The Minnesota United FC Chronicle
Boardroom3 Feb 2031
Minnesota United FC run out of patience with Interim Coach
The end came on a Tuesday, as these things usually do: a short meeting, a shorter statement, and Interim Coach clearing his office by noon. Football’s cruellest ritual, performed to schedule.
Boardroom3 Feb 2031
A stranger takes charge at Minnesota United FC
The coaching staff has emptied out entirely and there was nobody internal to promote, so the club has appointed a name almost none of its supporters will recognise. Clubs recover from this; none of them enjoy explaining it.
Boardroom3 Feb 2031
Interim Coach minds the shop at Minnesota United FC
“I am not thinking past Saturday, and I would advise nobody else to.” The caretaker’s first rule is to pretend the job is small; Interim Coach recited it perfectly.
Squad3 Feb 2031
A falling-out at Minnesota United FC
Nicolás Romero and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The dugout3 Feb 2031
The manager makes an example of Julián Fernández
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market3 Feb 2031
The Joaquín Pereyra question follows Minnesota United FC around
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Joaquín Pereyra’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
In brief
- Boardroom $989.1K taken back off the Minnesota United FC table
- The dugout Allen Obando has been promised minutes
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Maurice Malone
- Squad Cameron Wright is out on the grass again