Happy to be here, Brucio! Stroud is a competent 8 who can get into the final 1/3 & create for the forwards. He's a little more attacking than defensive-minded, but he can blow up attacks as well. He was slowed a bit after breaking his ankle early in 2024, but he's serviceable. Great w/ the media.

Will Eric Ramsay return to #MNUFC in 2026? ⚽️ Sale of Tani Oluwaseyi clearly clipped #Loons' heights of 2025. 📉 United should make a significant investment in roster, but history says it will be status quo.💰Will Dayne St. Clair re-sign? 📝 Prospectus: www.twincities.com/2025/11/25/w...

A few items of note re: the MNUFC 2026 schedule. First home game is Feb 28th vs Cincy. Tough first 1/3rd of our season as we play Cincinnati, Nashville and Columbus the later two away. No games for two months between May 23 and July 25 for the WC. 1/2 7 midweek games www.mnufc.com/news/minneso...

Ladies, gentleman and children, without knowing it you have experienced your last full summer of pro soccer in Minnesota. 2026: No games from May 23 to July 25 (World Cup) 2027 and beyond: No regular season games May - mid July. www.mnufc.com/news/minneso...

MLS has said that in 2027 with the new season restructure will come five new six-team regional divisions. This is how I think it should lay out.

MNUFC's Nectar Triantis played in his first-ever game for Greece on Tuesday in a 0-0 draw with Belarus. Appearing in the 64th minute he had a pretty quiet but steady game. The appearance cap-tied him to Greece over Australia, his home country who he played for as a youth.

MN United’s Carlos Harvey had a great game for Panama on Tuesday night with a 8.2 Fotmob rating and one shot off the woodwork. Panama defeated El Salvador booking a trip to the World Cup for only the second time in their history.

MN United’s Joseph Rosales' Honduras struggled yet again Tuesday night and drew 0-0 with Costa Rica and Alejandro Bran. The result means neither team will be making an appearance at WC 26.

After Maurer's deep investigation and article at The Guardian, looking into complaints, and allegations into Ernst Tanner of the Philadelphia Union, he has been placed on leave and MLS is reopening the investigation. It may not be the case but it feels like MLS originally swept this under the rug.

Some great reporting by Pablo. A must read. I will also post a follow up. After this article was posted MLS has reopened the investigation into the Philadelphia Union's Tanner. See my timeline for that post.

"When Oluwaseyi’s deal was agreed, Turkish club Trabzonspor submitted an $8 million bid for Joaquin Pereyra. The club simply couldn’t lose both players without time to replace either." "We didn't want to sell Tani, we said no several times," MN CSO Khaled El-Ahmad. www.nytimes.com/athletic/681...

Dr Bill singing Wonderwall at @blackhartstp.com!! #mnufc

Story for @stribsports.startribune.com: Dayne St. Clair, deservedly, is the MLS Goalkeeper of the Year. #MNUFC

News story: #MNUFC Dayne St. Clair named #MLS Goalkeeper of the Year. News delivered uniquely before flight to Seattle for #MLSCupPlayoffs 📢 What DSC recalls from previous United winner Vito Mannone's campaign in 2019 🧤 Dayne shares a contract update 🖊️ www.twincities.com/2025/11/03/l...

I've talked to a lot of people about Dayne's ongoing contract negotiations with MNUFC. It's going to cost the team a lot to sign him but they will probably do so. We will see him play the 2026 season and the WC for Canada and then will probably be transferred out after the WC with peaked interest.

Story: Nectar Triantis has made an immediate impact since joining #MNUFC in September 📈 A "destroyer" in midfield 🥊 A lofty comparison to a Premier League stalwart 👀 And his #Loons performances should put him on the radar of Greece's national team 🇬🇷 www.twincities.com/2025/11/02/n...

Is referee Alexis Da Silva who we the Loons have had problems with in the past, a nemesis of MN United? Interesting piece by Jon. No firewall.

If you look past the Federal evacuation of responsibility, this is a very cool story. www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...

#MNUFC training report: Robin Lod was back in action with the Loons today. Sounds like Kelvin Yeboah is progressing well, too; he's done three full training sessions in a row, minus some 11-on-11 work, according to manager Eric Ramsay. A growing chance Yeboah plays Sat., to get back in form...

MNUFC new signing Nectar Triantis was interviewed recently on Sound of the Loons - an interesting conversation on his journey from growing up in Sydney, Australia, to Bodo, Norway, Scotland and now Minnesota. Apple Pods has a transcript to skip the audio. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

Glad to see yet another intimate jazz club opening this time at 2756 Hennepin Av. in Uptown. I've been catching some nice sets at the super intimate High Hat in St. Paul on Selby Av. Thrilled to see jazz making a comeback in the Twin Cities. www.startribune.com/brownstone-j...

I enjoyed this interview with MNUFC Kelvin Yeboah and his comparison of MLS to other leagues in Europe he has played in. "MLS is more like France—more athletic, more about talent and intensity. Honestly, the MLS might even be slightly above Ligue 1 now..." en.as.com/soccer/kelvi...

I was in Hayward, Wisconsin for a wonderful weekend away with dear friends and took these photos. And no, the chair photo is not ai created - I've had some people ask.

According to @frederickmelo.bsky.social, “FAMILY” — the Centerpiece at the Museum of Modern Art San Francisco —- will be permanently situated either inside or outside the four-level TreeHouse retail/office building at #MNUFC's United Village. It’s by the artist known as KAWS. x.com/FrederickMel...

Dr. Bill McGuire recently shared plans for United Village, the development surrounding #MNUFC's Allianz Field. A bakery, dinner, pizzeria, Bailey's Garden, ice rink, music venue, day care, some of these concepts are now in the works. Details here: t.co/ASPhBshbP7

As someone whose time freelancing for MLSsoccer was a vital step in my career progression, and someone who generally gleans insight from the observations of others: This sucks so hard.

The US is and has been a soccer nation despite what you have been told by US Soccer and even Don Garber. Soccer was in New Jersey before Brazil US had a pro league before Italy or Spain An American Game podcast tell these amazing and entertaining stories told by @soccertownmedia.bsky.social

Fun story featuring @brianquarstad.bsky.social!

With as many players who have been injured or the team has loaned or transferred out, on top of the clear weaknesses/lack of depth the Loons have, if they only come away with 2 additions this transfer period it will be hard to take the team seriously regarding ambition to compete.

Amazing. I knew you when.

Minnesota United became the most aggressive set-piece team on the planet with old-fashioned tactics backed by new analytics — and now they can’t stop scoring from it. My first for The Guardian:

This morning on the back side of the Como Park lakeside pavilion, St. Paul, MN.

@ussoccerhistory.org has been uncovering and bringing you some of the earliest soccer footage of games played in the US this past week. Now @brianbunk.bsky.social uncovers the world's earliest soccer film with sound. An ASL match from 1927 played in Brooklyn. www.ussoccerhistory.org/the-worlds-e...

I wrote about the world's earliest soccer film with sound. Contains a link to the footage so you can watch and listen to highlights of an American Soccer League match from 1927. www.ussoccerhistory.org/the-worlds-e...

Interested in U.S. soccer history? If so, consider becoming a SASH member. Your $20 yearly membership fee helps support SASH's efforts to promote, facilitate & disseminate research into the rich history of U.S. soccer. For more info, please visit our website: www.ussoccerhistory.org/store/sash-m...

My perspective of @USMNT Damion Downs game winning PK at US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, on Sunday to defeat Costa Rica and move on the @GoldCup semifinals on Wednesday in St. Louis.

NEW: While Matt Turner can't get club games, Matt Freese's strong MLS form led to this Gold Cup shot. He's rewarded Pochettino's trust, with PK heroics vaulting the USMNT into the Gold Cup semifinal. "I kept repeating to myself: ‘I want another, I want another.’" www.nytimes.com/athletic/646...

A wonderful book which includes two chapters about early Minnesota soccer.

And we are under way at Metronome Brewing with Peter Kogan Jazz quintet. @tcjazzfestival

Tina Schlieske in Mears Park in Lowertown, St. Paul for Twin Cities Jazz Festival. It feels like summer even though it doesn’t start until tomorrow. Bring it on.

The last days of Big River Pizza. 🍕 Sad to see it go. Lowertown is happening again tonight with Music in Mears Park, a St Paul Saints game and Twin Cities Jazz Festival. Makes me nostalgic.Why can’t St. Paul have nice things too.

Society for American Soccer History releases earliest surviving footage of soccer played in the United States, Nov 13, 1921. Film is 1st publicly viewed footage from famous director Frank Capra. Teams are SF's Italia Virtus club v crew from Italian cruiser Libia. youtu.be/Bt37Kma097s

To round out session #5 of #footycon25 on day 1, @garyjames.bsky.social is showing us a short film on his recent research into the Manchester Corinthians he’s published his book on, with testimonies from the Corinthians themselves

Really excellent article on why property taxes have shifted more heavily in recent years to residential homeowners in both Minneapolis and St. Paul. www.startribune.com/twin-cities-...

#MNUFC preview vs. St. Louis: After United’s 3-0 blowout win Saturday, these two sides meet again in U.S. Open Cup 👍 Darius Randell was a starlet in #USOC2025 vs. Louisville ⚽️ Who plays for #Loons will be telling ⁉️ Plus, a schedule update and a match prediction: www.twincities.com/2025/05/20/l...

TIL a Gordon Parks collection is one of the three items featured on Spike Lee's home mantle. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

There has been little to criticize Ramsay about in his first 15 month with the Loons but I'm calling BS on this one. You don't make 8 subs against an MLS team, even a weak one and expect any sort of continuity. Maybe with bigger budgets/deeper benches but even then it's not at all guaranteed.

Thanks for the candidness Jon. "The separate-squad system might have worked against second-division Louisville, but it didn’t work against first-division Houston, no matter how far down the standings the Dynamo started the game." Just made a post with entire unapologetic post game quote-I call BS

Here are #MNUFC manager Eric Ramsay's post game quotes on making wholesale changes (8) to the starting lineup that lost to Houston on Wednesday night 2-0. There was no continuity w/8 subs. There hasn't been much to criticize Ramsay for in his 15 months with the Loons but I will call BS on this one.

I uncovered some interesting stats looking at #MNUFC roster today. We have five defenders who have created 8 assists so far this season and another who has two goals. The Loons have scored 17 goals so nearly half of the goals have been assisted from defenders. Set plays?