2015 Minnesota United FC season

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Minnesota United FC
2015 season
OwnerBill McGuire
Head coachManny Lagos
NASLSpring: 4th
Fall: 2nd
Overall: 3rd
Soccer Bowl: Semi-Finals
U.S. Open CupThird Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Christian Ramirez (13)
All: Christian Ramirez (13)
Highest home attendance9,418
(September 19 vs. New York, Franchise record)
Lowest home attendance5,890
(October 31 vs. San Antonio)
Average home league attendance8,767
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The 2015 season will be Minnesota United FC's sixth season of existence and their fifth consecutive season playing in the North American Soccer League, the second division of the American soccer pyramid.

Club

As of match played November 8, 2015
No. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (Age) Signed from Signed in Contract ends Apps. Goals
Goalkeepers
1 Mitch Hildebrandt United States GK (1988-11-12)12 November 1988 (aged 26) Oakland Golden Grizzlies 2012 24 0
24 Andrew Fontein United States GK (1990-03-03)3 March 1990 (aged 25) Tampa Bay Rowdies 2014 0 0
33 Sammy Ndjock Cameroon GK (1990-02-25)25 February 1990 (aged 25) Turkey Antalyaspor 2015 24 0
Defenders
2 Justin Davis United States DF (1988-05-06)6 May 1988 (aged 27) New Mexico Lobos 2011
3 Cristiano Brazil DF (1986-05-25)25 May 1986 (aged 29) Miami 2011
5 Tiago Brazil DF (1981-05-19)19 May 1981 (aged 34) Australia Sydney 2014 55 1
6 Brent Kallman United States DF (1990-10-04)4 October 1990 (aged 25) Des Moines Menace 2013 15 1
14 Brian Kallman United States DF (1984-04-23)23 April 1984 (aged 31) Minnesota Thunder 2010
16 Tyler Polak United States DF (1992-05-13)13 May 1992 (aged 23) New England Revolution 2014 5 0
Midfielders
4 Aaron Pitchkolan United States MF (1983-03-14)14 March 1983 (aged 32) San Antonio Scorpions 2013
7 Kevin Venegas United States MF (1989-07-29)29 July 1989 (aged 26) Fullerton Titans 2010
8 Ibson Brazil MF (1983-11-07)7 November 1983 (aged 32) Italy Bologna 2015 27 6
11 Kalif Alhassan Ghana MF (1990-10-15)15 October 1990 (aged 25) Portland Timbers 2015 28 4
13 Jamie Watson United States MF (1986-04-10)10 April 1986 (aged 29) Orlando City 2014 31 3
17 Yago Brazil MF (1994-04-28)28 April 1994 (aged 21) Loan from Brazil Vasco da Gama 2015 11 0
19 Alejandro Vela Mexico MF (1984-03-28)28 March 1984 (aged 31) Mexico Cruz Azul 2015 9 0
20 Andrei Gotsmanov Belarus MF (1986-05-06)6 May 1986 (aged 29) 2015 51 3
23 Greg Jordan United States MF (1990-04-05)5 April 1990 (aged 24) Philadelphia Union 2014 50 1
77 Juliano Vicentini Brazil MF (1981-08-26)26 August 1981 (aged 33) Brazil Audax 2014 49 3
Forwards
9 Pablo Campos Brazil FW (1983-01-29)29 January 1983 (aged 32) San Antonio Scorpions 2013 56 20
18 Daniel Mendes Brazil FW (1981-01-18)18 January 1981 (aged 34) Sweden Kalmar 2015 53 15
21 Christian Ramirez United States FW (1991-04-04)4 April 1991 (aged 24) Charlotte Eagles 2014 62 34
29 J. C. Banks United States FW (1989-08-24)24 August 1989 (aged 26) Rochester Rhinos 2015 20 3
99 Geison Moura Brazil FW (1986-07-16)16 July 1986 (aged 29) Singapore Hougang United 2015
Players who left during the season
10 Miguel Ibarra United States MF (1990-03-15)15 March 1990 (aged 25) UC Irvine Anteaters 2010 96 18
22 Jonny Steele Northern Ireland MF (1986-02-07)7 February 1986 (aged 29) Australia Newcastle Jets 2015 6 0

Transfers

Transfers in

Entry date Position No. Player From club Fee Ref.
December 11, 2014 FW 29 United States J. C. Banks United States Rochester Rhinos Undisclosed [1]
January 8, 2015 MF 22 Northern Ireland Jonny Steele Australia Newcastle Jets FC Free [2]
February 22, 2015 FW 11 Ghana Kalif Alhassan United States Portland Timbers Free [3]
February 23, 2015 MF 8 Brazil Ibson Italy Bologna Free [4]
March 9, 2015 GK 33 Cameroon Sammy N'Djock Turkey Antalyaspor Free [5]
April 1, 2015 FW 99 Brazil Geison Moura Singapore Hougang United FC Free [6]
August 12, 2015 MF 20 Belarus Andrei Gotsmanov Free Agent Free [7]
September 11, 2015 MF 19 Mexico Alejandro Vela Free Agent Free [8]

Transfers out

Exit date Position No. Player To club Fee Ref.
December 4, 2014 MF 0 United States Floyd Franks n/a Released [9]
December 4, 2014 MF 6 Canada Mozzi Gyorio United States Austin Aztex Released [9]
December 4, 2014 FW 7 Italy Simone Bracalello United States Carolina RailHawks Released [9][10]
December 4, 2014 MF 8 United States Michael Reed United States Atlanta Silverbacks Released [11][12]
December 4, 2014 MF 13 Japan Kentaro Takada United States Saint Louis FC Released [9][13]
December 4, 2014 FW 15 Brazil Pedro Ferreira-Mendes United States Atlanta Silverbacks Released [11][14]
December 4, 2014 FW 17 Jamaica Omar Daley United States Oklahoma City Energy Released [11][15]
December 4, 2014 MF 19 El Salvador Rafael Burgos Austria SV Ried End of Loan [11]
December 4, 2014 FW 20 Canada Mackenzie Pridham Canada Whitecaps FC 2 Released [9][16]
December 4, 2014 FW 25 United States Nate Polak United States Louisville City FC Released [9][17]
December 4, 2014 GK 30 United States Matt Van Oekel Canada FC Edmonton Released [9][18]
July 1, 2015 MF 10 United States Miguel Ibarra Mexico Club León Undisclosed
(seven figures)
[19][20]
July 1, 2015 MF 22 Northern Ireland Jonny Steele n/a Released [21]

Loans in

Start date End date Position No. Player From club Ref.
July 14, 2015 End of Season MF 17 Brazil Yago Silva Brazil Vasco [22]

Management

Friendlies

February 25, 2015 Preseason 2 Indy Eleven 0–1 Minnesota United FC Casa Grande, Arizona
12:00 CST Alhassan File:Soccerball shade.svg 29' Stadium: Grande Sports World
Note: 70-minute scrimmage.

Competitions

NASL Spring Championship

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 New York Cosmos (S) 10 5 5 0 18 9 +9 20 Playoffs
2 Tampa Bay Rowdies 10 5 4 1 15 9 +6 19
3 Carolina RailHawks 10 3 5 2 15 10 +5 14
4 Minnesota United 10 3 5 2 15 13 +2 14
5 Indy Eleven 10 3 4 3 13 12 +1 13
6 Jacksonville Armada 10 3 3 4 15 18 −3 12
7 San Antonio Scorpions 10 3 3 4 11 15 −4 12
8 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 10 3 2 5 12 13 −1 11
9 Ottawa Fury 10 2 5 3 5 8 −3 11
10 FC Edmonton 10 2 3 5 16 22 −6 9
11 Atlanta Silverbacks 10 1 5 4 7 13 −6 8
Source: NASL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total goal differential; 3) total goals scored; 4) head-to-head record; 5) away goal differential; 6) away goals scored
(S) Spring season champion

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
10 3 5 2 15 13  +2 14 2 2 1 9 8  +1 1 3 1 6 5  +1

Last updated: July 15, 2015.
Source: Match reports

Results by round

Round12345678910
StadiumAAHAHAHHAH
ResultDLDDWWWDDL
Position8101010842344
Updated to match(es) played on June 15, 2015. Source: Match reports
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Loss   Draw

NASL Fall Championship

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Ottawa Fury (F) 20 13 6 1 37 15 +22 45 Playoffs
2 Minnesota United 20 11 6 3 39 26 +13 39
3 New York Cosmos 20 10 6 4 31 21 +10 36
4 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 20 8 6 6 37 27 +10 30
5 FC Edmonton 20 7 5 8 25 24 +1 26
6 Atlanta Silverbacks 20 6 7 7 24 27 −3 25
7 Carolina RailHawks 20 6 3 11 29 39 −10 21
8 Tampa Bay Rowdies 20 5 5 10 18 28 −10 20
9 Indy Eleven 20 5 5 10 23 36 −13 20
10 San Antonio Scorpions 20 4 7 9 30 37 −7 19
11 Jacksonville Armada 20 5 4 11 18 31 −13 19
Source: NASL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total goal differential; 3) total goals scored; 4) head-to-head record; 5) away goal differential; 6) away goals scored
(F) Fall season champion

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
20 11 6 3 39 26  +13 39 6 4 0 16 6  +10 5 2 3 23 20  +3

Last updated: October 31, 2015.
Source: Match reports

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920
StadiumAHHAAAHAAHAHAHAHHAHH
ResultLDWWDLDWWWDWWDWWWLWD
Position910233344232222222222
Updated to match(es) played on October 31, 2015. Source: Match reports
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Loss   Draw

September 2, 2015 Match 10 Minnesota United FC 1–0 Indy Eleven Blaine, Minnesota
7:00 p.m. CDT Moura Yellow card 24'
Pitchkolan Yellow card 66'
Davis File:Soccerball shade.svg 77'
Report Richards Yellow card 17' Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 7,137
Referee: Fotis Bazakos
Man of the Match: Sammy N'Djock
September 6, 2015 Match 11
Flyover Cup
FC Edmonton 1–1 Minnesota United FC Edmonton, Alberta
4:00 p.m. CDT Nonni Yellow card 13' Yellow-red card 25'
Raudales Yellow card 17'
Fordyce File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'
Report Alhassan File:Soccerball shade.svg 11' Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 3,156
Referee: Yusri Rudolf
Man of the Match: Kalif Alhassan
September 19, 2015 Match 14 Minnesota United FC 0–0 New York Cosmos Blaine, Minnesota
7:00 p.m. CDT Ibson Yellow card 45+'
Davis Yellow card 56'
Calvano Yellow card 90'
Report Bover Yellow card 74'
Guenzatti Yellow card 90+'
Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 9,418
Referee: Daniel Fitzgerald
Man of the Match: Sammy N'Djock

NASL Playoffs

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 New York Cosmos (C, X) 30 15 11 4 49 30 +19 56 Championship qualifiers[lower-alpha 1]
2 Ottawa Fury 30 15 11 4 42 23 +19 56 Championship qualifiers[lower-alpha 2]
3 Minnesota United 30 14 11 5 54 39 +15 53 Championship qualifiers[lower-alpha 3]
4 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 30 11 8 11 49 40 +9 41
5 Tampa Bay Rowdies 30 10 9 11 33 37 −4 39
6 Carolina RailHawks 30 9 8 13 44 49 −5 35
7 FC Edmonton 30 9 8 13 41 46 −5 35
8 Atlanta Silverbacks 30 7 12 11 31 40 −9 33
9 Indy Eleven 30 8 9 13 36 48 −12 33
10 San Antonio Scorpions 30 7 10 13 41 52 −11 31
11 Jacksonville Armada 30 8 7 15 33 49 −16 31
Source: NASL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total goal differential; 3) total goals scored; 4) head-to-head record; 5) away goal differential; 6) away goals scored
(C) Champions; (X) Regular season champion
Notes:
  1. As spring season champions
  2. As fall season champions
  3. As next best teams in overall standings

Semi-finals

U.S. Open Cup

Squad statistics

As of match played November 8, 2015

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player Total NASL Spring Season NASL Fall Season Playoffs U.S. Open Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK United States USA Mitch Hildebrandt 8 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 1 0
2 DF United States USA Justin Davis 30 5 10 1 19 4 1 0 0 0
3 DF Brazil BRA Cristiano 12 0 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
4 MF United States USA Aaron Pitchkolan 31 1 9+1 1 18+1 0 1 0 1 0
5 DF Brazil BRA Tiago 29 1 10 1 18 0 1 0 0 0
6 DF United States USA Brent Kallman 9 1 0 0 8 1 0 0 1 0
7 MF United States USA Kevin Venegas 29 2 9 0 19 2 1 0 0 0
8 MF Brazil BRA Ibson 27 6 5 0 20 6 1 0 0+1 0
9 FW Brazil BRA Pablo Campos 30 7 8+2 4 4+14 3 0+1 0 0+1 0
11 MF Ghana GHA Kalif Alhassan 28 4 3+4 1 19+1 3 1 0 0 0
13 MF United States USA Jamie Watson 4 1 2+2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 DF United States USA Brian Kallman 5 0 1+1 0 1+1 0 0 0 1 0
16 DF United States USA Tyler Polak 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
17 MF Brazil BRA Yago 11 0 0 0 6+5 0 0 0 0 0
18 FW Brazil BRA Daniel Mendes 27 6 5 0 14+6 6 1 0 0+1 0
19 MF Mexico MEX Alejandro Vela 9 0 0 0 0+8 0 0+1 0 0 0
20 MF Belarus BLR Andrei Gotsmanov 6 0 0 0 1+5 0 0 0 0 0
21 FW United States USA Christian Ramirez 32 13 4+6 1 19+1 11 1 1 1 0
23 MF United States USA Greg Jordan 25 0 2+5 0 14+2 0 1 0 1 0
29 FW United States USA J. C. Banks 20 3 2+4 1 2+10 1 0+1 0 1 1
33 GK Cameroon CMR Sammy Ndjock 24 0 8 0 15 0 1 0 0 0
77 MF Brazil BRA Juliano Vicentini 23 2 7 1 14+1 1 1 0 0 0
99 FW Brazil BRA Geison Moura 8 0 0+2 0 1+4 0 0 0 1 0
Players who left Minnesota United during the season:
10 MF United States USA Miguel Ibarra 10 3 9 3 0 0 0 0 1 0
22 MF Northern Ireland NIR Jonny Steele 6 0 4+1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Goal scorers

As of match played October 31, 2015[23]
Place Position Nation Number Name NASL Spring Season NASL Fall Season Playoffs U.S. Open Cup Total
1 FW United States 21 Christian Ramirez 1 11 1 0 13
2 FW Brazil 9 Pablo Campos 4 3 0 0 7
3 MF Brazil 8 Ibson 0 6 0 0 6
FW Brazil 18 Daniel Mendes 0 6 0 0 6
5 DF United States 2 Justin Davis 1 4 0 0 5
6 MF Ghana 11 Kalif Alhassan 1 3 0 0 4
7 MF United States 10 Miguel Ibarra 3 0 0 0 3
FW United States 29 J. C. Banks 1 1 0 1 3
9 MF United States 7 Kevin Venegas 0 2 0 0 2
MF Brazil 77 Juliano Vicentini 1 1 0 0 2
11 MF United States 4 Aaron Pitchkolan 1 0 0 0 1
DF Brazil 5 Tiago 1 0 0 0 1
MF United States 13 Jamie Watson 1 0 0 0 1
DF United States 6 Brent Kallman 0 1 0 0 1
Own goal 0 1 0 0 1
TOTALS 15 39 1 1 56

Disciplinary record

As of match played October 31, 2015[23]
No. Pos. Player NASL Spring Season NASL Fall Season NASL Playoffs U.S. Open Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
2 DF United States Justin Davis 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
3 DF Brazil Cristiano Dias 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
4 MF United States Aaron Pitchkolan 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
5 DF Brazil Tiago Calvano 1 0 8 0 1 0 0 0 10 0
6 DF United States Brent Kallman 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
7 DF United States Kevin Venegas 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
8 MF Brazil Ibson 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 7 0
9 FW Brazil Pablo Campos 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
10 MF United States Miguel Ibarra 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
11 MF Ghana Kalif Alhassan 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
13 MF United States Jamie Watson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
16 DF United States Tyler Polak 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
17 DF Brazil Yago Silva 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
18 FW Brazil Daniel Mendes 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
19 MF Mexico Alejandro Vela 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
20 MF Belarus Andrei Gotsmanov 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
21 FW United States Christian Ramirez 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
23 MF United States Greg Jordan 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
29 FW United States J. C. Banks 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
33 GK Cameroon Sammy N'Djock 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
77 MF Brazil Juliano Vicentini 1 0 5 1 1 0 0 0 7 1
99 FW Brazil Geison Moura 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

See also

References

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