Rodríguez, Minnesota United Get First Win At Allianz Field
Angelo Rodríguez scored late and Minnesota United beat D.C. United 1-0 on Sunday to snap a three-game winless streak and get its first win at Allianz Field.
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Angelo Rodríguez scored late and Minnesota United beat D.C. United 1-0 on Sunday to snap a three-game winless streak and get its first win at Allianz Field.
When the Minnesota United play their second game at Allianz Field Wednesday, manager Adrian Heath is hoping things are a bit more normal.
Substitute Jordan Hamilton scored in the 77th and 79th minutes to give Toronto FC a 4-3 comeback victory over Minnesota United on Friday night.
The game ended with a tie, but Saturday's excitement went well beyond the score.
Osvaldo Alonso and Angelo Rodriguez scored for Minnesota (3-2-1).
Jalil Anibaba and Brandon Bye each scored to help the New England Revolution win their first game of the year, 2-1 over Minnesota United on Saturday.
Today marks one month until the grand opening of Allianz Field with Minnesota United's first home game at the new stadium on Saturday, April 13.
Darwin Quintero, Francisco Calvo and Romario Ibarra scored to help Minnesota United beat the Vancouver Whitecaps 3-2 on Saturday in the season opener for both teams.
Minnesota United announced Wednesday that the $250 million privately-funded soccer stadium was finished on schedule for hosting the inaugural match against New York City FC on April 13.
The former home of the Minnesota Vikings is being used to bring soccer to the Twin Cities in a unique way. Life Time Sport has reconfigured Winter Park into a state-of-the-art facility for soccer. Twelve soccer fields outside and seven inside will be used for pick-up soccer games.
Angelo Rodriguez scored his fourth for Minnesota (11-19-3), which played before a club-record 52,242 fans in its last game TCF Bank Stadium.
Summer is over, but sadly, road construction season is not. A "Downtown to Crosstown" closure of Interstate 35W from Highway 62 to Interstate 94 is in effect until Monday morning, and it is delaying sports fans all weekend long.
The Loons have more than 50,000 tickets sold and distributed for their final home game of the season to prove it.
Minnesota midfielder Darwin Quintero scored in the 51st minute but it was taken away after a video review for being offside.
