Minnesota United FC had a rough start to last weekends outing in Columbus, OH going down two goals with just over a half hour to play. One of the things that Minnesota United has garnered over the past few seasons is more determination and grit. The Loons showed that grit last weekend erasing a two goal deficit to win the match 3–2 and continue their away winning streak.
“You see the response from them, you see the continued effort even in the second half to go down another goal, said manager Cameron Knowles. "For the guys to not lose belief in themselves in that moment is huge. We have said it in a lot of these [games] we have gone to some really difficult places to play and got results against some really good teams in difficult places. Then we have two good games where we don’t quite get the result, but we’ve played well against good teams in this league. So to come in, have that adversity, to go behind in a place where we have not won in the regular season, to dig ourselves out that should give the group so much belief that we can go anywhere and play against anyone.”
Key to Minnesota United's come-from-behind victory was Kelvin Yeboah brace.
“He’s [Kelvin Yeboah] come in with really good preparation, right from day one of preseason. He had a lot of self-reflection in terms of what he wanted this year to be for himself and you have to give him all that credit. He’s really come in motivated, we have good players around him in Tomás [Chancalay], and Joaquín [Pereyra] and the rest of the guys behind him that provide stability and service. I’m really pleased for him to be getting the goals and pleased for the team to be getting the result, but there is so much that goes into it and I think even he would attribute a lot of his success to his teammates.”
Another comeback this week was the return of "Set Piece FC" as all three MNUFC goals were scored on the back of a set piece. On top of Yeboah's brace that included Anthony Markanich's first header goal of the 2026 season.
“We’ve been really close [to scoring on set pieces], a couple weeks ago we mentioned it after one of the games, we’ve had some really good chances. We hit the bar last week on a header and we felt this was a good opportunity. Josh [Wolff] has been doing a lot of work with the guys in video and on the training field. It’s something we continue to drive every week and I am really pleased again that the guys got the reward for that. Because we have been in some good spots, we’ve had really good service from Tomás [Chancalay] from Joaquín [Pereyra], the throw-ins we’ve been getting and we’ve had guys in the right areas it just hasn’t fallen for us. To get that is big. We need multiple ways to score goals and certainly that was a big one for us tonight.”
