Aston Villa started their pre-season campaign in some style thanks to a 3-0 win over Minnesota United with goals from Jack Grealish, Henri Lansbury and Birkir Bjarnason.
Dean Smith fielded a whole squad full of players during the two halves in a useful game in umid conditions.
Here's what the home fans of the Allianz Field made of the game:
AniPlaysBass: That was such a wonderful friendly. Despite the Loons loosing, it was such a pleasure watching AVFC play. Safe travels back home
Sudude539: Midweek friendly playing a lot of youngsters, plus the heat was awful today. This is about how I expected the game to go
xjoeymillerx: I’ve never been so bored watching this team in my life. The whole match felt lifeless.
Dothewattootsay: Amazing game and amazing atmosphere.
Had the wonderwall to our left and a massive AVFC group to our right. Only way it could have been better would be a MN United win but I can't complain it is an amazing stadium and amazing group of fan (on both side). Fantastic way/place to see my first professional soccer game.
Alex Butcher: Good workout, held our own for long periods. No complaints here.
Back to the bread and butter now
Mark Berman: The first goal AV was like the hammer of Thor. It was like watching the 1927 Yankees playing a Single A baseball team. Just goes to show how great the Premier League is. Still enjoy the MLS and love going to Allianz to watch the Loons play.
Joshua Patrick: Great game to watch. When you play an EPL team you can’t expect to win. Great experience for the bench.
Aston Villa USA training camp in Minnesota
We were Stateside for Aston Villa's pre-season training camp in Minneapolis including the game against MLS outfit Minnesota United at the super-new Allianz Field stadium, home of The Loons.
BirminghamLive Villa reporter Ashley Preece brought supporters updates from the team's trip to the US.
Hundreds of Villa fans took over downtown Minneapolis prior to the match, which Villa won 3-0, as Dean Smith's Premier League preparations ramped up towards the trip to Spurs on August 10.
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