Some Sota Soccer links

Over at Sota Soccer, I took on the role of weekly MNUFC match previewer for a few months. With that ending now, here’s a few links to some non match-preview content from recent days.

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A collection of MNUFC vs Colorado content

I’ve been manning the controls at Sota Soccer for awhile. Here’s some links to everything I wrote before and after MNUFC’s weekend win against Colorado:

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Even if you ignore player development, MNUFC2 is a harbinger of good things for MNUFC

I went to both the MNUFC and MNUFC2 games this weekend, and I’ve been thinking more about the MNUFC2 game than the first-team game. Part of this is because there’s only so much I can say about the Seattle Sounders, things like “how is it even possible this lineup is salary-cap compliant” and “imho they should just kick the Sounders out of the league and make it better for everyone else.” But also, I’m just fascinated by the brand-new second team, and how it’s a group of players that are trying to win games together, even though individually they might not have the same goals.

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MNUFC2's inaugural home game is the start of something in Minnesota

Barely 14 hours after leaving Allianz Field, I was back on Sunday afternoon, to see the dawn of the MNUFC2 era, and the first MLS NEXT PRO game for the Doubloons. Of course, I wanted to see any number of Loons players, but mostly I was there for one thing: to find out what these games were going to feel like.

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