The Daves I Know

Well, what a difference a week makes and when you play two teams who are bad at the soccering, so... thanks FCK and Portland! The Loons get back on track and Reynoso unleashes an Olimpico in the most goals scored in a match for the Loons since, checks notes, last July when we played Portland. After the break we discuss an epic MPLS City win, Aurora domination and preview the Austin Aztecs coming t...

We start out with bittersweet news, the MPLS City matchday trailer was stolen, but the local and soccer community rallied around them incredibly yesterday. Learn more and donate here: https://twitter.com/mplscitysc/status/1673366481617436674 Then we discussed a crazy match at the Rio Tinto, MPLS Futures and Aurora taking care of business, and preview our real rival, the Portland Timbers!

No Loons match this week, but lots of Loons (and hopefully future Loons) were in action. We touch on those and the upcoming Gold Cup matches for the Loons. We also hit on the absolutely red-hot Aurora, Zeller fawns over Tianna Harris, MJ accuses Cat Rapp of thievery, and we ponder the upcoming match vs Faux Salt Lake

Well, we've reached the halfway point of the Loons season, and so instead of spending too much time on a match that was absolutely terrible, we take stock of the season so far, which basically delves into one giant shouting therapy session! After the break, MPLS City are finding life difficult in USL2, and the undefeated MN Aurora FC are the one bright spot in local soccer in the Twin Cities. Plus...

Another two-match week for two clubs we love, MNUFC and Aurora FC. One was slightly more successful than the other. Plus we get the Return of the Rey, double digits in Eagan, and City gets their first USL win!

Another two-match week and we are joined by Mel Birke, soccer enthusiast and President of Revontulet, to discuss two Loons matches, two Aurora matches, and a MPLS City match. Make sure to visit the Revontulet Prideraiser page at teal.energy!

A two match week, only two goals, but a full 6 points. The whole gang is back together to discuss how good Bongi is, how medium these matches were, until they weren't, and Hot or Not makes it's triumphant return. After the break, another tough week for MPLS City, Aurora is about to start back up, and another two-match week for the Loons!

A two-match week, 6 goals conceded, by our defense, and one very frustrated fan base. Dave and MJ break down the US Open Cup penalty victory over Philly and then Dave recounts his frustration with the Loons bashing courtesy of the Sporks down in KC over the weekend. Then, after the break, Minneapolis City suffers another setback against crosstown rivals St. Croix, Aurora has an international call...

A two-match week this week, but first we recap the last, especially with the Whitecaps match debacle. However, there may be some silver linings from that match, including the team looking good in a 3-5-2, SBJ getting his first Loons goal, and the team actually looking potent offensively (we wish they could finish a bit more). We also touch on the return of Rey, talk MPLS City and Aurora, and previ...

Two matches, two pretty insipid performances. The gang laments our finishing, enjoys 6 minutes of soccer from the week, and generally does not understand our gaffer. Then we briefly preview the MPLS City season, catch us all at the City match on Friday, and talk a little about Aurora.

Another match in Seattle, which means another disappointing loss, late, to the Sounders. We briefly recap, another pretty good defensive and absolutely atrocious offensive performance in Seattle. Later we preview the US OPen Cup match against Detroit City FC and FC Dallas on Sunday night!

Well, formation change giveth and taketh away. Jess is back and we rave about the Starting debut of Sang Bin Jeung, a revitalized Robin Lod, and maybe the best match of Bongi's young MLS career. We then have to rant about some lackadaisical team and individual defending, eventually ending in a pretty pathetic capitulation. We also have lower-league news, including MPLS City and Aurora, also buryin...

Dave and MJ discuss the Chicago match, but let's be honest they focused more on the trip to Chicago, which was way more fun than the match itself! Then it's lower league soccer news and a quick preview of the upcoming Orlando City SC match on Saturday. A short one as Dave still needed to recover from that aforementioned Chicago trip.

Strap on and strap in, MJ and Dave discuss the part smash and grab, part Heath Masterclass in soccer management in Soccer City USA. We heap far too much praise on Adrian Heath (though most of it is deserved) and talk a little about what this team looks like 5 matches in. We also briefly discuss the Aurora Fox 9+ deal and preview a weekend in Chi-town!

Well, that was a thing that happened. We discuss the match from Saturday and talk a little bit about the decision to add almost 2 extra minutes after 6 minutes of added time. We also discuss that maybe a point was a good result for the Loons too. Tomato, tomato. Also, we have the best team in the world St. Louis City coming up this week, so this should be fun!

History was made as the Loons defeated the CRapids for the first time in history. We are down a Jess this week, but MJ and Dave are here to break it down, including the appearance of Luis Emo-rilla, a perplexing Garcia performance, and Heath getting his tactics, right, again??? We also discuss MPLS City SC, Aurora news, and international call-ups!

Snow was the word of the day on Saturday, Snow on the pitch, why was there snow on the pitch? Completely changing up your style of play, because of the snow! We also hit some MNUFC news, MPLS City SC news, and Aurora news.

No Loons, no problem. We discuss the recently announced Minnesota Super Cup and wonder what it could possibly become. There is just a little bit of Loons news and a slightly longer Once A Loon segment with some Colombian flavor. Finally we discuss the upcoming Home Opener against the Bread Bowls, discuss John Tolkin's flowing locks and spoiler alert, we all pick a Loons victory on Saturday (so ham...

No Rey, No Problem. We break down the season-opening victory over FC Dallas down in Frisco. We touch on the great defensive shape of the Loons, lament our lack of scoring, but ultimately come away happy with 3 points, We also briefly touch on the new playoff format and the MPLS City and Aurora FC schedule drops from last week.

Season 7 of the Loons and Season 7 of the Daves I Know is again upon us! In this episode, we give you our abbreviated preview of the Loon's upcoming season. We also discuss the Northern Lights Kit and some of the other MLS kits. We also discuss the potential starting 11, sans Rey, and what our expectations of the team are for the upcoming year. After the break, we talk MPLS City and Aurora's new f...

A quick one this week, because the team refuses to fight for Preseason matches to be played, plus if we spend to much time talking MNUFC your eyes would probably glaze over. We do chat a little about MPLS City and the hiring of Carl Craig and some Gopher soccer transfer news as well!

If you play a match that no one can see, did you really play a match? Plus we discuss the great hire of Carl Craig by Minneapolis City SC, Aurora still out here winning awards, and we chat about some non-MN soccer topics that have popped up over the last few months!

We're back! We catch up on all of the Loons news from post-Dallas loss! There are lots of comings and goings so check it out, we'll be back to regularly scheduled podcasts and thanks for hanging with us during the Men's World Cup last year!

The final Minnesota Futbol Daves World Cup show discusses the greatest sporting event of our lifetime. Argentina finally breaks their drought and Messi cements his status as the greatest player of all time. France turned a drab affair into an exciting match, plus we marvel at Emi Martinez’s gigantic brass balls! We also discuss our most memorable moments from the tournament, the best goals, amongs...

The penultimate Minnesota Futbol Daves World Cup show talks about Men's World Cup Semifinal matches! Have the two best teams in the tournament finally figured out how to plate defense? Is Messi going to get his Hollywood ending? Does Dave have a half-cocked theory about Messi, Maradona, and Argentina? Maybe, hopefully, most certainly! Mbappe, Messi, a dude from MLS, the World Cup Final has it all....