Star Tribune: MNUFC Training Camp, Week One
The Loons have four training sessions in the books - and two players on their way out.
When Minnesota United trains in mid-January, the Loons do so in an inflated dome at the National Sports Center in Blaine. It’s warmer than the outside air — but not exactly warm, especially when the temperature was below zero this week.
Six below zero is a shock to everyone, but for those experiencing their first Minnesota winter, the pain was acute.
“I am trying to get used to it but just simply can’t,” said Argentina native Joaquín Pereyra, via translation from club translator Marleine Calderon. “I try to go out, but I’d rather stay home. [At training] once we start moving, our bodies get warm, but when I wake up in the mornings, it’s so hard to get up.”