Analysis: What does SuperDraft pick Ryen Jiba bring to Minnesota United?
Eli HoffThere’s no season quite like MLS SuperDraft season. All the lights on houses, gift buying and giving, the caroling and warm beverages — what a way to mark the Dec.…
Analysis: How difficult is Minnesota United’s 2023 schedule?
During a recent moment of drinking tea and philosophizing, I found myself considering the intellectual intersection of ancient proverbs and soccer. Why should beautiful language and the beautiful game not…
Where do you place the blame for Minnesota United’s playoff exit?
Minnesota United’s penalty shootout loss to FC Dallas was yet another tough playoff elimination to swallow for the Loons — something that’s dangerously close to becoming a theme for this…
Match Preview: Minnesota United at New England Revolution
It's the bromantic battle you never saw coming. In one corner, there's Minnesota United's Adrian Heath — the franchise's only coach since joining MLS. In the other, there's the New…
Minnesota United Stat Break: Dayne’s in, dribbles are out
Happy break time. Perhaps you’re celebrating a break from school or a break in which you can watch various countries prepare their national teams for the winter World Cup. Or…
Was that a gegenpress? Tactical takeaways from Minnesota Aurora’s debut game plan
Featured graphic courtesy Minnesota Aurora FC. And just like that, Minnesota Aurora FC is an on-field product. The club had impressed from a branding perspective — and its fanbase certainly…
Dominant win in St. Louis shows MNUFC2 have a good thing going
That game was my first even mildly prolonged exposure to MNUFC2. As is perhaps to be expected from anyone who watches a 4-0 win, I came away impressed.
Match Preview: Minnesota United vs. Seattle Sounders
Hey, hey, hey! We made it through the international break without internationally breaking, which is something to not take lightly — amirite, Italy? And now we don’t have to even…
Conjecture Lecture: What the stats say about Minnesota United’s passing, goalkeepers and more
Welcome to the first of what will likely be several stats-adjacent analytical columns about Minnesota United that’ll run here on Sota Soccer over the course of the 2022 season. Throughout…
St. Clair’s Heroics Help Loons Hold on for Road Win Against Red Bulls
If you’ll allow me the opportunity to dredge up difficult memories’ whose half-life has only recently expired, think back to your experience of waking up on this Daylight-Savings-questioning Monday morning.…