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Breaking down Nashville SC’s expansion draft: trading picks in puzzling ways

Nashville spent much of its expansion draft day trading around its picks, with dubious results.

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Colorado Rapids’ unbeaten streak five after 1-0 win over Minnesota United FC

Kei Kamara scored the game’s lone goal in the 29th minute, his eighth of the season.

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Minnesota United left wanting more after scoreless draw with LA Galaxy

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Wednesday night in Midway was back to business as usual for Minnesota United FC, albeit in a sold-out, state-of-the-art stadium. Denied the chance to sing Wonderwall — the Loons’ victory anthem by Oasis — following a 3-3 draw against New York City FC in Allianz Field’s debut two weekends prior, Wednesday’s sellout crowd poured […]

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Minnesota United trips up New York Red Bulls 2-1

HARRISON, N.J. — The losses, and the frustration, continue to mount for the New York Red Bulls. On Saturday night, they dropped their third straight game, and second at Red Bull Arena for the first time since May, 2014, when they fell to Minnesota United, 2-1. Red Bulls coach Chris Armas employed a new 4-3-1-2 […]

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Minnesota United declines 9 contract options amid roster update

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Minnesota United FC announced the departure of 13 players minutes after MLS’ Option Exercise Deadline passed at 1 p.m. ET this afternoon. Keepers Matt Lampson and Alex Kapp; defenders March Burch, Jérôme Thiesson and Bertrand Owundi Eko’o; midfielders Ibson, Fernando Bob and Collen Warner; and forward Frantz Pangop each had had their 2019 […]

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Minnesota United snatches late draw against Real Salt Lake

Goals from Damir Kreilach and Miguel Ibarra ultimately produced a draw, but a wild final 10 minutes in Sandy, Utah left both Real Salt Lake and Minnesota United FC unsatisfied with having dropped points at Rio Tinto Stadium Saturday night. For the hosts, it was a game in which the Claret-and-Cobalt held a majority of the run […]

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Three takeaways from Minnesota United’s 2-0 loss at Sporting Kansas City

[ngg_images source=”galleries” container_ids=”371″ 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″] Minnesota United’s players and staff offered postgame remarks suggesting a small moral victory could be taken from its 2-0 loss at Sporting Kansas City. “There are levels of performance that you accept even when you lose games,” MNUFC coach Adrian Heath said. “Tonight was […]

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Shuttleworth saves Minnesota United from U.S. Open Cup upset in Cincinnati

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. […]

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Shorthanded Minnesota United weathers Vancouver Whitecaps for 1-0 win

[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 […]

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Minnesota United takes chances in 2-1 win over Houston Dynamo

[ngg_images source=”galleries” container_ids=”156″ 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 — A Houston Dynamo handball by Alejandro Fuenmayor led to a 40th-minute Darwin Quintero penalty kick goal, getting Minnesota United out of jail in the first half. A backheel from Ibson gave the Loons the go-ahead score in the 70th minute for a 2-1 […]