Loons vs. St. Louis City: Keys to match, updates and a prediction

Minnesota United vs St Louis City What U S Open Cup Round of When p m Wednesday Where Allianz Field Stream Paramount Weather Rain degrees mph south wind Form MNUFC blew out St Louis - in MLS play on Saturday Both teams beat USL Championship sides in the Round of on May to reach this stage of the national tournament Loons topped Louisville City - St Louis beat Union Omaha - Update After St Louis s MLS winless streak reached matches Saturday reports out of Sweden on Monday had head coach Olof Mellberg being fired MLS insider Tom Bogert declared that news was premature Another update Other reports out of Sweden had club Malmo pursuing Loons attacker Sang Bin Jeong Before the primary transfer window closed in May at least one other MLS Eastern Conference company was looking into the South Korean Absences Joseph Rosales suspension and Kipp Keller hamstring are out Starting XI Against Louisville the Loons used a - - formation FW Darius Randell MF Sam Shashoua MF Curt Calov MF Hoyeon Jung MF Sang Bin Jeong LWB Kieran Chandler CB Devin Padelford CB Morris Duggan CB DJ Taylor RWB Julian Gressel GK Wessel Speel Milestone Against Louisville Randell became the youngest United sportsman to count a first-team goal in its MLS history He was years and days old Context One Cinderella MLS teams The USL Championship s Pittsburgh Riverhounds are the only non-MLS squad remaining in the competition They play Philadelphia Union on Wednesday Look-ahead If the Loons advance the quarterfinals are July - The semifinals are Sept - and the final is Oct Scouting document St Louis is the more desperate group while the Loons are in better form and have worked to build up players outside its first-choice starting XI with more minutes against Louisville and in the MLS loss at Houston last Wednesday Prediction More first-team-type players are expected be in the mix on Wednesday and the Loons will be able to keep St Louis down and out Defense leads to cup runs Minnesota wins -