This week, The Athletic is rolling out a whole host of all-decade teams as the 2010s wind to a close. The exercise is never an easy one and the sort of thing that fuels heated debates at your local bar.



There are a lot of ways these discussions can go. How much do you value longevity with a team compared to one brilliant season? Do you pick a team off of talent alone or what they meant to the team? Was a player elite because of the coach’s system, or would they fit into a different side like a chameleon?



With Minnesota United, there’s another massive question: how much do you value the NASL era compared to MLS?



Trying to build the Loons’ Team of the Decade is a difficult venture given the league switch ahead of 2017. For seven years (counting 2010’s residency in the hilariously on-the-nose USSF D2 Pro League), the club featured players who were fantastic for the level. If I’m purely going off of talent, would any of them...