2013 Minnesota United FC season

Minnesota United FC
2013 season
OwnerBill McGuire
Head coachManny Lagos
NASLSpring: Sixth
Fall: Fourth
U.S. Open CupSecond Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Pablo Campos (13)
All: Pablo Campos (13)
Highest home attendance6,754
Lowest home attendance2,028

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 Nationality Position Date of birth (Age) Signed from Signed in Contract ends 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

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

Disciplinary record

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

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