2015 Minnesota United FC season

Minnesota United FC
2015 season
Owner	Bill McGuire
Head coach	Manny Lagos
NASL	Spring: 4th ; Fall: 2nd ; Overall: 3rd ; Soccer Bowl: Semi-Finals
U.S. Open Cup	Third Round
Top goalscorer	League: Christian Ramirez (13); All: Christian Ramirez (13)
Highest home attendance	9,418; (September 19 vs. New York, Franchise record)
Lowest home attendance	5,890; (October 31 vs. San Antonio)
Average home league attendance	8,767
Home colors	Away colors
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OwnerBill McGuire

Head coachManny Lagos

NASLSpring: 4th
Fall: 2nd
Overall: 3rd
Soccer Bowl: Semi-Finals

U.S. Open CupThird Round

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.

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

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

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

February 19, 2015 Preseason 1	Seattle Sounders FC	1–1	Minnesota United FC	Tucson, Arizona
12:30 CST	Cooper 45'	Report	Ibarra 50' Pitchkolan 55' Hildebrandt 55'	Stadium: Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium
Note: 60-minute scrimmage.

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

2015 Minnesota United FC season

Transfers

Transfers in

Transfers out

Loans in

Management

Friendlies

Competitions

NASL Spring Championship

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

NASL Fall Championship

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

NASL Playoffs

Semi-finals

U.S. Open Cup

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

Goal scorers

Disciplinary record

See also

References

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February 27, 2015 Preseason 3	Sporting Kansas City	1–0	Minnesota United FC	Tucson, Arizona
11:30 CST	Añor 8'		Tiago 23'	Stadium: Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium

March 16, 2015 Preseason 4	Volta Redonda	2–3	Minnesota United FC	Pinheiral, Brazil
1:30 CST	Pedro 18' Eduardo 73'		Banks 55' Watson 67' (pen.) Mendes 80'	Stadium: CT João Havelange

March 18, 2015 Preseason 5	Botafogo	2–0	Minnesota United FC	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
3:15 CST	Pimpão 84' Sassá 86'			Stadium: Estádio Olímpico João Havelange

March 21, 2015 Preseason 6	Barra Mansa	3–3	Minnesota United FC	Pinheiral, Brazil
CST	15' 25' 52'		Campos 14' Watson 47', 65' (pen.)	Stadium: CT João Havelange

March 23, 2015 Preseason 7	Vasco da Gama	0–1	Minnesota United FC	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
CST			Mendes 51'	Stadium: Estádio São Januário

April 3, 2015 Preseason 8	Minnesota United FC	1–1	University of Nebraska Omaha	Woodbury, Minnesota
9:00 CST	Ramirez 65'		E. Alihodzic 3'	Stadium: Bielenberg Sports Complex

April 7, 2015 Preseason 9	Orlando City SC	2–3	Minnesota United FC	Sanford, Florida
12:00 CST	Róchez 12' Donovan 29'	Report	Ibarra 19' Watson 68' Campos 76' (pen.)	Stadium: Lake Sylvan Park

July 18, 2015 Midseason	Minnesota United FC	1–1	Club León	Blaine, Minnesota
7:00 CDT	Dias 50' Kallman 57' Moura 67' Yago 90' Campos 83'	Report	Rocha 39' Burdisso 73' Montes 90'	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 9.388
Note: Miguel Ibarra will play one half for each team.

Pos	Team v t e	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

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

April 11, 2015 Match 1	Tampa Bay Rowdies	0–0	Minnesota United FC	St. Petersburg, Florida
6:30 p.m. CDT	Hernández 21' King 37' Mkandawire 63' Chavez 90'	Report	Venegas 12' Campos 89'	Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Attendance: 7,010 Referee: Kevin Terry Jr.

May 3, 2015 Match 4 Flyover Cup	FC Edmonton	2–2	Minnesota United FC	Edmonton, Alberta
2:00 p.m. CDT	Raudales 41' Nyassi 47' Laing 51' Watson 56' Ameobi 71' Fordyce 84'	Report	Ibarra 2' Watson 80', 85' (pen.) Campos 86'	Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 2,896 Referee: Justin Tasev

May 16, 2015 Match 6	Indy Eleven	1–3	Minnesota United FC	Indianapolis, Indiana
6:30 p.m. CDT	Peña 49'	Report	Alhassan 22' Campos 35' Davis 63' Vicentini 63'	Stadium: Carroll Stadium Attendance: 10,524 Referee: David Gantar

May 23, 2015 Match 7	Minnesota United FC	3–2	Jacksonville Armada	Blaine, Minnesota
7:00 p.m. CDT	Dias 1' Campos 53' (pen.), 79' Calvano 59', 82' Ibarra 76'	Report	Nicklaw 13' Scaglia 34' Trejo 69' Milien 71' Johnson 83'	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 9,012 Referee: Daniel Fitzgerald

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

April 18, 2015 Match 2	Ottawa Fury FC	1–0	Minnesota United FC	Ottawa, Ontario
3:00 p.m. CDT	Falvey 24' Heinemann 68' Wiedeman 79'	Report	Ndjock 21'	Stadium: TD Place Stadium Attendance: 5,093 Referee: Justin Tasev

April 25, 2015 Match 3	Minnesota United FC	2–2	San Antonio Scorpions	Blaine, Minnesota
7:00 p.m. CDT	Ramirez 25', 59' (pen.) Campos 34' Ibarra 55'	Report	Tsiskaridze 8', 31' Attakora 61' Castillo 90+1' (pen.)	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 9,233 Referee: Alejandro Mariscal

May 9, 2015 Match 5	Minnesota United FC	1–0	Atlanta Silverbacks	Blaine, Minnesota
7:00 p.m. CDT	Campos 43' Pitchkolan 56'	Report	Okafor 76' Oppong 87'	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 9,058 Referee: Baboucarr Jallow

May 30, 2015 Match 8	Minnesota United FC	1–1	New York Cosmos	Blaine, Minnesota
7:00 p.m. CDT	Campos 9' Vicentini 30' Davis 44' Ibson 79'	Report	Moffat 22' Raúl 90'	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 9,317 Referee: Daniel Radford

June 6, 2015 Match 9	Carolina RailHawks	1–1	Minnesota United FC	Cary, North Carolina
6:30 p.m. CDT	Novo 80', 86'	Report	Banks 48'	Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 4,863 Referee: Mark Kadlecik

June 13, 2015 Match 10	Minnesota United FC	2–3	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	Blaine, Minnesota
7:00 p.m. CDT	Ibarra 18' (pen.) Mendes 26' Pitchkolan 38'	Report	Pinho 3', 80', 67' Angulo 78', 84'	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 9,342 Referee: Nima Saghafi

Pos	Team v t e	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

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

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Stadium	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H
Result	L	D	W	W	D	L	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	D
Position	9	10	2	3	3	3	4	4	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

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

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

July 4, 2015 Match 1	Carolina RailHawks	3–1	Minnesota United FC	Cary, North Carolina
4:00 p.m. CDT	Bracalello 15' Shipalane 17' Low 28' Thompson 41' 60' Da Luz 57'	Report	Mendes 26' Venegas 27' Vicentini 57' Dias 89'	Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 3,075 Referee: Robert Sibiga

July 11, 2015 Match 2	Minnesota United FC	1–1	Ottawa Fury	Blaine, Minnesota
7:00 p.m. CDT	Ibson 15' Ramirez 32' Pitchkolan 80' Calvano 88'	Report	Richter 11' Eustaquio 31' Heinemann 75' (pen.)	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 9,030 Referee: Nima Saghafi

July 15, 2015 Match 3	Minnesota United FC	4–0	Jacksonville Armada	Blaine, Minnesota
7:00 p.m. CDT	Vicentini 13' Bre. Kallman 16' Mendes 50' Ramirez 60' Ibson 75' Banks 78' Pitchkolan 81'	Report	Keita 20' 45+' Ortiz 90+'	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 9,412 Referee: Tyler Ploeger

July 25, 2015 Match 4	San Antonio Scorpions	3–4	Minnesota United FC	San Antonio, Texas
7:30 p.m. CDT	Cann 16' Castillo 33' (pen.), 86' (pen.), 77' Chávez 44' Rusin 89' Hassli 90' 90'	Report	Ramirez 11' Calvano 15' Davis 22', 85' Ibson 37' Alhassan 48'	Stadium: Toyota Field Attendance: 7,087 Referee: Daniel Fitzgerald

July 31, 2015 Match 5	Jacksonville Armada	3–3	Minnesota United FC	Jacksonville, Florida
6:00 p.m. CDT	Johnson 5', 37' Barrett 23' Nicklaw 41' 83' Keita 72' Castrillón 79' Scaglia 86'	Report	Ramirez 21' Calvano 50' Alhassan 64' Davis 78' Ibson 84'	Stadium: Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville Attendance: 6,847 Referee: Marcos De Oliveira Man of the Match: Christian Ramirez

August 5, 2015 Match 6	New York Cosmos	2–1	Minnesota United FC	Hempstead, New York
6:00 p.m. CDT	Restrepo 13' Freeman 76' Fernandes 78' Szetela 88' Maurer 90'	Report	Ramirez 8' Campos 51' Ibson 87'	Stadium: James M. Shuart Stadium Referee: Mark Kadlecik Man of the Match: Christian Ramirez

August 8, 2015 Match 7 Flyover Cup	Minnesota United FC	1–1	FC Edmonton	Blaine, Minnesota
7:00 p.m. CDT	Alhassan 40' Ramirez 47' (pen.) Davis 70' Vicentini 88'	Report	Raudales 34' Laing 58' Ameobi 71' de Freitas 82'	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 9,077 Referee: Daniel Radford Man of the Match: Yago Silva

August 15, 2015 Match 8	Ottawa Fury	1–2	Minnesota United FC	Ottawa, Ontario
6:00 p.m. CDT	Minatel 19' Wiedeman 73'	Report	Calvano 11' Ramirez 17' Silva 40' Vicentini 62' Mendes 90', 90'	Stadium: TD Place Stadium Attendance: 6,899 Referee: Lyes Arfa Man of the Match: Daniel Mendes