You may have heard Minnesota United is set to open a state-of-the-art stadium of their own in 2019.



Everything the franchise has done over the past two (and even six) seasons has led to this coming spring. Dr. Bill McGuire’s purchase of the Minnesota Stars in 2012, the expansion spot announcement in 2015, and the temporary residency at TCF Bank Stadium catalyzed it. On-field decisions about players, coaches, and youth development kept an eye on the intensified spotlight that comes with a new MLS stadium. After all, any three-year plan crescendoes for the final third.



That’s become a point of increasing concern for Loons fans, particularly as the 2018 season came to an uninspiring end.



In many ways, October may have been the worst individual month of the team’s young history in the first division. Going into the month, Minnesota had a 1.2 point-per-game total, a figure that showed incremental growth on the expansion campaign. The...