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  • Rumor Watch: Callum McCowatt

    Rumor Watch: Callum McCowatt

    One thing that didn’t change when Adrian Heath departed Minnesota United’s front office was the team’s preference to play transfer dealings very, VERY close to the vest.  The team believes – and not without evidence – that publicizing interest in a player can only make the transfer more difficult. The tradeoff is that while they…

  • Awaken the Augurs: Yaya Sithole Needs Better Teammates AND Elijah Just Redux

    Awaken the Augurs: Yaya Sithole Needs Better Teammates AND Elijah Just Redux

    When he was on the pitch, Yaya Sithole had exactly two types of games for South Africa during the World Cup run:  On the back of a draw with Czechia – the game Sithole missed – and a shock win over South Korea, South Africa made the knockout stage of a World Cup for the…

  • Awaken the Augurs: Elijah Just Isn’t A One-Man Band

    Awaken the Augurs: Elijah Just Isn’t A One-Man Band

    This is the first of four(ish) pieces on players I believe Minnesota United could be targeting following the World Cup. Read the initial bird omens along with me. As I hinted in the opening to the previous piece, New Zealand’s Elijah Just was a player that caught my eye as soon as he took the…

  • Awaken The Augurs: Predicting Minnesota United’s Transfer Targets

    Awaken The Augurs: Predicting Minnesota United’s Transfer Targets

    The ancient Romans used the practice of augury — studying patterns of bird movement — to predict the future. In a way that’s what I’m doing here: Trying to predict the future of Loon movements. The transfer window is about to open and Andy Greder has at least a hint of a whisper of a…