FiftyFive.One
• Voices From Soccer's North •
Tag: MLS
-
News in Brief: Easy Schedule for the Loons, Season Ticket News, and More
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: News in Brief: Easy Schedule for the Loons, Season Ticket News, and MoreMinnesota United FC looks to have the second easiest schedule in 2017 MLSsoccer.com analyzed team schedules based on home and away records from 2016 and rated the Loons schedule the second easiest. Looking at Minnesota’s schedule, it’s easy to see why: three games against 2016 bottom dwellers Houston Dynamo and middle of the pack Kansas…
-
Target to Sponsor Minnesota United FC Jerseys and Major League Soccer
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Target to Sponsor Minnesota United FC Jerseys and Major League SoccerWhen Minnesota United players don their inaugural MLS jerseys, they will have a bullseye on their chests. FiftyFive.One has learned that Minnesota United FC is set to announce Target Corporation as their sponsor tomorrow. The multi-million dollar sponsorship is a big boost to United’s ambitions as it looks to recoup a large layout for an MLS franchise…
-
WCIS 88: Oracles, Smoke and the Chicago Fire
Categories: MediaContinue Reading: WCIS 88: Oracles, Smoke and the Chicago FireWe Call It Soccer returns to tell you the future. Which fan favorite MLS player will be traded next? Will Dom Dwyer play for the USMNT? Will Jose Mourinho actually answer the phone? Nach, Kaleb and Colin bring you the answers to that and much more in this week’s We Call It Soccer! You can…
-
In His Own Words: Jamie Watson’s Open Letter on Retirement
Categories: The AngleContinue Reading: In His Own Words: Jamie Watson’s Open Letter on RetirementEditor’s note: On Tuesday afternoon, Minnesota United FC confirmed a trio of rumors about its television broadcast team. The club announced Callum Williams and Kyndra de St. Aubin as its play-by-play commentator and color commentator, respectively. The announcement of the broadcast crew’s third member hit a little closer to home. United named former midfielder Jamie Watson — who had…
-
News in Brief: Hello Thompson, Good-bye Speas, Broadcast Team Is Official, and More
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: News in Brief: Hello Thompson, Good-bye Speas, Broadcast Team Is Official, and MoreWho’s in with MNUFC? The SuperDraft concluded yesterday with rounds three and four. Having traded its third-round pick to Colorado in December for Joseph Greenspan, Minnesota United had just one draft pick left. The club used it to nab Big Ten Midfielder of the Year Tanner Thompson. If the name sounds a little familiar, it’s probably…
-
News in Brief: Lowe Heads to Tampa, MLS TV Broadcast Schedule, the Loons Have a Coaching Staff and More
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: News in Brief: Lowe Heads to Tampa, MLS TV Broadcast Schedule, the Loons Have a Coaching Staff and MoreMLS unveils TV broadcast schedule for 2017 season MLS games will be shown on three different broadcast channels in the USA: Fox Sports 1, ESPN, and Univision. In Canada, TSN will be broadcasting in English, while TVN will be broadcasting in French. A total of 86 games will be nationally broadcast in the States. Minnesota…
-
From Ipswich to Philadelphia: The Aaron Jones Story
Categories: The AngleContinue Reading: From Ipswich to Philadelphia: The Aaron Jones StoryAt times, it is risky to turn a single player into a case study for the bigger picture. That bigger picture includes the importance of the college game, the amount of weight to place on the MLS Combine, and young European footballers developing in the United States. Nonetheless, one player — Aaron Jones — occupies a…
-
Minnesota United Grab Abu Danladi in the MLS SuperDraft
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Minnesota United Grab Abu Danladi in the MLS SuperDraftLOS ANGELES — With the first pick of the 2017 MLS SuperDraft, Minnesota United FC drafted Abu Danladi, an exciting, young forward who will look to feature in his first season. The Loons took Alec Ferrell and Thomas de Villardi with the 23rd and 42nd pick. There were signs that the Loons might trade their highly…
-
Mystery and Anticipation Shroud the MLS SuperDraft for Minnesota United
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Mystery and Anticipation Shroud the MLS SuperDraft for Minnesota UnitedLOS ANGELES — An increasing air of uncertainty has descended over the Minnesota United camp as they prepare for one of the biggest choices of their nascent MLS existence. The Loons have the first pick in the MLS SuperDraft and have been widely expected to choose Duke forward Jeremy Ebobisse. But on the ground that certainty isn’t…
-
WCIS 87: The End of Our Long National Nightmare
Categories: MediaContinue Reading: WCIS 87: The End of Our Long National NightmareThe D2 SoccerWarzzz are over! And we’re the winners. No more anonymous sources. No more endless speculation about the future of lowers leagues soccer in the US. (Don’t ask about D3.) Kaleb is back this episode to join Nach and Colin in discussing the latest MLS, EPL, and USNT news on the week’s We Call…
-
MLS SuperDraft: Adrian Heath Fielding Calls, but Ebobisse Awaits
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: MLS SuperDraft: Adrian Heath Fielding Calls, but Ebobisse AwaitsWith the MLS SuperDraft looming, eyes turn to Minnesota, which selects first overall. Suitors are lining up to trade for the top pick, but the probability is that Jeremy Ebobisse will be a Loon. Much has been written of center-forward Jeremy Ebobisse, the consensus and overwhelming favorite to be taken first in this year’s draft. He…
-
Minnesota United Plans for State of the Art MLS Training Facility
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Minnesota United Plans for State of the Art MLS Training FacilityPlans are underway to upgrade the National Sports Center (NSC) in Blaine, Minn., as Minnesota United adapts its training facility for MLS. Team spokesperson Eric Durkee confirmed this on Friday, saying, “This is going to be one of the top MLS training facilities in the league.” Last February, we reported that Minnesota United was in…
-
Minnesotan Evan Panken Hoping to Impress at MLS Combine
Categories: The AngleContinue Reading: Minnesotan Evan Panken Hoping to Impress at MLS CombineJackson Yueill isn’t the only Minnesotan entering the 2017 MLS SuperDraft. Edina native Evan Panken wrapped up his fifth year at Notre Dame in November and is now looking forward to the next step in his career. Hopefully, it’ll be signing an MLS contract. Panken has been invited to the MLS adidas Combine held Jan.…