United FCFor just about the entire season, Minnesota United has been unlucky. Shots that could have gone in did not, individual errors in defense were punished with…
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Match Preview: Minnesota United FC vs. FC Dallas
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Match Preview: Minnesota United FC vs. FC DallasYour best value for a Scotch whisky that is approachable and still refined might be The Glenlivet 18 Speyside scotch, which has sweeter tones of…
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Loons Swept Away by Rapids
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Loons Swept Away by RapidsAfter taking an early lead on a Miguel Ibarra goal, Minnesota went down a man and lost 3-2 to the Colorado Rapids. A late stoppage…
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Matchday Fifteen: Loons Embarrassed In Last-Second Loss To Awful Colorado
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Matchday Fifteen: Loons Embarrassed In Last-Second Loss To Awful ColoradoYou’ve heard the adage that ‘good teams make their own luck.’ A team like Atlanta gets so many penalties and cards on the opposition simply…
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Match Preview: Colorado Rapids vs. Minnesota United FC
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Match Preview: Colorado Rapids vs. Minnesota United FCMinnesota United has spent much of the season at least tickling the playoff line. That is officially no longer the case. The Loons are six…
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News in Brief: Lampson’s Philanthropy, Miguel’s Motor, and More…
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: News in Brief: Lampson’s Philanthropy, Miguel’s Motor, and More…Keeper Matt Lampson visits hospitals While he hasn’t seen the field in some time, Lampson is having a big effect elsewhere. After surviving cancer years…
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Match Preview: Sporting Kansas City vs. Minnesota United FC
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Match Preview: Sporting Kansas City vs. Minnesota United FCOf the many reputations Minnesota United might have, it should probably be most noted as the “yeah, but” team. It seems most losses are softened by…
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Matchday Thirteen: Longtime Loons Lead Against Miserable Montréal
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Matchday Thirteen: Longtime Loons Lead Against Miserable MontréalIn a must-win match against a very bad team, the Loons finally delivered the three points that was expected of them. Despite a horrible start…