MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota -- Major League Soccer commissioner Don Garber embraced the cold, snowy conditions in which Minnesota United and Atlanta United played on Sunday, saying it was "everything" the league imagined.
Minnesota hosted Atlanta in it temporary home of TCF Bank Stadium, and wound up on the receiving end of a 6-1 thrashing at the hands of its expansion "cousins."
And if the lopsided scoreline was somewhat predictable after the Loons' 5-1 loss at the Portland Timbers last week, the weather was even more so. The temperature at kickoff hovered in the low 20s, while snow flurries fell throughout the 90 minutes.