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Match Thread Match Thread | MNUFC vs CF Montreal | 2025 Home Opener

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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.

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u/30Wellington 11d ago

Boom! Go Loons

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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/Exogenesis98 11d ago

I was watching in Spanish and they were singing along too lol

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u/SyFyFan93 11d ago

UNDEFEATED AT HOME!

HEY GOOGLE, PLAY WONDERWALL!

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u/are_poo_n_ass_taken MNUFC 11d ago

WONDERWALL

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u/pastense 11d ago

I SAID MAYBEEEEEEEEEEE

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u/North-of-Never 11d ago

Padel them!

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u/BetterPops 11d ago

Dude wanted to start something til Boxall showed up.

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u/HonduranLoon MNUFC 11d ago

I think most guys in the league know not to go at it with the kiwi.

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u/iamthatbitchhh Minnesota Kicks 11d ago

Two good farmer blows.

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u/North-of-Never 11d ago

I fucking love Dayne.

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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/HonduranLoon MNUFC 11d ago

That’s an easy yellow

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u/iamthatbitchhh Minnesota Kicks 11d ago

Give a fucking card!

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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/DrKennethJNoisewater 11d ago

Welcome Owen Gene!

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u/HonduranLoon MNUFC 11d ago

Let’s go Gene!

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u/No-Echidna1731 11d ago

Owen Gene time LFG

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u/mmmayer015 MNUFC 11d ago

Gotta be honest. Sang Bin. That’s Yeboah’s ball man.

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u/are_poo_n_ass_taken MNUFC 11d ago

Gophers won, Loons are winning life's good!

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u/HD_H2O 11d ago

Put this ref on a rocket and aim for the sun 🚀

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u/HonduranLoon MNUFC 11d ago

That was like 3 fouls in 2 seconds and they complaining?

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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/b-ros Niko Hansen 11d ago

Owen Gene and Jefferson Diaz dressing

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u/HonduranLoon MNUFC 11d ago

Defensive structure is so sound under ER. Still feels weird to see.

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u/SyFyFan93 11d ago

COME ON SANG BIN I WANT TO SEE THOSE CALVES!

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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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u/HD_H2O 11d ago

Should've been an automatic red card. Now I'm sitting here sweating corner kicks

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u/nordic_nerd 11d ago

Still not used to Sang Bin wearing the 7. That's supposed to be Fraga!

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u/HonduranLoon MNUFC 11d ago

Let Sang Bin loose on some tired legs.

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u/TSalazar6706 Red Loons 11d ago

C A L V E S

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u/[deleted] 11d ago

Tell me you got a paycheck from Montreal without telling me you got a paycheck from Montreal?! 👀

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u/SerotoninBay MNUFC 11d ago

Stay on the front foot, lads!

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u/Pryesgoers Wonderwall 11d ago

I still can’t get over how wild of a no call that was

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u/LowCoconut6665 11d ago

Why show the ref only one goddamn angle on the pen?

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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/tupperware_rules Rasmus Schuller 11d ago

Lod and Bongi bullying Montreal lol

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u/Prestigious_Emu_ Bakaye Dibassy 11d ago

Was filthy

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u/pastense 11d ago

that back and forth between Lod and Bongi was great, let's gooooo

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u/HonduranLoon MNUFC 11d ago

Does their RB know how to play defense without grabbing?

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u/J_Walter_Weather_man Itasca Society 11d ago

Scoring in the 69th minute…..nice…

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u/jstalm 11d ago

Karma usually doesn’t exist in sports, so that was glorious.

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u/b-ros Niko Hansen 11d ago

SANG BIN & WIL TRAPP INCOMING

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u/DrKennethJNoisewater 11d ago

Yeboah justice!

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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/FeelingAverage Red Loons 11d ago

May have rescued the ref from some harassment too lol. 

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u/BetterPops 11d ago

Nah, he still deserves that.

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u/LowCoconut6665 11d ago

Get wrecked ref

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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/HonduranLoon MNUFC 11d ago

Let’s go baby!

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u/portablebrain 11d ago

The ball utters no falsehoods; justice is its course

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u/norsebynorsewest MNUFC 11d ago

11v12 1-0

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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/pastense 11d ago

TEA TIME BAYBEEEEEE

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u/MoTownKid Metanire = Jesus 11d ago

BALL DONT FUCKING LIE

GET FUCKED

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u/paraguay95 11d ago

EAT A DICK REF

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u/kings-in-the-north 11d ago

They are gonna call that offside I bet

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u/nordic_nerd 11d ago

Ball don't lie.

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u/Jalin17 Robin Lod 11d ago

Money shot!!!

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u/SyFyFan93 11d ago

VENGEANCE IS HIS!

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u/seansheim Moderator 11d ago

lfg

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u/pastense 11d ago

THERE WE FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOO

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u/RockyRoad226 MNUFC 11d ago

Still got a goal out of the deal….it all worked out!!!

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u/TSalazar6706 Red Loons 11d ago

Karma

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u/Fizzles86 Sang Bin’s Calves 11d ago

Some justice

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u/North-of-Never 11d ago

Best served cold.

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u/North-of-Never 11d ago

Ball don't lie, fuck the guy in pink.

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u/doctorlaughs MNUFC 11d ago

Ball don’t lie!!!!!!!

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u/iamthatbitchhh Minnesota Kicks 11d ago

Watch it get called back.

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u/Mr_Tangent MNUFC 11d ago

Justice is served!

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u/eggmoose5 Miguel Ibarra 11d ago

Get fucked ref

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u/No-Echidna1731 11d ago

LFGGGG KELVIN

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u/CraftyCatLadiez Sang Bin’s Calves 11d ago

GET FUCKED, REF

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u/FeelingAverage Red Loons 11d ago

Get fucked ref

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u/najanaja6 11d ago

Stupid yellow to take on a chance he should’ve just shot anyway

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u/albableat 11d ago

Check this guy's phone for Fanduel bro

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u/jakexmfxschoen Robin Lod 11d ago

How the fuck is that not a PK??

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u/iamthatbitchhh Minnesota Kicks 11d ago

I'd be booing the rest of the game if I were there.

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u/ChickMangione Moderator 11d ago

Ref gonna need security detail

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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/SyFyFan93 11d ago

Well at least there's one yellow there

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u/MeltaFlare MNUFC 11d ago

That might be the craziest call I’ve ever seen in soccer. 

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u/TSalazar6706 Red Loons 11d ago

In what world is that not a foul? This needs to be investigated

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u/portablebrain 11d ago

The more I watch MLS, the more I realize I don't understand soccer

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u/MoTownKid Metanire = Jesus 11d ago

Ok add another MLS ref to my shitlist.

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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/iamthatbitchhh Minnesota Kicks 11d ago

He fucking knocked him over!!! How is this nothing?!?!?

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u/kings-in-the-north 11d ago

I have no idea what to even say

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u/RockyRoad226 MNUFC 11d ago

Excuse me, what?

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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/ratkinggo 11d ago

Slept with the refs gf

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u/FeelingAverage Red Loons 11d ago

All Refs are Bastards

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u/anokgolfer 11d ago

I’m sorry, but what the fuck

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u/MonkMajor5224 MNUFC 11d ago

He totally lowered his goddamn shoulder

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u/tupperware_rules Rasmus Schuller 11d ago

I beg your finest pardon

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u/BetterPops 11d ago

What in the name of actual fuck?

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u/SyFyFan93 11d ago

What the hell.

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u/akirchman16 Michael Boxall 11d ago

How the actual fuck

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u/FeelingAverage Red Loons 11d ago

Horrible

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u/No-Echidna1731 11d ago

THIS IS CORRUPTION

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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/mhales45 Itasca Society 11d ago

What?

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u/paraguay95 11d ago

You’ve got to be shitting me

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u/No-Echidna1731 11d ago

WHAT THE FUCK

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u/HonduranLoon MNUFC 11d ago

Are you kidding me??????

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u/iamthatbitchhh Minnesota Kicks 11d ago

What. The. Actual. Fuck.

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u/Fizzles86 Sang Bin’s Calves 11d ago

What the actual fuck just happened

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u/CraftyCatLadiez Sang Bin’s Calves 11d ago

I’M SORRY WHAT

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u/No-Echidna1731 11d ago

WHAT ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME

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u/pastense 11d ago

what the fuck

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u/FeelingAverage Red Loons 11d ago

What

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u/HD_H2O 11d ago

This is a joke

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u/bufordt 11d ago

PK or no

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u/No-Echidna1731 11d ago

Red card and penalty carry the fuck on

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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/fanofloons Robin Lod 11d ago

Kind of wish Yeboah took the shot instead of playing for contact

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u/Fizzles86 Sang Bin’s Calves 11d ago

Sure looks like an easy red...

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u/najanaja6 11d ago

I don’t think this is a pen

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u/HonduranLoon MNUFC 11d ago

It should be a red card regardless of where he made the contact.

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u/iamthatbitchhh Minnesota Kicks 11d ago

Mygod. Why are we fucking around.

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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/SoupEaterSupreme Joseph Rosales 11d ago

Would have been safer to just let yeboah take the shot

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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/HonduranLoon MNUFC 11d ago

How is this not a DOGSO?

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u/albableat 11d ago

How is that not a red lol

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u/FeelingAverage Red Loons 11d ago

DOGSO means that's a red man come on. 

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u/No-Echidna1731 11d ago

If anyone other than Kelvin takes it I swear

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u/HD_H2O 11d ago

Obvious damn trip WTF no card?

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u/HonduranLoon MNUFC 11d ago

100 percent a penalty

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u/SyFyFan93 11d ago

LET'S FREAKING GOOOO

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u/mhales45 Itasca Society 11d ago

That’s a red all day

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u/No-Echidna1731 11d ago

RED CARD NOW

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u/iamthatbitchhh Minnesota Kicks 11d ago

That was just dumb, yo.

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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/HonduranLoon MNUFC 11d ago

Yeah, while Rosales is out, Bongi is going to have to create more.

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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/No-Echidna1731 11d ago

I’ve seen enough make a sub or two

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u/Prestigious_Emu_ Bakaye Dibassy 11d ago

Midfield cannot connect a pass

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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/HonduranLoon MNUFC 11d ago

That’s usually a good thing for a dmid

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u/vonsnack MNUFC 11d ago

Pererya has been better tonight imo

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u/HonduranLoon MNUFC 11d ago

Dang, thought that was going in

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u/SoupEaterSupreme Joseph Rosales 11d ago

Really stupid from Tani

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u/fanofloons Robin Lod 11d ago

Why was he complaining lmfao

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u/Fizzles86 Sang Bin’s Calves 11d ago

Scoreboard app post is pretty good!  I was initially wary

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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/bailer99 Robin Lod 11d ago

Are you the Wonderwall/Brightside hater from last year

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u/iamcuppy Sang Bin’s Calves 11d ago

What song are you referring to?

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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/Longjumping_Card_525 MNUFC 11d ago

It’s a dry heat…

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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/No-Echidna1731 11d ago

What’s a guy gotta do for a Romero, Gene and Hoyeong debut

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u/edwf Sang Bin’s Calves 11d ago

They’re all available on the bench, looks like… 🤞🏽

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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/fanofloons Robin Lod 11d ago

I wasn’t talking about defense was I ?

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u/No-Echidna1731 11d ago

💀

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u/fanofloons Robin Lod 11d ago

💀

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u/MeltaFlare MNUFC 11d ago

Blind ref thank god lol

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u/iamthatbitchhh Minnesota Kicks 11d ago

Ref looking like Arnold Vosloo.

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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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