Minnesota United sent starting right back Romain Metanire for imaging on a troublesome hamstring on Tuesday after he made his season debut as a second-half substitute in Sunday's 1-0 loss at Austin FC.
Those 26 minutes played were his first this season on his way back from a hamstring torn in a first-round playoff loss at Portland last fall.
"Hopefully nothing too bad," Loons coach Adrian Heath said. "He maybe tweaked his hamstring again, which would be a huge blow considering we've missed him really for the last four months or so. He didn't really join in with us in the preseason. We felt as though he was over that, so he's going for an MRI."
Heath said after Tuesday's training that he'll know more in the next day or two. The Loons have started veteran Oniel Fisher, Hassani Dotson and DJ Taylor at Metanire's right-back spot in their first six games.
They have scored five goals in those first six games, which they have started 2-2-2 after Sunday's shutout loss.
Recently acquired Kemar Lawrence started at left back Sunday for the first time with his new club and left the game in the 67th minute clutching his leg. He was on the training ground Tuesday.
"He's good," Heath said.
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