The Weekly Minnesota Sports Survey

#-1: Twins (Last Week: -1).  Started off the screening Week losing two-of-three to The New York Mets.  But then the White Sox came to town, and they're everybody's slump-buster this season, and the Twins swept them to finish the Week on a four-Game winning streak.  The ChiSox have now lost 20 Games in a row, and I think the Twins have lost to the Pale Hose only once this Year.

And that stubborn deficit in the Division to Cleveland remains the same size, 4 1/2 Games behind the Guardians, who still hold the best record in Major League Baseball.  (Also, Kansas City remains their stalker horse, 1/2 a Game behind the Twins for ALWC2, even though the Royals are ahead of Boston by 3 1/2 Games for the final playoff spot.)  To improve their situation, the Twinks ... did nothing at the Trade Deadline except trade one no-hope minor leaguer for a reliever from Toronto.  The fan base are assailing ownership for once again being so damn cheap and unambitious, burning away all the currency from advancing a stage in last season's postseason because they have essentially done nothing.  Yeah, the team is 14 Games above .500 and look likely to reach the playoffs, but why not try and make a move or two to go farther than last Year, and maybe even try for a championship?  Maybe it doesn't matter; they're back on Bally Sports North because a deal was reached last Week, but they've been off of most television sets for so long that many people may not care anymore.

They're in Wrigley Field to face the Cubs for three starting tonight/Monday night.  Then a big one: A four-Game set at Target Field versus Cleveland, beginning with a Day-Night Doubleheader Friday.

#-2: United FC (Last Week: -2).  What I saw on Tuesday might be the most electrifying defensive performance I have ever seen in my life.  Robin Lod scored vs. Necaxa at the Tenth Minute.  And then Dayne St. Clair stood on his head, officially making 16 Saves to make that 1-0 lead stick.  And I'm telling y'all, man, DSC made some fucking incredible Saves:

Obviously it's a franchise record and, for what it's worth, a Leagues Cup record.  It ties for the most Saves for any Major League Soccer Goalkeeper in an MLS-affiliated competition since, I think, 2019, when Vancouver's Maxime Crepeau saved that many in a loss to San Jose.  (Both Goalies, by the way, play for Canada internationally.)  The Loons were a hurting unit while St. Clair was doing international duty, and this was a sign as to how valuable he is for the club.

And it's all for naught because last/Sunday night, Necaxa beat the Sounders is Seattle.  In the three-side Group they're in for The Leagues Cup, they all beat each other.  So the tie-breaker is Goal Difference, and because MNUFC lost to the Sounders on July 26, 2-0, they're the ones eliminated.  And now they have nothing going on for them until the 24th ... when they host Seattle.