Minnesota United’s new “Heritage” jerseys are an obvious homage to the Minnesota Kicks, the 1976-1981 franchise that set the original North American Soccer League (NASL), or at least the Met Stadium parking lots, on fire. Orange and blue, with a throwback logo and wordmark. Everything about the jerseys is 1979.

The team’s “Heritage Celebration” on Saturday night when the Loons take on the Seattle Sounders is about more than just the Kicks, though. Kicks greats like Tony Peszneker and the two Alans, Willey and Merrick, will be in attendance, but so will players and coaches and staff from the succeeding era of Minnesota soccer, the one that runs right up until the present day: the Thunder, who became the Stars, who became the Loons.

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