Sports

I’m a Minnesota sports fan and it shows: match‑day diaries from Allianz Field and Target Center, trips to see Messi play, and reflections on hockey, football and more. Photos, weather notes and final scores capture each outing.

Jan 13, 2025 ∞

Vikings played so bad tonight. The last two games put a very sour ending on a season with fourteen wins. 😣🏈

Jan 9, 2025 ∞

Colorado Avalanche v Minnesota Wild tonight. Hockey is such a great live game. Fresh snow made it super difficult to get here - missed the first period. 3-1 with Colorado in the lead. 😬🏒

NHL game at Xcel Energy Center with Minnesota Wild in green facing Colorado Avalanche near the goal, packed arena crowd watching. Four fans smiling for a selfie in a packed hockey arena, wearing winter jackets, holding drinks and snacks in the stands.

Dec 1, 2024 ∞

Ready for the Vikings v Cardinals today! 🏈

US Bank Stadium interior packed with fans in purple for a Minnesota Vikings NFL game, with the field and translucent roof visible.

Nov 2, 2024 ∞

Playoff soccer! We are UNITED! ⚽️

Large white UNITED letters lit from below in front of a stadium glowing blue at night with people walking nearby.

Oct 1, 2024 ∞

Ordered these awesome new MNUFC license plates for my car! Go Loons! ⚽️

Aug 24, 2024 ∞

Wish the United would have won but we had a fun time (after the shade arrived) with my Mom and Kurt watching them play the Seattle Sounders to a 3-2 loss. ⚽️

Minnesota United FC vs Seattle Sounders at Allianz Field, scoreboard showing 0-1 at 23:49, with a linesman in pink on the sideline and packed stands behind him. Four fans smiling for a selfie in a crowded soccer stadium, including a boy in a team jersey and two older adults in hats.

Jul 30, 2024 ∞

League Cup: Necaxa v United

Tonight’s League Cup game with Club Necaxa at Minnesota United FC was a wild time. It started with a hotly contested foul by Necaxa in the box that resulted in a United penalty kick giving them an early 1 - 0 lead. There were players surrounding the VAR scene as the ref was reviwing the call and Necaxa came out very chippy after the call. There was a lot of physicality on both sides and when Necaxa got a breakaway a foul on the Bacharach for the United sent them down a man with a red card 🟥 for the remaining 69 minutes of play!

The man of the match was Dayne St. Clair who had a dozen saves in the second half and somehow with incredible pressure the United kept Necaxa scoreless and took the win.

Truly an incredible night of soccer enjoyed with my friends Jim and Tom! ⚽️

Soccer match at Allianz Field at halftime, players in black and green kits on the pitch, packed stands glowing under stadium lights at dusk.

Soccer players in red-white-green Necaxa kits and black Minnesota United kits cluster near the touchline as a referee in orange intervenes.

Jul 5, 2024 ∞

When you want to watch France 🇫🇷 and Portugal 🇵🇹 in the Euros 2024 quarterfinals but you also want to be in the pool! ⚽️💦

Adults and children gathered at a backyard pool edge watching a tablet screen on a sunny day, with pool noodles and a Sonos speaker nearby.

Jun 22, 2024 ∞

Going to be a long night with Dotson going out on a red card 🟥 in the 26th minute. Ugh! Go United! ⚽️

Soccer match at Allianz Field, scoreboard shows 28:23 with 0-0 score, referee in yellow stands on pitch as players compete midfield.

Minnesota United FC players in black celebrate near the goal mouth as opponents in green defend, before a packed Allianz Field crowd.

May 24, 2024 ∞

Tough losses for the Timberwolves against the Mavericks. Tonight was heartbreaking with a bad call at the end and Naz Reid just barely missing the final three attempt. Hard fought games. 🏀