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With several top players hurting, Loons coach keeps looking for spark Adrian Heath called his team "passive" and unsure after Saturday's 1-0 loss to Austin F.C.  May 2, 2021 — 4:41pm Text size Copy shortlink: Three games into their 34-game season, Minnesota United remains MLS' only team that hasn't yet earned a point while getting outscored 7-1. Star midfielder Emanuel Reynoso has a hurting calf muscle, but not a single assist to start this season after he set a MLS Cup playoff record for them with seven in three games to end the...

Copy shortlink: Minnesota United coach Adrian Heath threw everything he could Saturday night at his club's staggering season start and still couldn't find enough to prevent a 1-0 loss to expansion Austin FC. He tried substitutions early and often after halftime. He turned to youth looking for some kind of spark. He turned goalkeeper Dayne St. Clair into an attacker in the opponent's 18-yard box late in second-half stoppage time. None of it stopped the Loons from their first 0-3 start in a franchise history that included some dark days early in their existence. None of ...

Copy shortlink: When Adrian Heath left England to spread soccer's gospel in America 13 years ago, he arrived in Austin, Texas, seeking to build the best minor league team in his new country. He spent just two seasons managing the Austin Aztex before he and the club relocated to Orlando, but while there he dropped the seeds for a Major League Soccer expansion team that played its third game ever Saturday at Allianz Field. Disillusioned and angry after he lost his Coventry City FC coaching job back home, he accepted an invitation from Phil Rawlins — a former part-owner...

Injured Ike Opara remains on Minnesota United FC roster The standout defender played in only two games last season.  April 16, 2021 — 8:50pm Text size Copy shortlink: Minnesota United finalized its roster for Friday's season opener at Seattle with one that included two-time MLS Defender of the Year Ike Opara. The Loons also opened two international roster spots after they loaned out New Zealander Noah Billingsley and Uruguayan Thomas Chacon and classified midfielder Jan Gregus a U.S. permanent resident when he received his U.S. g...

LAFC over Columbus Crew for MLS Cup? Our 2021 predictions, MVP favorites, team-by-team talking points play ESPN FC's 2021 MLS Cup Predictions (1:25) Alejandro Moreno shares his predictions for the upcoming MLS season, and has big expectations for LAFC. (1:25) The 26th season of Major League Soccer kicks off on Friday as Houston Dynamo host San Jose at BBVA Stadium (8 p.m. ET, ESPN+) and after a wild season in 2020, it's a clean slate and a reset in 2021 with a full schedule, another new team (welcome, Austin FC) and plenty of iconic players and teams with a lot to prove. And so, a little over...