United to part ways with former MLS midfielder Jonny Steele

June 30, 2015 at 9:59PM
Jonny Steele ran sprints with the Minnesota United Soccer team during training in April.
Jonny Steele ran sprints with the Minnesota United Soccer team during training in April. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

United FC midfielder Jonny Steele and the soccer club will be parting ways, a source with knowledge of the situation confirmed Tuesday morning.

Steele, who signed with the North American Soccer League club before the spring season, will not return for the fall season opening game Saturday at Carolina.

A veteran of Major League Soccer clubs Real Salt Lake and New York Red Bulls, Steele signed with Minnesota looking to bring an aggressive, attacking style. The Loons started the spring season without a victory in its first four matches. Steele started all four matches but only appeared in one league match the remainder of the season.

He did not score a goal or tally an assist.

Steele's departure is another hit to the Loons' midfield corps. Jamie Watson was lost to a knee injury and U.S. National Team call-up Miguel Ibarra was transferred to Club Leon in Liga MX.

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David La Vaque

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David La Vaque is a high school sports reporter who has been the lead high school hockey writer for the Star Tribune since 2010. He is co-author of “Tourney Time,” a book about the history of Minnesota’s boys hockey state tournament published in 2020 and updated in 2024.

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