Video highlights: The newest Loons

Minnesota United took five players in the MLS expansion draft Tuesday. Here are video highlights and some background on each of them.

December 13, 2016 at 6:21PM
Costa Rica's Johan Venegas (11) fights for the ball against United States' Timothy Chandler during a 2018 World Cup qualifying soccer match in San Jose, Costa Rica, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016.
Costa Rica's Johan Venegas (11) fights for the ball against United States' Timothy Chandler during a 2018 World Cup qualifying soccer match in San Jose, Costa Rica, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016. (Associated Press/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Minnesota United selected five players in Tuesday's Major League Soccer expansion draft. Here are links with statistics and career information, as well as video highlights.

With its first pick, United selected defender Chris Duvall from the New York Red Bulls and traded him to Montreal for midfielder Johan Venegas, who has played on the Costa Rican national team.

Here's Venegas' profile from the MLS.com web site.

Last month, Venegas scored the first goal for Costa Rica in a 4-0 victory over the U.S. men's national team in a World Cup qualifying match.

Second round pick: Collen Warner, a midfielder who was with Houston in 2016.

Here's a Warner goal from when he played for Toronto in 2015.

Third round: Mohammad Saied, midfielder from the Columbus Crew.

Fourth round: Jeff Attinella, goalkeeper from Real Salt Lake.

Here are highlights from a Man of the Match performance against Columbus in 2015.

Fifth round: Femi Hollinger-Janzen, a forward from New England.

Here's Hollinger-Janzen scoring the game-winning goal against Seattle in May.

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Howard Sinker is digital sports editor at startribune.com and curates the website's Sports Upload blog. He is also a senior instructor in Media and Cultural Studies at Macalester College in St. Paul.

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