After finishing their first-ever regular-season sweep of the Seattle Sounders, Minnesota United heads to Sandy, Utah on Saturday to attempt 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 possible be Oluwaseyi’s swan music for the Loons. The Canadian nationwide, who leads the staff with 10 targets 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 provide 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 targets and had 63 assists in 204 appearances.
The Loons are available in off a 1-0 house 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 Might 28, and the ninth of the season in MLS play.
“I believe in the event 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 web that we confirmed for such lengthy durations of the yr and made us such a tough staff to play towards. … It was a vital 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 photographs and a 7-2 edge in photographs on purpose.
Salt Lake additionally picked up an enormous switch this week from FC Cincinnati in longtime U.S. nationwide DeAndre Yedlin. The 32-year-old defender was scheduled to follow with the staff Thursday and is eligible to play Saturday.
“As a customer, I all the time hated to journey there — it is a powerful place to play, at altitude, towards a high-energy staff,” Yedlin stated in a press launch of his transfer to Utah. “You understand you are gonna get a troublesome sport, towards a staff that performs good soccer and is enjoyable to look at.”
–Area Degree Media
