“It helps us a lot on the field. It was the one big constant, the one big positive constant during this season.” —Jerome Thiesson
Seven months. That’s how long it was between the matches that bookended the home campaign of Minnesota United’s inaugural MLS season.
When the team laced up their boots in the locker room and prepared to face the snow for the first home match on March 12, they didn’t know what to expect. But those in the stands zipped up their winter jackets, huddled together and filled TCF Bank Stadium with thunderous chants — all 35,043 of them.