Orlando, Frorida - Major League Soccer (MLS) team Minnesota United announced, today, their hope that if they win the MLS Is Back The Tournament tournament that they will shed their underdog title and graduate to simply being a dog.

THIS is no simple under dog. No, indeed.

“Hopefully we can be something majestic like an Irish Setter or a Golden Retriever,” stated head coach Adrian Heath. “Some of the team is hoping that we could become a Bernese Mountain Dog while others are looking for one of those beautiful blue Pitbulls to become. Either way we are hoping that eventually our success will graduate us to full dog status.”

Sources within the team indicate that many players are frustrated with the constant underdog narrative that they feel is perpetuated by the media.

“It’s a lie,” stated one anonymous player. “If you look at our results this year we absolutely deserve to be where we are. We aren’t an underdog, we are a majestic German Shepherd in flight across a green field with a beautiful lake stocked with walleye. We are a noble Australian Shepherd focused on the task ahead such as fording the mighty Kabetogama lake in a hand made canoe on our way to cross the Koochiching with nothing more than a tarp and a flint and tinder. We are a dog and we demand to be treated as such.”

Despite the irritation of the team, however, some media figures continue to push the underdog narrative.

“They aren’t a dog,” stated Taylor Twellman. “They are an UNDERdog. UNDER. DOG. Un.Der.Dog. WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE.”

The Nutmeg News will have more on this as the underdogs ask to meet Snoop Dog to receive his blessing.