Soccer
Complete coverage of Minnesota United, Minnesota Aurora, the MLS and World Cup soccer. Latest scores, player stats, schedule, standings, game highlights and sports commentary from the Star Tribune.
Loons
Full training for Loons comes with swabbing, buzzing to get going
The Loons were cleared last week for full team training. The approval required that players, coaches and staff undergo testing for the COVID-19 virus.
Loons
Loons avoid 'Group of Death' in lottery for MLS Is Back tournament
The tournament will keep the final teams in Orlando isolated in a Walt Disney World Resort for as many as 46 days, with every team playing at least three games in pool play.
Loons
"MLS is Back Tournament" groups, key dates
A closer look at the tournament, which begins group stage on July 8 in Orlando.
Loons
Loons are back: MLS resuming season July 8 at Disney World
The World Cup-style, month-long tournament will include group-stage games that will count in the MLS regular-season standings.
Loons
MLS players will make major time sacrifices for upcoming tournament
Players agreed to be sequestered at a Disney resort for a tournament that could take up to 46 days and will undergo extensive viral testing.
Twins
When will pro sports return? Soon. Here's what we know
Professional sports leagues in the United States — MLB being the major exception — made significant strides last week as they try to come back.
TV & Media
How WCCO sports anchor Mike Max became a frontline reporter at the George Floyd protests
During the crisis, WCCO sports director Mike Max has shown he can cover civil unrest as well as any hard-news reporter. Maybe even better.
Loons
United's Finlay rips MLS owners for 'bullying' players in labor talks
Ethan Finlay, a member of the MLS Players Association's executive board, is now critical of the league, just months after the two sides reached a February deal that he called a "partnership."
Loons
Soccer players approve deal, paving way for tournament-style season
MLS players on ratified a new collective bargaining agreement through 2025 that is intended to restart the league's suspended season with a made-for-television tournament in Florida.
Wolves
They're going to Disney World: MLS, NBA plans in place
Plans to resume playing games in the NBA and MLS amid the coronavirus pandemic have both sports packing up their leagues and heading to Disney properties in Orlando. Here's what you need to know.
Loons
MLS players vote on owners' revised offer to play in World Cup-style tournament
Voting will continue through 11 a.m. Wednesday. If the two sides agree, it will avert a lockout that MLS owners threatened when they set a Tuesday deadline and then extended it until Wednesday.
Loons
Loons players opt against voluntary workout as labor deadline nears
Minnesota United players didn't participate in voluntary workouts Monday at the team's Blaine training facility.
Loons
MLS union agrees to salary, bonus cuts as part of return-to-play plan
The players' union voted to approve economic concessions for this season, including across-the-board salary cuts and a summer schedule that would be played in Florida.
Loons
MLS approves players working out in groups of six
The move from individual workouts to small groups requires teams such as Minnesota United to get plans approved by local infectious disease experts before submitting them to the league.
Loons
Far from home, Loons' Amarilla happy to be back on green grass
Minnesota United striker Luis Amarilla remains more than 5,000 miles from home, but he's out of his apartment after two months stuck inside.
Vikings
Reusse: Remembering a good Marine and a beloved sports photojournalist
Rich Nuessle was once a staple in the Twin Cities sports media. If you were in that circle and failed to have a wacky adventure with Rich, you had to be in quarantine. Behind the fun, though, was a hero with a tortured soul.
Outdoors
Mailbag: Star Tribune sports editors answer your questions this week
Have a question about how and why we do the things we do? The Star Tribune's sports editors will be answering your questions in this week's mailbag.
Loons
Patrick Plus: Mainz becomes my main team in European soccer
Swansea City, Borussia Fulda both let me down.
Loons
United's Heath poised to resume improving roster
''We've got money available,'' the Loons coach said, and key positions — including a designated player slot — that need filling amid the the growing possibility of resuming games.
Local
3 Minnesota summer soccer leagues canceled as new practice guidelines emerge
Three prominent summer youth soccer leagues and their affiliated state championships have been canceled because of safety concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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- Liverpool's Premier League title hopes hit by 2-0 loss to Everton. Man United survives another scare
- Mbappe nets twice in 4-1 win over Lorient to put PSG on the verge of French league title
- Macron takes part in charity soccer game, showing off sporting prowess
- Carli Lloyd turns diplomat and takes a US message to kids in Greece
- Havertz scores 2 as Arsenal routs Chelsea 5-0 to cement Premier League lead
- Spanish judge freezes a bank account of Piqué's company amid probe into Saudi deal to host Super Cup
- KC Current owners announce plans for stadium district along the Kansas City riverfront
- Police in Greece raid homes and detain dozens in crackdown on deadly soccer violence
- Supreme Court allows soccer promoter's antitrust suit over FIFA policy on league matches to proceed
- Italy's 2006 World Cup-winning captain Fabio Cannavaro gets 1st Serie A coaching job at Udinese
