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Match Preview: MNUFC vs  CF Montréal

Match Preview: MNUFC vs CF Montréal

Minnesota and Montréal enter this week early in the season with identical 0-1 records after suffering one goal losses the previous weekend. MNUFC dropped their season opener to Los Angeles FC, after a late goal from the black and gold. While the former Impact fell 3-2 away to Atlanta United

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Fan Reactions | Matchday 1: LAFC vs MNUFC

Fan Reactions | Matchday 1: LAFC vs MNUFC

Minnesota United's season opener last weekend against Los Angeles FC didn't get off to the start the Loons were hoping for. More than a few shots off the post and or crossbar and a late LAFC winner disappointed the Minnesota faithful. https://bsky.app/profile/hpbear149den.

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2025 Season Opener: Loons drop points after late LAFC goal

2025 Season Opener: Loons drop points after late LAFC goal

Minnesota United opened their ninth season in Major League Soccer with a trip [back] to sunny Southern California for a clash with Los Angeles FC. The Loons returned to California, where they were based for most of their first preseason under Eric Ramsay. That return ended in an unflattering fashion

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Changes aplenty: Loons make some major roster moves for 2025

Changes aplenty: Loons make some major roster moves for 2025

Over the past eight seasons in Major League Soccer, Minnesota United FC has traditionally not made a large amount of roster moves during the off-season. Sometimes it felt like going months without news, even though it may have just been weeks, due in large part to the short MLS off-season

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USL W League continues to build in the Northland

USL W League continues to build in the Northland

The USL W League continues its expansion in the Northland, although a merger keeps the net number of teams the same as last year in the Heartland division of the Central Conference. Chicago Dutch Lions struggled badly last season, accumulating a 3-0-9 record, which somehow was not the worst in

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USL League 2 waves goodbye to the Deep North

USL League 2 waves goodbye to the Deep North

In the 30-year-old USL League 2, the Heartland Division of the Central Conference is our focus - with that conference the initial focus of any playoff run. Its former neighbor to the East has subsumed the Deep North division. Into the Heartland's Chicagoland base come a trio of

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The North no longer, WPSL does the hokey-pokey

The North no longer, WPSL does the hokey-pokey

The clubs and structure for the 2025 WPSL season have been announced. With the departure of Sioux Falls City and Dakota Fusion (at least for now), the WPSL has taken the opportunity to reorganize (what was) the Northern Conference. The Northern Conference has steadily grown while remaining an outlier until

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NISA Independent Cup Update

NISA Independent Cup Update

It took a few months, but Milwaukee Torrent have clarified their stance on the NISA Independent Cup which they won (by default). The default cost the club a game for which tickets had been sold, a sequence which left the club feeling aggrieved and a lingering impression of a mess

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After a rough summer the Loons are rebounding down the stretch

After a rough summer the Loons are rebounding down the stretch

Minnesota United started the season off on solid footing, but as summer began the Loons also began to struggle. After a record 3-1-3 (W-L-D) in mid-June injuries and international call-ups began plaguing MNUFC. From June 15th through the end of Leagues Cup play the club went 2-8-1 in competitive matches,

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Duong and Parten the MVPs in the Post Season awards

Duong and Parten the MVPs in the Post Season awards

The USL W League and UPSL leagues have announced their postseason awards this week, led by Katie Duong, who was named Heartland Conference Player of the Year. It is the latest and last award in the glittering pre-professional stage of her career. Having been drafted in the fourth round by

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NISA Independent Cup Review

NISA Independent Cup Review

Five amateur sides (Vlora FC, Dakota Fusion, Milwaukee Torrent, United Stars Soccer and Inter Detroit) joined metro Detroit's Michigan Stars in the Great Lakes region of this year's NISA Independent Cup. The regional champions get a trophy but do not meet in any kind of play-off.

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