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Minnesota United

Club · United States · Major League Soccer

«The Loons»

268 Matches

100 wins

74 draws

94 losses

396–387 Goals

+9 Difference

1.5 Scored per game

Form W D L W D L

Sporting Kansas City draws the sharpest reaction from Allianz Field, and Minnesota United still carries more near-misses than silverware from those years. The club traces back to a gap left in 2009, when Minnesota Thunder folded after nearly two decades in the lower divisions; United was not its legal successor, but it filled the same space, taking the field in NASL under the name Minnesota Stars before adopting its current identity in 2013.

The NASL years were the club's best. In 2011 it beat Fort Lauderdale Strikers 3-1 on aggregate to win the Soccer Bowl, then added the Spring Championship in 2014. A second Soccer Bowl final followed in 2016, lost 1-0 to New York Cosmos. Manny Lagos coached through most of that stretch before handing the team to Jason Kreis for the 2017 move into MLS.

MLS has been longer on near-misses than trophies. The 2019 US Open Cup final ended 2-1 to Atlanta United, and in 2020 the Loons reached the Western Conference final before Seattle Sounders won it 3-2. Allianz Field, the 19,400-seat home that opened on 13 April 2019, has been the stage for both.

Christian Ramirez remains the club's leading scorer with 72 goals, and Ike Opara was named MLS Defender of the Year in 2019, but it is Osvaldo Alonso who is remembered longest here — the Cuban midfielder who captained the side and gave a young MLS club the kind of steadying presence it hadn't had before him.

Latest results

All matches

6 Sep	Major League Soccer	Portland Timbers A	4:5	L
30 Aug	Major League Soccer	Orlando City H	3:3	D
23 Aug	Major League Soccer	San Jose Earthquakes A	5:1	W
20 Aug	Major League Soccer	Atlanta United FC H	1:2	L
16 Aug	Major League Soccer	Real Salt Lake A	1:1	D
12 Aug	Leagues Cup	Mazatlán FC H	3:1	W

Standing

Major League Soccer

Group stage · Major League Soccer - Western Conference

#	Team	M	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
9	San Diego	23	8	6	9	40:34	30
10	Real Salt Lake	22	8	5	9	36:35	29
11	Minnesota United	23	7	8	8	34:37	29
12	Los Angeles Galaxy	24	7	8	9	30:36	29
13	Seattle Sounders	22	7	6	9	24:29	27

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Team statistics

matches counted: 268

268 Matches

100 wins

74 draws

94 losses

396–387 Goals

+9 Difference

1.5 Scored per game

Season results matches counted: 268

100 74 94

wins draws losses

Scored and conceded last matches

scored — above the line conceded — below the line

Metric	Total	Home	Away
Matches	268	130	138
Scored	396	209	187
Conceded	387	157	230
Scored per game	1.5	1.6	1.4
Conceded per game	1.4	1.2	1.7
Difference	+9	+52	−43

Key players

by appearances over the last year

Joaquín Nicolás Pereyra Midfielder 23 Matches

Owen Gene Midfielder 23 Matches

Anthony Markanich Defender 23 Matches

Alec Smir Goalkeeper 23 Matches

Morris Duggan Defender 23 Matches

Drake Callender Goalkeeper 23 Matches

Tomás Alejandro Chancalay Forward 23 Matches

William Alexander Trapp Midfielder 22 Matches

Squad of Minnesota United

by appearances over the last year

Number	Player	Position	Matches
26	Joaquín Nicolás Pereyra	Midfielder	23
30	Owen Gene	Midfielder	23
13	Anthony Markanich	Defender	23
1	Alec Smir	Goalkeeper	23
23	Morris Duggan	Defender	23
12	Drake Callender	Goalkeeper	23
8	Tomás Alejandro Chancalay	Forward	23
20	William Alexander Trapp	Midfielder	22
9	Kelvin Kwarteng Yeboah	Forward	22
2	Devin Padelford	Defender	22
28	Jefferson Abel Díaz Beleño	Defender	21
3	Kyle Barri Duncan	Midfielder	21
29	M. Dieng	Forward	21
21	Bongokuhle Hlongwane	Forward	19
18	Mauricio Gonzalez	Forward	18
25	Nectarios Triantis	Defender	17
27	D.J. Taylor	Defender	17
5	Fernando Nicolás Romero	Defender	15
15	Michael Boxall	Defender	15
67	Carlos Harvey	Midfielder	15
33	Kiran Chandler	Defender	12
24	Julian Gressel	Midfielder	11
7	Dominik Fitz	Midfielder	8
10	James David Rodríguez Rubio	Midfielder	8
22	Marcus Caldeira	Forward	7
6	Peter Stroud	Midfielder	4
16	Aziel Jackson	Midfielder	3
32	T. Putt	Forward	2
11	Maurice Maximilian Malone	Forward	1