National team duty forces altered lineup for Minnesota United

The Loons are missing five key players for this final home match of the 2017 season.

October 7, 2017 at 11:08PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

With five key players gone on national team duty, Minnesota United has fielded a slightly altered lineup for Saturday's match against Sporting Kansas City at TCF Bank Stadium:

Bobby Shuttleworth

Jerome Thiesson, Joe Greenspan, Brent Kallman, Marc Burch

Ethan Finlay, Collin Martin, Ibson, Miguel Ibarra

Christian Ramirez, Abu Danladi

Bench: Patrick McLain, Ish Jome, Kevin Venegas, Collen Warner, Sam Nicholson, Jose Leiton, Brandon Allen

Burch makes his return to the lineup despite missing Tuesday's match at Atlanta with a hamstring injury. Danladi is also back in after leaving the Tuesday match early with a leg injury.

This is Greenspan's first match since Sept. 13 and first start since July 19.

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Here is how Kansas City will lineup. The team is also missing several stars to national team duty:

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