Minnesota United on Tuesday signed veteran free-agent MLS goalkeeper Clint Irwin to a two-year contract with a club option after that.
Veteran MLS goaltender Clint Irwin signs with Minnesota United
The 33-year-old has played in more than 200 league games with Colorado and Toronto.
December 6, 2022 at 8:51PM
He'll provide depth to a team that has Canadian World Cup member Dayne St. Clair as its starter and also recently signed backup Eric Dick. Veteran Tyler Miller became a free agent after the Loons declined to exercise his contract option for 2023 and he recently signed with DC United.
Irwin, 33, has appeared in 137 games and recorded 34 shutouts in 11 seasons with Colorado and Toronto. He last played an MLS game against Seattle in October 2021. He started and played all 90 minutes in a U.S. Open Cup game for the Colorado Rapids against the Loons in May last season and also played games for Colorado's MLS NEXT Pro reserve team. Irwin has played in seven MLS playoff games, six of them in Toronto's 2016 run to a MLS Cup final loss to Seattle.
The Loons are expected to make upcoming salary-cap friendly moves that will provide depth for a team that reports for training in early January.
Minnesota started only two strikers against Seattle, leaving Sang Bin Jeong and Joseph Rosales to provide the width behind Teemu Pukki and Kelvin Yeboah.
