The Loons' Kelvin Yeboah scored in the 69th minute, all that was needed on a freezing night of cautious offense.

Thousands of fans braved the cold to watch Minnesota United on Saturday as they played their first home match of the season.

After referee Sergii Demainchuk and VAR decided contact the Loons forward appeared to receive in the box from Luca Petrasso was not worthy of a penalty kick, Yeboah was able to tap-in his first goal of the season three minutes later, in the 69th.

Kelvin Yeboah scored his first goal of the season midway through the second half to lift Minnesota United to a 1-0 victory over visiting CF Montreal on Saturday night.

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Previous meetings: MNUFC is 3-1-0 against the Eastern Conference side, including a 4-0 loss in State Saputo in 2023; former Loon Mason Toye had a brace in that one. Montreal hasn’t come to Minnesota since United was renting TCF Bank Stadium in 2018. It was the Montreal Impact back then.

Kevin Yeboah scored a goal in the 69th minute to help Minnesota United beat CF Montreal 1-0. Tani Oluwaseyi flicked a header from the center of the box toward the goal and Yeboah tapped it in from point-blank range to open the scoring.

It's all about perspective for Minnesota United coach Eric Ramsay, whose team is coming off a season-opening loss. Yes, the 1-0 defeat at the hands of Los Angeles FC was "frustrating," Ramsay said, but he expects his team to put that game aside when it welcomes CF Montreal to Saint Paul,