Minnesota United will have their franchise opener on Sunday against fellow expansion side Atlanta United. Both expansion teams lost their opening game, Atlanta lost at home 2-1 to the New York Red Bulls while Minnesota lost at Portland 5-1. United of Minnesota will host United of Atlanta in TCF Bank Stadium, the home of University of Minnesota. Minnesota United are building a soccer specific stadium that holds 21,500 to open in 2018, thus this year will be played in Goldy Gopher’s home digs. Over 30,000 tickets have been sold for the opener with tickets still moving fast.