Minnesota United gets Franco Fragapane back for Saturday's game at Sporting KC

Loons Game Day

7:30 p.m. at Sporting Kansas City * Bally Sports North, The CW Twin Cities, 1500 ESPN

Preview

The Loons get attacker Franco Fragapane back after a two-game suspension but are missing star midfielder Emanuel Reynoso again, now suspended for yellow card accumulation after picking up a silly one very late in Wednesday's 1-1 draw with Los Angeles FC. "It's not necessary, too much this season," coach Adrian Heath said. ... Heath indicated Thursday that it's "looking doubtful" MF Robin Lod will play Saturday because of a calf injury. Lod will not head home for Finnish national team duty during the upcoming FIFA break — unlike Dayne St. Clair (Canada), Michael Boxall (New Zealand) and Kevin Arriaga and Joseph Rosales (Honduras). This would allow Lod to rehab for the regular season's important final two games. … The Loons are 0-6 in regular-season games at Kansas City, but won a conference semifinal playoff game 3-0 there in 2020.

About Sporting KC

Twelfth place in the West, Sporting KC is 9-15-7 overall, 7-6-2 at home and on the verge of being eliminated from the playoffs. But the team is 4-3-2 in its past nine games and has a five-game unbeaten streak. Those nine games coincide exactly with signing Erik Thommy and William Agada.

Injuries

Lod and F Bongokuhle Hlongwane both are listed as questionable, but Hlongwane (knee) is expected to miss the next three to five weeks, Heath has indicated. Sporting KC lists Logan Ndenbe and Graham Zusi as questionable and Tim Melia, Ozzie Cisneros, Gadi Kinda and Alan Pulido as out.