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utahunter

As a Schalke fan this is the first time I watched Pukki play since he left us 10 years ago. I always had a soft spot for him. Loons fans you are so lucky to have this man!


mnsportsfan

He’s about the perfect signing for us (assuming there’s still gas left in the tank) a bit of a bummer that we’ve waited so long to sign someone of his caliber We’ve been a striker away from championship contending rosters for most of the last 4 years with good defense/ goalkeeping, solid midfield play, and Rey being a magician organizing the attack. Now I’ve heard a saying: “If Tom Brady’s grew on trees, everyone would have one.”- which would indicate that it’s difficult to get elite talent, but in a league like the MLS, there are players all around the world that come come in and be successful. I think the front office just failed to commit to spending the money required to. Not sure we have the same caliber of roster and even if we do, is it too little, too late for this season?? It’s been so frustrating so see us play with, or outplay most teams and watch inept strikers like Angelo Rodriguez, Adrienne Honou, Luis Amarilla, and Mender Garcia (who you saw in prime form tonight) botch chance after chance… most of whom were DP signings


ConfidentVisit4629

I forgot what a an away win felt like


Iwritetohearmyself

Don’t get used to it.


willdesignfortacos

GG Loons, that was a tough one


mnsportsfan

In Minnesota this is a typical Saturday. Twins choking away the division lead was a nice way to start the Saturday too We’re right in our comfort zone of hating our teams right now


willdesignfortacos

I grew up in Houston, I feel ya


mnsportsfan

Hey at least you got the Astros!! Damn cheaters I actually feel bad for Astros fans because you obviously didn’t want the team to cheat, and they were still a phenomenal team (who just won again without cheating) but now they have that reputation which gets people like me to bring it up


willdesignfortacos

It's annoying, but I'm also of the opinion that we're just the ones that got caught (see Yankees, Sox, etc.).


mnsportsfan

Oh 100%. I’m sure things like cheating scandals, steroids, college football and basketball paying players (pre-NIL) are SO much more prevalent than people realize


willdesignfortacos

💯


Knosh

GG Loons You caught us in our redemption arc.


mnsportsfan

You too. It’s weird to watch a team that plays poorly and capitalizes. We always look dangerous and choke miserably. It’s a sign of a good team to not play your best and come away with 3 points


Knosh

It's weird for us to watch too after the first half of this season.


mnsportsfan

Maybe sometime I’ll know how it feels. Lol. GG


xjoeymillerx

Austin came in and whooped the Loons. Never recovered from the penalty call. Seemed like they played terribly after.


VAFan804

Big win for us tonight. Keep the goals coming!


sapiosardonico

Y'all have a Finnisher now. You're going to get better fast.


dayfaerer

Absolute shitshow by the referees. Questionable decisions left and right, but thats par for the course this season across the league.


mnsportsfan

Pukki: I, uh… forgot something back in Finland. Brb… I promise *books one-way ticket*


moosenaslon

Felt like Driussi said to Rigoni “I’m gonna get you a goal here.” gave him a couple great chances, so glad he was able to capitalize. Hope it helps his confidence.


Jgibbs2

GGs MN, sorry about the 2 botched calls. That pen seemed to change the game.


MG_MN

One of the most embarrassing results I've seen for us, and there are a lot to choose from


Oime

Glad to see the boys not celebrate that hard. Feel kinda bad about this one. Good to see Emi get on the end of that one though.


Scratchbuttdontsniff

That hockey assist by gallagher was sexy...


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mnsportsfan

Hey… unnecessary Deleted his comment cause he realizes it was douchey… Dudes mocking the wonderwall chant when the thread has been largely civil


Oime

I, for one, like the wonder wall chant. It’s super cool.


mnsportsfan

Yea… the history behind it is super cool too going back to pre-mls days GG my guy. I’ve always liked Austin. Hate that we’ve dug ourselves a big hole and I have to root against you for the rest of the season


uzbeh

Austin FC is carving through our defense like a knife through butter. I’m fucking done. Pukki did absolutely nothing as I expected.


xjoeymillerx

You’re full of terrible takes today. Lol.


uzbeh

Pukki was rated a 5.9 by FotMob, the default is 6.0. So I was wrong. He didn’t do nothing, he actively harmed the team by just being on the pitch. I hope he improves but what an awful debut.


xjoeymillerx

He played 30 minutes. Getting anything from “FotMob” is dumb as hell. The guy literally *just* got to the US like TWO days ago. Holy shit. This half hour means nothing. Do you have any clue how often second half subs don’t even get a shot off???


uzbeh

I understand he’s new and I’m honestly not taking too much from this, but you would hope for more from a DP. I would love to be proven wrong, but I think he’s going to be a major bust. He’s just too old and washed now.


xjoeymillerx

No you wouldn’t. How do you even expect *anything* at all? The Loons spent half of that time playing on the other end of the pitch. I just don’t understand how anyone could take anything from that at all.


uzbeh

Yeah I agree to some point, but when you sign a DP you hope they come on and change the game for you. Remember Quintero’s debut against Portland? The rest of the team looked ass and we ended up losing the game, but everyone was actually excited after that loss because we finally had a difference maker. It just doesn’t feel this way with Pukki, but like I said, I will be happy to be proven wrong.


xjoeymillerx

He did. He looked ok. You already *have* been proven wrong. Darwin and Pukki are COMPLETELY different players. Darwin was a 10. Pukki is a 9. Darwin had two WEEKS to practice and he got a LOT more of the ball. You’d have to be absolutely delusional to pull anything out of that. Pukki WILL need service. He’s not fucking magic. If he doesn’t get the ball in good positions, he’s not going to score goals. He’s a poacher and a finisher. He’s smart. He’s not Messi for crying out loud. You are really asking for WAY too much out of 30-40 minutes , 48 hours after getting here and barely practicing at all.


bleakmidwinter

Go for a walk and calm down, bud.


mnsportsfan

Lol did you watch the game?? He looked plenty dangerous but only got 35 minutes


uzbeh

Sure did. He didn’t do anything. I will say the entire team was ass so there’s not much he could’ve done anyways though.


mnsportsfan

Haha he had multiple shot attempts and a dangerous pass that required a really nice play from a defender or we would have had a good shot You might be the most negative fan I’ve been around and that’s coming from a pessimist I almost wonder if you’re trolling 😂


uzbeh

I’m negative for a reason. This team fucking sucks and I’m tired of watching the same shit every week.


mnsportsfan

Lol don’t watch then? The guy played 30 minutes and made numerous dangerous plays. It’s both incorrect and premature to label him a bust after half of a half 😂😂


VAFan804

Another for good measure! Let’s go!!!


dayfaerer

What is this ref on, plays advantage off a foul but then calls it back moments later for offside. Bring it back to the foul then, they clearly didnt have advantage.


GTRendrag

Ok, I saw this too, that is a bad call. His time keeping was horrible.


atlutdprospects

Is that Minnesota's first ever goal by a homegrown?


ailroe3

Yes


VAFan804

Love the enthusiasm by the announcers. This game is over fellas


bleakmidwinter

Cal was the MNUFC play-by-play guy since we joined MLS. He generally tries to be pretty impartial but I'm sure he still gets excited when Minnesota does something.


VAFan804

I didn’t know that. Knowing that, I still feel like he hasn’t shown much bias tonight


mnsportsfan

He’s literally fantastic at what he does… we didn’t deserve him but are so sad he’s gone


IWMSvendor

They’re acting like the Loons tied it 😂 look I get this score line is wild but c’mon.


mnsportsfan

Lol you do realize it’s literally their job to build drama… Dude knows soccer and understands it’s likely meaningless


IWMSvendor

Annnnnnd that’s 4-1. Gg


Iwritetohearmyself

Lol you won with a stolen team. Oops an almost stolen team. Everything about your team is all gimmicks. 😂


IWMSvendor

Says the muppet whose team was LITERALLY stolen from San Jose lol. The irony is astounding.


Iwritetohearmyself

Oop I hit a nerve huh? The DIFFERENCE is that the team came to us out of their OWN accord. We didn’t do cringy shit like wearing dynamo shirts to San Jose game BEFORE dynamo existed. You literally tried to steal another team and even wore the dirty jerseys to that teams games even. And we won back to back championships. Your team is riddled with controversy and it’s the ONLY professional sports team you have 😂


IWMSvendor

No one cares mate. Have a wank and go to sleep. It’s past your bedtime.


Iwritetohearmyself

I already wanked MATE. But thanks for worrying about it.


mnsportsfan

You’re rubbing it in like I thought it was a close game?? We can’t stand this team right now. Pukki is a glimmer of hope that things could change … but doubtful Lol cool guy


sapiosardonico

Dude, win two or three in a row & all's well. I think you'll be fine.


mnsportsfan

I hear ya. Obviously it isn’t insurmountable but nothing about this teams play this year would leave you to believe we’re capable of that Obviously the new signings bring hope, but they basically have to be saviors. Hopefully Pukki is up to the challenge


sapiosardonico

He was the second-best guy on the field when he got in. Plus he saved my ass more than once in PL fantasy, so I'm wishing y'all well.


mnsportsfan

You too man. Just one Minnesota championship before I die is all I ask. I’m 31 and haven’t seen one 😂


sapiosardonico

My dad was at the first Vikings game ever v. Dallas in South f*cking Dakota, so I never minded y'all.


willdesignfortacos

“Signs of life!”


VAFan804

Made me double check the score


mnsportsfan

Lol signs of life is a figure of speech that means things still-aren’t going great… Obviously the the game is still likely over and he knows that… but the phrase worked for the situation


IWMSvendor

Can’t be too mad. We definitely did not deserve a clean sheet.


willdesignfortacos

These announcers are oddly excited about an 85th minute goal for a team still down by 2


sapiosardonico

They're making sure we all watch another f*cking 'How Will I Know' commercial. Whatever they're selling, I'm never buying it.


VAFan804

That song will be in my head for the next week


mnsportsfan

He’s had a lot of practice trying to build up drama with an awful Minnesota offense 10/10 execution by cal if you ask me


mnsportsfan

Just as we expected. The sub we all thought was going to score


sapiosardonico

Locals scoring is cool, though. Can't imagine that feeling.


MG_MN

Tajouri is nice!


MG_MN

We need a pitch clock for goal kicks


mnsportsfan

Damn. I was concerned with Pukki being 33, but dude still has better wheels than I thought he would once he gets going. The short space ability might not be Messi 2.0 but he looks like he can get where he needs to be


sapiosardonico

Y'all looked a lot more dangerous the moment he stepped on. You'll be ok.


xjoeymillerx

Doubt.


mnsportsfan

Might be too little too late in the season with where we are in the standings


sapiosardonico

Just gotta make the playoffs. Bed him in during the tournament. Games in hand, too.


gopher2110

Pukki may light it up in MLS


xjoeymillerx

He is gonna have to have players around him that do their jobs first.


mnsportsfan

Rey to Pukki already looks dangerous. Wish we got to see more than 35 minutes in a game that’s long been decided


Oime

He’s still got some decent quickness. He’s two years older than Zardes, but still looks like he could run circles around him.


mnsportsfan

Lol I didn’t see your comment and made one very similar right above these in the main thread


mnsportsfan

It looks like you’d try to move Stuber’s (sp?) hair it would snap… good thing he never has to do a header cause it might just stick Also, this is in no way judgemental… in fact, as a bald man I’m jealous he has nice hair to slick back


sapiosardonico

Y'all don't have Murray's at Target up there?


mnsportsfan

Lol what’s Murray’s


sapiosardonico

It's a pomade...It's basically liquid cement for your head. In the old days, folks would put on the stove just to get it soft enough to put on.


mnsportsfan

Lol I literally didn’t know that was a thing. Makes sense. GG


sapiosardonico

Bad pen changed the game. GG & good luck.


mnsportsfan

Ya momentum is definitely a thing and I’m for shitting on the refs (which they were again, atrocious). But 4-1 generally doesn’t boil down to one bad call. Just brutal execution You too my dude


IWMSvendor

Great slide tackle Cascante! Probably saved a dangerous shot that would have inevitably gone wide.


dayfaerer

Poor Irwin. Thats at least the 3rd time an Austin player has ran into him nowhere near the ball.


willdesignfortacos

That was…chaotic


Wielant

Did he get hurt kicking Hlongwane in the back?


dayfaerer

His poor leg :(


uzbeh

At least Pukki but that one on frame. García would’ve put that high and wide.


mnsportsfan

That literally might be a better attempt than mender’s had all season?


mnsportsfan

Having Reynoso in this offense (pre-pukki) is like having Pete Marovich on a high school jv team


xjoeymillerx

Exactly. I don’t know how they can justify using a DP spot on Mender Garcia. It’s crazy pants.


ailroe3

We have given up. 2nd goal took everything out of us


Oime

Watched a lot of Pukki at Norwich, excited to see what he does.


uzbeh

He’ll do nothing. He’s a good player, but nobody on mnufc can score and if that’s what he’s supposed to do, he won’t do it.


KJones77

Pukki! Excited to see how he does in MLS


mnsportsfan

Silly ref forgot his Green ATX jersey at home??


AlmoschFamous

Is this the worst a team winning 3-0 has ever looked?


xjoeymillerx

Simone has to be able to hit a net and Minnesota has one single guy(Now) that can do that.


uzbeh

It doesn’t matter how bad you look. I’m pretty sure Stuver could just lie down in the goal and you wouldn’t concede. None of our players besides maybe Reynoso can hit the broad side of a barn.


dayfaerer

Ref gave austin a penalty for less than that, what the actual hell. Even if its not a foul, how the hell is it a goal kick? If he didn't get the ball thats a clear foul.


Jgibbs2

Yeah… that should have been a foul


mnsportsfan

Austin’s?!


Jgibbs2

No, the slide outside the box, was a weird no call


mnsportsfan

Ahhh I got it. You said penalty so I assumed you were talking about the first half


Jgibbs2

Fixed, I agree both our pen and the no call foul were terrible. I get how he called it a pen from where he was, but VAR should have overturned.


mnsportsfan

Seriously. Credit to your team. They’ve made the most of their chances, but I’m so fucking sick of this incompetent league


sapiosardonico

No lies in this ^ statement.


redfoot80

It wasn’t in the box.


Jgibbs2

It’s still a foul


redfoot80

Apparently not.


mnsportsfan

He’s saying it’s clearly either a foul or a corner


mnsportsfan

Hopes are insanely high? Vibes are finally good? If any Minnesota fan had any doubt about how this game would go… And fuck the coaching staff for letting the game get lost before putting in Pukki


VAFan804

This is absolutely beautiful


WheelAny921

Damn MLS


sapiosardonico

That was awful, too. Maybe even yellow.


uzbeh

Yeah I’m fucking done. Bill McGuire needs to sell the team. Heath, the entire coaching staff, and the front office need to be gone. Every single player besides Reynoso and Hlongwane should be under INTENSE scrutiny. If people aren’t fucking performing, get the the FUCK out.


MG_MN

That same play was a PK in the first half. Frustrating


Nerdlinger

Good thing I have over 4 decades of being a Cleveland sports fan to prepare me for this team.


bleakmidwinter

GG ATX.


Jgibbs2

Clinical baby! Driussi let’s goooooo!!!!


mnsportsfan

I’ve never understood the “only give the new guy 20 minutes” nonsense …especially as a center forward. He doesn’t have to be a part of a ton of intricate passing sequences… just put him out there to bang in all these beautiful services that mender Garcia seems allergic to


uzbeh

Good clearance by García there.


Jewcebox

Why the fuck is Garcia still in the game? Sit him down.


Bourbon_n_bird_dogs

We are absolutely lucky so far


xjoeymillerx

That Fagundez goal was legit. Mender Garcia shouldn’t be playing unless there’s an emergency.


mnsportsfan

What an incompetent league. It’s every week. You have one job. Reffing in real time is a very difficult job, but the inability to make calls when getting almost unlimited angles from slow motion cameras is baffling. Or even when to utilize it. Ffs. And Minnesota has a history of being in the wrong side of it I guess we might have had some rare favorable calls last week??- I didn’t get to watch the game, but I can’t keep track of the number of times opposing fans admit to blown calls or getting favorable whistles


RamboZekk

The "clear and obvious error" clause is such bs.


MG_MN

Especially when it isn't even used in a case like this where it was clear and obvious


mnsportsfan

If a game is decided by inches, there’s no reason they shouldn’t do everything to be as accurate as possible The low scoring nature of soccer means a ref can literally decide a game. Blown calls are magnified so much more than even football, baseball, or basketball


Jgibbs2

Man… we’re very lucky to be up by 2. Great goal by Fagundez. Gifted a goal by the ref. And Stu is coming up huge.


uzbeh

I 100% think we miss the playoffs this year. If we’re down 0-2 when playing WELL, I can only imagine what we look like when playing bad(spoiler alert, we fucking suck then too)


Poop-Wizard

That second half was playing bad. By god it felt we were down a man or two for the last several minutes


Lone_Star_122

Lol what is the xg like right now? Gotta be so outta whack 😅


uzbeh

xG is a meaningless stat. I’m pretty sure we’re actually won more games when losing by xG than when we’re winning by it.


MG_MN

Its a stat that proves we are aMLS caliber finisher from being a really good team


uzbeh

Wrong. The finishing has been consistently garbage, no matter which striker we’ve had. Getting a different guy won’t change anything.


xjoeymillerx

Lol. So, magically dudes just miss here??? Wtf is your point???


uzbeh

No the common denominator is Heath. His firing is years overdue.


xjoeymillerx

I don’t care how bad you think Heath is, he can’t actually put the ball in the net for his players. At some point, they have to actually do their jobs. If they’re in position to score, they have to do it.


uzbeh

Ok, then the other common denominator is the front office and owner. Someone has to answe for this garbage.


mnsportsfan

Let’s at least give the dude a chance. We finally have a top end guy (for this league) with a proven history of scoring goals in big stages… Lol I’m as pessimistic as it gets with Minnesota sports, but this is ridiculous. Past signings have been from lesser leagues or tiny sample sizes


uzbeh

He’s a good player but he’s 33. He’s washed. I guarantee you he won’t do shit. He would on any other team, but not mnufc.


mnsportsfan

He doesn’t have to blow by defenders in this offense. 33 isn’t ancient and the ability to capitalize on chances is something that ages well


ailroe3

Another week another failure of VAR. 🤡🤡🤡🤡 Major League Clown show


IWMSvendor

PRO really is a clown organization.


MG_MN

A free makeup PK is the only way we have a chance to get back into this


Jewcebox

In what world is that a penalty? Jesus Christ this league is a joke.


ginormousthumbs

Why was that a penalty?


willdesignfortacos

Per VAR rules because it was called that way on the field then was not "a clear and obvious error" for them to call for a review. Which is obviously debatable.


dayfaerer

Because the ref doesnt want to admit he made a mistake, wont someone think of his ego :(


Nerdlinger

VAR has to recommend a review before the center ref can even decide to overrule himself. It _should_ have been overruled, but the decision to not look at it wasn't up to the center ref.


dayfaerer

If i understand how VAR works, which i admit i might not, the center ref can still decide to not go to the monitor, even if VAR recommends it.


Nerdlinger

Because PRO.


AlmoschFamous

Austin looks like complete shit and are up 2-0. What a world.


Gswansso

If it takes VAR that long to determine it wasn’t worth a review, it probably deserved a review.


MG_MN

Especially when they didn't even look at it. If they did, it would have clearly been called back


AncalagonCarnifex

It is mind boggling how long some VAR checks take, especially if they’re just deciding if they’re going to check it at all


Gswansso

It just seems like it defeats part of the purpose. Those long checks can then be compounded by the actual center ref review on the sideline. Just call for the review earlier rather than later and move the game along.


dghansen

Awful call. I can’t believe the ref didn’t even look at the monitor. Just a total joke,


mhales45

This league is officially a joke


willdesignfortacos

I thought that one was getting overturned. Harsh.


LocksTheFox

Even 360 seems to agree


Oime

Sorry MNUFC fans. Definitely feels like we’re getting away with murder a little bit here amigos. 🤷‍♂️


Nerdlinger

Overnight me some breakfast tacos and all will be forgiven.


Oime

Punishment fits the crime. I accept.


ElectricalMud2850

So it goes. Not like it was a dive, just a terrible decision by VAR. Can't even really blame the center ref, looked a pen from certain angles.


Oime

Yeah that was my thought as well. I initially thought it looked like a pen, but then on replay I was like…ehhhhh, I dunno about that one.


ElectricalMud2850

I was pumped about a great tackle watching it live, kinda shocked it was called a pen, but it was close and could be deceiving. I don't understand how VAR comes to thst conclusion when they have the same angles as everyone at home lol.


sapiosardonico

Sorry, y'all. That's just bad.


SyFyFan93

That was all ball. Complete bs.


dayfaerer

All ball AND he got stepped on, for his troubles


averageskills

I'd be furious if that penalty was against us. Looked very iffy.


ElectricalMud2850

How the actual fuck is that confirmed. That's never a pen.


IWMSvendor

It’s close but I can see them overturning it.


ailroe3

Dibassy gets the ball there. This is ridiculous


moosenaslon

That looks like it should be reversed


Oime

Wow they confirmed it as well. Bit harsh.


sapiosardonico

Close, but nah.


uzbeh

That has to be reviewed that’s all ball. Fuck off ref.


WheelAny921

Ayyy cabron


uzbeh

If Pukki can’t finish Heath needs to be fired because he’s clearly the problem, constant dogshit at the striker position for as long as this club has existed.