Star Tribune: MNUFC wins in preseason with a different setup

The Loons are trying to make two strikers work, as they look to increase their tactical flexibility this season.

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Star Tribune: MNUFC wins in preseason with a different setup
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As preseason experiments go, it’s hard to beat Minnesota United’s attempt at playing with two strikers.

On Sunday in their first of three exhibition games at the Coachella Valley Invitational in California, the Loons played with Kelvin Yeboah and Tani Oluwaseyi up front against a less-than-full-strength team from Sporting Kansas City.

By halftime, it was 5-0 Minnesota; at the end, it was 6-0, and both Oluwaseyi and Yeboah had scored twice.

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