Minnesota United FC has acquired Ecuadorian international Romario Ibarra. The 23-year-old inverted left winger was acquired from Club Deportivo Universidad Católica, which plays in Ecuador’s first division, using Targeted Allocation Money (TAM). The announcement comes one day before the beginning of Major League Soccer’s summer transfer window, and if called upon, Minnesota’s newest Ibarra should […]
Author: Kyle Eliason
MINNEAPOLIS — A sensational hat trick from Darwin Quintero, augmented by a 13th-minute goal from Miguel Ibarra, gave Minnesota United (6-10-1) a large enough cushion to weather a late rally by Toronto FC (4-10-3) and hold on to a 4-3 home win. The victory was much-needed by Minnesota coming on the back of a five-loss […]
MINNEAPOLIS — FC Dallas grabbed three points on the strength of a Roland Lamah header, defeating host Minnesota United 1-0 on Pride Night at TCF Bank Stadium. Second-half substitute Santiago Mosquera assisted on the evening’s only goal from a corner, two minutes after entering the game in the 57th minute. Both teams entered looking to rebound […]
MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota United FC midfielder Collin Martin released a statement via his personal Twitter account coming out as the second openly-gay player in MLS history. Martin’s announcement comes during Pride Month and was made a few hours before the Loons will host Dallas in what will be the team’s fifth annual Pride Match. Tonight […]
It’s been a turbulent season for Minnesota United’s Francisco Calvo. The centerback has come under criticism from fans and pundits as the Loons’ defense has allowed 18 first-half goals over 14 games, with Calvo starting 12 of those contests. Combine those early concessions with Minnesota’s attack averaging just 1.2 goals per game, and the Loons […]
By the time midfielder Michael Lahoud stepped up to the penalty spot, FC Cincinnati was in a 3-0 hole. Neither his team, nor visiting Minnesota United had managed to score in 120-plus minutes. The stalemate paved the way for the usual platitudes about a shootout being an unfair way to decide a closely-contested cup match. […]
[ngg_images source=”galleries” container_ids=”244″ display_type=”photocrati-nextgen_basic_imagebrowser” ajax_pagination=”0″ template=”default” ngg_triggers_display=”never” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″] After holding Sporting Kansas City to a 1-1 draw in Minneapolis on May 20, Minnesota was unable to manage a result Sunday night at Children’s Mercy Park. In the loss, the Loons conceded four goals for the first time in 2018 and were outshot 25-7. […]
MINNEAPOLIS — Short-range goals from Khiry Shelton and Darwin Quintero ultimately resulted in a 1-1 draw between first-place Sporting Kansas City (7-2-3, 24 points) and Minnesota United (4-7-1, 13 points). The Loons’ odds of upsetting the Western Conference leader looked promising early, but the hosts could only manage to weather Kansas City’s second-half effort to […]
MINNEAPOLIS – A pair of penalty-kick goals from Magnus Eriksson and Chris Wondolowski, plus a back-post finish from Danny Hoesen carried the San Jose Earthquakes (2-5-2, 8 points) to a 3-1 win over host Minnesota United (4-7-0, 12 points). Loons standout Christian Ramirez scored the game’s most impressive goal in a losing effort. The Quakes […]
[ngg_images source=”galleries” container_ids=”169″ display_type=”photocrati-nextgen_basic_imagebrowser” ajax_pagination=”0″ template=”default” ngg_triggers_display=”never” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″] MINNEAPOLIS — Reduced to 10 men in the 50th minute, Minnesota United kept pushing and caught Vancouver on the counter 10 minutes later for a game-winner at TCF Bank Stadium. A little over a month prior, it was a shorthanded Atlanta United side that […]