2014 Minnesota United FC season

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Minnesota United FC
2014 season
Owner Bill McGuire
Head Coach Manny Lagos
NASL Spring: First
Fall: Second
Overall: First
Soccer Bowl: Semi-Finals
U.S. Open Cup Fourth Round
Top goalscorer Christian Ramirez
Highest home attendance League: 7,287
(July 17 v. Carolina)
All: 9,064
(July 19 v. Swansea City)
Lowest home attendance 4,913
(May 3 v. Indy)
Average home league attendance 6,133
Home colours
Away colours

The 2014 season was Minnesota United FC's fifth season of existence, and their fourth consecutive season playing in the North American Soccer League, the second division of the American soccer pyramid.

Roster

As of match played November 8, 2014
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 25) Oakland Golden Grizzlies 2012 16 0
24 Andrew Fontein United States GK (1990-03-03)3 March 1990 (aged 24) Tampa Bay Rowdies 2014 0 0
30 Matt Van Oekel United States GK (1986-09-20)20 September 1986 (aged 28) Minnesota Thunder 2010 80 0
Defenders
2 Justin Davis United States DF (1988-05-06)6 May 1988 (aged 26) New Mexico Lobos 2011
3 Cristiano Brazil DF (1986-05-25)25 May 1986 (aged 28) Miami 2011
5 Tiago Brazil DF (1981-05-19)19 May 1981 (aged 33) Australia Sydney 2014 26 0
14 Brian Kallman United States DF (1984-04-23)23 April 1984 (aged 30) Minnesota Thunder 2010
16 Tyler Polak United States DF (1992-05-13)13 May 1992 (aged 22) New England Revolution 2014 3 0
27 Brent Kallman United States DF (1990-10-04)4 October 1990 (aged 24) Des Moines Menace 2013 6 0
Midfielders
0 Floyd Franks United States MF (1984-04-05)5 April 1984 (aged 30) Carolina RailHawks 2013
4 Aaron Pitchkolan United States MF (1983-03-14)14 March 1983 (aged 31) San Antonio Scorpions 2013
6 Mozzi Gyorio United States MF (1989-08-01)1 August 1989 (aged 25) England Fleetwood Town 2014 1 0
8 Michael Reed United States MF (1987-10-28)28 October 1987 (aged 27) PSC Soccer Academy 2012
10 Miguel Ibarra United States MF (1990-03-15)15 March 1990 (aged 24) UC Irvine Anteaters 2010 86 15
12 Jamie Watson United States MF (1986-04-10)10 April 1986 (aged 28) Orlando City 2014 27 2
13 Kentaro Takada Japan MF (1983-04-13)13 April 1983 (aged 31) Rochester Thunder 2010
17 Omar Daley Jamaica MF (1981-04-25)25 April 1981 (aged 33) Scotland Motherwell 2013 26 3
22 Kevin Venegas United States MF (1989-07-29)29 July 1989 (aged 25) Fullerton Titans 2010
23 Greg Jordan United States MF (1990-04-05)5 April 1990 (aged 24) Philadelphia Union 2014 25 1
77 Juliano Vicentini Brazil MF (1981-08-26)26 August 1981 (aged 33) Brazil Audax 2014 26 1
Forwards
7 Simone Bracalello Italy FW (1985-10-21)21 October 1985 (aged 29) 2010
9 Pablo Campos Brazil FW (1983-01-29)29 January 1983 (aged 31) San Antonio Scorpions 2013 26 13
11 Pedro Ferreira-Mendes Brazil FW (1990-05-13)13 May 1990 (aged 24) Indy Eleven 2014 1 0
11 Daniel Mendes Brazil FW (1981-01-18)18 January 1981 (aged 33) Loan from Sweden Kalmar 2014 26 9
19 Rafael Burgos El Salvador FW (1988-06-03)3 June 1988 (aged 26) Loan from Austria SV Ried 2014 8 0
20 Mackenzie Pridham Canada FW (1990-08-13)13 August 1990 (aged 24) Cal Poly Mustangs 2014 2 0
21 Christian Ramirez United States FW (1981-04-04)4 April 1981 (aged 33) Charlotte Eagles 2014 30 21
Players who left during the season
11 Richard Garcia Australia MF (1981-09-04)4 September 1981 (aged 33) Australia Sydney 2014 2 0

Staff

  • United States Nick Rogers – President
  • United States Manny LagosTechnical Director and Head Coach
  • England Carl Craig – Assistant Coach
  • England Paul O'Connor – Goalkeeping Coach
  • United States Donny Mark – Reserve Team Coach
  • Scotland Craig Mallace - Director of Camps & Youth Development
  • United States Dr. Corey Wulf - Team Doctor
  • United States Dr. Brad Moser - Team Doctor
  • United States Yoshiyuki Ono - Team Trainer

Transfers

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Friendlies

Competitions

NASL Spring Championship

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Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or qualification
1 Minnesota United (C) 9 6 2 1 16 9 +7 20 2014 NASL Spring Season Winner
2 New York Cosmos 9 6 1 2 14 3 +11 19  
3 San Antonio Scorpions 9 5 2 2 13 9 +4 17
4 Carolina RailHawks 9 4 2 3 11 15 −4 14
5 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 9 4 1 4 18 18 0 13
6 Ottawa Fury 9 3 1 5 14 13 +1 10
7 Tampa Bay Rowdies 9 2 4 3 11 16 −5 10
8 Atlanta Silverbacks 9 3 1 5 12 20 −8 10
9 Edmonton 9 2 2 5 11 11 0 8
10 Indy Eleven 9 0 4 5 14 20 −6 4

Source: [1]
(C) = Season Champion; (H) = Will host the Soccer Bowl; (SB) = Qualified for the Soccer Bowl; (WC) = Woosnam Cup Winner
(ES) = Eliminated from the Season Championship; (EB) = Eliminated from Soccer Bowl Contention; (EW) = Eliminated from Woosnam Cup Contention
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
Standings updated as of June 8, 2014

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
9 6 2 1 16 9  +7 20 3 1 0 7 3  +4 3 1 1 9 6  +3

Last updated: June 8, 2014.
Source: Match reports

Results by round

Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Ground A A H H A H H A A
Result W W W W L W D W D
Position 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1

Last updated: June 8, 2014.
Source: Match reports
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

      Win       Loss       Draw

NASL Fall Championship

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Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or qualification
1 San Antonio Scorpions (C) 18 11 2 5 30 15 +15 35 2014 NASL Fall Season Winner
2 Minnesota United 18 10 5 3 31 19 +12 35  
3 Edmonton 18 8 5 5 23 18 +5 29
4 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 18 7 6 5 20 21 −1 27
5 Carolina RailHawks 18 7 3 8 27 28 −1 24
6 New York Cosmos 18 5 8 5 23 24 −1 23
7 Indy Eleven 18 6 5 7 21 26 −5 23
8 Tampa Bay Rowdies 18 5 5 8 25 34 −9 20
9 Ottawa Fury 18 4 5 9 20 25 −5 17
10 Atlanta Silverbacks 18 3 4 11 20 30 −10 13

Source: [2]
(C) = Season Champion; (H) = Will host the Soccer Bowl; (SB) = Qualified for the Soccer Bowl; (WC) = Woosnam Cup Winner
(ES) = Eliminated from the Season Championship; (EB) = Eliminated from Soccer Bowl Contention; (EW) = Eliminated from Woosnam Cup Contention
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
Standings updated as of November 2, 2014

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
18 10 5 3 31 19  +12 35 6 2 1 15 7  +8 4 3 2 16 12  +4

Last updated: November 2, 2014.
Source: Match reports

Results by round

Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Ground A H A H H H A A H H A A H A A H H A
Result W W D W W W D L D W W W W L W D L D
Position 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2

Last updated: November 2, 2014.
Source: Match reports
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

      Win       Loss       Draw

NASL Playoffs

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Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or qualification
1 Minnesota United 27 16 7 4 47 28 +19 55 North American Supporters' Trophy Winner
2014 NASL Spring Season Winner
2 San Antonio Scorpions (C) 27 16 4 7 43 24 +19 52 2014 NASL Fall Season Winner
3 New York Cosmos 27 11 9 7 37 27 +10 42 Championship Qualifier
4 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 27 11 7 9 38 39 −1 40
5 Carolina RailHawks 27 11 5 11 38 43 −5 38  
6 Edmonton 27 10 7 10 34 29 +5 37
7 Tampa Bay Rowdies 27 7 9 11 36 50 −14 30
8 Ottawa Fury 27 7 6 14 34 38 −4 27
9 Indy Eleven 27 6 9 12 35 46 −11 27
10 Atlanta Silverbacks 27 6 5 16 32 50 −18 23

Source: [3]
(C) = Season Champion; (H) = Will host the Soccer Bowl; (SB) = Qualified for the Soccer Bowl; (WC) = Woosnam Cup Winner
(ES) = Eliminated from the Season Championship; (EB) = Eliminated from Soccer Bowl Contention; (EW) = Eliminated from Woosnam Cup Contention
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
Standings updated as of November 2, 2014

Semi-Finals

US Open Cup

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Squad Statistics

As of match played November 8, 2014

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
0 MF United States Floyd Franks 13 0 2+2 0 7 0 0 0 1+1 0
1 GK United States Mitch Hildebrandt 11 0 2+1 0 6 0 0 0 2 0
2 DF United States Justin Davis 27 0 9 0 16 0 1 0 1 0
3 DF Brazil Cristiano 28 0 7+1 0 17 0 1 0 2 0
4 MF United States Aaron Pitchkolan 29 2 9 1 17 1 1 0 1+1 0
5 DF Brazil Tiago 26 0 8 0 16 0 1 0 1 0
6 MF Canada Mozzi Gyorio 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
7 FW Italy Simone Bracalello 13 2 5+3 2 0+5 0 0 0 0 0
8 MF United States Michael Reed 10 0 0+1 0 3+5 0 0 0 1 0
9 FW Brazil Pablo Campos 3 0 0 0 0+2 0 0+1 0 0 0
10 MF United States Miguel Ibarra 28 9 8+1 3 16+1 5 1 1 1 0
12 MF United States Jamie Watson 19 1 4+2 0 5+5 1 0+1 0 1+1 0
13 MF Japan Kentaro Takada 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
14 DF United States Brian Kallman 10 0 5 0 2+3 0 0 0 0 0
15 FW Brazil Pedro Ferreira-Mendes 1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
16 DF United States Tyler Polak 3 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0 0 1 0
17 MF Jamaica Omar Daley 20 0 3+2 0 5+7 0 0+1 0 1+1 0
18 FW Brazil Daniel Mendes 26 9 6+1 2 16+1 7 1 0 1 0
19 FW El Salvador Rafael Burgos 8 0 0 0 1+7 0 0 0 0 0
20 FW Canada Mackenzie Pridham 2 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
21 FW United States Christian Ramirez 30 21 9 5 18 15 1 0 1+1 1
22 MF United States Kevin Venegas 23 1 4 1 17 0 1 0 1 0
23 MF United States Greg Jordan 25 1 2+6 1 9+5 0 1 0 1+1 0
27 DF United States Brent Kallman 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
30 GK United States Matt Van Oekel 21 0 7 0 12+1 0 1 0 0 0
77 MF Brazil Juliano Vicentini 26 1 8 0 13+3 1 1 0 1 0
Players who left Minnesota United during the season:
11 MF Australia Richard Garcia 2 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Goal scorers

Place Position Nation Number Name NASL Spring Season NASL Fall Season Playoffs U.S. Open Cup Total
1 FW United States 21 Christian Ramirez 5 15 0 1 21
2 MF United States 10 Miguel Ibarra 3 5 1 0 9
FW Brazil 18 Daniel Mendes 2 7 0 0 9
4 FW Italy 7 Simone Bracalello 2 0 0 0 2
MF United States 4 Aaron Pitchkolan 1 1 0 0 2
6 MF United States 22 Kevin Venegas 1 0 0 0 1
MF United States 23 Greg Jordan 1 0 0 0 1
DF United States 2 Justin Davis 1 0 0 0 1
MF United States 12 Jamie Watson 0 1 0 0 1
MF Brazil 77 Juliano Vicentini 0 1 0 0 1
Own goal 0 1 0 0 1
TOTALS 16 31 1 1 49

Disciplinary Record

Number Nation Position Name NASL Spring Season NASL Fall Season Playoffs U.S. Open Cup Total
Booked Red card Booked Red card Booked Red card Booked Red card Booked Red card
0 United States MF Floyd Franks 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1 United States GK Mitch Hildebrandt 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
2 United States DF Justin Davis 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 1
3 Brazil DF Cristiano 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 5 2
4 United States MF Aaron Pitchkolan 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
5 Brazil DF Tiago 3 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
8 United States MF Michael Reed 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
10 United States MF Miguel Ibarra 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
12 United States MF Jamie Watson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
14 United States DF Brian Kallman 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
16 United States FW Nate Polak 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
17 Jamaica MF Omar Daley 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
18 Brazil FW Daniel Mendes 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
21 United States FW Christian Ramirez 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
22 United States MF Kevin Venegas 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
23 United States MF Greg Jordan 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
30 United States GK Matt Van Oekel 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
77 Brazil MF Juliano Vicentini 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
TOTALS 20 2 40 2 1 0 2 1 63 5

See also

References

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