Volleyball team

Minnesota United

Club · United States · Major League Soccer

«The Loons»

269 Matches

100 wins

74 draws

95 losses

397–389 Goals

+8 Difference

1.5 Scored per game

Form D L W D L 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

10 Sep	Major League Soccer	FC Dallas H	1:2	L
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

Standing

Major League Soccer

Group stage · Major League Soccer - Western Conference

#	Team	M	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
9	San Diego	24	8	6	10	42:37	30
10	Real Salt Lake	23	8	5	10	37:37	29
11	Minnesota United	24	7	8	9	35:39	29
12	Los Angeles Galaxy	25	7	8	10	30:39	29
13	Seattle Sounders	22	7	6	9	24:29	27

Full table

Team statistics

matches counted: 269

269 Matches

100 wins

74 draws

95 losses

397–389 Goals

+8 Difference

1.5 Scored per game

Season results matches counted: 269

100 74 95

wins draws losses

Scored and conceded last matches

scored — above the line conceded — below the line

Metric	Total	Home	Away
Matches	269	131	138
Scored	397	210	187
Conceded	389	159	230
Scored per game	1.5	1.6	1.4
Conceded per game	1.4	1.2	1.7
Difference	+8	+51	−43

Key players

by appearances over the last year

Joaquín Nicolás Pereyra Midfielder 24 Matches

Owen Gene Midfielder 24 Matches

Anthony Markanich Midfielder 24 Matches

Alec Smir Goalkeeper 24 Matches

Morris Duggan Defender 24 Matches

Drake Callender Goalkeeper 24 Matches

Tomás Alejandro Chancalay Forward 24 Matches

William Alexander Trapp Midfielder 23 Matches

Squad of Minnesota United

by appearances over the last year

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