On an auspicious night for the club, Minnesota United traveled to Providence Park to face the Portland Timbers in its inaugural MLS match. Portland was looking to bounce back from a disappointing 2016 where they missed the playoffs after winning the MLS Cup in 2015 – assembling one of the best attacking cores in the league, and reuniting childhood friends Diego Valeri and Sebastian Blanco. Minnesota United was looking to buck the trend of expansion team inaugural match losses, where the newcomers had gone 3-10 coming into the game. Portland came out on top in the end, winning 5-1 after a flurry of late goals.
MNUFC Falls In MNUFC Debut
