Jon Marthaler
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Covering #MNUFC for the Minnesota Star Tribune (but contractually obligated to not indicate nor imply that I'm an employee, or staff member, at same). Can't shut up about Minnesota sports, but still always Minnesota nice. Also still a crackpot.
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Keep a camera on Luis Suarez, no telling what he's going to do after that Mariners win
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this baseball game is following the hockey overtime arc:

1st overtime (innings 10-11): haha this is amazing, can you believe this drama

2nd overtime (innings 12-13): boy everyone looks tired

3rd overtime+ (innings 14+): for the good of the country I call on this game to end by any means possible
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This is definitely the inning where someone ends the game by hitting one over the 600-foot fences in Seattle, every player on both teams should absolutely continue swinging for the fences on every pitch of every at-bat
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group chat is now entirely pictures of grown men with shoes on their heads
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playoff baseball is great because it's such an amazing excuse to feel like you are having a panic attack for three hours in a row
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Where are Frank and Wally
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#MNUFC training report: Kelvin Yeboah was back for a very short session today. At this point, it sounds like the Loons won't try to push him back for the LA Galaxy game next weekend, since it's looking like there won't be much on the line.
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nobody wants to be guilty of Mason Toye erasure, apologies to Mason Toye, who according to Dan is the other 22-under-22 honoree for #MNUFC, besides Nicolás Romero.

Anyway: Go listen to the Loony Bin
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Jon! You are guilty of total and complete Mason Toye erasure!
2019 22 Under 22 MLS list
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... they have to live on the bus, right? That's the only way that math works
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Just a note: best as I can tell, Romero is the first #MNUFC player ever to be named to this yearly list.
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#MNUFC defender Nicolás Romero is #19 on the league's official "22 under 22" list.

This is also a reminder that Romero, who turns 22 on November 28, is - despite his assured presence on the field - still just 21 years old.
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#MNUFC defender Nicolás Romero is #19 on the league's official "22 under 22" list.

This is also a reminder that Romero, who turns 22 on November 28, is - despite his assured presence on the field - still just 21 years old.
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Is Brad Frost even awake at this point
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No, no. We love our children even when they make what is objectively the wrong choice.

Also I dunno what Dinkytown Athletes is doing right now but clearly they need to focus up
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lock the doors until the team decides to start winning again?
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Fewer #MNUFC international call-ups than usual, with Carlos Harvey injured. Dayne St. Clair, Michael Boxall, Robin Lod, and Joseph Rosales have all headed out for international duty.

🇫🇮, 🇭🇳: WC qualifiers
🇳🇿: Friendlies (in Europe)
🇨🇦: Friendlies (in Canada)

Loons are taking a break, off until Fri.
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Not so much a plug as a trial balloon as I try to work out my own feelings…
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As in “which day of the week,” or the general schedule?
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More from #MNUFC over the weekend, as the international break starts:

* Loons go classic 4-4-2
* How Mamadou Dieng needs to improve to fit in: be more like Tani Oluwaseyi
Analysis: Minnesota United adjusting to playing without traditional strikers
Injuries and transfers have posed an interesting challenge for Loons manager Eric Ramsay as the MLS playoffs approach.
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I mean TECHNICALLY 2019, with 13 home wins, has 2025 (11) beat, for the moment, but also someone's probably going to yell at me for splitting hairs like this
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greatest art of 2025 imho