2014 Minnesota United FC season

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

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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	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Mitch Hildebrandt	GK	(1988-11-12)12 November 1988 (aged 25)	Oakland Golden Grizzlies	2012	16	0
24	Andrew Fontein	GK	(1990-03-03)3 March 1990 (aged 24)	Tampa Bay Rowdies	2014	0	0
30	Matt Van Oekel	GK	(1986-09-20)20 September 1986 (aged 28)	Minnesota Thunder	2010	80	0
Defenders
2	Justin Davis	DF	(1988-05-06)6 May 1988 (aged 26)	New Mexico Lobos	2011
3	Cristiano	DF	(1986-05-25)25 May 1986 (aged 28)	Miami	2011
5	Tiago	DF	(1981-05-19)19 May 1981 (aged 33)	Sydney	2014	26	0
14	Brian Kallman	DF	(1984-04-23)23 April 1984 (aged 30)	Minnesota Thunder	2010
16	Tyler Polak	DF	(1992-05-13)13 May 1992 (aged 22)	New England Revolution	2014	3	0
27	Brent Kallman	DF	(1990-10-04)4 October 1990 (aged 24)	Des Moines Menace	2013	6	0
Midfielders
0	Floyd Franks	MF	(1984-04-05)5 April 1984 (aged 30)	Carolina RailHawks	2013
4	Aaron Pitchkolan	MF	(1983-03-14)14 March 1983 (aged 31)	San Antonio Scorpions	2013
6	Mozzi Gyorio	MF	(1989-08-01)1 August 1989 (aged 25)	Fleetwood Town	2014	1	0
8	Michael Reed	MF	(1987-10-28)28 October 1987 (aged 27)	PSC Soccer Academy	2012
10	Miguel Ibarra	MF	(1990-03-15)15 March 1990 (aged 24)	UC Irvine Anteaters	2010	86	15
12	Jamie Watson	MF	(1986-04-10)10 April 1986 (aged 28)	Orlando City	2014	27	2
13	Kentaro Takada	MF	(1983-04-13)13 April 1983 (aged 31)	Rochester Thunder	2010
17	Omar Daley	MF	(1981-04-25)25 April 1981 (aged 33)	Motherwell	2013	26	3
22	Kevin Venegas	MF	(1989-07-29)29 July 1989 (aged 25)	Fullerton Titans	2010
23	Greg Jordan	MF	(1990-04-05)5 April 1990 (aged 24)	Philadelphia Union	2014	25	1
77	Juliano Vicentini	MF	(1981-08-26)26 August 1981 (aged 33)	Audax	2014	26	1
Forwards
7	Simone Bracalello	FW	(1985-10-21)21 October 1985 (aged 29)		2010
9	Pablo Campos	FW	(1983-01-29)29 January 1983 (aged 31)	San Antonio Scorpions	2013	26	13
11	Pedro Ferreira-Mendes	FW	(1990-05-13)13 May 1990 (aged 24)	Indy Eleven	2014	1	0
11	Daniel Mendes	FW	(1981-01-18)18 January 1981 (aged 33)	Loan from Kalmar	2014	26	9
19	Rafael Burgos	FW	(1988-06-03)3 June 1988 (aged 26)	Loan from SV Ried	2014	8	0
20	Mackenzie Pridham	FW	(1990-08-13)13 August 1990 (aged 24)	Cal Poly Mustangs	2014	2	0
21	Christian Ramirez	FW	(1991-04-04)4 April 1991 (aged 23)	Charlotte Eagles	2014	30	21
Players who left during the season
11	Richard Garcia	MF	(1981-09-04)4 September 1981 (aged 33)	Sydney	2014	2	0

Staff

Nick Rogers – President
Manny Lagos – Technical Director and Head Coach
Carl Craig – Assistant Coach
Paul O'Connor – Goalkeeping Coach
Donny Mark – Reserve Team Coach
Craig Mallace - Director of Camps & Youth Development
Dr. Corey Wulf - Team Doctor
Dr. Brad Moser - Team Doctor
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.

In:

Out:

No.	Position	Player
6	MF	Mozzi Gyorio (from Fleetwood Town)^[1]
11	FW	Christian Ramirez (from Charlotte Eagles)^[2]
5	DF	Tiago Calvano (from Sydney FC)^[3]
77	MF	Juliano Vicentini (from Audax São Paulo Esporte Clube)^[4]
12	FW	Jamie Watson (from Orlando City SC)^[5]
23	MF	Greg Jordan (from Philadelphia Union)^[6]
16	DF	Tyler Polak (from New England Revolution)^[6]
18	DF	Daniel Mendes (loan from Kalmar FF)^[7]
11	MF	Richard Garcia (from Sydney FC)^[8]
20	FW	Mackenzie Pridham (new signing, trialist)
24	GK	Andrew Fontein ( Tampa Bay Rowdies)

No.	Position	Player
6	DF	Kevin Friedland (Retired)^[9]
10	MF	Mike Ambersley (to Indy Eleven)^[10]
5	DF	Edi Buro (Released)^[10]
15	MF	Sean de Silva (to Central FC)^[10]
11	FW	Maxwell Griffin (Released)^[10]
19	DF	Luis Heitor-Piffer (Released)^[10]
32	MF	Lucas Rodríguez (Released)^[10]
33	GK	Daryl Sattler (Released)^[10]
20	DF	Connor Tobin (to Carolina RailHawks)^[11]
21	FW	Travis Wall (Released)^[10]
28	MF	Siniša Ubiparipović (back to Montreal Impact)^[12]
16	MF	Calum Mallace (back to Montreal Impact)^[12]
91	MF	Geison Moura (to Hougang United)^[13]

Friendlies

February 25, 2014 Preseason 1	Cal State Fullerton	1 - 1	Minnesota United	Fullerton, California
10:00 PST	Stevens 83'	Report	Campos 4' (pen.)	Stadium: Titan Stadium

February 26, 2014 Preseason 2	Los Angeles Galaxy Reserves	2 - 1	Minnesota United	Carson, California
11:00 PST	McBean 15' Courtois 52'	Report	Ibarra 59'	Stadium: StubHub Center

March 01, 2014 Preseason 3	Los Angeles Galaxy	3 - 1	Minnesota United	Carson, California
19:00 PST		Report		Stadium: StubHub Center

March 10, 2014 Preseason 4	Matlock Town F.C.	0 - 3	Minnesota United	Matlock, Derbyshire, England
19:45 GMT		Report	Ramirez 42' Dias 67' Polak 83'	Stadium: Autoworld Arena

March 13, 2014 Preseason 5	Pro Player Academy	0 - 8	Minnesota United	Stone, Staffordshire, England
13:00 GMT		Report	Tiago 9' Campos 25' Pitchkolan 54' Bracalello 72' Franks 73' Polak Pittman	Stadium: Wellbeing Park

March 17, 2014 Preseason 6	Derby County F.C.	2 - 0	Minnesota United	Derby, Derbyshire, England
	Bamford 80' Thomas 90'			Stadium: Pride Park Stadium

March 23, 2014 Preseason 7	Minnesota United	2 - 2	Creighton Bluejays	Faribault, Minnesota, USA
				Stadium: Shattuck-Saint Mary's

April 5, 2014 Preseason 8	Minnesota United	6 - 0	Omaha Mavericks	Faribault, Minnesota, USA
	Watson ?' Ramirez ?' Pridham ?', ?' Ibarra ?' Polak ?'	Report		Stadium: Shattuck-Saint Mary's

July 4, 2014 Midseason 1	Minnesota United	1 - 1 (4 - 3 p)	Mexico U-21	Blaine, Minnesota, USA
19:30 CDT	Ramirez 1' Tiago 36' Franks 75' Vicentini 75'	Report	Solorio 31' Espericueta 34' Sifuentes 75'	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 8,059

July 19, 2014 Midseason 2	Minnesota United	2 - 0	Swansea City	Blaine, Minnesota, USA
19:00 CDT	Davis 7' Jordan 44'	Report	Richards 43' Flores 55' Bartley 72'	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 9,064

Competitions

NASL Spring Championship

Main article: 2014 North American Soccer League season § Spring Championship


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

Source:
(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

April 12, 2014 Matchday 1	San Antonio Scorpions	0 - 2	Minnesota United	San Antonio, Texas, USA
19:30 CDT	Cann 13' James 25' Barrera 32' Touray 63' Menjivar 74'	Report	Ramirez 17' Tiago 25' Dias 26' Venegas 73' Watson 90'	Stadium: Toyota Field Attendance: 7,381 Referee: Matthew Foerster

April 19, 2014 Matchday 2	Ottawa Fury FC	1 - 2	Minnesota United	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
15:00 EDT	Dantas 50' Davies 83' Elias 90'	Report	Pitchkolan 21' Ibarra 36' Dias 72' Ramirez 90'	Stadium: Keith Harris Stadium Attendance: 3,457 Referee: D. Barrie

April 26, 2014 Matchday 3	Minnesota United	1 - 0	FC Edmonton	Blaine, Minnesota, USA
19:00 CDT	Tiago 4' Bracalello 70' (pen.)	Report	Nonni 18' Moses 20' Aleksic 88'	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 5,287 Referee: Younes Marrakchi

May 3, 2014 Matchday 4	Minnesota United	3 - 2	Indy Eleven	Blaine, Minnesota, USA
19:00 CDT	Ramirez 23' Mendes 25', 37' Dias 44' Pitchkolan 45'	Report	Ring 31' Bracalello 42' (o.g.) Frías 48' Ferreira-Mendes 85' Kléberson 90' (pen.)	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 4,913 Referee: Daniel Radford

May 12, 2014 Matchday 5	New York Cosmos	1 - 0	Minnesota United	Hempstead, New York, USA
19:30 EDT	Senna 42', 61' Diosa 71'	Report	Vicentini 22' Tiago 39' Davis 63'	Stadium: Shuart Stadium Attendance: 3,091 Referee: Robert Sibiga

May 19, 2014 Matchday 6	Minnesota United	3 - 1	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	Blaine, Minnesota, USA
19:00 CDT	Bracalello 12' (pen.) Ramirez 58' Kallman 65' Ibarra 70' Mendes 90' Davis 90'	Report	Núñez 50', 71' Salazar 71' King 75'	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 5,325 Referee: Fotis Bazakos

May 24, 2014 Matchday 7	Minnesota United	0 - 0	Carolina RailHawks	Blaine, Minnesota, USA
19:00 CDT	Jordan 39' Vicentini 78' Dias 86' Daley 90' Ibarra 90'	Report	Schilawski 26'	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 6,784 Referee: Sorin Stoica

May 31, 2014 Matchday 8	Atlanta Silverbacks	1 - 2	Minnesota United	Atlanta, Georgia, USA
19:45 EDT	Chavez 54' Poku 85'	Report	Davis 36' Jordan 52' Ramirez 74'	Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Andres Pfefferkorn

June 7, 2014 Matchday 9	Tampa Bay Rowdies	3 - 3	Minnesota United	St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
19:30 EDT	Wagner 33' Wallace 43' Mkosana 45' Sanfilippo 74'	Report	Ramirez 9' Davis 12' Mendes 57' Ibarra 61'	Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Attendance: 4,132 Referee: Allen Chapman

NASL Fall Championship

Main article: 2014 North American Soccer League season § Fall Championship


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

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

July 12, 2014 Matchday 1	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	0 - 3	Minnesota United	Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
19:30 EDT	Anderson 36' Gordon 81'	Report	Mendes 23' Pitchkolan 36' Ramirez 59' Ibarra 78'	Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 3,092 Referee: Andres Pfefferkorn

July 17, 2014 Matchday 2	Minnesota United	1 - 0	Carolina RailHawks	Blaine, Minnesota, USA
19:00 CDT	Mendes 26' Davis 81' Tiago 85'	Report	Low 82'	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 7,287 Referee: Younes Marrakchi

July 26, 2014 Matchday 3	Atlanta Silverbacks	1 - 1	Minnesota United	Atlanta, Georgia, USA
19:30 EDT	Gavin 55' Sandoval 74' Chavez 90' (pen.)	Report	Pitchkolan 39' Ramirez 47' Mendes 90'	Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park Attendance: 4,810 Referee: Chris Penso

August 2, 2014 Matchday 4	Minnesota United	2 - 1	Ottawa Fury FC	Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
16:30 CDT	Ramirez 4', 60' (pen.) Daley 29' Tiago 90'	Report	Eustaquio 46' Ubiparipović 50' Beckie 57'	Stadium: TCF Bank Stadium Attendance: 34,047 Referee: Tyler Ploeger
Note: Game was played directly after the International Champions Cup match between Olympiacos and Manchester City.

August 9, 2014 Matchday 5	Minnesota United	3 - 2	FC Edmonton	Blaine, Minnesota, USA
19:00 CDT	Ramirez 15' (pen.) Mendes 48', 59' Tiago 71' Hildebrandt 78'	Report	Laing 4' Moses 45' Edward 61' Hlavaty 81' (pen.)	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 5,112 Referee: Mathieu Bourdeau

August 16, 2014 Matchday 6	Minnesota United	5 - 1	Indy Eleven	Blaine, Minnesota, USA
19:00 CDT	Pitchkolan 25' Ramirez 37', 58' Mendes 45' Tiago 52' Watson 53'	Report	Hyland 64' Kléberson 71'	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 5,420 Referee: Nima Saghafi

August 23, 2014 Matchday 7	New York Cosmos	1 - 1	Minnesota United	Hempstead, New York, USA
19:00 EDT	Maurer 6' Dimitrov 45' Ayoze 52' Stokkelien 74'	Report	Ramirez 8' (pen.) Franks 30' Mendes 37' Vicentini 78'	Stadium: Shuart Stadium Attendance: 3,928 Referee: Mark Allatin

August 31, 2014 Matchday 8	FC Edmonton	2 - 1	Minnesota United	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
16:00 EDT	Burt 65' Laing 71'	Report	Mendes 80' Venegas 82'	Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 2,796 Referee: Alain Ruch

September 6, 2014 Matchday 9	Minnesota United	1 - 1	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Blaine, Minnesota, USA
19:00 CDT	Ramirez 14' (pen.)	Report	Hristov 70'	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 7,024 Referee: Marcos DeOliveira

September 13, 2014 Matchday 10	Minnesota United	2 - 1	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	Blaine, Minnesota, USA
19:00 CDT	Ramirez 38' Ibarra 54' Reed 80'	Report	Pecka 31' Antonijevic 30' Anderson 40' Nurse 74' Guillaume 79'	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 6,202 Referee: Christopher Penso

September 20, 2014 Matchday 11	San Antonio Scorpions	0 - 2	Minnesota United	San Antonio, Texas, USA
20:30 EDT	Elizondo 50' DeRoux 90'	Report	Venegas 21' Ibarra 22', 72' Mendes 88'	Stadium: Toyota Field Attendance: 8,313 Referee: Younes Marrakchi

September 28, 2014 Matchday 12	Ottawa Fury FC	2 - 3	Minnesota United	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
15:00 EDT	Heinemann 16' (pen.) Ryan 55' Trafford 56'	Report	Tiago 16' Ibarra 20' Mendes 23' Ramirez 88' Daley 90' Reed 90'	Stadium: TD Place Stadium Attendance: 5,094 Referee: Chris Grabas

October 4, 2014 Matchday 13	Minnesota United	1 - 0	Atlanta Silverbacks	Blaine, Minnesota, USA
19:00 CDT	Pitchkolan 43' Ramirez 58'	Report	Gavin 30' Espinoza 49', 62' Rivera 90'	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 5,744 Referee: Fotis Bazakos

October 11, 2014 Matchday 14	Indy Eleven	2 - 0	Minnesota United	Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
19:30 EDT	Pineda 8' Rugg 35' Jhulliam 46' Frías 54' Peña 63'	Report	Vicentini 45' Dias 45'	Stadium: Michael Carroll Stadium Attendance: 10,285 Referee: Sorin Stoica

October 15, 2014 Matchday 15	Tampa Bay Rowdies	2 - 3	Minnesota United	St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
19:30 EDT	Hristov 28' Russell 48' Townsend 90'	Report	Ramirez 44', 58' Vicentini 66'	Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Attendance: 2,565 Referee: Rubiel Vazquez

October 18, 2014 Matchday 16	Minnesota United	0 - 0	New York Cosmos	Blaine, Minnesota, USA
19:00 CDT	Jordan 36' Davis 41' Pitchkolan 65' Tiago 90'	Report	Szetela 35' Johnson 48' Mendes 85'	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 5,817 Referee: Younes Marrakchi

October 25, 2014 Matchday 17	Minnesota United	0 - 1	San Antonio Scorpions	Blaine, Minnesota, USA
19:00 CDT	Tiago 24' Van Oekel 62'	Report	James 58' Elizondo 61' Castillo 88'	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 6,454 Referee: Juan Guzmán Jr

November 1, 2014 Matchday 18	Carolina RailHawks	2 - 2	Minnesota United	Cary, North Carolina, USA
19:30 EDT	Novo 22' Osaki 35' Scott 61' Albadawi 74' Tobin 86' (o.g.), 90'	Report	Ramirez 52' Dias 64' Vicentini 83'	Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 6,460 Referee: Robert Sibiga

NASL Playoffs

Main article: 2014 North American Soccer League season § 2014 NASL Playoffs


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

Semi-Finals

November 8, 2014	Minnesota United	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (4 – 5 p)	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	Blaine, Minnesota, USA
18:00 CDT	Ibarra 34' Mendes 50'	Report	Kronsteiner 71' Anderson 83' Nuñez 87', 90+1' Marcelin 105' Brito 118'	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 6,113 Referee: Fotis Bazakos
		Penalties
	Venegas Tiago Ibarra Vicentini Campos Pitchkolan		Hassan Anderson Picault Núñez Brito Pecka

US Open Cup

Main article: 2014 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup

May 28, 2014 Third round	Des Moines Menace	0 - 1	Minnesota United	West Des Moines, Iowa
19:30 CDT		Report Report 2	Polak 48' Ramirez 86'	Stadium: Valley Stadium Attendance: 2,196 Referee: Nima Saghafi

June 18, 2014 Fourth round	Sporting Kansas City	2 - 0	Minnesota United	Kansas City, Kansas
19:30 CDT	Saad 76' Dwyer 82' Martinez 87'	Report Report 2	Jordan 29' Dias 50'	Stadium: Sporting Park Attendance: 15,307 Referee: Tyler Ploeger

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
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
0	MF		Floyd Franks	13	0	2+2	0	7	0	0	0	1+1	0
1	GK		Mitch Hildebrandt	11	0	2+1	0	6	0	0	0	2	0
2	DF		Justin Davis	27	0	9	0	16	0	1	0	1	0
3	DF		Cristiano	28	0	7+1	0	17	0	1	0	2	0
4	MF		Aaron Pitchkolan	29	2	9	1	17	1	1	0	1+1	0
5	DF		Tiago	26	0	8	0	16	0	1	0	1	0
6	MF		Mozzi Gyorio	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
7	FW		Simone Bracalello	13	2	5+3	2	0+5	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF		Michael Reed	10	0	0+1	0	3+5	0	0	0	1	0
9	FW		Pablo Campos	3	0	0	0	0+2	0	0+1	0	0	0
10	MF		Miguel Ibarra	28	9	8+1	3	16+1	5	1	1	1	0
12	MF		Jamie Watson	19	1	4+2	0	5+5	1	0+1	0	1+1	0
13	MF		Kentaro Takada	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
14	DF		Brian Kallman	10	0	5	0	2+3	0	0	0	0	0
15	FW		Pedro Ferreira-Mendes	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
16	DF		Tyler Polak	3	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
17	MF		Omar Daley	20	0	3+2	0	5+7	0	0+1	0	1+1	0
18	FW		Daniel Mendes	26	9	6+1	2	16+1	7	1	0	1	0
19	FW		Rafael Burgos	8	0	0	0	1+7	0	0	0	0	0
20	FW		Mackenzie Pridham	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
21	FW		Christian Ramirez	30	21	9	5	18	15	1	0	1+1	1
22	MF		Kevin Venegas	23	1	4	1	17	0	1	0	1	0
23	MF		Greg Jordan	25	1	2+6	1	9+5	0	1	0	1+1	0
27	DF		Brent Kallman	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
30	GK		Matt Van Oekel	21	0	7	0	12+1	0	1	0	0	0
77	MF		Juliano Vicentini	26	1	8	0	13+3	1	1	0	1	0
Players who left Minnesota United during the season:
11	MF		Richard Garcia	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Number	Name	NASL Spring Season	NASL Fall Season	Playoffs	U.S. Open Cup	Total
1	FW	21	Christian Ramirez	5	15	0	1	21
2	MF	10	Miguel Ibarra	3	5	1	0	9
2	FW	18	Daniel Mendes	2	7	0	0	9
4	FW	7	Simone Bracalello	2	0	0	0	2
4	MF	4	Aaron Pitchkolan	1	1	0	0	2
6	MF	22	Kevin Venegas	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	23	Greg Jordan	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	2	Justin Davis	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	12	Jamie Watson	0	1	0	0	1
	MF	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
Number	Nation	Position	Name	NASL Spring Season		NASL Fall Season		Playoffs		U.S. Open Cup		Total
0		MF	Floyd Franks	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1		GK	Mitch Hildebrandt	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
2		DF	Justin Davis	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	1
3		DF	Cristiano	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	5	2
4		MF	Aaron Pitchkolan	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
5		DF	Tiago	3	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
8		MF	Michael Reed	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
10		MF	Miguel Ibarra	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
12		MF	Jamie Watson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
14		DF	Brian Kallman	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
16		FW	Nate Polak	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
17		MF	Omar Daley	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
18		FW	Daniel Mendes	2	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	6	0
21		FW	Christian Ramirez	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22		MF	Kevin Venegas	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
23		MF	Greg Jordan	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
30		GK	Matt Van Oekel	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
77		MF	Juliano Vicentini	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
			TOTALS	20	2	40	2	1	0	2	1	63	5

References

↑ "Minnesota Signs Serbian-Born Canadian Midfielder Mozzi Gyorio". Minnesota United FC. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
↑ "Minnesota United Signs Colombian-American Forward Christian Ramirez". Minnesota United FC. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
↑ "Minnesota United Signs Veteran Brazilian Central Defender". Minnesota United FC. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
↑ "Minnesota Adds Dynamic Brazilian Midfielder". Minnesota United FC. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
↑ "MINNESOTA UNITED SIGNS MIDFIELDER JAMIE WATSON". Minnesota United FC. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
1 2 "UNITED SIGNS GREG JORDAN AND TYLER POLAK". Minnesota United FC. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
↑ "MINNESOTA UNITED FC ADDS STRIKER DANIEL MENDES". Minnesota United FC. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
↑ "MINNESOTA UNITED FC SIGNS AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM PLAYER RICHARD GARCIA". Minnesota United FC. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
↑ "Kevin Friedland Announces Retirement". Minnesota United FC. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Minnesota United FC Exercises Player Option On 11 Players For 2014". Minnesota United FC. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
↑ "CONNOR TOBIN SET TO JOIN RAILHAWKS". NASL. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
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Minnesota United FC

Founded 2010 Based in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Club	History (2011–16 2017–)

Sports facilities	National Sports Center Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome TCF Bank Stadium (2017) Minnesota United FC Stadium (future)

Players	Current roster All-time roster

Culture	Colors and badge The Black Phoenix

Rivalries	The Flyover Cup: FC Edmonton

Key personnel	Owner Bill McGuire President Nick Rogers Sporting Director Manny Lagos Head Coach Adrian Heath

Other topics	Related articles

Major honors

NASL Soccer Bowl Champions	2011

NASL Spring Season Winners	2014

North American Supporters' Trophy	2014

Seasons

USSF Division 2 Professional League (2010)	2010

North American Soccer League	2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Major League Soccer	2017

2014 NASL season by team

Soccer Bowl 2014 Transfers

Atlanta Silverbacks Carolina RailHawks FC Edmonton Fort Lauderdale Strikers Indy Eleven Minnesota United FC New York Cosmos Ottawa Fury FC San Antonio Scorpions Tampa Bay Rowdies

2014 in American soccer

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2015 »

Leagues

Men	MLS MLS Cup NASL Spring Fall Soccer Bowl USL Pro PDL NPSL MISL 2013–14 PASL 2013–14 NCAA Division I Division II Division III

Women	NWSL W-League WPSL

Cups

Other

International

Club competitions

CONCACAF Champions League
- 2013–14
- 2014–15

National teams

Men	FIFA World Cup

Team seasons

Men

Women

Indoor

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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

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

2014 Minnesota United FC season

Roster

Staff

Transfers

Friendlies

Competitions

NASL Spring Championship

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

NASL Fall Championship

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

NASL Playoffs

Semi-Finals

US Open Cup

Squad Statistics

Appearances and goals

Goal scorers

Disciplinary Record

See also

References

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