{"id":175156,"date":"2026-02-22T06:11:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T06:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/175156\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T06:11:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T06:11:10","slug":"minnesotas-late-goal-spoils-home-opener-for-austin-ending-in-2-2-draw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/175156\/","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota\u2019s late goal spoils home opener for Austin, ending in 2-2 draw"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sun, February 22, 2026 at 4:46 AM UTC\"\"\"\"<\/p>\n

AUSTIN (KXAN) \u2014 Austin FC and Minnesota United played to a 2-2 draw to open the Major League Soccer season Saturday at Q2 Stadium.<\/p>\n

Myrto Uzuni tapped in a Jon Gallagher header to give Austin a 2-1 lead in the 76th minute, only to have the Loons equalize in the 90th minute with a goal by Kelvin Yeboah.<\/p>\n

\"AUSTIN,<\/p>\n

AUSTIN, TEXAS \u2013 FEBRUARY 21: Myrto Uzuni #10 of Austin FC reacts after scoring a goal during the second half of the match against Minnesota United FC at Q2 Stadium on February 21, 2026 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Scott Wachter\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Austin FC matches in 2026 to re-air on KBVO throughout MLS regular season <\/a><\/p>\n

Brandon Hines-Ike broke the ice for Austin in the seventh minute, heading in a corner kick by Facundo Torres. Minnesota\u2019s Morris Duggan made it 1-1 with a goal in the 40th minute.<\/p>\n

Austin finished with 56% of the possession and 6 of its 10 shots being on target. Brad Stuver made two saves in the first half, parrying a Yeboah drive from outside the 6-yard box over the crossbar in the waning moments. His second save came just before Duggan tied the match, touching a bending shot by Tom\u00e1s Chancalay behind the goal.<\/p>\n

Drake Callender made four saves for Minnesota.<\/p>\n

Austin hosts DC United at 1:30 p.m., March 1.<\/p>\n

Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n

For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KXAN Austin. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sun, February 22, 2026 at 4:46 AM UTC AUSTIN (KXAN) \u2014 Austin FC and Minnesota United played to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":175157,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,135,134,133,70697,70701,70700,70698,58542,70695,20604,11728,70694,70696,70699,27],"class_list":{"0":"post-175156","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-austin","8":"tag-austin","9":"tag-austin-fc","10":"tag-austin-headlines","11":"tag-austin-news","12":"tag-brad-stuver","13":"tag-dc-united","14":"tag-drake-callender","15":"tag-facundo-torres","16":"tag-jon-gallagher","17":"tag-kelvin-yeboah","18":"tag-major-league-soccer","19":"tag-minnesota","20":"tag-minnesota-united","21":"tag-morris-duggan","22":"tag-myrto","23":"tag-texas"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175156\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/175157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}