Last week, Minnesota United kicked off its five-game road trip via a 2-2 draw with the Los Angeles Galaxy. It was far from pretty, but it showed that the Loons were capable of putting together a game plan that could slow down the hosting side’s usual setup. All the while, players like Romario Ibarra and Abu Danladi could add verve off the bench to catch tired defensive legs lagging. Even with Francisco Calvo and Collen Warner unavailable, the hope was that the team could do a similar job in Dallas from the opening kick.



Mother Nature had other ideas.



Already dealing with a change in formation and three different starters from the lineup that caught the Galaxy off-guard, Minnesota spent an extra 154 minutes in the locker room before Saturday night’s kickoff. A delay of that length isn’t kind to any soccer player’s legs, but when you’re the side in the visitor’s quarters trying to play a different brand of football than usual, any...