I hope you all had a good month off.



The MLS postseason brings some of the year’s most competitive soccer (well, around those pesky international breaks). For the teams that miss the big dance, it’s an incredibly dull month without anything by way of news. The transfer window is still slammed shut, keeping the same ol’ roster on each team’s website. Aside from the occasional coaching change and transfer rumor, it’s easily the slowest four weeks of the calendar.



Once teams announce their roster decisions, the real fun begins. Minnesota United announced who’d be part of the furniture at its new stadium and who’d be left for reclamation. Simultaneously, word got to The Athletic that a defender with time in the Bundesliga and the Premier League spent a couple weeks in Blaine earlier this month. The updates are only going to pick up in frequency, so let’s crack open the Loons mailbag and get to your questions while...