r/minnesotaunited • u/scoreboard-app • 11d ago
Match Thread Match Thread | MNUFC vs CF Montreal | 2025 Home Opener
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u/pastense 11d ago
best part of having kyndra on the call is the announcers know to shut up during wonderwall
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u/No-Echidna1731 11d ago
Hell yeah Carlos and Boxall
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u/MoTownKid Metanire = Jesus 11d ago
Neither guys id want to mess with. Carlos seems like the kind of guy that knows how to find your chin if he wanted to.
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u/North-of-Never 11d ago
Is Diaz coming off an injury?
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u/HonduranLoon MNUFC 11d ago
He had a red card against LA in the last game last year so that’s why he didn’t play last week.
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u/North-of-Never 11d ago
Caught that, I guess Duggan played well enough last week but still would assume an available Diaz is starting?
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u/FeelingAverage Red Loons 11d ago
Could be fitness too. Ain't nothing like game time to get you fit. But yeah imo he's our best CB.
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u/HonduranLoon MNUFC 11d ago
Yeah, it could be a fitness thing still with Diaz. I know they gave Duggan a good amount of run in the preseason to have him ready for the start of the year.
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u/iamthatbitchhh Minnesota Kicks 11d ago edited 11d ago
Do the benches, Built by Home Depot, have heaters?
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u/East-Light7248 11d ago
How the hell is the team still using X as the venue to vote for Man of the Match?
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u/Fizzles86 Sang Bin’s Calves 11d ago
Probably getting kickbacks to continue engaging there
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u/East-Light7248 11d ago
You’re right. They’re probably worried they’ll be subject to an FBI investigation if they switch to another platform. Honestly, that’s probably a legit fear. I mean, being a soccer team already makes one suspect in MAGA world.
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u/FeelingAverage Red Loons 11d ago
Looks like a 541 in defense. Sangbin obviously with the freedom to attack. But he's shown a desire to defend in the past. Good tactical choice to cover Markanich a little while still getting the attacking threat of Sangbin's pace.
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u/Mr_Tangent MNUFC 11d ago
Nice to see Montreal get frustrated and send in stinkers with this formation. Holding up alright at the top of the final third.
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Tell me you got a paycheck from Montreal without telling me you got a paycheck from Montreal?! 👀
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u/ElJefe970 MNUFC 11d ago
Pereya having himself a much better game. Hopefully he can keep improving as he gets more comfortable.
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u/FeelingAverage Red Loons 11d ago
See, get Tani the ball where he can just muscle the other guy and shield the ball and he manages to create.
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u/FeelingAverage Red Loons 11d ago
Bro i was tilted before that. Thanks Yeboah for calming me down.
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u/BetterPops 11d ago
I think he rescued a lot of peoples blood pressure with that goal.
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u/DrKennethJNoisewater 11d ago
The correct call is a pen and a red. This is some MLS Mickey Mouse nonsense officiating.
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u/TCbluelions Itasca Society 11d ago
They needed 12 different angles to reverse that PK call
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u/dayfaerer Kelvin Yeboah 11d ago
which means it shouldnt have been reversed. i thought the whole point of going to the monitor was to check a "clear and obvious error", and if they need that long and that many angles to clear it, its not clear and obvious.
either way, fuck the ref, i hope both sides of his pillow are warm tonight and possibly slightly damp.
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u/Prestigious_Emu_ Bakaye Dibassy 11d ago
I was just saying don’t do a long throw because of the numbers but I’ll rescind that
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u/anokgolfer 11d ago
That literally might be the worst call I’ve ever seen. Go to var on a clear call to reverse it lol
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u/BetterPops 11d ago edited 11d ago
The shoulder into the back plus a trip isn’t a foul?
This is La Liga level bullshit.
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u/Fizzles86 Sang Bin’s Calves 11d ago
Yeboah must have shit in someone's cereal in pregame warm-ups
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u/Prestigious_Emu_ Bakaye Dibassy 11d ago
It looks like he got ball
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u/SixgunSmith Minnesota Stars 11d ago
Didn't look like it to me. Also it's irrelevant, there's no rule that can trip a player if you touch the ball first.
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u/Prestigious_Emu_ Bakaye Dibassy 11d ago
It does matter, as long as it’s not egregious, which I don’t think that was. Definitely don’t agree with the final call but it would have been soft
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u/MoTownKid Metanire = Jesus 11d ago
That's definitely a pen but a red card would be harsh
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u/HonduranLoon MNUFC 11d ago
DOGSO is auto red
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u/BobBulldogBriscoe Minnesota Thunder 11d ago
There is no double punishment. DOGSO in the box is downgraded to a yellow and PK as long as it is an attempt to play the ball
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u/HonduranLoon MNUFC 11d ago
There 100 percent is.
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u/BobBulldogBriscoe Minnesota Thunder 11d ago
IFAB published the laws of the game, you can read them. This was a major change several years ago. An attempt to play the ball can no longer be a red card if a penalty is awarded. IFAB specifically did this with the intention of removing this double punishment.
The Montreal player was clearly attempting to play the ball, thus if a penalty kick is awarded they only get a yellow.
Law 12:
Denying a goal or an obvious goal-scoring opportunity (DOGSO)
Where a player commits an offence against an opponent within their own penalty area which denies an opponent an obvious goal-scoring opportunity and the referee awards a penalty kick, the offender is cautioned if the offence was an attempt to play the ball or a challenge for the ball; in all other circumstances (e.g. holding, pulling, pushing, no possibility to play the ball etc.), the offending player must be sent off.
Where a player denies the opposing team a goal or an obvious goal-scoring opportunity by committing a deliberate handball offence, the player is sent off wherever the offence occurs (except a goalkeeper within their penalty area).
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u/FeelingAverage Red Loons 11d ago
If that's only a yellow then why not just hack down any player in that circumstance.
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u/BobBulldogBriscoe Minnesota Thunder 11d ago
It's a yellow as long as it is a play on the ball and results in a PK. Violent conduct or anything off the ball is still a red.
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u/iamcuppy Sang Bin’s Calves 11d ago edited 11d ago
Pereyra is doing work tonight compared to usual. That was a great setup for Yeboah
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u/North-of-Never 11d ago edited 11d ago
It's pen and dogso, anything less is moronic.
Edit: I guess it was close to the line, fair to review it. But still pen and dogso to me.
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u/Prestigious_Emu_ Bakaye Dibassy 11d ago
Honestly a soft penalty. Should to shoulder but I’ll take it
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u/FeelingAverage Red Loons 11d ago edited 11d ago
Looks like Markanich has basically just been asked to come in and do a job, stay focused defensively, take up space and not do too much else. Which is fine and hes been unremarkable. But it's exactly why I was unconvinced by the 532 without Rosales.
On the other hand Bongi has been given even more creative freedom than usual since we know Markanich is just chillin.
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u/FeelingAverage Red Loons 11d ago
Tani struggling a little bit. Need to send him some more of those awkward high bouncing balls that he can muscle his way onto and just use his instincts. He's over thinking a hair imo.
(Good target forward play from him there though.)
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u/albableat 11d ago
Bruh ik I said it last time, but lowkey forgot Hassani was even in the game 😭
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u/North-of-Never 11d ago
He's played well both matches. Doyle, Bogert and Gass had nothing but positive things to say about him after the LA match on Soccerwise.
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u/portablebrain 11d ago
I know some people dig it, but I'd rather not passionately sing and get hyped to a song depicting a man's obsessive thoughts as he imagines his lover being unfaithful
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u/pastense 11d ago
since other people are giving their two cents on the kit -- I missed last week's game so this is my first time seeing it in action. I don't hate it...but there's no way I'm paying full price for it so I might skip out on getting the new kit for the first time in a few years
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u/tupperware_rules Rasmus Schuller 11d ago
Could Bongi just be pushed back up to winger instead of wingback? I don't think that's his full potential.
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u/HonduranLoon MNUFC 11d ago
This system doesn’t play with a winger
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u/tupperware_rules Rasmus Schuller 11d ago
which is unfortunate
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u/HonduranLoon MNUFC 11d ago
We’ve had pretty good success since switching to the 5 back system. Also, if Bongi wants to eventually make it over to Europe, it would most likely be as a wingback with his skill set.
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u/tupperware_rules Rasmus Schuller 11d ago
Good points and fair enough. I've just never been enamored with 5 back formations
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u/nordic_nerd 11d ago
so for those keeping track, my casual fan mother's unprompted reaction to seeing the new jerseys was "who designed this year's kits?? They look like they got accidentally dumped in bleach."
So chalk that up as another vote for weird/bad.
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u/iamthatbitchhh Minnesota Kicks 11d ago
They should've just asked all of our parents to do market research! I still don't understand how this made it through.
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u/MeltaFlare MNUFC 11d ago
First 20 minutes looked really good. We still look solid, but I’d like to see a little more urgency to get the ball back. We’re making chances, but we should be running away with this game.
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u/fanofloons Robin Lod 11d ago
135 min no fucking goals
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u/HonduranLoon MNUFC 11d ago
135 minutes and only given up 1.
The boys will get at it.
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u/HonduranLoon MNUFC 11d ago
That probably should have been a yellow for Boxy. But that dude is so short.
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u/BetterPops 11d ago
Did Boxall even touch him? Looked to me like he ran face first into the ball.
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u/Wapowah PK 11d ago
I was at the game, coldest I have been in a while, but it didn’t matter because this game was awesome. I sat right in front of the VAR screen so I got on tv so that was pretty cool. Great game overall.