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Plans Take Shape for Minnesota United MLS Training Facility at NSC
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Plans Take Shape for Minnesota United MLS Training Facility at NSCWhen Minnesota United joins Major League Soccer they will need to upgrade their training facilities. Some teams Like Atlanta United and Orlando City have reveled plans for new training facilities. Minnesota United will take another approach. They will stay at their current training location, the National Sports Center. While the drive to Blaine, MN may…
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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.…
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Opinion: Peak MLS – Two “United”s Good, Three “United”s Baaaad
Categories: The AngleContinue Reading: Opinion: Peak MLS – Two “United”s Good, Three “United”s BaaaadApparently MLS would prefer that Minnesota United FC drop the “United” from their name. Why? We haven’t the foggiest idea. Traditionally when a lower division team has entered into Major League Soccer, the club has undergone a redesign to their crest and tweaks to their colors to bring the club’s identity up to a 21st…
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Dispelling the Myth: Foreignness and MLS Coaching
Categories: The AngleContinue Reading: Dispelling the Myth: Foreignness and MLS CoachingOn Monday, NYCFC announced that Patrick Viera would take the reins of the team’s sophomore year in MLS. The MLS internet responded with a collective snark. Jason Kreis, the MLS golden boy and future World Cup winning coach of the USMNT, couldn’t do it (because of those meddling foreign owners!) so how could someone with…
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Major League [Sweaters]: Playoff Edition!
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Major League [Sweaters]: Playoff Edition!In March of 2015, Northern Pitch unveiled a revolutionary concept of sports analytics. I, your humble revolutionary, looked at the ways in which Major League Soccer has been developing its own sartorial tactics. Namely: MLS is all about the sweater game. Unlike the route one tracksuits of Northern England or the tiki taka svelte designer…
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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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How and Why a St. Paul Midway Soccer Stadium Could Work
Categories: The AngleContinue Reading: How and Why a St. Paul Midway Soccer Stadium Could WorkOn March 25th of this year, Major League Soccer announced Minnesota United as an expansion team and the league’s 23rd franchise. While the event was a spectacle – some called it the best attended and celebrated franchise announcement in league history – momentum was quickly lost. Minnesota United owner Dr. Bill McGuire and his MLS…
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Interview With The Arch-Enemy Of Stadium Deals: Neil deMause
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Interview With The Arch-Enemy Of Stadium Deals: Neil deMauseAfter Minnesota United FC released a plan for funding their proposed Minneapolis soccer specific stadium the West Loop, to applause from some and opposition from others, I reached out Neil deMause to get some perspective on this deal compared to others, what it might truly cost, and why some might oppose it. deMause is perhaps the…
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Defense of MLS Ambition – Part 2
Categories: The AngleContinue Reading: Defense of MLS Ambition – Part 2In Part 1, we looked at the heart of the argument that MLS is destined to be a “minor” league. The arguments of the naysayers do not withstand scrutiny. But dismissing negativity is not the same thing and proving MLS can be a globally competitive league. Here, we review why soccer in the US, and…
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In Defense of MLS Ambition
Categories: The AngleContinue Reading: In Defense of MLS AmbitionIs it aggressive or naive for MLS to want to compete globally? Stefan Szymanski, author of Soccernomics and professor at the University of Michigan, expressed his thoughts in a recent article on his blog. He argues that MLS cannot move from its low status as long as MLS seeks parity and team cooperation. His solution…
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Sense Of Community Drives Dr. Bill McGuire’s Passion for Soccer
Categories: The AngleContinue Reading: Sense Of Community Drives Dr. Bill McGuire’s Passion for SoccerTwo and a half years ago I sat down with Dr. Bill McGuire for the first time. We met at the Sea Change bar, which is located at the Guthrie Theater, one of his favorite philanthropic causes. Adjacent to the theater is Gold Medal Park, and next door is the memorial to those who died…
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Photos From MLS Press Conference For Minnesota United FC
Categories: MediaContinue Reading: Photos From MLS Press Conference For Minnesota United FCHere is a gallery of photos taken by Jeremy Olson – exclusively for Northern Pitch – of Major League Soccer’s press conference to announce Minnesota United FC as the 23rd team in the league. The event was held at Target Field on March 25, 2015. Thanks to Jeremy Olson for providing exclusive photos from yesterday’s…
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Welcome to Major League [Sweaters]
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Welcome to Major League [Sweaters]With all the talk about Minnesota United FC moving to Major League Soccer, there will be an onslaught of information on the new league. People like Jon Marthaler will give you primers on “useful” informationlike teams and stand-out players. But this is soccer, the sartorial sport, so we need to talk about what’s important: MLS…