In the week leading up to Sunday’s match against Sporting KC, Minnesota United Head Coach Adrian Heath emphasized the need to get both the offense and the defense working in concert with each other. He couldn’t have hoped for a better symphony than the one that took down the Western Conference leaders 2-0. Early goals from Abu Danladi and Christian Ramirez and staunch defending down the stretch made for a great coming out party on national TV for the much-improved Loons.
The early going found forward Christian Ramirez attacking aggressively. In the second minute, he fired a volley into the side of the net and four minutes later, he found himself with time down the right wing.