Tag: Match Preview
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Match Preview: Sporting KC at MNUFC
There were many strange things about Minnesota United’s win at Vancouver – the late hour and a three-goal comeback chief among them – but seeing the highlights branded with “HEINEKEN RIVALRY WEEK” was up there. Nobody thinks Minnesota and Vancouver have a rivalry; Vancouver’s fans, who stayed away in droves, sure don’t. But it’s rivalry […]
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Match Preview: MNUFC at Vancouver
When I saw that Minnesota was playing Vancouver on aFriday night, of all things, I assumed that at least the game would be on national TV. I figured, correctly as it turns out, that the Whitecaps have a stadium conflict (the undefeated B.C. Lions hosting the undefeated Winnipeg Blue Bombers!), but I also figured that […]
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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 England Revolution’s Bruce Arena — one of the most successful American managers ever. And in the middle of them both sit several bottles of wine […]
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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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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 […]