Star Tribune: There's more to Minnesota United's data and analytics capabilities than the numbers show

Every year since 2020, the venerable American soccer statistics website American Soccer Analytics has ranked the analytics departments of MLS teams.

And for the first four years, Minnesota United always landed in the bottom tier — as did Saturday afternoon’s opponent, the LA Galaxy. And what’s the original title of that tier, referring to the apparent attitude of teams at the bottom?

“The game’s not played on a spreadsheet, mate.”