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Match Preview: Colorado at Minnesota
Two weeks ago, we were writing about how Minnesota United was one of MLS’s few remaining unbeaten teams. Now, with the Loons on a two-game skid in which they have scored just one goal – and that from the penalty spot – it feels like Minnesota is into its first panic-button-adjacent moment of the 2022 […]
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Six positive notes after six games of the MNUFC season
Two consecutive losses for MNUFC have produced a deluge of negativity in the Loons fanbase – at least, in the part of it that is posting on the social media channels that I see. But there are also positive things that have happened this season, ones that aren’t swept away with losses to Seattle and […]
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Match Preview: Minnesota at Austin FC
Minnesota travels to Austin on Sunday evening, closing out the MLS week with a nationally-televised game (it’s on FS1, and it’s at 6:30). It’ll be warm for once, at a Loons game, their first warm-weather game this season. It’s a good time for a trip to Texas, in that won’t be punishingly warm; usually when […]
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Opportunity and Ambition: Dayne St. Clair has a Clear Path Ahead, for Both Club and Country
Known by the Loons fanbase as “DSC,” Dayne St. Clair has had a rollercoaster of a 2022 campaign as a professional footballer so far. From backup to starter, from absentee to on the list: St. Clair is out to prove his doubters wrong while securing first-team football for the foreseeable future. The 24-year-old was not […]
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I can finally calm down about MNUFC attendance
Right at the top of my notes from Sunday’s MNUFC2 game at Allianz Field, I wrote down a number: 461. That’s the official attendance for Sunday’s game. And in staring at it, it occurred to me: I can’t remember the last time I wrote down the attendance at a soccer game. I honestly don’t know […]
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Reshaping Boundaries with USA Para Athlete Chileshe Chitulangoma
It is rare you find a football player, even among the successful, whose story is not marked by obstacles, failures, and shortcomings. It is less common, however, that you find a player, excelling past the obstacle of a serious medical situation. Chileshe Chitulangoma was announced as a new addition for NPSL side Med City, based […]
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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 think about that little business of qualifying for a World Cup until 2030. We’re sittin’ pretty. And so we turn our focus back to the […]
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What’s the matter with Rey?
Minnesota United is undefeated this season, but has scored just four goals in four games. When you look down that short list of goals, you won’t find Emanuel Reynoso’s name – not as a scorer, not with an assist. And so there’s one question we keep asking: What’s the matter with Rey? The first question, […]
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How Minnesotan Soccer is Shaped and Defined by its African Communities
There is a perception that places like Minnesota do not have deep rooted soccer culture or even a soccer history. One of the keys to this perception is disregarding the thriving soccer culture that exists in and around the full spectrum of Minnesotan people. For one sign that the people of Minnesota can love the […]
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Preview: MNUFC2 set to begin MLS NEXT Pro campaign at North Texas SC
MNUFC2 is set to travel to Choctaw Stadium in Arlington, Texas to take on North Texas SC in their inaugural MLS NEXT Pro match tonight at 8 pm CT. The Loons second-team affiliate has signed nine players to MLS NEXT Pro contracts, with multiple fringe first-team players set to get minutes with the squad, too. […]
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