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Matchday Four: Clueless Minnesota Embarrassed By New England
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Matchday Four: Clueless Minnesota Embarrassed By New EnglandOkay, are we so sure the Loons are not bad? Were we all too quick to decide, as I wrote after the opener, that Minnesota are on track to exceed expectations? Depends on your definition of expectations. On Twitter following United’s unacceptable capitulation against the New England Revolution, I had a back and forth with…
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NEvMIN Open Game Thread
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: NEvMIN Open Game ThreadKey Info When? – 1:00 p.m. CDT, Saturday, March 30 Where? – Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, MA How to Watch? Fox Sports North Plus How to Listen? SKOR North Social Official Hashtag: #NEvMIN Follow us at @FiveFiftyOne! Team Accounts Minnesota United FC – @mnufc New England Revolution – @NERevolution Live Updates MNUFC Gameday – @mnunitedgameday …
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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 attack, adrift in midfield, struggling to make a splash in the transfer market, and beset by an endless parade of wingers. Now, thanks to Darwin Quintero, Miguel Ibarra, and a…
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#MINvNE Open Game Thread
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: #MINvNE Open Game ThreadWhen? – 7:00 p.m. CDT, Wednesday, July 18 Where? – TCF Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, MN How to Watch? Fox Sports North How to Listen? 1500 ESPN Social: Official hashtag: #MINvNE Follow us at @FiveFiftyOne! Team Accounts Minnesota United FC – @mnufc New England Revolution – @NERevolution Live Updates MNUFC Gameday – @mnunitedgameday Good Reads:…
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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, probably, the entire world around them. What feels more true: that Minnesota has conceded eight goals in their last three MLS games (they have), or that the team has won…
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News in Brief: MLS Draft, Atlanta Adds Barco, and More
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: News in Brief: MLS Draft, Atlanta Adds Barco, and MoreMinnesota adding players Minnesota United FC added several players through the draft, with the first selection being forward Mason Toye from Indiana University. Toye impressed last year, as The Hoosier Network discussed on a recent podcast. Jeff Rueter reported that Minnesota will be bringing St. Thomas player Shae Bottum in as a trialist as well.…
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News in Brief: Abu Gets Snubbed, MLS Coaching Changes, and More
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: News in Brief: Abu Gets Snubbed, MLS Coaching Changes, and MoreMLS mid-week news roundup Julian Gressel of Atlanta United has been named MLS Rookie of the Year over Philadelphia defender Jack Elliott and Minnesota United forward Abu Danladi. Gressel scored five goals and racked up nine assists in his first season, playing 2048 minutes. Meanwhile, Danladi scored eight goals with three assists in 1391 minutes.…
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News in Brief: Abu Danladi Up for Goal of the Week, Heaps Out at New England, A Really Good Dog, and More
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: News in Brief: Abu Danladi Up for Goal of the Week, Heaps Out at New England, A Really Good Dog, and MoreAbu’s strike up for GOTW Abu Danladi’s game-winning screamer of a goal is up for MLS Goal of the Week. It was the rookie’s sixth goal of the season and his first that has been nominated for GOTW. Voting is open until September 21st. https://www.instagram.com/p/BZH9lT3gMaw/ And here’s the goal so you and I can watch…
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Quarterly Review: Updated MLS Rankings
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Quarterly Review: Updated MLS RankingsWith over a quarter of the 2017 MLS season gone, we can start to assess the teams and our own evaluations of those teams. At the beginning of the season our writer poll made some bold predictions: some correct and some dead wrong. In our quarterly review, we adjust those rankings, no doubt to be…
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Match Preview: FC Dallas vs. Minnesota United FC
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Match Preview: FC Dallas vs. Minnesota United FCBoth teams enter the weekend putting very different games in their respective rear view mirrors. For Minnesota, the elation (and relief) of an all-around victory and two key defensive signings has the team feeling confident and out to prove that last weekend was no fluke. In Dallas, hearts weigh heavy after an emotional injury time loss to…
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Rewind That: Lamentations From a Shorthanded Loons Loss
Categories: The AngleContinue Reading: Rewind That: Lamentations From a Shorthanded Loons LossIn his fourth installment of Rewind That, Jeff Rueter looks at the footage from Minnesota’s defeat against New England Revolution. Four players were out on international duty. Another was on a red card suspension. What did the fresh faces show against the Revolution? Last week, I wrote about trying to “keep the momentum” after the club’s…
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Minnesota United FC Allows Five Goals Again, Loses 5-2 to New England Revolution
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Minnesota United FC Allows Five Goals Again, Loses 5-2 to New England RevolutionMinnesota United FC, missing nine players, lost 5-2 to the New England Revolution in Foxborough, Mass. Juan Agudelo scored two goals for New England, and earned a penalty that Lee Nguyen converted. Kei Kamara and Chris Tierney also got on the scoreboard for the Revolution, with Brent Kallman and Collen Warner scoring conciliatory goals for…
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Community Match Ratings: Minnesota at New England
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Community Match Ratings: Minnesota at New EnglandVoting for community match ratings is open for 48 hours following the match. Contribute by rating each player. Want to know more about what these ratings mean? Check out our Match Ratings Primer. You can see how the team and players progress through the season on our Match Ratings page.