Minnesota United coach Adrian Heath on Tuesday promised more changes coming soon and two days later, the club brought back its 2017 No. 1 overall draft pick, Abu Danladi, after two seasons away.
The Loons signed Danladi, 26, on Thursday to a one-year contract with a one-year club option after he spent 2020 and 2021 with Nashville SC.
Nashville claimed Danladi in the November 2019 expansion draft, and he scored three goals in 25 games in all competitions after scoring 11 goals in 67 games during his first three MLS seasons with the Loons.
He was the first player taken in the 2017 draft, out of UCLA.
The Loons also are working on bringing back another striker who played for them, Luis Amarilla.
Amarilla played an injury- and COVID-shortened 2020 season with Minnesota United before he returned to play in Ecuador last season.
The Loons also in recent days have added South African international forward Bongokuhle Hlongwane as part of MLS' new Under-22 initiative and drafted 6-2 forward Tani Oluwaseyi in Tuesday's SuperDraft.
They join Adrien Hunou, Justin McMaster and injured Patrick Weah up front.
