2013 Minnesota United FC season

Minnesota United FC
2013 season
Owner	Bill McGuire
Head coach	Manny Lagos
NASL	Spring: Sixth ; Fall: Fourth
U.S. Open Cup	Second Round
Top goalscorer	League: Pablo Campos (13); All: Pablo Campos (13)
Highest home attendance	6,754
Lowest home attendance	2,028
Home colors	Away colors
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The 2013 season was Minnesota United FC's fourth season of existence and their third consecutive season playing in the North American Soccer League, the second division of the American soccer pyramid.

Background

Roster

As of match played November 2, 2013

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 24)	Oakland Golden Grizzlies	2012	5	0
30	Matt Van Oekel	GK	(1986-09-20)20 September 1986 (aged 27)	Minnesota Thunder	2010	59	0
33	Daryl Sattler	GK	(1980-09-05)5 September 1980 (aged 33)	San Antonio Scorpions	2013	6	0
Defenders
2	Justin Davis	DF	(1988-05-06)6 May 1988 (aged 25)	New Mexico Lobos	2011
3	Cristiano	DF	(1986-05-25)25 May 1986 (aged 27)	Miami	2011
5	Edi Buro	DF	(1987-09-19)19 September 1987 (aged 26)	Travnik	2012
6	Kevin Friedland	DF	(1981-10-03)3 October 1981 (aged 32)	Kansas City Wizards	2004
14	Brian Kallman	DF	(1984-04-23)23 April 1984 (aged 29)	Minnesota Thunder	2010
19	Luis Heitor-Piffer	DF	(1988-11-17)17 November 1988 (aged 24)	Des Moines Menace	2013
20	Connor Tobin	DF	(1987-02-11)11 February 1987 (aged 26)	Rochester Rhinos	2012
27	Brent Kallman	DF	(1990-10-04)4 October 1990 (aged 23)	Des Moines Menace	2013	2	0
Midfielders
0	Floyd Franks	MF	(1984-04-05)5 April 1984 (aged 29)	Carolina RailHawks	2013
4	Aaron Pitchkolan	MF	(1983-03-14)14 March 1983 (aged 30)	San Antonio Scorpions	2013
8	Michael Reed	MF	(1987-10-28)28 October 1987 (aged 26)	PSC Soccer Academy	2012
13	Kentaro Takada	MF	(1983-04-13)13 April 1983 (aged 30)	Rochester Thunder	2010
15	Sean de Silva	MF	(1990-01-17)17 January 1990 (aged 23)	College of Charleston Cougars	2013
16	Calum Mallace	MF	(1990-01-10)10 January 1990 (aged 23)	Loan from Montreal Impact	2013	12	1
17	Omar Daley	MF	(1981-04-25)25 April 1981 (aged 32)	Motherwell	2013	6	3
22	Kevin Venegas	MF	(1989-07-29)29 July 1989 (aged 24)	Fullerton Titans	2010
23	Miguel Ibarra	MF	(1990-03-15)15 March 1990 (aged 23)	UC Irvine Anteaters	2010	58	6
28	Siniša Ubiparipović	MF	(1983-08-25)25 August 1983 (aged 30)	Loan from Montreal Impact	2013	7	0
32	Lucas Rodríguez	MF	(1986-02-08)8 February 1986 (aged 27)	Kansas City Brass	2010
Forwards
7	Simone Bracalello	FW	(1985-10-21)21 October 1985 (aged 28)		2010
9	Pablo Campos	FW	(1983-01-29)29 January 1983 (aged 30)	San Antonio Scorpions	2013	23	13
10	Mike Ambersley	FW	(1983-02-14)14 February 1983 (aged 30)	Tampa Bay Rowdies	2013	13	1
11	Maxwell Griffin	FW	(1987-09-17)17 September 1987 (aged 26)	Orlando City	2013
21	Travis Wall	FW	(1990-01-04)4 January 1990 (aged 23)	Ohio Wesleyan University	2013
25	Nate Polak	FW	(1989-09-05)5 September 1989 (aged 24)	Hastings College	2012
Players who left during the season
10	Etienne Barbara	FW	(1982-06-10)10 June 1982 (aged 31)	Carolina RailHawks	2013
16	Kyle Altman	DF	(1986-01-31)31 January 1986 (aged 27)	Minnesota Thunder	2010
17	Bryan Arguez	MF	(1989-01-13)13 January 1989 (aged 24)	Montreal Impact	2013
17	Geison Moura	MF	(1986-07-16)16 July 1986 (aged 27)	Rockford Rampage	2010

Staff

Transfers

Out

Date	Player	To	Fee	Ref.
January 1, 2013	Neil Hlavaty	Edmonton		^[1]
February 1, 2013	Amani Walker	Tampa Bay Rowdies		^[1]
March 1, 2013	Devin Del Do	Tampa Bay Rowdies		^[1]
March 1, 2013	Kyle Altman	Portland Timbers Reserves		^[1]
April 2013	Fuad Ibrahim	Kajaani
July 4, 2013	Kyle Altman	Retired		^[1]^[4]
July 5, 2013	Bryan Arguez	Carolina Railhawks		^[1]
August 1, 2013	Etienne Barbara	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Swap for Mike Ambersley	^[1]^[2]
2013	Ernest Tchoupe
2013	Daniel Wasson	Tulsa Athletics
2013	Shawn Chin	VSI Tampa Bay
2013	Andy Lorei
2013	Martin Nuñez		Released
2013	Geison Moura		Released

Friendlies

March 15, 2013	Minnesota United	0–0	Bridges FC	Minneapolis
CDT (UTC−5)		Report		Stadium: Augsburg College

March 15, 2013	Minnesota United	3–0	Bridges FC	Minneapolis
CDT (UTC−5)	Heitor-Piffer 15' Salciccia 25' Wall	Report		Stadium: Augsburg College

March 29, 2013	Chicago Fire Soccer Club	0–1	Minnesota United	Bridgeview
10:00 CDT (UTC−5)	Lelis 90+'	Report	Ibarra 72'	Stadium: Toyota Park Practice Field

Competitions

NASL Spring season

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Atlanta Silverbacks (S)	12	6	3	3	20	15	+5	21	Soccer Bowl 2013
2	Carolina RailHawks	12	5	5	2	20	16	+4	20
3	San Antonio Scorpions	12	6	2	4	19	15	+4	20
4	Tampa Bay Rowdies	12	5	3	4	21	16	+5	18
5	FC Edmonton	12	3	5	4	13	12	+1	14
6	Minnesota United FC	12	4	2	6	18	23	−5	14
7	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	12	2	2	8	10	24	−14	8

Source: NASL Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of 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
12	4	2	6	18	23	−5	14	2	2	2	8	9	−1	2	0	4	10	14	−4

Last updated: July 4, 2013.
Source: Match reports

Results

April 5, 2013 1	Minnesota United	0–0	San Antonio Scorpions	Minneapolis
18:00 CDT (UTC−5)		Summary	Jordan 81'	Stadium: Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Attendance: 6,754 Referee: Younes Marrakchi

April 20, 2013 2	Minnesota United	2–0	Edmonton	Minneapolis
14:30 CDT (UTC−5)	Pitchkolan 25' Bracalello 31', 45' Rodríguez 74' Wall 86'	Summary	Saiko 26' Mitchell 70'	Stadium: Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Attendance: 4,135 Referee: Alejandro Mariscal

April 27, 2013 3	Atlanta Silverbacks	2–3	Minnesota United	Atlanta
18:30 CDT (UTC−5)	Blanco 17' Luna 26' Ferreira-Mendes 81'	Summary	Bri.Kallman 23', 46' Bracalello 43', 54' Pitchkolan 61'	Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Ted Unkel

May 4, 2013 4	Minnesota United	2–2	Carolina RailHawks	Minneapolis
19:15 CDT (UTC−5)	Barbara 58', 65'	Summary	Graye 40' Martinez 84' Franks 89'	Stadium: Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Attendance: 4,825 Referee: Kevin Terry, Jr.

May 11, 2013 5	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	2–1	Minnesota United	Fort Lauderdale
18:45 CDT (UTC−5)	Anderson 2' Foley 14' Guillaume 45' 58' Dimitrov 90'	Summary	Altman 43' Cristiano 62' Campos 69' Arguez 90'	Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 4,323 Referee: Cedric Adams

May 18, 2013 6	Minnesota United	2–3	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Minneapolis
14:30 CDT (UTC−5)	Reed 54' Bracalello 66'	Summary	Hill 45' Mulholland 55' Savage 90' Scott 90'	Stadium: Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Attendance: 4,053 Referee: Geoff Gamble

May 25, 2013 7	Tampa Bay Rowdies	2–3	Minnesota United	St. Petersburg
18:30 CDT (UTC−5)	Arango 12' Hristov 14', 29' Scott 45' Mulholland 45' Cox 55'	Summary	Cristiano 10' Moura 23', 77' Bracalello 26' Arguez 55' Takada 57'	Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Attendance: 3,372 Referee: Younes Marrakchi

June 1, 2013 8	San Antonio Scorpions	2–0	Minnesota United	San Antonio
19:30 CDT (UTC−5)	Wagner 1' Ramírez 45' Denissen 63' Jordan 78'	Summary	Cristiano 61'	Stadium: Toyota Field Attendance: 6,763 Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero

June 8, 2013 9	Minnesota United	2–1	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	Minneapolis
19:00 CDT (UTC−5)	Campos 55', 90'	Summary	King 9' Gordon 27' Ramos 28' Ståhl 63'	Stadium: Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Attendance: 5,754 Referee: Tyler Ploeger

June 22, 2013 10	Carolina RailHawks	3–2	Minnesota United	Cary
18:00 CDT (UTC−5)	Franks 25' Shriver 53', 86', 88'	Summary	Bracalello 4' Campos 10', 62' Arguez 75'	Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 3,350 Referee: Geoff Gamble

June 30, 2013 11	Edmonton	3–1	Minnesota United	Edmonton
15:00 CDT (UTC−5)	Roberts 11' Fordyce 24' Cox 33' Laing 75' Nurse 80' Hlavaty 85'	Summary	Ibarra 67' Cristiano 88'	Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 2,223 Referee: David Barrie

July 4, 2013 12	Minnesota United	0–3	Atlanta Silverbacks	Minneapolis
19:00 CDT (UTC−5)	Griffin 14' Campos 43' Davis 64' Bri.Kallman 75' Takada 83' Moura 90'	Summary	Stisser 30', 30' Randolph 64' Reiss 73' Luna 82' Blanco 87'	Stadium: Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Attendance: 6,507 Referee: Daniel Radford

NASL Fall season

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New York Cosmos (F)	14	9	4	1	22	12	+10	31	Soccer Bowl 2013
2	Carolina RailHawks	14	7	2	5	21	16	+5	23
3	Tampa Bay Rowdies	14	5	5	4	30	27	+3	20
4	Minnesota United FC	14	6	2	6	21	19	+2	20
5	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	14	5	3	6	18	20	−2	18
6	FC Edmonton	14	3	7	4	13	14	−1	16
7	Atlanta Silverbacks	14	4	4	6	14	22	−8	16
8	San Antonio Scorpions	14	3	1	10	15	24	−9	10

Source: NASL Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of 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
14	6	2	6	21	19	+2	20	2	2	3	6	6	0	4	0	3	15	13	+2

Last updated: November 2, 2013.
Source: Match reports

Results

August 3, 2013 1	Minnesota United	0–1	Atlanta Silverbacks	Blaine
19:19 CDT (UTC−5)	Franks 88' Kallman 90+1'	Report	Navarro 14' Randolph 22' Reiss 67'	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 5,884 Referee: Sorin Stoica

August 10, 2013 2	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	1–3	Minnesota United	Fort Lauderdale
18:30 CDT (UTC−5)	Walker 39' Núñez 80'	Report	Griffin 73' Alves 76' (o.g.) Campos 70', 90'	Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 3,295 Referee: Edvin Jurisevic

August 17, 2013 3	Minnesota United	1–1	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Blaine
19:00 CDT (UTC−5)	Campos 17' Bracalello 29'	Report	Frimpong 68' Del Do 90' Arango 90'	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 5,634 Referee: Daniel Radford

August 24, 2013 4	Carolina RailHawks	1–0	Minnesota United	Cary
18:00 CDT (UTC−5)	Shriver 52' Ortiz 54'	Report		Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 5,201 Referee: Drew Fischer

2013 5	San Antonio Scorpions	2–3	Minnesota United	San Antonio
19:30 CDT (UTC−5)	Ramírez 14' Jennings 58' Zahorski 78'	Report	Campos 15', 34' (50) Mallace 85' Tobin 90'	Stadium: Toyota Field Attendance: 5,886 Referee: Mark Kadlecik

September 7, 2013 6	Minnesota United	1–1	Edmonton	Blaine
18:00 CDT (UTC−5)	Ubiparipović 61' Cristiano 76'	Report	Hlavaty 28' Hertzog 77'	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 3,874 Referee: Geoff Gamble

September 14, 2013 7	New York Cosmos	1–0	Minnesota United	Hempstead
18:00 CDT (UTC−5)	Rovérsio 69' Guenzatti 77' Freeman 80'	Report	Pitchkolan 31' Cristiano 71' Ibarra 77'	Stadium: James M. Shuart Stadium Attendance: 6,081 Referee: Robert Sibiga

September 22, 2013 8	Edmonton	1–2	Minnesota United	Edmonton
15:00 CDT (UTC−5)	Fordyce 90'	Report	Mallace 37', 78' Bracalello 62'	Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 3,143 Referee: David Barrie

September 28, 2013 9	Minnesota United	1–0	San Antonio Scorpions	Blaine
14:30 CDT (UTC−5)	Bracalello 43' Campos 61'	Report	Wagner 67' Husić 72'	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 2,028 Referee: David Gantar

October 5, 2013 10	Minnesota United	0–1	New York Cosmos	Blaine
19:00 CDT (UTC−5)	Kallman 50'	Report	Freeman 27' Ayoze 39' Mendes 53'	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 3,629 Referee: Mark Kadlecik

October 12, 2013 11	Atlanta Silverbacks	3–1	Minnesota United	Atlanta
18:30 CDT (UTC−5)	Luna 42' Navarro 56' Barrera 74' James 88' Mendes 89' (pen.)	Report	Kallman 40' Pitchkolan 64' Bracalello 82' (pen.) Van Oekel 89'	Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Daniel Fitzgerald

October 19, 2013 12	Minnesota United	0–1	Carolina RailHawks	Blaine
14:30 CDT (UTC−5)	Pitchkolan 61'	Report	Shriver 6' Martínez 52', 64' Schilawski 57' Gaul 87'	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 2,232 Referee: Alejandro Mariscal

October 26, 2013 13	Minnesota United	3–1	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	Blaine
18:00 CDT (UTC−5)	Campos 10', 74' Daley 45' Pitchkolan 45+3'	Report	Salazar 28' King 38'	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 2,475 Referee: Allen Chapman

November 2, 2013 14	Tampa Bay Rowdies	4–6	Minnesota United	St. Petersburg
17:30 CDT (UTC−5)	Cort 33' Mulholland 52' (pen.), 58' Pitchkolan 65' (o.g.) Frimpong 85', 90'	Report	Franks 10' Daley 17', 60', 83' Campos 71', 90' (pen.), 90'	Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Attendance: 4,319 Referee: Ted Unkel

U.S. Open Cup

May 21, 2013 Second Round	Minnesota United	0–1	Des Moines Menace	St.Paul
20:30 CDT (UTC−5)	Cristiano 34'	Report	Hoek 42' Lax 67' Fricke 86'	Stadium: Robbie Stadium Attendance: 1,009

Squad statistics

As of match played November 2, 2013

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		NASL Spring Season		NASL Fall Season		U.S. Open Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
0	MF	USA	Floyd Franks	13	1	0	0	8+5	1	0	0
1	GK	USA	Mitch Hildebrandt	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
2	DF	USA	Justin Davis	19	0	12	0	7	0	0	0
3	DF	BRA	Cristiano Dias	18	2	8+1	1	9	1	0	0
4	MF	USA	Aaron Pitchkolan	20	2	6+1	1	13	1	0	0
5	DF	BIH	Edi Buro	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
6	DF	USA	Kevin Friedland	3	0	1+1	0	0+1	0	0	0
7	FW	ITA	Simone Bracalello	22	7	10+1	5	8+3	2	0	0
8	MF	USA	Michael Reed	15	1	8+1	1	5+1	0	0	0
9	FW	BRA	Pablo Campos	23	13	10	4	12	9	1	0
10	FW	USA	Mike Ambersley	13	0	0	0	8+5	0	0	0
11	FW	USA	Maxwell Griffin	14	1	4+1	0	4+5	1	0	0
13	MF	JPN	Kentaro Takada	15	0	6+3	0	3+3	0	0	0
14	DF	USA	Brian Kallman	18	1	12	1	5+1	0	0	0
15	MF	TRI	Sean de Silva	3	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF	SCO	Calum Mallace	12	1	0	0	11+1	1	0	0
17	MF	JAM	Omar Daley	6	3	0	0	2+4	3	0	0
19	DF	BRA	Luis Heitor-Piffer	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
20	DF	USA	Connor Tobin	17	1	4	0	13	1	0	0
21	FW	USA	Travis Wall	9	0	0+7	0	1+1	0	0	0
22	MF	USA	Kevin Venegas	16	0	2+4	0	9+1	0	0	0
23	MF	USA	Miguel Ibarra	27	1	10+2	1	11+3	0	1	0
25	FW	USA	Nate Polak	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
27	DF	USA	Brent Kallman	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
28	MF	BIH	Siniša Ubiparipović	7	0	0	0	4+3	0	0	0
30	GK	USA	Matt Van Oekel	19	0	6	0	12	0	1	0
32	MF	ARG	Lucas Rodríguez	11	1	4+1	1	6	0	0	0
33	GK	USA	Daryl Sattler	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
Players who left Minnesota United during the season:
10	FW	MLT	Etienne Barbara	7	2	6+1	2	0	0	0	0
16	DF	USA	Kyle Altman	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF	USA	Bryan Arguez	5	0	4+1	0	0	0	0	0
99	FW	BRA	Geison Moura	3	1	2+1	1	0	0	0	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Number	Name	NASL Spring Season	NASL Fall Season	Total
1	FW	9	Pablo Campos	4	9	13
2	FW	7	Simone Bracalello	5	2	7
3	MF	17	Omar Daley	0	3	3
4	FW	10	Etienne Barbara	2	0	2
	MF	4	Aaron Pitchkolan	1	1	2
	DF	3	Cristiano Dias	1	1	2
7	MF	32	Lucas Rodríguez	1	0	1
	DF	14	Brian Kallman	1	0	1
	MF	8	Michael Reed	1	0	1
	FW	99	Geison Moura	1	0	1
	MF	23	Miguel Ibarra	1	0	1
	FW	11	Maxwell Griffin	0	1	1
	DF	20	Connor Tobin	0	1	1
	MF	16	Calum Mallace	0	1	1
	MF	0	Floyd Franks	0	1	1
			Own goal	0	1	1
TOTALS				18	21	39

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	NASL Spring Season		NASL Fall Season		U.S. Open Cup		Total
0		MF	Floyd Franks	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
2		DF	Justin Davis	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
3		DF	Cristiano Dias	3	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
4		MF	Aaron Pitchkolan	1	0	3	0	0	0	4	0
7		FW	Simone Bracalello	2	0	2	0	0	0	4	0
9		FW	Pablo Campos	2	0	3	0	0	0	5	0
11		FW	Maxwell Griffin	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
13		MF	Kentaro Takada	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
14		DF	Brian Kallman	2	0	2	1	0	0	4	1
16		DF	Kyle Altman	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
16		MF	Calum Mallace	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
17		MF	Bryan Arguez	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
17		MF	Omar Daley	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
21		FW	Travis Wall	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
23		MF	Miguel Ibarra	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
28		MF	Siniša Ubiparipović	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
30		GK	Matt Van Oekel	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
99		FW	Geison Moura	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
			TOTALS	20	1	17	2	0	0	37	3

References

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2013 Minnesota United FC season

Contents

Background

Roster

Staff

Transfers

Out

Friendlies

Competitions

NASL Spring season

Standings

Results summary

Results

NASL Fall season

Standings

Results summary

Results

U.S. Open Cup

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

Goal scorers

Disciplinary record

References

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
14	6	2	6	21	19	+2	20	2	2	3	6	6	0	4	0	3	15	13	+2

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
14	6	2	6	21	19	+2	20	2	2	3	6	6	0	4	0	3	15	13	+2

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
14	6	2	6	21	19	+2	20	2	2	3	6	6	0	4	0	3	15	13	+2