On January 12, 2017, True North Elite supporter James Norungolo was at his computer and ready for the release of the first MLS regular season schedule to feature Minnesota United. Step one: refresh the MNUFC homepage. Nothing yet. Step two: refresh the MNUFC Twitter page. Watch the spinning wheel and … nothing. Step three: Refresh the MLS homepage. Rinse, repeat and then … there it was, with a beautiful first game in … Portland?
Norungolo opened a new window and started searching flights.
“When the schedule was released, I knew right away I had to be at the first match,” he said.