Minnesota United's front office has received some flak for busts such as Vadim Demidov and some of the other Scandanavian buys, but those purchases are only half of the story. The front office has also made four trades in United's brief time as an MLS franchise. With the season close to half over, there's enough of a sample size to evaluate those moves.
There are probably quite a few Minnesota United fans who don’t remember the brief hour the Chris Duvall was a Loon. Duvall, a right-back, was Minnesota’s first selection in the expansion draft, taken from the New York Red Bulls.