This rainy day is reminding me that hot toddy season is right around the corner, which means it's a perfect time to pick up a handle of whiskey and drop a couple cinnamon sticks in there.
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Photo Gallery: Gophers 1 – 0 Iowa Minnesota Gopher soccer stunned the #25 Iowa on Thursday night, with their first win over a ranked opponent this season. Dan Mick brings you a photo gallery of the Gophers huge win.
Big Ten Opener: Minnesota 1 - 0 Iowa
Minnesota stunned the #25 Iowa Hawkeyes this week with a huge 1–0 win at ELR
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FREE Match Recap: #Gophers route #25 Iowa in Big Ten season opener to take first win over a ranked opponent in 2026.
Gophers route #25 Iowa in Big Ten opener
Gophers take down #25 Iowa in the Big Ten season opener for their first win over a ranked opponent this season.
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Really hoped for a scorigami, but 0.1% is close
MLS Scorigami@mlsscorigami.bsky.social · 2w agoFINAL: Portland Timbers (5), Minnesota United FC (4) No scorigami. This score has happened 6 times in MLS history, most recently on April 23, 2022 (NYCFC vs. Toronto FC). 0.1% of MLS games end with the home side winning 5-4, the 37th most common scoreline. #MLS #Scorigami
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Minnesota's Soccer Cathedral - Daniel Mick Photography
Allianz Field in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Broke ground in 2017, opened for play in 2019.
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Free post: MLS is, thankfully, getting serious about the U.S. Open Cup again - maybe just so they can win a trophy. #MNUFC will be back in the competition in 2027. Plus: @mplscitysc.bsky.social standout Nathan "Dr. Goals" Donovan goes pro, and a look at a couple of Minnesotans In The Majors.
Free Headers: MLS returns to being serious about U.S. Open Cup
The 2026 Concacaf Champions Cup final was Toluca against Tigres. The 2026 Leagues Cup final will be Toluca against Monterrey (with Club León against Club América in the third-place game.) Maybe Major...
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Minnesota State Fair: this is a delicacy from Laos, covered in a traditional Somali sauce, with honey crisp apples and 14 pre-colonial ingredients native to the state. Profits support our beautiful boundary waters and loon conservation efforts Wisconsin State Fair: deep fried stick of butter
Post-World Cup, the #MNUFC underlying numbers actually look pretty good. The results aren't there - but there are reasons to hope.
The second-half Loons might be a good team with bad results
The underlying numbers say that the Loons have played well post-World Cup. But the results don't begin to match.
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Match Recap: Twin Cities Derby, #Gophers vs #Tommies Minnesota takes down St. Thomas on the back of a first half goal and an early second half goal in a match that was both tightly contested and dominated by the hosts.
Gophers score twice against Tommies en route to third win of 2026
University of Minnesota and University of St. Thomas met in the 2026 edition of the Twin Cities Derby. Two Gopher goals on a plethora of shots were enough to outlast UST.
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3 goals in 5 minutes for #mnufc but a late Orlando equalizer shared points. Loons haven't sung Wonderwall in a League game since April.
Best Loons jersey I saw on the walk out of the stadium last night
Marcus Caldeira got his first MLS goal on Saturday, for #MNUFC against San Jose - and he can thank, in part, some high-contact development work with MNUFC2.
"He's got a big future": Fanendo Adi is helping Marcus Caldeira shoot to the forefront for MNUFC
MNUFC2 head coach Fanendo Adi was the right coach in the right place at the right time, for Loons striker Marcus Caldeira.
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Photo Gallery: Gophers vs Georgia Last weekend the #Gophers forced a draw against #19 Georgia Bulldogs, take a look back through the match in photo 📸 form
Photo Gallery: Gophers vs Georgia
Independent soccer coverage, roaming throughout the Northland
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The Minneapolis Police Department does not have the staffing to find the person who busted out your car window or stole your bike. They simply lack the resources But they always have the time and energy to protect people like this
Mark Wasson@reportermark.bsky.social · 4w agoLang shows up and spider man reacts.
Everyone's always focused on the next game, but the negative narrative for #MNUFC is impossible to ignore.
The negative Loons narrative is impossible to ignore
One of the more difficult parts of sportswriting is trying to fit single, discrete events into a larger narrative arc. It's why we write so often about streaks and runs; it makes every particular even...
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Photo Gallery: #MNUFC Through a Decade We’ve got a special photo gallery for you today as our team but together their favourite pics of the #Loons over the past ten years.
Photo Gallery: MNUFC Through a Decade
A photo gallery of moments in time captured through a decade of Minnesota United.
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It’s officially Save the Boundary Waters Day in Minnesota 🛶
#MNUFC got a draw in Utah on Saturday, but now we're wondering something else: who's starting up front on Wednesday?
A genuine, bona fide, electrified, six-car striker controversy
Marcus Caldeira keeps making things happen.... and now, he's given the MNUFC coaching staff something to think about.
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Michelle Tafoya uses highway on ramps to accelerate to highway speed
Elmo speaks of himself in third person because he can see the hand controlling him and understands that none of his actions are under his control. He can only watch helplessly as his body is moved by the will of some enormous creature with inscrutable purposes.
Best named ship wrecked in Superior: a whaleback named Guido Pfister Best named ship wrecked in Salt Lake: [no names ships wrecked in Utah]
Minnesota United FC@mnufc.com · last mo.wake up and get ready for game day with these essential lake facts
Minnesota Gophers dominate North Dakota in season opener. Gophers host Georgia on Sunday as their second match of the season
Gophers dominate North Dakota in season opener, Georgia up next
University of Minnesota Soccer got off to a hot start against North Dakota, taking the Hawks down 4–0
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Tuesday night was a Joaquín Pereyra game - and if #MNUFC is going anywhere, they need more of that kind of game from their top players. (This one's entirely free to read, but please do sign up for the newsletter, too.)
All they need is more: Pereyra drives long-awaited Loons victory
Joaquín Pereyra pushed Minnesota to its first victory in months, outlining just how important he - and players like him - are to the Loons.
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Stephen Root is like msg, he's never the star of a dish but he makes everything better
bleary (feat. Akon)@bleary.off-the-records.com · last mo.Stephen Root appreciation post. One of the great character actors. When he shows up in a thing, you know that thing is going to be excellent.
There's no denial in the #MNUFC camp. They know that they've hit a low point, after losing to FC Juárez. Now the question they have to ask themselves: what needs to change?
The Loons know they've hit a low - now what?
MNUFC's coaches and players hear the boos, and they don't blame the fans. Admitting there's a problem is a step in the right direction, but what comes next?
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My parents loaned me their spare ebike this summer, toddler and I are making the most of it
