(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
National team duty forces altered lineup for Minnesota United
The Loons are missing five key players for this final home match of the 2017 season.
October 7, 2017 at 11:08PM
With five key players gone on national team duty, Minnesota United has fielded a slightly altered lineup for Saturday's match against Sporting Kansas City at TCF Bank Stadium:
Bobby Shuttleworth
Jerome Thiesson, Joe Greenspan, Brent Kallman, Marc Burch
Ethan Finlay, Collin Martin, Ibson, Miguel Ibarra
Christian Ramirez, Abu Danladi
Bench: Patrick McLain, Ish Jome, Kevin Venegas, Collen Warner, Sam Nicholson, Jose Leiton, Brandon Allen
Burch makes his return to the lineup despite missing Tuesday's match at Atlanta with a hamstring injury. Danladi is also back in after leaving the Tuesday match early with a leg injury.
This is Greenspan's first match since Sept. 13 and first start since July 19.
Here is how Kansas City will lineup. The team is also missing several stars to national team duty:
Former Wild coach Dean Evason is now leading Columbus, and the Blue Jackets are mourning the death of star winger Johnny Gaudreau.
