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No Longer a Prodigy, Can AZ Jackson Be a Firestarter for Minnesota United?
When Minnesota sold Aziel (AZ) Jackson in the winter of 2022, fans were disappointed. When Minnesota reacquired Aziel (AZ) Jackson in the summer of 2026, fans were disappointed. Damned if you do, damned if you don’t. I’m not going to relitigate the decision to sell Jackson in the first place, Jon Marthaller told the story…
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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.…