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Preseason Game Three: Minnesota Provide Bodies For Columbus Crew Training Exercise
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Preseason Game Three: Minnesota Provide Bodies For Columbus Crew Training ExerciseFor about thirty minutes on Saturday evening, Minnesota United looked like a team that was figuring some things out. Against ball-dominant, attacking-focused Atlanta on Wednesday night, the Loons (probably smartly) attempted to bunker and to counter. Against a more balanced Columbus Crew SC side, they committed to building out of the back, passing on the…
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Three Things: Minnesota United at New England Revolution
Categories: The AngleContinue Reading: Three Things: Minnesota United at New England RevolutionAlternate Headline: When Bad Things Happen to Good People Minnesota United FC has earned all the wrong superlatives after yet another shellacking, its third in four games, this time at the hands of lowly New England. The Loons’ attack remains respectable, but it’s the defense where things have repeatedly fallen apart. It’s pointless to rehash the abject…
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Please #PANIC Responsibly
Categories: The AngleContinue Reading: Please #PANIC ResponsiblyIt is a remarkable achievement that Minnesota United FC, which entered this MLS season with the lowest expectations of any team since Chivas USA’s doomed final season, has nonetheless managed to perform at a level so abject that even the naysayers have found themselves at a loss. Needless to say, the starship #PANIC is now cruising at ludicrous…
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Will Minnesota United FC Be the Worst Team in the History of MLS?
Categories: The AngleContinue Reading: Will Minnesota United FC Be the Worst Team in the History of MLS?Why fret yourself over the frustrations and disappointments of the current Loons season when you could start panicking about 2017? An off-handed comment from Sports Illustrated’s Grant Wahl has inspired new dimensions to Minnesota United fans’ #PANIC that were previously unheard of to this point. In his regular Mailbag feature, Wahl responded to a tweet…
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Opinon: Everybody Chill Out
Categories: The AngleContinue Reading: Opinon: Everybody Chill OutOne of the great things about being on vacation in another country (especially when you’re in a place that speaks a different language), is that you can check out a lot of things that are going on in the world. For example, I haven’t seen any news about the American presidential election since Friday. So…