Wednesday night’s game against Hertha Berlin gave Minnesota United fans and coaches an extended look at a number of players on the fringes of the first team. Of the six players that played the full 90 minutes in the game—Dayne St. Clair, Hassani Dotson, Lawrence Olum, Mason Toye, Wyatt Omsberg, and Collin Martin—only Dotson has seen competitive minutes for the Loons so far this year, getting a quartet of late substitute appearances. For the most part, players took their chances well to work their way into the team.
“I thought some of our younger players did excellent,” head coach Adrian Heath said after the game, highlighting Dotson and Omsberg’s performances against stronger competition from the Bundesliga side.