The Minnesota United FC Chronicle
The dugout5 Mar 2029
Anthony Markanich keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Minnesota United FC may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Match3 Mar 2029
6 matches without a win for Minnesota United FC
The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Minnesota United FC are no longer polite ones.
Match3 Mar 2029
6 matches without a goal for Minnesota United FC
The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 6 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.
Transfer targets5 Mar 2029
Minnesota United FC make their move for Kobi Henry
$1.6M on the table at Real Salt Lake. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Transfer targets5 Mar 2029
Door shut on Dante Polvara
Minnesota United FC asked and St. Louis CITY SC said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market5 Mar 2029
As if he never left: Garrison Tubbs returns
Some transfers need a press campaign. This one needed a shirt with the old number on it. Garrison Tubbs is a Minnesota United FC player again, and the town has its story of the summer.
Squad5 Mar 2029
Bongokuhle Hlongwane stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Bongokuhle Hlongwane and Minnesota United FC agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Boardroom5 Mar 2029
7 academy graduates step up at Minnesota United FC
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Squad5 Mar 2029
A row about effort at Minnesota United FC
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Nicolás Romero was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
In brief
- Squad Julian Gressel in a row with a teammate
- Market George Pulisic steps up from the Minnesota United FC academy
- Market DeAndre Johnson steps up from the Minnesota United FC academy