Minnesota United’s start to their inaugural campaign reminds me a little of the 2016 early-season Houston Dynamo. The results were different — Minnesota spent the first four weeks giving up five or six goals a game while the Dynamo were able to pick up points themselves — but the general chaotic nature of their playing styles are especially similar.
Owen Coyle’s Dynamo ran all over the place with little defined tactics or shape, looking to make up for their lack of defense with as much offense as possible. Minnesota lacked a defined shape as well, and couldn’t figure out how to devote numbers forward without isolating terrible center backs like Vadim Demidov with players like Fanendo Adi.