The underlying numbers say that the Loons have played well post-World Cup. But the results don't begin to match.
I can just about guarantee that, had you offered Minnesota United this particular combination of statistics prior to Saturday's game against Orlando City, they would have taken it in a heartbeat.
Minnesota's moves are one loan out, one signing in, and two contract extensions.
This is probably not how Hank Stebbins wanted to get a top job in MLS - but now, the interim Chief Soccer Officer has to steer the MNUFC ship.
MNUFC2 head coach Fanendo Adi was the right coach in the right place at the right time, for Loons striker Marcus Caldeira.
One of the more difficult parts of sportswriting is trying to fit single, discrete events into a larger narrative arc. It's why we write so often about streaks and runs; it makes every particular event part of a larger whole, and therefore part of the story we are
