Minnesota United loans Patrick Weah to Danish squad and Morris Duggan to Rhode Island FC

Minnesota United continued its summer roster shakeup on Friday with a couple of loan moves — one involving multiple players and foreign shores, and one that clears an important roster spot.

The Loons have loaned striker Patrick Weah, one of their homegrown players, and MNUFC2 midfielder Molik Jesse Khan to HB Køge, of Denmark’s second division. For Weah, it’s his second loan in as many seasons and his third in four seasons, after a stint with Sacramento Republic in 2021 and another with FC Tulsa last season.

Weah leads MNUFC2 with eight goals this season in 13 games, but struggled for first-team playing time, even when the Loons were almost entirely out of strikers, playing a total of just 35 minutes in MLS over three appearances. Khan had also made 13 appearances for MNUFC2 this season, and was on the bench twice for the first team, without appearing in a game.

Minnesota also announced that center back Morris Duggan is being loaned to Rhode Island FC of the USL Championship. Duggan, a third-round draft pick last winter, had already signed with RIFC before being drafted and taking his MLS chance. He’s played four games for the Loons this season, including his debut first-team start in the team’s most recent game, a win against Necaxa.

Duggan, a native of Germany who played college soccer at Marshall, also occupied an international slot on the Loons roster. His loan gives Minnesota the flexibility to potentially add another international player in the summer transfer window, without having to try to purchase a spot from another MLS team.

Jordana Windhorst-Knudsen of Lake City, Minn., has signed on with the Gophers women’s golf team as part of the incoming 2024-25 freshman class.

“Very excited to add Jordana to the Gopher women’s golf team this fall,” head coach Matt Higgins said. “To add someone of her ability so late in this process is truly a gift! She has been one of the best junior players in the state and we are very fortunate that things worked out.”

Windhorst-Knudsen the individual Class 2A state champion in 2024 and was a three-time section champion while at Lake City. Jordana was a runner-up for the 2024 Ms. Minnesota Golf award and holds the record for low-stroke average at Lake City High School. Recently, she was named Minnesota Jr. PGA champion in her high school career, helping her team become two-time Class 2A State Champions (2021 and 2022). She also guided Lake City to 2A state runner-up finishes in 2023 and 2024.

Saturday’s Minnesota Derby and Minnesota Oaks, each offering a $75,000 purse and contested at 1 mile and 70 yards, will have odds-on favorites trying a longer distance for the first time. Street Warrior is the 4 to 5 morning line favorite in the state-bred Derby and Xtreme Diva is the same odds in the Oaks. Canterbury Park’s Made in Minnesota Night program, with eight races, begins at 5:12 p.m.

Xtreme Diva, winner of the Northern Lights Debutante last September, has won three times since including a $150,000 stakes at Oaklawn Park and her only local start this season, the Frances Genter Handicap. The 3-year-old filly, owned by Xtreme Racing Stables LLC and trained by Mac Robertson, has won five times in eight races. The Minnesota Oaks, with Eduardo Gallardo aboard, will be her first race beyond three-quarters of a mile.

The same is true for Street Warrior, who brings his two-for-two record to the Minnesota Derby. Both wins came at six furlongs and both were commanding victories. In each race 3-year-old, owned and bred by Suzanne Stables, earned an 84 Beyer Speed Figure, a widely accepted measure of a racehorse’s performance. None of the other five entered in the Derby have exceeded a 68 Beyer.

The Minnesota Oaks will be the third race on the program and the Minnesota Derby the fifth race.