Minnesota United on Saturday celebrates Minnesota Soccer Heritage at Allianz Field in Saint Paul, Minnesota when the team squares off against Seattle Sounders FC in a key Western Conference clash on Saturday, August 16 at 7:30 p.m. CT, presented by Allina Health.<\/p>\n
**Minnesota Professional Soccer Legends <\/p>\n
As part of MNUFC\u2019s celebration of soccer heritage and history in the state, the Loons have invited a number of professional soccer legends to attend the match. This group will be recognized in various ways throughout the game, including signing autographs and taking photos with fans at the Sun Country Lawn Layover from 5:30-6:30 p.m. CT. Following the meet and greet at the Sun Country Lawn Layover, the group of legends will be recognized on the field during pregame right after warmups end at approximately 7:35 p.m. CT, and each legend will also be gifted a new \u2018Heritage Jersey\u2019**, which is an homage to all the Minnesota professional soccer teams of years past<\/a>. <\/p>\n Below is a list of confirmed Minnesota professional soccer legends (with their team affiliation and position) who will be at the match on Saturday:<\/p>\n Kyle Altman \u2013 Minnesota Thunder, Minnesota Stars and Minnesota United NASL (D) Prior to Saturday\u2019s matchday celebrations, the legends were also invited to attend the First Team training session at the National Sports Center in Blaine, Minnesota on Friday, where they watched training and interacted with current coaches, players and staff. <\/p>\n Later that evening on Friday, the legends group was also invited to attend the MNUFC2 match at the National Sports Center Stadium in Blaine to watch the Twos take on Tacoma Defiance in MLS NEXT Pro regular-season action at 7:00 p.m. CT.<\/p>\n Sun Country Lawn Layover on the Great Lawn<\/p>\n In addition to the gameday activities inside Allianz Field on Saturday, this weekend\u2019s match will also hold a Sun Country Lawn Layover on the Great Lawn, located outside on the north end of the stadium. Fans can expect to engage in a number of activities around the Sun Country Lawn Layover, including listening to a live performance by Viva Knievel, an energetic cover band that takes audiences on a flight through the past decades of music. <\/p>\n As mentioned above, Minnesota professional soccer legends will be meeting fans, signing autographs and taking photos at the Sun Country Lawn Layover from 5:30-6:30 p.m. CT, weather permitting. Be sure to stop by and meet some true soccer legends o<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Minnesota United on Saturday celebrates Minnesota Soccer Heritage at Allianz Field in Saint Paul, Minnesota when the team…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":71963,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,701,44759,18463,561,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-71962","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-latest-news","11":"tag-minvssea-08-16-2025","12":"tag-press-release","13":"tag-soccer","14":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71962\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nAngie Blaker \u2013 Minnesota Thunder, Minnesota Stars, Minnesota United NASL and Minnesota United MLS (Sporting Staff)
\nDjorn Buchholz \u2013 Minnesota Thunder (GM), Minnesota Stars and Minnesota United NASL (CEO)
\nCarl Craig \u2013 Minnesota Stars and Minnesota United NASL (Manager)
\nJustin Davis \u2013 Minnesota Stars, Minnesota United NASL and Minnesota United MLS (D)
\nKevin Friedland \u2013 Minnesota Thunder, Minnesota Stars and Minnesota United NASL (D)
\nDon Gramenz \u2013 Minnesota Thunder (D; Manager)
\nBrian Kallman \u2013 Minnesota Thunder, Minnesota Stars and Minnesota United NASL (D)
\nBuzz Lagos \u2013 Minnesota Thunder (Manager)
\nGerard Lagos \u2013 Minnesota Thunder (F)
\nManny Lagos \u2013 Minnesota Thunder (F), Minnesota Stars and Minnesota United NASL (Manager), Minnesota United MLS (Sporting Staff)
\nTino Lettieri \u2013 Minnesota Kicks and Minnesota Strikers (GK)
\nAmos Magee \u2013 Minnesota Thunder (F) and Minnesota United MLS (Sporting Staff)
\nAlan Merrick \u2013 Minnesota Kicks (D) and Minnesota Strikers (Manager)
\nAaron Paye \u2013 Minnesota Thunder (F)
\nTony Peszneker \u2013 Minnesota Kicks and Minnesota Thunder (D)
\nTony Sanneh \u2013 Minnesota Thunder (M\/D)
\nJohn Swallen \u2013 Minnesota Thunder (GK)
\nMelvin Tarley \u2013 Minnesota Thunder (F)
\nJoe Warren \u2013 Minnesota Thunder and Minnesota Stars (GK)
\nAlan Willey \u2013 Minnesota Kicks and Minnesota Strikers (F)
\nChris Wright \u2013 Minnesota Strikers (GM) and Minnesota United MLS (CEO)<\/p>\n