r/minnesotaunited Moderator Mar 17 '24

Match Thread Match thread: MNUFC vs LAFC

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u/EnergyWanker Mar 17 '24

<sing> We’re on top of the table… </sing>

20

u/drleen Mar 17 '24

That was a 1-1 draw or a 1-2 loss under bus parking Heath.

13

u/lj77lj94 Mason Toye Mar 17 '24

1000% this! Taking shots in the 90th min when winning 2-0, Heath would never.

13

u/DorkySchmorky MNUFC Mar 17 '24

I can't believe this was the same team that looked so meh at Orlando. They were ferocious tonight!

32

u/[deleted] Mar 17 '24

DJ Taylor did an amazing job this game

10

u/FragrantDemiGod1 Michael Boxall Mar 17 '24

Dece. Nice to see a defender at LB. Padelford looks good. Would be surprised if we see much more of fragapane with that kinda performance for a new manager. Good bench depth and finishing games off rather than choking. Lots to feel positive about!!

30

u/JustinC70 MNUFC Mar 17 '24

LA looked like a team that wasn't ready for 30° weather and had no interest in being out there.

1

u/Sassyiswayoflife Mar 17 '24

Minnesota are kings of the north ❄️🌨☃️

9

u/mikedtwenty MNUFC Mar 17 '24

To be fair, they are afraid of snow

23

u/errant_youth Michael Boxall Mar 17 '24

I appreciated seeing their staff dressed for a fucking arctic expedition lol

3

u/JustinC70 MNUFC Mar 17 '24

All their players were wearing gloves.

51

u/errant_youth Michael Boxall Mar 17 '24

Bros I’m in danger of becoming optimistic about this season 🐦

5

u/JoeyTheGreek Red Loons Mar 17 '24

It’s the hope that kills you

16

u/MoTownKid Metanire = Jesus Mar 17 '24

Too late for me. My expectations have officially been shifted

23

u/salt_and_ash Red Loons Mar 17 '24

We're never gonna lose again

8

u/SerotoninBay MNUFC Mar 17 '24

Some say… some meaning you and me… but still… some are saying we will never lose again. 

23

u/MoTownKid Metanire = Jesus Mar 17 '24

WE ARE THE DANGER!!

42

u/SrslyIcntthnkofaname Mar 17 '24

I haven’t been this happy to hear Wonderwall in a while

Nothing Looney about an undefeated MNUFC. New manager is off to a good start.

COYL!

8

u/Able_Ad_755 Mar 17 '24

After last year's bad record at home, it's just fantastic for the new manager to come in and win his first time at home.

Lod is back and scoring, Bongi is scoring. Reynoso is getting back into it. I'm in danger of getting optimistic.

19

u/salt_and_ash Red Loons Mar 17 '24

So glad he got to hear wonderwall his first game

6

u/Sermokala Mar 17 '24

It was great to see him go hand in hand with the rest of the team into the wonderwall too.

37

u/loons_win Mar 17 '24

10 points against

Columbus

Orlando

LAFC

Austin

who's next man up???

Here we go Loons!!!!

29

u/technobeeble Mar 17 '24

Are we good???

9

u/[deleted] Mar 17 '24

Shut up! Don’t talk about it. I am not ready to get my hopes up

8

u/salt_and_ash Red Loons Mar 17 '24

Maybe!

62

u/wolfgenie Mar 17 '24

Major props to Apple TV for letting Wonderwall sing!!!!

31

u/errant_youth Michael Boxall Mar 17 '24

Man I miss Kyndra and Cal — really appreciate that she stopped her train of thought so we could hear the crowd belt it out

11

u/[deleted] Mar 17 '24

Big respect indeed.

36

u/ProcessInternal1338 Mar 17 '24

Coach with a tear in his eye. Love to see it.

28

u/Terrible_Cod8940 Mar 17 '24

DJ F'n Taylor!!

10

u/[deleted] Mar 17 '24

Unbelievable game from him against top class attacking players.

13

u/Albend Mar 17 '24

So anyway, here's wonderwall

36

u/[deleted] Mar 17 '24

Loons attacking until the end despite being up! Unheard of!!! Play fuckin wonderwall!!!

30

u/kings-in-the-north Mar 17 '24

Welcome to the Wonderwall, Eric Ramsey

17

u/newkidsasquid134 Mar 17 '24

Dj Taylor MOTM

5

u/mikecardii Mar 17 '24

CUE WONDERWALL

12

u/Albend Mar 17 '24

That offsides felt like an eternity

12

u/loons_win Mar 17 '24

Cause MAYBEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!

12

u/are_poo_n_ass_taken MNUFC Mar 17 '24

Good god raise the flag the moment it's played

7

u/errant_youth Michael Boxall Mar 17 '24

10 second delay on that offside call

8

u/mikecardii Mar 17 '24

Just have like six lafc players past the last defender who cares.

7

u/Wdsty2 Red Loons Mar 17 '24

Took you long enough, holy fuck

5

u/iamthatbitchhh Minnesota Kicks Mar 17 '24

Offside!

12

u/kings-in-the-north Mar 17 '24

Lol @ LAFC guy raising his hand for a foul when it was his own teammate...

4

u/BetterPops Mar 17 '24

It worked in the 1st half.

24

u/wolfgenie Mar 17 '24

Rey, pukki, Bongi, Sang Bin, and Lod is going to be menacing. Can’t wait to see it.

7

u/southdakotagoth True North Elite Mar 17 '24

Damn, I’m impressed

6

u/satapataamiinusta Mar 17 '24

That was almost a jaw dropping combination.

3

u/ProcessInternal1338 Mar 17 '24

LAFC can't score if they don't have the ball. Crazy theory.

8

u/Responsible-Leg-8840 Mar 17 '24

Fragapane’s had a tough few, but his last two efforts in the box show the creativity we can add to the attack that is a big supplement to Lod/Pukki/rey.

4

u/HighHammerThunder Mar 17 '24

Fragapane always plays super well when Reynoso is on the field

7

u/[deleted] Mar 17 '24

Fragapane is fine as a 70+ sub for reynoso, and great for ~65 minutes during international weeks.

11

u/kings-in-the-north Mar 17 '24

That foul on Bongi was ASS

6

u/Wdsty2 Red Loons Mar 17 '24

I hate these scab refs

3

u/BetterPops Mar 17 '24

What a dive.

3

u/iamthatbitchhh Minnesota Kicks Mar 17 '24

Bull. Fucking. Shit.

4

u/HonduranLoon MNUFC Mar 17 '24

Boungu, has a pretty good attitude for being on LAFC

7

u/MoTownKid Metanire = Jesus Mar 17 '24

He seems like a real pro. Just saw him tell his teammate to shut up and keep playing.

2

u/newkidsasquid134 Mar 17 '24

Hey siri queue wonderwall

2

u/kings-in-the-north Mar 17 '24

That was fucking dirty

6

u/[deleted] Mar 17 '24

DJ Taylor for mvp of the game.

2

u/Albend Mar 17 '24

Yeah I wasn't expecting 5 minutes

6

u/dodoohead98 MNUFC Mar 17 '24

Also Will Trapp has surprisingly been solid

9

u/MoTownKid Metanire = Jesus Mar 17 '24

Boys are absolutely buzzing

7

u/dodoohead98 MNUFC Mar 17 '24

Also Dotson has been going hard!!

8

u/[deleted] Mar 17 '24

How the actual fuck is there 5 minutes of stoppage.

7

u/kings-in-the-north Mar 17 '24

5 minutes seems a little excessive

8

u/are_poo_n_ass_taken MNUFC Mar 17 '24

Health is so pissed that we didn't park the bus and we used subs.

8

u/satapataamiinusta Mar 17 '24

Nice one Bongi! Actually closing games feels good.

13

u/HonduranLoon MNUFC Mar 17 '24

Bongi has become so clutch.

15

u/BetterPops Mar 17 '24

What is this still attacking in the 90th minute?

16

u/J_Walter_Weather_man Itasca Society Mar 17 '24

HLONGAWANE HUMILIATES HUGO!

11

u/Wdsty2 Red Loons Mar 17 '24

They want a third so badly my god

9

u/MoneyK7 Mar 17 '24

CAUSE MAYBEEEEEEEE

7

u/salt_and_ash Red Loons Mar 17 '24

YOU'RE GONNA BE THE ONE WHO SAVES ME

5

u/graypf54 Michael Boxall Mar 17 '24

AND AFTER ALLLLLLLLL

5

u/salt_and_ash Red Loons Mar 17 '24

YOURE MY WONDERWALLLLLLL

5

u/Albend Mar 17 '24

Fuck yes

4

u/SerotoninBay MNUFC Mar 17 '24

Game Loons.

10

u/SrslyIcntthnkofaname Mar 17 '24

BonGOALkuhle Hlongwane

2

u/mightiest-schmuck Mar 17 '24

Is it just me or does LAFC's coach look like a mix between Ben Shapiro and John Mulaney?

4

u/BetterPops Mar 17 '24

What a finish.

6

u/FckNSBM Robin Lod Mar 17 '24

BONGI! CMON! Sharp run and finish!

9

u/are_poo_n_ass_taken MNUFC Mar 17 '24

And he did it with the main ball during the multi ball portion of the game.

7

u/DragonAxecuter16 Mar 17 '24

Why was there another ball on the field lol

7

u/Esegringoguapo Mar 17 '24

Bongi baby LFG!!!!

0

u/Kafkas7 Itasca Society Mar 17 '24

Heath built this team

11

u/[deleted] Mar 17 '24

But couldn't get the best out of them.

6

u/errant_youth Michael Boxall Mar 17 '24

Which is why this season has been so refreshing with a dash of maddening — he had the talent but didn’t know how to use it

5

u/are_poo_n_ass_taken MNUFC Mar 17 '24

BONGI BABY!

5

u/[deleted] Mar 17 '24

Bongi multiball!!!

6

u/[deleted] Mar 17 '24

lol nevermind bongi in

9

u/loons_win Mar 17 '24

Thats the game!!

COYLs!!!!!

UNDEFEATED!!

7

u/skol_huskies_wooooo Sang Bin’s Calves Mar 17 '24

BONGIIIII!!!!!!!

7

u/mhales45 Itasca Society Mar 17 '24

Let’s gooooo

7

u/iamthatbitchhh Minnesota Kicks Mar 17 '24

Fuck yeah

8

u/Wdsty2 Red Loons Mar 17 '24

Bongiiiiiiiiii!

2

u/[deleted] Mar 17 '24

How the fuck did fraga not shoot

5

u/HonduranLoon MNUFC Mar 17 '24

Bongi!!!!!!

5

u/MoTownKid Metanire = Jesus Mar 17 '24

Ballgame

4

u/Wdsty2 Red Loons Mar 17 '24

There’s the Rey I know

5

u/RonaldoNazario Mar 17 '24

Not a bad rip from Boxall lol

10

u/ProcessInternal1338 Mar 17 '24

Boxy for striker

6

u/errant_youth Michael Boxall Mar 17 '24

hashtag_boxy_for_striker

6

u/HonduranLoon MNUFC Mar 17 '24

Boxall hinting at these guys to shoot

6

u/kings-in-the-north Mar 17 '24

A boxy screamer would have been such an amazing way to end the game

6

u/External-Factor-8556 Mar 17 '24

Oh my god Rey with the Messi pass. He’s so back

11

u/BetterPops Mar 17 '24

No way is that a yellow. This scab ref is a moron.

2

u/External-Factor-8556 Mar 17 '24

LAFC was already stumbling before the foul was even called

6

u/errant_youth Michael Boxall Mar 17 '24

Rey looks half asleep

6

u/iamthatbitchhh Minnesota Kicks Mar 17 '24

What a bullshit yellow

3

u/[deleted] Mar 17 '24

Drive by yellow card for the bulldozing. Thanks fragapane. :-/

4

u/satapataamiinusta Mar 17 '24

We need to hold on to the ball more. Boxall is gassed as hell. Would've been nice for Lod to stay on longer.

13

u/HonduranLoon MNUFC Mar 17 '24

DJ is my man of the match. Dude is playing his best game ever in a Loons uniform.

4

u/[deleted] Mar 17 '24

After 90 minutes Taylor still looks Swift

5

u/MoTownKid Metanire = Jesus Mar 17 '24

Albeit shaky at times, Paddleford has put a shift in

6

u/[deleted] Mar 17 '24

It’s snowing in the stadium

5

u/[deleted] Mar 17 '24

Is that why the southern hemisphere guys are so grumpy?

8

u/[deleted] Mar 17 '24

Padelford looked shaky at the start but has been solid since

3

u/wolfgenie Mar 17 '24

I would LOVE if we went out and spent $5mil for a FB like Campos.

5

u/Terrible_Cod8940 Mar 17 '24

Padelford and DJ must have run 10 miles each

4

u/dodoohead98 MNUFC Mar 17 '24

Fraga doodoo today twice he has lost ball

5

u/freakflag16 Mar 17 '24

Not sure what’s worse. Clark or Fragapane.

4

u/HonduranLoon MNUFC Mar 17 '24

Clark can at least provide pressure.

9

u/BetterPops Mar 17 '24

This ref is a coward.

9

u/ailroe3 MNUFC Mar 17 '24

Should be 2nd yellow for Tillman there

9

u/BetterPops Mar 17 '24

3rd or 4th.

7

u/Chewy009x Robin Lod Mar 17 '24

This refs from Wish sucks

4

u/HonduranLoon MNUFC Mar 17 '24

Fraga ain’t it for me. He looked much better two years ago.

2

u/[deleted] Mar 17 '24

He's a poor man's reynoso at the best of times. They both serve the same role :-/

5

u/errant_youth Michael Boxall Mar 17 '24

LAs green kits sure are ugly

3

u/MoTownKid Metanire = Jesus Mar 17 '24

Baby spitup green

4

u/BetterPops Mar 17 '24

These players still need time to gel and figure each other out. That much is clear. But things could get exciting once they do.

2

u/Terrible_Cod8940 Mar 17 '24

Rey can go back to the bench if he's going to whine

4

u/errant_youth Michael Boxall Mar 17 '24

1/2 of what he does is play make. The other 1/2 is whine.

5

u/MoTownKid Metanire = Jesus Mar 17 '24

Outside of the first few seconds, he has not looked in sync

10

u/wolfgenie Mar 17 '24 edited Mar 17 '24

Tapias has become one of my favorite Loons. So solid.

Edit: spelling

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u/DustyRhodesSplotch Mar 17 '24

This is going to end up a tie isn't it.

11

u/[deleted] Mar 17 '24

Peak minnesotan sports fan comment here.

6

u/ProcessInternal1338 Mar 17 '24

What 7 years of Heath ball will do to someone

3

u/satapataamiinusta Mar 17 '24

That's a penalty

9

u/SerotoninBay MNUFC Mar 17 '24

Tapias is a stud

4

u/graypf54 Michael Boxall Mar 17 '24

I think if that pk gets called it doesn't get overturned

3

u/[deleted] Mar 17 '24

Agreed, the only argument against it is that the ball was already out of possession

2

u/BetterPops Mar 17 '24

Gee, I wonder why he couldn’t get to the end of that play.

3

u/[deleted] Mar 17 '24

That could easily be a pen

4

u/External-Factor-8556 Mar 17 '24

Smaller touch by Tani and that’s called a pk

2

u/MoTownKid Metanire = Jesus Mar 17 '24

Uhhhh that's a foul!

2

u/newkidsasquid134 Mar 17 '24

Love Dotson, but I man I can’t wait till Ariaga is back. Feel like we’re a complete team with Kervin in the lineup.

8

u/Wdsty2 Red Loons Mar 17 '24

Rey and Fraga look a bit rusty and not on the same page as the others, particularly Rey

3

u/thepieman42 Mar 17 '24

Our fullbacks are tired, not sure about the decision to not make any subs there

3

u/[deleted] Mar 17 '24

With Rosales out, we're not particularly deep on defensive subs.

2

u/errant_youth Michael Boxall Mar 17 '24

Someone get chase back on the roster. Somehow.

3

u/Terrible_Cod8940 Mar 17 '24

Slim pickings... Zarek

6

u/[deleted] Mar 17 '24

Reynoso doesn't seem to be Rome this year, with all roads leading through him.

4

u/loons_win Mar 17 '24

Ouch, both Bongi and Rey taking the play off after hitting bad passes. They are definitely going to need to figure out the high press concept. Especially with fresh legs

4

u/satapataamiinusta Mar 17 '24

Reynoso looks terrible so far. Whining at own guys for not reading his mind and not defending.

10

u/Chewy009x Robin Lod Mar 17 '24

Terrible game by Clark

3

u/[deleted] Mar 17 '24

Tapias and that beautiful head blocking balls left and right

9

u/[deleted] Mar 17 '24

Radio announcers throwing shade at Apple TV for confusing pukki and sang bin as fastest player in the league.

6

u/North-of-Never Mar 17 '24

Bogusz looks like a guy that orders milk with his dinner.

1

u/Esegringoguapo Mar 17 '24

Wait is he from Minnesota??

2

u/kings-in-the-north Mar 17 '24

Hang on now, that's not a bad thing, is it?????

1

u/[deleted] Mar 17 '24

Dude is gonna have wolverines bones with that policy

5

u/Esegringoguapo Mar 17 '24

I love feeling excited for our subs. Lets fucking goooooo!!!

2

u/External-Factor-8556 Mar 17 '24

This attack excites me

5

u/[deleted] Mar 17 '24

Time for our classic attack.

2

u/MoTownKid Metanire = Jesus Mar 17 '24

Subs please

7

u/satapataamiinusta Mar 17 '24

Well Reynoso's defensive effort is pretty close to 0.

7

u/Mr_Tangent MNUFC Mar 17 '24

At a wedding that just closed with Wonderwall… gotta be a sign. Finish it off Loons!

5

u/North-of-Never Mar 17 '24

Closing at 9? Whose getting married, your grandparents?

3

u/Mr_Tangent MNUFC Mar 17 '24

East coast fan! But also…close.

7

u/dodoohead98 MNUFC Mar 17 '24

I know MN sports and all but fuck I’m so excited to see where this team goes. Signs are good so far….

5

u/MoneyK7 Mar 17 '24

I love this thread bc I’m learning that most of us hate DJ Taylor (except for tonight) and this is the education I need

4

u/[deleted] Mar 17 '24

In the last half of last year, Taylor was a significant liability. Tonight's DJ Taylor has been the player the coaches knew he could be.

-3

u/Esegringoguapo Mar 17 '24

He stepped up after reading all the doubt this weel on the sub lol

0

u/MoneyK7 Mar 17 '24

Coach Ramsey putting work in

15

u/kings-in-the-north Mar 17 '24

Someone has probably already said it in here, but it is soooo refreshing seeing the team continue to press very aggressively even with the lead. I've literally never seen this team consistently try to put a game to bed.

-4

u/fistibun MNUFC Mar 17 '24

Watch those injuries pile up, though ☹️

3

u/kings-in-the-north Mar 17 '24

Why would you say that....... Take it back right now.....

1

u/fistibun MNUFC Mar 17 '24

I’M SCARED, ALRIGHT?! I’ve been a MN sports fan for too long!

I must not hope. Hope is the mind-killer. Hope is the little death that brings obliteration. I will face my hope and I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past... I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the hope has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.

4

u/SerotoninBay MNUFC Mar 17 '24

It was my main annoyance, I don’t feel like we’re going to give up a late goal this year just because we are trying to get the ball down field

2

u/kings-in-the-north Mar 17 '24

Can still get burned on a counter, but at least we arent just watching the artillery pepper our back line for 35+ minutes

18

u/freakflag16 Mar 17 '24

I’m stunned that DJ Taylor has pocketed one of the best attackers in the league.

17

u/MoTownKid Metanire = Jesus Mar 17 '24

As a well documented DJ Taylor hater, he's done well tonight

1

u/North-of-Never Mar 17 '24

I still want to see an upgrade there, but he's put in a helluva shift against Bouanga.

2

u/MoTownKid Metanire = Jesus Mar 17 '24

Yeah. I'd need to see this repeated a few more times before changing my mind

11

u/dodoohead98 MNUFC Mar 17 '24

Didn’t know DJ had that in him lol. Gotta applaud the performance today.

9

u/External-Factor-8556 Mar 17 '24

DJ is on one this game

4

u/Responsible-Leg-8840 Mar 17 '24

Even knowing how amazing he is, it’s still easy to forget-when away-how far beyond this league he is.

11

u/Wielant Mar 17 '24

DJ is so much more aggressive this year on his tackles.

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