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Matchdays Fourteen, Fifteen, and Sixteen: At A Loss
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Matchdays Fourteen, Fifteen, and Sixteen: At A LossI am running out of things to say about Minnesota United. Part of that is due to summer doledrums. The team’s composition has been stable, there are no gaping holes in the roster, or egregious line-up decisions being made week after week. We’ve been living with this team for a few months now, and we…
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MINvPHI Open Game Thread
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: MINvPHI Open Game ThreadKey Info When? – 3:00 p.m. CDT, Sunday, June 2nd Where? – Allianz Field, Saint Paul, MN How to Watch? FSN+ How to Listen? SKOR North Social Official Hashtag: #MINvPHI Follow us at @FiveFiftyOne! Team Accounts Minnesota United FC – @mnufc Houston Dynamo – @PhilaUnion Live Updates MNUFC Gameday – @mnunitedgameday Reads Support local…
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Match Preview: Minnesota United FC vs. Colorado Rapids
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Match Preview: Minnesota United FC vs. Colorado RapidsThere are few matches Minnesota United could play after its 5-1 undressing by Philadelphia in which one would expect a victory. Fortunately, a home match against the Colorado Rapids counts as one such game. While Minnesota’s season has been disappointing, Colorado’s has been devastating. So what will it take to convert “should have won” into…
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Loons Earn Failing Grade in Loss to Philadelphia
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Loons Earn Failing Grade in Loss to PhiladelphiaMinnesota walked into this game needing a few results to go their way to keep its playoff hopes alive. Those hopes would not last long, as Philadelphia scored four in the first half. A goal from Corey Burke, a brace from Fafa Picault, and a goalazo from Ilsinho doomed the Loons. Darwin Quintero managed to…
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#PHIvMIN Open Game Thread
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: #PHIvMIN Open Game ThreadWhen? – 6:30 p.m. CDT, Saturday, October 6 Where? – Talen Energy Stadium, Chester, PA How to Watch? Fox Sports North Plus How to Listen? 1500 ESPN Social: Official Hashtag: #PHIvMIN Follow us at @FiveFiftyOne! Team Accounts Minnesota United FC – @mnufc Philadelphia Union – @PhilaUnion Live Updates MNUFC Gameday – @mnunitedgameday Pre-Match Reading:…
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Match Preview: Philadelphia Union vs. Minnesota United FC
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Match Preview: Philadelphia Union vs. Minnesota United FCAlright Minnesota United, we get it. We love Minnesota, too, and we do not much care for any other parts of the country. Minnesota has followed up a stunningly poor seven game road trip with back-to-back home wins. If the Loons could replicate even a portion of their home success on the road, they would…
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The Case For Optimism
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: The Case For OptimismFiftyFive.One’s staff almost all live in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area, or in close proximity to it. I am the notable exception. Since the summer of 2015, I have lived in Philadelphia. Philadelphia is a big, cosmopolitan city. Depending on how you measure it, the urban area has a population similar to that of the…
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Minnesota United FC Unable to Beat Visiting Philadelphia, Settle on a VAR-Assisted 1-1 Draw
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Minnesota United FC Unable to Beat Visiting Philadelphia, Settle on a VAR-Assisted 1-1 DrawIn a game where the biggest talking point will be a card that does not appear on the official boxscore, Minnesota United FC drew with visiting Philadelphia 1-1. After a goal apiece by the Union’s C.J. Sapong and Minnesota’s Ethan Finlay, Minnesota thought it had a penalty in the second half with an Oguchi Onyewu…
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Community Match Ratings: Philadelphia at Minnesota
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Community Match Ratings: Philadelphia at MinnesotaVoting 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.
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#MINvPHI Open Game Thread
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: #MINvPHI Open Game ThreadWhen? – 7:00 p.m. CDT, Saturday, September 9 Where? – TCF Bank Stadium, Minneapolis How to Watch? FOX9+ How to Listen? 1500 ESPN Social: Official Hashtag: #MINvPHI Follow us at @FiveFiftyOne Team Accounts Minnesota United FC – @mnufc Philadelphia Union – @PhilaUnion Live Updates MNUFC Gameday – @mnufcmatch Pre-Match Reading: Match Preview: Minnesota United FC vs. Philadelphia…
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Match Preview: Minnesota United FC vs. Philadelphia Union
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Match Preview: Minnesota United FC vs. Philadelphia UnionA road win, a bit of time off to get over some nagging injuries, and a match against a very disappointing Philadelphia Union team is just what the doctor ordered for Minnesota. With any effort and luck, the Loons will build some momentum and end the year with some optimism for the future. With recent…
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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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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…