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Jerry Zgoda writes about Major League Soccer and Minnesota United.

Ozzie Alonso back in starting line vs. Real Salt Lake

Adrian Heath lamented his team's lack of ball retention for much of Sunday's 2-1 comeback victory over Sporting Kansas City in the MLS is Back tournament opener for each team.

His team should get some help there tonight in a late 9:30 p.m.start (10:30 Orlando time)  at ESPN Wide World of Sports now that defensive midfielder Ozzie Alonso is back in the lineup after missing Sunday's game because of a groin/leg injury.

Alonso goes into the lineup and Sunday's starter Hassani Dotson comes out.

Striker Luis Amarilla will start the night on the bench as a sub after he was a late scratch when he injured himself in Sunday's warmups. Sunday's starter Mason Toye who was injured in the second half that night goes to a sub's role and big Aaron Schoenfeld gets the start at striker tonight.

Here's how the lineup looks:

                                Aaron Schoenfeld

           Robin Lod        Kevin Molino       Ethan Finlay

                       Jan Gregus              Ozzie Alonso

  Chase Gasper   Jose Aja          Michael Boxall     Romain Metanire

                                    Tyler Miller

Subs:Ranjitsingh, Emmings, Musa, Dotson, Hairston, Edwards, Hayes, Chacon, Toye, Amarilla

Toye late starter for injured striker Amarilla in Loons' return

Here's your Minnesota United lineup tonight in its "MLS is Back" tournament openier in Orlando -- and it's first game since it won at San Jose on March 7:

An important late change: Mason Toye will start up front after star striker Luis Armarilla, who sustained a groin injury during warmups tonight and walked off the field fewer than 10 minutes before kickoff.

Loons coach Adrian Heath gave Amarilla a pat on the shoulder as he went.

Captain and veteran defensive midfielder Ozzie Alonso is out as well with what Heath called a tight hamstring they won't risk this so early in the tournament and coming back from four months away.

Hassani Doston will play alongside Jan Gregus in the defensive midfield while Jose Aja moved into Ike Opara's center-back spot. Opara remains in Minnesota rehabilitating what he tweeted was a "preexisting" condition.

Michael Boxall is wear the captain;'s armband tonight and it'll bear the name of George Floyd on it.

                                                    23 Mason Toye

                  17 Robin Lod           7 Kevin Molino       13 Ethan Finlay

                                     8 Jan Gregus          31 Hassani Dotson

                77 Chase Gasper   4 Josr Aja       15 Michael Boxall      19 Romain Metanire

                                                      1 Tyler Miller     

Substitutes (and they're allowed to use five tonight): Ranjitsingh, Emmings, Musa, Hairston, Hayes, Edwards, Chacon, Schoenfeld