I’m a fan, and season ticket holder of Minnesota United FC, our new MLS team. I love watching soccer, and having a local team has been a great amount of fun for myself and my family. We even got my brother-in-law and his fiance to join in the fun. However, like most Minnesota sports teams […]
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Sunday night the Minnesota United FC got their second home victory, under a beautiful evening sunset. The weather was perfect for a Sunday evening game with temps in the mid-60s. I went back and forth between wearing my sweatshirt and taking it off, opting finally for going with just a t-shirt at the end of […]
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Home opener!!
Sunday, the wife, her brother and fiance and I all headed out to our season ticket seats for the home opener of the Minnesota United FC and their inaugural season in the MLS! As I mentioned in a previous post, it sounded like our team was struggling a bit, but we all had high hopes […]
Read moreThe woes of expansion
The new Minnesota United FC team played its first match on Friday in the MLS. We got the unlucky draw of facing the Portland Timbers, a team that a couple of years ago was at the top of the heap. To say that our first outing was a bit of a rough ride, would be […]
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Major League Soccer is a major league
I’ve been a fan of our local pro soccer team for a few years now. I started going to games back when they were called the NSC Stars, and then became the league-owned Minnesota Stars. After that season the team was bought by former United Health CEO Bill McGuire and became Minnesota United FC. Ever […]
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