DULUTH — The 2025 soccer season didn’t start how how Duluth East senior Lundin Flohaug had imagined it.

The boys opened with a disappointing 2-0 loss to section rival Blaine and after a one-goal victory over Forest Lake, things seemed to hit rock bottom following a 5-2 loss to Mounds View Aug. 26.

Most of the 2024 season, Flohaug had played as a defensive midfielder, but felt more comfortable being further up in the formation.

“I went up to (coach Dave) Bergan and I was like, ‘I think I see myself playing the 10,” Flohaug said. “That’s more of my play style and I think it works with the team a lot better.”

In fact, Bergan was already thinking along the same terms and had been since the end of last season. The Greyhounds had won just six games in Bergan’s first season, but he knew Floha

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