It is hard to believe, but the MLS preseason has already begun. It was a soccer-full few months since LAFC beat the Philadelphia Union in the MLS Cup final to secure a domestic double, even as the cost for our sporting entertainment was quite high. But now we are back, and as we continue to wonder over what we are willing to let others pay to be entertained, we’ll try to get caught up.
MN United FC opened training camp January 6, as the team begins its 7th season of MLS play. After a number of very weird and irregular seasons, interrupted and disrupted by a global pandemic and a winter men’s World Cup, the 2023 MLS season may be, if not normal, at least a bit more regular.