After finishing their first-ever regular-season sweep of the Seattle Sounders, Minnesota United heads to Sandy, Utah on Saturday to try to end off a sweep of Actual Salt Lake.
Minnesota (13-6-8, 47 factors), second within the Western Convention and 5 factors behind San Diego FC, defeated RSL 2-0 on March 29 in Saint Paul within the first assembly. Tani Oluwaseyi scored a brace and Dayne St. Clair made three saves within the victory.
This may probably be Oluwaseyi’s swan tune for the Loons. The Canadian nationwide, who leads the group with 10 objectives and is second with eight assists in 23 matches, is predicted to maneuver on to Villarreal CF of La Liga subsequent week as soon as a piece allow and closing paperwork are finalized for what’s reportedly a $7.5 million switch.
Minnesota, busy on the Secondary Switch Window, reportedly turned down a $8 million supply from Turkish membership Trabzonspor for star midfielder Joaquin Pereyra and signed 26-year-old midfielder Dominik Fitz from FK Austria Wien, the place he scored 54 objectives and had 63 assists in 204 appearances.
The Loons are available in off a 1-0 residence victory over Seattle on Saturday as Pereyra scored within the 73rd minute and St. Clair completed with 4 saves. It was Minnesota’s first clear sheet in MLS play since Could 28, and the ninth of the season in MLS play.
“I believe when you requested beforehand what the group actually wanted, not essentially wished, it was a clear sheet,” Loons head coach Eric Ramsay stated. “It was a return to the resilience and defensive self-discipline and desperation to maintain the ball out of the online that we confirmed for such lengthy durations of the yr and made us such a troublesome group to play in opposition to. … It was an important win.”
Actual Salt Lake (9-13-4, 31 factors), which has dropped its final two regular-season matches together with three of its final 4, enters the competition in tenth place, one level behind San Jose for the ultimate playoff spot within the Western Convention.
RSL is available in off a 1-0 loss at Charlotte FC final Saturday as Idan Toklomati scored on a header within the thirty fifth minute off a free kick from Ashley Westwood. RSL misplaced regardless of ending with a 19-12 benefit in pictures and a 7-2 edge in pictures on objective.
Salt Lake additionally picked up a giant switch this week from FC Cincinnati in longtime U.S. nationwide DeAndre Yedlin. The 32-year-old defender was scheduled to follow with the group Thursday and is eligible to play Saturday.
“As a customer, I at all times hated to journey there — it is a powerful place to play, at altitude, in opposition to a high-energy group,” Yedlin stated in a press launch of his transfer to Utah. “You recognize you are gonna get a tricky sport, in opposition to a group that performs good soccer and is enjoyable to look at.”
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