Minnesota United beat the Seattle Sounders 1-0 and recorded their first MLS clean sheet since May 28. The club has nine clean sheets this season, second only to Vancouver (11), and have conceded a joint-fourth fewest 30 goals. Coach Eric Ramsay said the clean sheet restored resilience, defensive discipline, compactness and a basis of confidence for upcoming matches. Minnesota aim to build on that defensive performance ahead of a trip to Real Salt Lake. Real Salt Lake sit 10th in the West, one point behind the playoff places with a game in hand and have lost their last two matches. Braian Ojeda is listed as a player to watch for RSL.
Minnesota United head coach Eric Ramsay wants his side to build on their clean sheet against the Seattle Sounders. The Loons won 1-0 against the Sounders, keeping their first clean sheet in MLS since May 28, a goalless draw against the Vancouver Whitecaps. Despite their run of conceding goals, Minnesota have been one of the best sides in the league when it comes to defending. Only the Whitecaps (11) have recorded more clean sheets than Minnesota's nine this season, while Ramsey's side have also conceded the joint-fourth fewest goals (30).
"I think if you asked beforehand what the group needed, rather than wanted, it was a clean sheet," said Ramsay. "It was a return to the level of resilience and defensive discipline and desperation to keep the ball out of the net that we have shown for such long periods of this year, and that has made us such a difficult team to play against. "I feel like over the last couple of months, albeit results have still be good and you now see an evolved version of the team, we have always been able to nail down that clean sheet but that is what you saw in this match. "That compactness, the characteristics that makes Minnesota a team that no one likes to play against. The fact that we were able to show that for large parts of the game and take our chance when it came, it was really pleasing way to finish the match and it gives us a really solid base for what is to come."
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