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A Few Short Thoughts About Minnesota United’s Win Over San Jose
I’m not usually one to react to one game, but last weekend’s 5-1 beatdown of San Jose validated a lot of what I’ve been thinking about the team as well as prompting some questions, so here we go. Weird Formation/Arpeggi All season, even when they were winning games, there was this sense that Minnesota was…
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How Did The Loons Get Here? More Importantly, How Do They Get Out?
Minnesota’s first week back after the World Cup break was underwhelming to say the least. Wednesday’s 2-1 loss to Kansas City was among the Loons poorest performances since the departure of Adrian Heath, and while Saturday’s 0-0 draw with Vancouver was certainly better, it was still less than good. Wednesday’s absolutely dreadful loss to the…
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Minnesota United Enters 2026 with More Questions Than Answers
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Tactics or Cosmology: Positioning a Star in Minnesota United’s Sky
Ed. note: This piece was originally published before the signing of Kyle Duncan. Teams with a single star attacker are often called heliocentric. Given that, the 2025 Loons were more like an asteroid belt: No one big danger man to worry about, but enough smaller threats to get the job done most of the time.…