2010 NSC Minnesota Stars season

NSC Minnesota Stars
2010 season
OwnerPaul Erickson (NSC)
Head coachManny Lagos
USSF Division 27th
(4th in Conference)
U.S. Open CupSecond Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Two Players (5)
All: Simone Bracalello (6)
Highest home attendance2,310
Lowest home attendance588
Average home league attendance1,374

The 2010 NSC Minnesota Stars season was the first season of the franchise to be played in the USSF Division 2 Pro League.

Roster

As of match played October 9, 2010
No. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (Age) Signed from Signed in Contract ends Apps. Goals
Goalkeepers
1 Joe Warren GK (1974-10-20)20 October 1974 (aged 35) 2010 28 0
27 Louis Crayton GK (1977-10-26)26 October 1977 (aged 32) D.C. United 2010 1 0
30 Matt Van Oekel GK (1986-09-20)20 September 1986 (aged 24) Minnesota Thunder 2010 7 0
Defenders
2 Thomas Granum DF (1989-12-31)31 December 1989 (aged 20) Strømsgodset 2010 3 0
3 Andres Arango DF (1983-04-23)23 April 1983 (aged 27) Minnesota Thunder 2010 31 1
6 Kevin Friedland DF (1981-10-03)3 October 1981 (aged 29) Minnesota Thunder 2010 23 0
8 Daniel Wasson DF (1984-06-15)15 June 1984 (aged 26) VfL Osnabrück 2010 31 2
11 Chris Clements DF (1987-03-02)2 March 1987 (aged 23) Minnesota Thunder 2010 26 0
14 Brian Kallman DF (1984-04-23)23 April 1984 (aged 26) Minnesota Thunder 2010 17 0
16 Kyle Altman DF (1986-01-31)31 January 1986 (aged 24) Minnesota Thunder 2010 0 0
25 Scott Lorenz DF (1987-07-23)23 July 1987 (aged 23) Chicago Fire NPSL 2010 23 0
28 Max Lipset DF 2010 1 0
Midfielders
4 Neil Hlavaty MF (1986-07-23)23 July 1986 (aged 24) Jagiellonia Białystok 2010 24 4
7 Andrei Gotsmanov MF (1986-05-06)6 May 1986 (aged 24) Minnesota Thunder 2010 18 0
10 Johnny Menyongar MF (1980-06-26)26 June 1980 (aged 30) Rochester Rhinos 2010 21 1
12 Leland Wright MF (1986-10-29)29 October 1986 (aged 23) San Diego Toreros 2010 6 0
13 Kentaro Takada MF (1983-04-13)13 April 1983 (aged 27) Rochester Thunder 2010 21 1
23 Lucas Rodríguez MF (1986-02-08)8 February 1986 (aged 24) MidAmerica Nazarene Pioneers 2010 10 1
26 Ely Allen MF (1986-06-12)12 June 1986 (aged 24) D.C. United 2010 27 3
Forwards
9 Warren Ukah FW (1985-03-22)22 March 1985 (aged 25) Rochester Rhinos 2010 20 3
15 Devin Del Do FW (1986-05-21)21 May 1986 (aged 24) Cal State Northridge Matadors 2010 9 2
17 Geison Moura FW (1986-07-16)16 July 1986 (aged 24) Rockford Rampage 2010 13 1
18 Melvin Tarley FW (1982-10-31)31 October 1982 (aged 27) Minnesota Thunder 2010 25 3
19 Simone Bracalello FW (1985-10-21)21 October 1985 (aged 24) 2010 30 6
20 Brian Cvilikas FW (1984-03-16)16 March 1984 (aged 26) Minnesota Thunder 2010 28 5
Left Minnesota Stars During the Season
21 Gao Leilei MF (1980-07-15)15 July 1980 (aged 30) KooTeePee 2010 11 1
22 Two-Boys Gumede FW (1985-08-23)23 August 1985 (aged 25) UAB Blazers 2010 8 0

Staff

Transfers

Friendlies

July 2, 2010 Rochester Thunder 1–2 NSC Minnesota Stars Rochester
CDT (UTC−5) 65' Cvilikas 25'
Takada 73'
Stadium: RCTC Stadium
July 16, 2010 NSC Minnesota Stars 2–1 Rochester Thunder Blaine
CDT (UTC−5) Bracalello 52'
Hlavaty 78'
Summary Otira 54' Stadium: National Sports Center

Competitions

USSF Division 2

Standings

USL Conference
Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Rochester Rhinos 30 16 8 6 38 24 +14 54 Conference leader, qualified for playoffs
2 Austin Aztex 30 15 7 8 53 40 +13 53 Qualified for playoffs[a]
3 Portland Timbers 30 13 7 10 34 23 +11 49
4 30 11 12 7 32 36 −4 40
5 Puerto Rico Islanders 30 9 11 10 37 35 +2 37
6 FC Tampa Bay 30 7 12 11 41 46 −5 32
  1. ^ The remaining six teams with the highest point totals, regardless of conference, also advance to the playoffs.

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
30 11 7 12 32 36  −4 40 6 3 6 13 16  −3 5 4 6 19 20  −1

Last updated: May 24, 2016.
Source: Match reports

Results

April 11, 2010 1 Vancouver Whitecaps 2–0 NSC Minnesota Stars Burnaby
19:00 CDT (UTC−5) Orgill  16'
Tsiskaridze  43'
Bellisomo 62'
Knight  70'
James 76'
Summary Gotsmanov  21'
Friedland  61'
Kallman  86'
Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 4,934
Referee: Mathieu Bourdeau
April 16, 2010 2 Carolina RailHawks 0–1 NSC Minnesota Stars Cary
19:00 CDT (UTC−5) Summary Wasson 37' 48'
Bracalello  70'
Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 1,694
April 18, 2010 3 Puerto Rico Islanders 3–1 NSC Minnesota Stars Bayamón
20:05 CDT (UTC−5) Foley 13'
Addlery 17'
Gbandi 51' 67'
Delgado  61'
Summary Hlavaty 85'
Allen  90'
Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium
Attendance: 2,498
April 24, 2010 4 NSC Minnesota Stars 1–0 Tampa Bay Rowdies Blaine
20:00 CDT (UTC−5) Altman  16'
Kallman  32'
Leilei 34' (pen.) 86'
Arango  68'
Summary Christie  28'
Kljestan  31'
Wheeler  56'
Yamada  72'
Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 2,310
April 28, 2010 5 NSC Minnesota Stars 0–3 Rochester Rhinos Blaine
20:00 CDT (UTC−5) Arango  12'
Gotsmanov  87'
Summary Costanzo 26' 89'
Nuñez 29', 53'
Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 627
May 1, 2010 6 NSC Minnesota Stars 1–2 Austin Aztex Blaine
20:00 CDT (UTC−5) Cvilikas 36'
Wasson  44'
Tarley  72'
Summary Campbell  23'
Johnson 75'
Worthen  80'
Watson 83'
Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 753
May 8, 2010 7 Montreal Impact 2–1 NSC Minnesota Stars Montreal
14:30 CDT (UTC−5) Braz  45'
Placentino 79', 90' 90'
Summary Altman  31'
Leilei  63'
Friedland  69'
Cvilikas 78'
Menyongar  82'
Stadium: Saputo Stadium
Attendance: 12,265
Referee: Mike Edmunds
May 15, 2010 8 NSC Minnesota Stars 1–1 Miami FC Blaine
20:00 CDT (UTC−5) Menyongar 56'
Gumede  75'
Clements  83'
Summary Araujo Jr. 73' Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 1,576
May 22, 2010 9 Miami FC 1–0 NSC Minnesota Stars Fort Lauderdale
19:30 CDT (UTC−5) Araujo Jr. 71' Summary Stadium: Lockhart Stadium
Attendance: 1,793
May 27, 2010 10 Tampa Bay Rowdies 3–1 NSC Minnesota Stars Tampa
19:30 CDT (UTC−5) Kljestan 6'
Wheeler 20' (pen.) 31'
Tan 26'
Yamada  68'
Donoho  88'
Summary Van Oekel  19'
Hlavaty 38'
Clements  63'
Ukah  76'
Friedland  90'
Stadium: George M. Steinbrenner Field
Attendance: 3,886
May 29, 2010 11 NSC Minnesota Stars 3–2 St. Louis Blaine
20:00 CDT (UTC−5) Wasson 41'
Altman 72'
Hlavaty 87'
Summary Kreamalmeyer 25'
Gauchinho 69'
Cole  86'
Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 1,562
June 4, 2010 12 Rochester Rhinos 0–0 NSC Minnesota Stars Rochester
19:30 CDT (UTC−5) Roberts  57'
Pitchkolan  90'
Summary Altman Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 5,284
June 9, 2010 13 NSC Minnesota Stars 1–0 Montreal Impact Blaine
20:00 CDT (UTC−5) Cvilikas  57'
Altman  82'
Tarley 87'
Summary Pizzolitto  37'
Billy  55'
DeRoux  89'
Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 746
June 17, 2010 14 Portland Timbers 0–1 NSC Minnesota Stars Portland
22:00 CDT (UTC−5) Suzuki  8'
Joy  35'
Marcelin  52'
Summary Allen 20'
Clements  43'
Cvilikas  60'
Friedland  78'
Stadium: PGE Park
Attendance: 8,877
June 19, 2010 15 NSC Minnesota Stars 0–2 Portland Timbers Blaine
20:00 CDT (UTC−5) Moura  43' Summary Pore 6' (pen.)
McManus  14'
Danso  79'
Josten  87'
Cameron 89'
Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 1,152
June 26, 2010 16 Crystal Palace Baltimore 1–3 NSC Minnesota Stars Baltimore
17:00 CDT (UTC−5) Yoshitake 50'
Robson  88'
Summary Ukah 17'
Cvilikas 65' 90+3'
Wasson  71'
Arango 81'
Stadium: Paul Angelo Russo Stadium
Attendance: 2,348
July 4, 2010 17 NSC Minnesota Stars 0–1 Crystal Palace Baltimore Blaine
20:30 CDT (UTC−5) Arango  42'
Ukah  89'
Summary Patterson  18'
Pérez  37'
Marshall  56'
Teixeira  67'
Yoshitake 86'
Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 2,136
July 10, 2010 18 NSC Minnesota Stars 1–0 Tampa Bay Rowdies Blaine
20:10 CDT (UTC−5) Valentino 28' (o.g.)
Wasson  42'
Arango  65'
Lorenz  74'
Summary Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 1,803
July 14, 2010 19 NSC Minnesota Stars 2–2 St. Louis Blaine
21:00 CDT (UTC−5) Kallman  56'
Cvilikas 87'
Moura 90+1' 90+1'
Summary Cosgriff 43'
Salvaggione  62' 64'
Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 2,091
July 21, 2010 20 NSC Minnesota Stars 1–1 Puerto Rico Islanders Blaine
20:00 CDT (UTC−5) Tarley 24'
Altman  73'
Rodríguez  90+1'
Summary Vélez  49'
Nurse 71'
Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 872
July 25, 2010 21 Vancouver Whitecaps 1–1 NSC Minnesota Stars Burnaby
22:00 CDT (UTC−5) Nash 67' Summary Bracalello 28' Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 5,288
August 1, 2010 22 St. Louis 2–2 NSC Minnesota Stars Fenton
CDT (UTC−5) Kreamalmeyer 42', 86' (pen.) Summary Tarley 83'
Cvilikas 90'
Rodríguez  90'
Stadium: Anheuser-Busch Center
Attendance: 2,037
August 11, 2010 23 Portland Timbers 2–2 NSC Minnesota Stars Portland
22:00 CDT (UTC−5) Dike 44'
Pore 63' (pen.)
Joy  64'
Summary Allen 24'
Altman  38'
Tarley  60'
Friedland  68'
Bracalello 73'
Stadium: PGE Park
Attendance: 15,418
August 14, 2010 24 NSC Minnesota Stars 0–1 Vancouver Whitecaps Blaine
19:00 CDT (UTC−5) Summary Nash 15'
Wagner  74'
Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 1,010
August 21, 2010 25 NSC Minnesota Stars 0–1 Portland Timbers Blaine
20:15 CDT (UTC−5) Warren  66'
Tarley
Summary Pore 68' (pen.)
Dike
Purdy
Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 1,429
September 4, 2010 26 Austin Aztex 2–0 NSC Minnesota Stars Austin
20:30 CDT (UTC−5) Johnson 28', 80' 67' Summary Wasson  34'
Altman  83'
Hlavaty  90+3'
Stadium: House Park
Attendance: 3,744
September 11, 2010 27 St. Louis 0–3 NSC Minnesota Stars Fenton
20:10 CDT (UTC−5) Bloom  43'
Gauchinho  45'
Traynor  45'
Stisser
Salvaggione
Summary Bracalello 25', 45'
Allen 33'
Clements  40'
Wasson  53'
Stadium: Anheuser-Busch Center
Attendance: 2,344
September 16, 2010 28 NSC Minnesota Stars 1–0 Carolina RailHawks Blaine
20:00 CDT (UTC−5) Del Do 37' Summary McKenney  19'
Lowery  80'
Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 588
September 19, 2010 29 NSC Minnesota Stars 1–0 Vancouver Whitecaps Blaine
20:15 CDT (UTC−5) Allen  29'
Clements  36'
Del Do 49'
Summary Bellisomo  86' Stadium: National Sports Center
September 25, 2010 30 Tampa Bay Rowdies 1–3 NSC Minnesota Stars Tampa
19:30 CDT (UTC−5) Galindo  60' 73' Summary Rodríguez 14'
Bracalello 39'
Takada 44'
Gotsmanov  50'
Stadium: George M. Steinbrenner Field
Attendance: 3,006

Playoffs

October 6, 2010 Quarterfinal 1st Leg NSC Minnesota Stars 0–0 Carolina RailHawks Blaine
20:00 CDT (UTC−5) Summary Low  61' Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 686
October 9, 2010 Quarterfinal 2nd Leg Carolina RailHawks 4–0 NSC Minnesota Stars Cary
19:00 CDT (UTC−5) Heinemann  38'
Lowery  56' 84'
Paladini 64' 65'
Gardner 71'
Kallman 88' (o.g.)
Summary Arango  38'  39' Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 2,556

U.S. Open Cup

NSC Minnesota Stars entered the 2010 edition of the Open Cup at the First Round stage, defeating KC Athletics before being knocked out in the Second Round by AC St. Louis.

June 15, 2010 First round NSC Minnesota Stars 4–2 KC Athletics Blaine
20:00 CDT (UTC−5) Ukah 35', 45'
Hlavaty  45' 75'
Bracalello 71'
Summary Vermillion  27'
Hoffman 61'
Perkins 72'
Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 376
Referee: Sam Trigui
June 22, 2010 Second round NSC Minnesota Stars 0–1 St. Louis Blaine
20:00 CDT (UTC−5) Summary Cole  5'
Ambersley  29' 35'
Stisser  62'
Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 265
Referee: Elias Bazakos

Squad statistics

As of match played October 9, 2010

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player Total USL Playoffs U.S. Open Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK  USA Joe Warren 28 0 24+1 0 2 0 1 0
2 DF  NOR Thomas Granum 3 0 0+2 0 0 0 0+1 0
3 DF  CAN Andres Arango 31 1 28 1 2 0 1 0
4 MF  USA Neil Hlavaty 24 4 4+16 3 0+2 0 1+1 1
6 DF  USA Kevin Friedland 23 0 19+3 0 0 0 1 0
7 MF  BLR Andrei Gotsmanov 18 0 11+5 0 0+2 0 0 0
8 DF  USA Daniel Wasson 31 2 28 2 2 0 1 0
9 FW  USA Warren Ukah 20 3 10+9 1 0 0 1 2
10 MF  LBR Johnny Menyongar 21 1 19+1 1 0 0 1 0
11 DF  USA Chris Clements 26 0 17+5 0 2 0 2 0
12 MF  USA Leland Wright 6 0 1+4 0 0 0 1 0
13 MF  JPN Kentaro Takada 21 1 18 1 2 0 1 0
14 DF  USA Brian Kallman 17 0 12+3 0 0+1 0 1 0
15 FW  USA Devin Del Do 9 2 6+1 2 2 0 0 0
16 DF  USA Kyle Altman 32 1 29 1 2 0 1 0
17 FW  BRA Geison Moura 13 1 7+4 1 0 0 1+1 0
18 FW  LBR Melvin Tarley 25 3 17+6 3 0+1 0 1 0
19 FW  ITA Simone Bracalello 30 6 10+17 5 2 0 0+1 1
20 FW  USA Brian Cvilikas 28 5 12+14 5 0+1 0 1 0
23 MF  ARG Lucas Rodríguez 10 1 5+3 1 2 0 0 0
25 DF  USA Scott Lorenz 23 0 16+3 0 2 0 1+1 0
26 MF  USA Ely Allen 27 3 19+5 3 2 0 1 0
27 GK  LBR Louis Crayton 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
28 DF  USA Max Lipset 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
30 GK  USA Matt Van Oekel 7 0 5+1 0 0 0 1 0
Players who left NSC Minnesota Stars during the season:
21 MF  CHN Gao Leilei 11 1 8+2 1 0 0 1 0
22 FW  RSA Two-Boys Gumede 8 0 4+3 0 0 0 1 0

Goal scorers

Place Position Nation Number Name USL Playoffs U.S. Open Cup Total
1 FW 19 Simone Bracalello 5 0 1 6
2 FW 20 Brian Cvilikas 5 0 0 5
3 MF 4 Neil Hlavaty 3 0 1 4
4 FW 18 Melvin Tarley 3 0 0 3
MF 26 Ely Allen 3 0 0 3
FW 9 Warren Ukah 1 0 2 3
7 DF 8 Daniel Wasson 2 0 0 2
FW 15 Devin Del Do 2 0 0 2
9 MF 21 Gao Leilei 1 0 0 1
FW 10 Johnny Menyongar 1 0 0 1
DF 16 Kyle Altman 1 0 0 1
DF 3 Andres Arango 1 0 0 1
FW 17 Geison Moura 1 0 0 1
MF 23 Lucas Rodríguez 1 0 0 1
MF 13 Kentaro Takada 1 0 0 1
Own goal 1 0 0 1
TOTALS 32 0 4 36

Disciplinary record

Number Nation Position Name USL Playoffs U.S. Open Cup Total
1 GK Joe Warren 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
3 DF Andres Arango 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 1
4 MF Neil Hlavaty 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0
6 DF Kevin Friedland 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
7 MF Andrei Gotsmanov 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
8 DF Daniel Wasson 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
9 FW Warren Ukah 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
10 MF Johnny Menyongar 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
11 DF Chris Clements 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
14 DF Brian Kallman 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
16 DF Kyle Altman 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
17 FW Geison Moura 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
18 FW Melvin Tarley 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
19 FW Simone Bracalello 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
20 FW Brian Cvilikas 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
21 MF Gao Leilei 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
22 FW Two-Boys Gumede 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
23 MF Lucas Rodríguez 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
25 DF Scott Lorenz 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
26 MF Ely Allen 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
30 Gk Matt Van Oekel 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
TOTALS 51 5 1 1 1 0 53 6

References

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