The Minnesota United FC Chronicle
Squad2 Jul 2029
Tomás Chancalay wants to go home
“I have tried. I have really tried, and every day I wake up in the wrong place.” Nobody at Minnesota United FC can coach that out of a man, and nobody there is pretending to.
Squad2 Jul 2029
Words exchanged at Minnesota United FC
Wil Trapp and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Match30 Jun 2029
Minnesota United FC find a way past Vancouver Whitecaps
Vancouver Whitecaps made Minnesota United FC work for it, but the scoreboard read 1‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Player ratings2 Jul 2029
Tomás Chancalay in the eights
A performance of 8.34 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Boardroom2 Jul 2029
Minnesota United FC sign 8 boys into the academy
None of them will be seen by anybody outside the training ground for three years, most of them will never play a senior match, and one of them might change the club. That is the whole proposition, and it is why academies exist.
Squad2 Jul 2029
David Robinson named in the team of the month
A month is long enough that nobody gets in by accident. David Robinson is in the division's best eleven for it, which is a quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.
The dugout2 Jul 2029
Dylan Reyna has his say
“We earned that. I asked them for a reaction and I got one, and now I want the same again on Saturday.” Dylan Reyna on a 1‑0 afternoon that pleased him more than he was prepared to show.
Squad2 Jul 2029
Riquelme Fillipi: “I am not a substitute”
“I have done everything asked of me in training and it has not changed a thing on a Saturday.” The most familiar complaint in football, and one Minnesota United FC will have to answer with minutes or with a transfer.
The dugout2 Jul 2029
No hiding place for Nico Hansen
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Nico Hansen, and the manager let it.
In brief
- Player ratings Bongokuhle Hlongwane was unplayable
- Market The Nicolás Romero question follows Minnesota United FC around
- Looking ahead A reunion for Omir Fernandez