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 startling eight changes to the starting lineup at Houston midweek led to a disjointed - loss His revision back to his primary starters on the weekend ended with a rejuvenated - win over St Louis at Allianz Field Minnesota - - points 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 Tani Oluwaseyi scored in the rd minute off a corner kick from Joaquin Pereyra and an assist from Nico Romero The crafty back heel finish was the Canadian s first goal in more than six games since an opening-minute tally against New York City on April Joaquin Pereyra doubled the lead in the nd minute benefitting from Robin Lod Bongi Hlongwane and Oluwaseyi s playmaking Julian Gressel subbed into the match in the th minute and scored in the th burying a nice cross from Pereyra After making eight changes to its starting lineup for the - loss to Houston on Wednesday Minnesota returned to the same XI they used in the - home win over Inter Miami last Saturday The Loons - - formation had Oluwaseyi as the lone striker Pereyra and Robin Lod as attacking midfielders Carlos Harvey and Wil Trapp as defensive mids Anthony Markanich came back from an ankle injury to play left wingback The center back trio were Romero Michael Boxall and Jefferson D az with Bongi Hlongwane at right wing back Dayne St Clair started his th straight battle in net Up - in the th minute Ramsay used his last four subs bringing in Kelvin Yeboah Sang Bin Jeong Owen Gene and Sam Shashoua with a U S Open Cup match against St Louis coming Wednesday in St Paul City will advance back to Missouri before returning to Minnesota early next week Three tidbits 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 Gene returned to field after missing seven MLS matches since injuring his ankle on March vs Real Salt Lake Timberwolves fan Boxall has confidence they can go all the way to the NBA championship He believes they match-up better against Oklahoma City with Denver s big man Nikola Jokic is just scary 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