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ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Minnesota United FC is moving up to Major League Soccer for the 2017 season and will play at TCF Bank Stadium until the team gets a new stadium of its own, league and team officials announced Friday evening.The team will keep its name and its loon logo.Former UnitedHealth CEO Bill McGuire rescued Minnesota United with his purchase of the financially struggling North American Soccer League franchise in 2013. The NASL is a level below MLS, which began to eye the Twin Cities market after seeing Uniteds success under McGuire. MLS last year formally awarded the expansion franchise to McGuire and his group of investors.Beginning with the popular Kicks in the late 1970s, then to the Thunder and the Stars and now United, Minnesota has had several iterations of professional soccer. With growing immigrant populations and an increasing segment of adults ages 18-34, the Twin Cities market has key MLS demographics covered.The ownership groups commitment to soccer and the community, the areas growing millennial population and the regions rich tradition of supporting soccer at all levels are key indicators that this will be a very successful MLS market, league commissioner Don Garber said at a news conference.McGuire and his partners have pledged to pay the entire bill for a 20,000-seat soccer-specific stadium thats expected to cost about $150 million. But theyre seeking a still-unapproved property tax exemption from the state for the St. Paul site, an abandoned Metro Transit bus barn in the Midway neighborhood.Appearing at the same news conference, Gov. Mark Dayton pledged to keep pushing for that tax break when the Legislature reconvenes next year.The MLS board of governors has expressed support of expansion up to 28 clubs, with a 24-team league by 2020. 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But when it comes to determining if Raymond will find a place on the Leafs roster when training camp concludes in a week, well, that decision will ultimately fall to the head coach.Utah, coming off a disheartening loss at Cal, takes on one of its most problematic opponents this Saturday.The Utes (4-1 overall, 1-1 Pac-12) play host to Arizona at Rice-Eccles Stadium trying to end a four-game losing streak to the Wildcats. Arizona won 37-30 in double overtime last season when Utah was ranked No. 10.For whatever reason, we have probably executed as well against them as with any team weve played, both home and away, Arizona coach Rich Rodriguez said.Our guys have been dialed in, and, particularly up there, weve gotten turnovers. Some of that is luck and some of that was good play, but to beat them you have to get turnovers. If we dont get any turnovers this game, were going to have a tough time.Arizona (2-3, 0-2) might be down to its third starting quarterback of the season. Anu Solomon hasnt played since suffering a knee injury in practice after the season-opener. His replacement, Brandon Dawkins, left last weeks 45-24 loss at UCLA in the first half because of a rib injury. Rodriguez, as of Tuesday, had not commented on the severity of either injury.He pulled true freshman Khalil Tate out of a redshirt year in the second half, and the four-star, dual-threat recruit looked sharp, completing 5 of 9 passes for 72 yards and two touchdowns and rushing 15 times for a team-high 79 yards.Sometimes, guys get in their first action and the lights are too bright, but he was spot on, Rodriguez said. Even when he made a wrong read or something, he knew right away. That part of it was very encouraging.Utah is trying to bounce back from a 28-23 loss at Cal, where the Utes were stopped at the goal line as time expired.Taking care of Arizona would restore Utahs hope of winning what appears to be a wide-open Pac-12 South race, led by surprising Colorado at 2-0. The Utes defense, Whittinghams bread and butter, faces an Arizona team that has the No. 2 running game in the Pac-12 at 246 yards per game.Utah defended the run well last year in Tucson, allowing Arizona only 158 yards, but it has had problems with Rodriguezs up-tempo, zone-read, spread offense. Utah has allowed an average of 269 rushing yards in its four-game skid to the Wildcats.Weve been watching the last four years of film and last year, we did the best job, but they have gashed us, said Utah coach Kyle Whittingham.ddddddddddddStructurally, theres only so much you can do with how many guys are in the box. Its a lot like playing Air Force. Its assignment football with the read option, and were just going to have to do a better job of playing assignment football.Injuries could play a key role Saturday.In addition to Arizonas uncertain quarterback position, starting running back Nick Wilson has only eight carries in the past three games because of an ankle injury. The tailback spot is so decimated that Tyrell Johnson, converted from slot receiver two weeks ago, had 16 carries vs. UCLA.The Wildcats were also down three starting offensive linemen in the second half against the Bruins, and at least two starters on defense.Utah, meanwhile, played against Cal without standout defensive tackle Lowell Lotulelei and receiver Cory Butler-Byrd. The Utes also lost leading receiver Tim Patrick, center J.J. Dielman, cornerback Reggie Porter and receiver Kyle Fulks during the game.Dielman, a team captain and 2015 all-conference honoree, is lost for the season with a lower leg injury.Per his policy, Whittingham didnt offer any other updates on injured players during the weekly press conference.Utahs best path to victory might be to attack a smallish Arizona defense on the ground. The Utes by-committee approach includes true freshman Zack Moss and sophomore Armand Shyne. Moss has team highs of 66 carries and 309 yards, despite not playing in the season opener against Southern Utah.The physical approach in the run game helps open things up for quarterback Troy Williams, who is one of only two Pac-12 quarterbacks this season with six completions of 40 yards or longer. He has not thrown an interception in Pac-12 games against USC and Cal.Utah stayed in the Top 25 after its loss last week and now it will be trying to stay in the Pac-12 South race.I dont think anyone in the division is going to go undefeated. Its very competitive, Whittingham said.Two losses should win it, and we have seen it happen with three losses. The bottom line is that our destiny is still in our hands and theres a ton of football left so we have to find a way to beat Arizona. ' ' '