Loons Game Day
Minnesota United travels to Philadelphia Union for MLS' 2022 season-opening game
Five players are listed as questionable on the Loons' injury report.
February 26, 2022 at 12:36AM
Noon, BSN, Ch. 23, 1500-AM
Preview
Loons coach Adrian Heath said Thursday there could be a game-time decision or two on players' availability Saturday. But five players, including four likely starters, were listed as questionable on the club's injury report Friday: F Abu Danladi (thigh), D Chase Gasper (head), MF Jacori Hayes (thigh), D Romain Metanire (thigh) and captain/MF Wil Trapp. F Patrick Weah (knee) is out. … The noon game Central time is this MLS season's first, but it's not nationally televised. The only national TV game Saturday is the New England-Portland game at 6:30 p.m. on Fox. … The teams have met four times since Minnesota United entered MLS in 2017. The Loons are 1-2-1 with their lone victory coming 3-2 last October at Allianz Field. Three of the four games have been played in Minnesota. The Union won 5-1 in the only game played in Philadelphia, at Subaru Park in October 2018.
Injuries
The Union list no injuries.
JERRY ZGODA
Minnesota started only two strikers against Seattle, leaving Sang Bin Jeong and Joseph Rosales to provide the width behind Teemu Pukki and Kelvin Yeboah.
