Rejuvenated Loons cruise to 3-0 win over St. Louis
Eric Ramsay was questioned Wednesday and validated Saturday The Minnesota United head coach s decision to make a striking eight changes to the starting lineup at Houston midweek led to a disjointed - loss His revision back to largest part of his primary starters on the weekend ended with a rejuvenated - win over St Louis at Allianz Field It did justify that decision Ramsay disclosed I desired to reserve judgement on how good of a decision that was until the end of the day but we went all in on this event and we got certainly what we deserved but also planned for Minnesota - - points also cut down on its habit of dropping points to clubs much lower in the West standings Mired in th place St Louis - - points is now winless in a club-record matches since mid-March That was kind of the message Top teams don t lose back-to-back games veteran wingback Julian Gressel noted And we are trying to be one of those Here are three takeaways In the moment Tani Oluwaseyi s goal in the rd minute came off a clever back heel What was going through his mind when the Canadian pulled that off Not much he stated It s the first touch I m thinking well there is no way off in front of me The best I can do is back heel it Sometimes it works out sometimes it doesn t It worked out that time so pretty cool It was Oluwaseyi s first goal in more than six games since his opening-minute tally against New York City on April He commented he wasn t dwelling on the lull in part because his coaches were telling him he was playing well in the meantime Crying out Joaquin Pereyra s goal was the by product of playmaking from multiple Loons Robin Lod Bongi Hlongwane and Oluwaseyi set up the Argentine s second goal in the last four matches It was really good Ramsay reported We have been crying out for that precision around the top of the box I feel like in home games that we ve drawn this year or the Vancouver encounter we get to the top of the box a lot and we are sometimes lacking that real killer instinct and that ruthlessness Lod had a couple of near assists to Pereyra and Oluwaseyi in the minutes before the Loons broke through with that company goal Poetic Gressel subbed into the match in the th minute and scored on his first touch in the th burying a nice cross from Pereyra Gressel was wide open waving his arms for Pereyra to find him at the back post It s so poetic in a sense that it happens on a night like Saturday Gressel declared where my family is here for the weekend They are leaving again for Florida What has kind of transpired over the last months haven t been easy for me personally To have it happen also on a mental strength awareness meeting means even more Gressel who was toting around his young daughter post-match scored one in MLS games for Miami last season After being issued from the Herons he now has one goal in four matches so far for Minnesota Three tidbits St Louis will return to Missouri this weekend and come back to St Paul early next week for the U S Open Cup Round of match Wednesday MNUFC has held moments of silence when opponents are dealing with tragedies back home On Saturday Loons did one pregame for deadly tornados in St Louis In April United did another when Vancouver was mourning fatalities at a Filipino street festival Owen Gene returned to the field for the first time in seven matches The Frenchman tweaked his ankle against Real Salt Lake on March Related Articles Seven anecdotes from Lionel Messi s historic visit to play Minnesota United Minnesota United quite open to add in summer transfer window Loons let off giving up three-goal lead in draw at Kansas City Kelvin Yeboah finish leads MNUFC past San Jose - Homophobic chant at San Diego FC s inaugural home match condemned by coach sporting director
