2011 NSC Minnesota Stars season

The 2011 NSC Minnesota Stars season was the club's first season in the North American Soccer League, the second tier of the American soccer pyramid, and second season of existence.

NSC Minnesota Stars

2011 season
Owner	Paul Erickson
Head coach	Manny Lagos
Stadium	National Sports Center
NASL	6th
NASL Playoffs	Winners
U.S. Open Cup	Denied Entry
Top goalscorer	League: Simone Bracalello (6) All: Two Players (6)
Average home league attendance	1,676[1]
Home colors Away colors
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Roster

As of match played October 29, 2011^[2]

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 37)	Minnesota Thunder	2010		60	0
30	Matt Van Oekel		GK	(1986-09-20)20 September 1986 (aged 25)	Minnesota Thunder	2010		8	0
Defenders
2	Justin Davis		DF	(1988-05-06)6 May 1988 (aged 23)	New Mexico Lobos	2011		28	1
3	Cristiano		DF	(1986-05-25)25 May 1986 (aged 25)	Miami	2011		23	0
6	Kevin Friedland		DF	(1981-10-03)3 October 1981 (aged 30)	Kansas City Wizards	2010		25	0
11	Chris Clements		DF	(1987-03-02)2 March 1987 (aged 24)	Minnesota Thunder	2010		43	0
14	Brian Kallman		DF	(1984-04-23)23 April 1984 (aged 27)	Minnesota Thunder	2010		32	1
15	John Gilkerson		DF	(1985-05-06)6 May 1985 (aged 26)	Carolina RailHawks	2011		6	0
16	Kyle Altman		DF	(1986-01-31)31 January 1986 (aged 25)	Minnesota Thunder	2010		64	4
Midfielders
4	Neil Hlavaty		MF	(1986-12-27)27 December 1986 (aged 24)	Jagiellonia Białystok	2010		53	10
7	Andrei Gotsmanov		MF	(1986-05-06)6 May 1986 (aged 25)	Minnesota Thunder	2010		45	3
8	Daniel Wasson		MF	(1984-06-15)15 June 1984 (aged 27)	VfL Osnabrück	2010		31	2
10	Sandy Gbandi		MF	(1983-07-12)12 July 1983 (aged 28)	Puerto Rico Islanders	2011		5	0
13	Kentaro Takada		MF	(1983-04-13)13 April 1983 (aged 28)	Rochester Thunder	2010		42	2
17	Geison Moura		MF	(1986-07-16)16 July 1986 (aged 25)	Rockford Rampage	2010		17	1
18	Jeff Cosgriff		MF	(1987-12-26)26 December 1987 (aged 23)	AC St. Louis	2011		24	2
23	Ryan Woods		MF	(1988-05-16)16 May 1988 (aged 23)	Forest City London	2011		12	0
26	Ely Allen		MF	(1986-06-12)12 June 1986 (aged 25)	D.C. United	2010		38	3
32	Lucas Rodríguez		MF	(1986-02-08)8 February 1986 (aged 25)	Kansas City Brass	2010		36	5
77	Andy Lorei		MF	(1989-03-25)25 March 1989 (aged 22)	Real Maryland	2011		8	0
Forwards
9	Tino Nuñez		FW	(1984-08-22)22 August 1984 (aged 27)	Rochester Rhinos	2011		15	0
19	Simone Bracalello		FW	(1985-10-21)21 October 1985 (aged 26)		2010		52	12
20	Brian Cvilikas		FW	(1984-03-16)16 March 1984 (aged 27)	Minnesota Thunder	2010		41	8
21	Devin Del Do		FW	(1986-05-21)21 May 1986 (aged 25)		2010		38	7
22	Amani Walker		FW	(1989-12-16)16 December 1989 (aged 21)	Orange County Blue Star	2011		19	1
25	Anthony Hamilton		FW	(1985-08-26)26 August 1985 (aged 26)	Rochester Rhinos	2011		6	0
28	Luke Mulholland		FW	(1988-08-07)7 August 1988 (aged 23)	Wilmington Hammerheads	2011		9	2
Players away on loan
5	Jack Stewart		DF	(1983-05-29)29 May 1983 (aged 28)	Carolina RailHawks	2011		15	0
Players who left during the season
24	Scott Lorenz		DF	(1987-07-23)23 July 1987 (aged 24)	Loan from Sporting Kansas City	2011		8	0

Staff

• Head coach Manny Lagos
• Assistant coach Carl Craig
• Player Coach Kevin Friedland
• Head Athletic Trainer Jeremy Donner

Transfers

Winter

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  USA Justin Davis (from New Mexico Lobos) 3 DF  BRA Cristiano (from Miami)[3] 5 DF  USA Jack Stewart 9 FW  USA Tino Nuñez (from Rochester Rhinos)[3] 10 MF  LBR Sandy Gbandi (from Puerto Rico Islanders)[4] 15 DF  USA John Gilkerson (from Carolina RailHawks)[4] 18 MF  USA Jeff Cosgriff (from AC St. Louis)[3] 22 FW  JAM Amani Walker (from Orange County Blue Star) 23 MF  ENG Ryan Woods (from Forest City London)[4] 77 MF  USA Andy Lorei (from Real Maryland)[3]

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  NOR Thomas Granum 3 DF  CAN Andres Arango (to Tampa Bay Rowdies)[5] 9 MF  USA Warren Ukah (to Tampa Bay Rowdies) 10 MF  LBR Johnny Menyongar (to United Sikkim)[6] 12 MF  USA Leland Wright (to Sportfreunde Siegen) 18 FW  LBR Melvin Tarley 25 DF  USA Scott Lorenz (to Sporting Kansas City)[7] 27 GK  LBR Louis Crayton 28 DF  USA Max Lipset

Summer

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 24 DF  USA Scott Lorenz (loan from Sporting Kansas City)[8] 25 FW  USA Anthony Hamilton (from Rochester Rhinos) 28 FW  ENG Luke Mulholland (from Wilmington Hammerheads)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 5 DF  USA Jack Stewart (loan to Dallas)[9] 24 DF  USA Scott Lorenz (loan return to Sporting Kansas City)

Competitions

NASL

Main article: 2011 North American Soccer League season

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
4	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	28	9	11	8	35	36	−1	38	Playoff quarterfinals
5	FC Edmonton	28	10	6	12	35	40	−5	36[a]
6	NSC Minnesota Stars (C)	28	9	9	10	30	32	−2	36[a]
7	Montreal Impact	28	9	8	11	35	27	+8	35
8	Atlanta Silverbacks	28	4	4	20	25	63	−38	16

Source: NASL Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head record; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.^[10]
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. EDM: 8 pts; MIN: 2 pts

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
28	9	9	10	30	32	−2	36	5	5	4	14	10	+4	4	4	6	16	22	−6

Last updated: September 24, 2011.
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	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Stadium	A	A	A	H	H	H	H
Result	W	D	L	D	D	W	W
Position

Source: Match reports
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Atlanta Silverbacks v Minnesota Stars

April 9, 2011 1	Atlanta Silverbacks	1–2	Minnesota Stars	Atlanta
19:05 CDT (UTC−5)	Horth  30' 64' Pérez  90'	Summary	Del Do  54' Takada 57' Clements  69' Gotsmanov 90'	Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park Referee: Jose Rivero

Fort Lauderdale Strikers v Minnesota Stars

April 15, 2011 2	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	1–1	Minnesota Stars	Fort Lauderdale
19:30 CDT (UTC−5)	Wheeler  30' Coudet  48' 90' (pen.) Arguez  90'	Summary	Stewart  21' Altman  53' Allen  56' Del Do 60' Gilkerson  79'	Stadium: Lockhart Stadium

Puerto Rico Islanders v Minnesota Stars

April 26, 2011 3	Puerto Rico Islanders	3–1	Minnesota Stars	Bayamón Puerto Rico
19:05 CDT (UTC−5)	Addlery 34' Faña 39', 77' Salem  71'	Summary	Rodríguez  19' Altman 21' Gotsmanov  48'	Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium

Minnesota Stars v Carolina RailHawks

April 30, 2011 4	Minnesota Stars	1–1	Carolina RailHawks	Blaine
19:30 CDT (UTC−5)	Altman  56' Bracalello 66' Hlavaty  84'	Summary	Barbara 59' (pen.) Campos  59'  81'	Stadium: National Sports Center

Minnesota Stars v Fort Lauderdale Strikers

May 7, 2011 5	Minnesota Stars	1–1	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	Blaine
19:30 CDT (UTC−5)	Bracalello  27'  90' 88' Stewart  35' Hlavaty  89'	Summary	Coudet 35' (pen.) Arguez  58'	Stadium: National Sports Center

Minnesota Stars v Atlanta Silverbacks

May 14, 2011 6	Minnesota Stars	3–0	Atlanta Silverbacks	Blaine
19:30 CDT (UTC−5)	Cosgriff 18' Hlavaty 57' (pen.) Rodríguez 66'	Summary	Pérez  54' Schnorf  59' Quintero  69' Paulini  78'	Stadium: National Sports Center

Minnesota Stars v Puerto Rico Islanders

May 18, 2011 7	Minnesota Stars	2–0	Puerto Rico Islanders	Blaine
18:30 CDT (UTC−5)	Davis 62' Del Do 73'	Summary	Cunningham  65' Salem  85' Foley  90+2'	Stadium: National Sports Center

Edmonton v Minnesota Stars

May 23, 2011 8	Edmonton	2–1	Minnesota Stars	Edmonton
20:30 CDT (UTC−5)	Porter 26', 65' Matthijs  45' Saiko  69'	Summary	Bracalello 24'	Stadium: Foote Field

Minnesota Stars v Tampa Bay Rowdies

May 28, 2011 9	Minnesota Stars	0–0	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Blaine
19:30 CDT (UTC−5)		Summary	Ambersley  31' Hayes  43'	Stadium: National Sports Center

Puerto Rico Islanders v Minnesota Stars

June 1, 2011 10	Puerto Rico Islanders	1–1	Minnesota Stars	Bayamón Puerto Rico
19:05 CDT (UTC−5)	Addlery 38' Pitchkolan  79' Foley  87'	Summary	Rodríguez  32' Altman  45' Cosgriff  64' Bracalello 70' Cristiano  88'	Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium

Atlanta Silverbacks v Minnesota Stars

June 4, 2011 11	Atlanta Silverbacks	0–2	Minnesota Stars	Atlanta
18:30 CDT (UTC−5)	Schnorf  53' Quintero  86'	Summary	Del Do 3', 64' Rodríguez  38' Woods  62'	Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park

Fort Lauderdale Strikers v Minnesota Stars

June 11, 2011 12	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	3–0	Minnesota Stars	Fort Lauderdale
18:30 CDT (UTC−5)	Coudet  38' Granado 55' Shriver 65', 87' Laing  77'	Summary	Allen  17' Davis  49' Cristiano  62'	Stadium: Lockhart Stadium

Minnesota Stars v Edmonton

June 18, 2011 13	Minnesota Stars	1–1	Edmonton	Blaine
19:30 CDT (UTC−5)	Stewart  53' Hlavaty 56' (pen.) 64' Davis  62' Kallman  90'	Summary	Saiko 14' 19'  86' Antoniuk  36' Surprenant  63'	Stadium: National Sports Center

Minnesota Stars v Edmonton

July 4, 2011 14	Minnesota Stars	1–1	Edmonton	Blaine
19:30 CDT (UTC−5)	Stewart  47' Del Do 85'	Summary	Rago  57' Surprenant 63' Lemire  85'	Stadium: National Sports Center

Minnesota Stars v Carolina RailHawks

July 9, 2011 15	Minnesota Stars	1–0	Carolina RailHawks	Blaine
19:30 CDT (UTC−5)	Takada  68' Walker 90+3'	Summary	Campos  5' Nurse  45+2'  84' Barbara  71'	Stadium: National Sports Center

Minnesota Stars v Puerto Rico Islanders

July 17, 2011 16	Minnesota Stars	0–1	Puerto Rico Islanders	Blaine
19:30 CDT (UTC−5)		Summary	van Schaik 76'	Stadium: National Sports Center

Minnesota Stars v Montreal Impact

July 22, 2011 17	Minnesota Stars	1–0	Montreal Impact	Blaine
19:30 CDT (UTC−5)	Hlavaty 32' (pen.) Bracalello  47' Altman  57'	Summary	Testo  27' Camara  31' Bush  32' Westlake  51' Gatti  72' Lowery  77'	Stadium: National Sports Center

Montreal Impact v Minnesota Stars

August 6, 2011 18	Montreal Impact	1–3	Minnesota Stars	Montreal
19:00 CDT (UTC−5)	Testo  16' Westlake 22' 57' Pizzolitto  65' Gatti  67'	Summary	Clements  4' Hlavaty 17' (pen.) Bracalello 75', 90+4' Stewart  82'	Stadium: Saputo Stadium

Minnesota Stars v Fort Lauderdale Strikers

August 10, 2011 19	Minnesota Stars	0–1	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	Blaine
19:30 CDT (UTC−5)	Hlavaty  27' Cristiano  82' Clements  89'	Summary	Palacio  62' Nuñez 67'	Stadium: National Sports Center

Tampa Bay Rowdies v Minnesota Stars

August 13, 2011 20	Tampa Bay Rowdies	2–0	Minnesota Stars	St. Petersburg
18:00 CDT (UTC−5)	Millien 45' Sanfilippo 67' Ukah  77' Yoshitake  83'	Summary	Cosgriff  62'	Stadium: Al Lang Stadium

Carolina RailHawks v Minnesota Stars

August 17, 2011 21	Carolina RailHawks	1–1	Minnesota Stars	Cary
18:00 CDT (UTC−5)	Campos 48' Miller  52'	Summary	Rodríguez 55' Bracalello  80'	Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park

Montreal Impact v Minnesota Stars

August 20, 2011 22	Montreal Impact	2–0	Minnesota Stars	Montreal
13:30 CDT (UTC−5)	Lowery  35' Pore 45' Kreamalmeyer  75' Sebrango 83' Bush  83'	Summary		Stadium: Saputo Stadium

Minnesota Stars v Montreal Impact

August 27, 2011 23	Minnesota Stars	0–2	Montreal Impact	Blaine
19:00 CDT (UTC−5)	Bracalello  49' Davis  77'	Summary	Ubiparipović 5', 72' Sebrango  37'	Stadium: National Sports Center

Edmonton v Minnesota Stars

September 3, 2011 24	Edmonton	3–1	Minnesota Stars	Edmonton
20:30 CDT (UTC−5)	Yamada 56' Saiko 69' Antoniuk 90+2'	Summary	Altman  24' Cvilikas 44'	Stadium: Foote Field

Minnesota Stars v Tampa Bay Rowdies

September 6, 2011 25	Minnesota Stars	1–2	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Blaine
19:30 CDT (UTC−5)	Kallman 51' Takada  66'	Summary	Savage 22' Gyorio 76'	Stadium: National Sports Center

Minnesota Stars v Atlanta Silverbacks

September 10, 2011 26	Minnesota Stars	2–0	Atlanta Silverbacks	Blaine
19:30 CDT (UTC−5)	Cosgriff 12' Kallman  15' Takada  63' Altman 84' (pen.)	Summary	Hunt  72' O'Brien  80'	Stadium: National Sports Center

Tampa Bay Rowdies v Minnesota Stars

September 17, 2011 27	Tampa Bay Rowdies	1–1	Minnesota Stars	St. Petersburg
18:00 CDT (UTC−5)	King 59' Ambersley  85'	Summary	Cvilikas 54'	Stadium: Al Lang Stadium

Carolina RailHawks v Minnesota Stars

September 24, 2011 28	Carolina RailHawks	1–2	Minnesota Stars	Cary
18:00 CDT (UTC−5)	Zimmerman  30' Campos 50' Low  66'	Summary	Altman 48' (pen.) Cvilikas 52' Cosgriff  81'	Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park

NASL Playoffs

Tampa Bay v Minnesota Stars

October 1, 2011 Quarterfinal	Tampa Bay	0–1	Minnesota Stars	St. Petersburg
18:30 CDT (UTC−5)	Arango  14'	Summary	Mulholland 27' Cosgriff  50' Altman  57'	Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Attendance: 3,003

Minnesota Stars v Carolina RailHawks

October 8, 2011 Semifinal 1st leg	Minnesota Stars	1–0	Carolina RailHawks	Blaine
19:30 CDT (UTC−5)	Cvilikas  38' Gotsmanov  56' 90' Mulholland  76'	Summary	McKenney  45' Campos  67' McManus  76'	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 2,512

Carolina RailHawks v Minnesota Stars

October 15, 2011 Semifinal 2nd leg	Carolina RailHawks	4–3 (a.e.t.) (4–4 agg.) (3–5 p)	Minnesota Stars	Cary
18:00 CDT (UTC−5)	Campos 45', 61' (pen.) 45+2' Steele  57' Zimmerman 64' McKenney  66' Franks  85' Nurse  103'	Summary	Kallman  7' Gotsmanov  10' 40' Cvilikas  36' Altman  47' Rodríguez 52' Hlavaty 67' (pen.) Davis  120+4'	Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 4,002
	Penalties
	Steele Barbara Low Knighton		Hlavaty Del Do Altman Bracalello Rodríguez

Soccer Bowl

Main article: Soccer Bowl 2011

Minnesota Stars v Fort Lauderdale Strikers

October 22, 2011 1st leg	Minnesota Stars	3–1	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	Blaine
19:30 CDT (UTC−5)	Hlavaty 4' (pen.) Mulholland 53' Rodríguez 77'	Summary	Gordon  35' Ståhl  40' Davis 52' (o.g.)	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 4,511

Fort Lauderdale Strikers v Minnesota Stars

October 29, 2011 2nd leg	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	0–0 (1–3 agg.)	Minnesota Stars	Fort Lauderdale
18:30 CDT (UTC−5)	Mayen  90'	Summary		Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 6,849

U.S. Open Cup

Main article: 2011 U.S. Open Cup

The Minnesota Stars were denied entry in to the 2011 U.S. Open Cup.

Squad statistics

As of Match played October 29, 2011

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		NASL		NASL Playoffs
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	USA	Joe Warren	32	0	27	0	5	0
2	DF	USA	Justin Davis	27	1	22	1	5	0
3	DF	BRA	Cristiano	23	0	17+1	0	5	0
4	MF	USA	Neil Hlavaty	29	6	21+3	4	4+1	2
6	DF	USA	Kevin Friedland	2	0	0+2	0	0	0
7	MF	BLR	Andrei Gotsmanov	27	3	19+3	1	5	2
9	FW	USA	Tino Nuñez	15	0	8+7	0	0	0
10	MF	LBR	Sandy Gbandi	5	0	2+3	0	0	0
11	DF	USA	Chris Clements	17	0	17	0	0	0
13	MF	JPN	Kentaro Takada	21	1	15+2	1	1+3	0
14	DF	USA	Brian Kallman	15	1	8+2	1	5	0
15	DF	USA	John Gilkerson	6	0	5+1	0	0	0
16	DF	USA	Kyle Altman	32	3	27	3	5	0
17	MF	BRA	Geison Moura	4	0	1+3	0	0	0
18	MF	USA	Jeff Cosgriff	23	2	15+3	2	5	0
19	FW	ITA	Simone Bracalello	22	6	15+4	6	0+3	0
20	FW	USA	Brian Cvilikas	13	3	5+3	3	5	0
21	FW	USA	Devin Del Do	29	5	15+10	5	0+4	0
22	FW	JAM	Amani Walker	19	1	2+17	1	0	0
23	MF	ENG	Ryan Woods	12	0	5+7	0	0	0
25	FW	USA	Anthony Hamilton	6	0	2+2	0	0+2	0
26	MF	USA	Ely Allen	11	0	11	0	0	0
28	FW	ENG	Luke Mulholland	9	2	4	0	5	2
30	GK	USA	Matt Van Oekel	1	0	1	0	0	0
32	MF	ARG	Lucas Rodríguez	26	4	20+1	2	5	2
77	MF	USA	Andy Lorei	4	0	1+3	0	0	0
Players away from Minnesota Stars on loan:
5	DF	USA	Jack Stewart	15	0	15	0	0	0
Players who left Minnesota Stars during the season:
24	DF	USA	Scott Lorenz	8	0	8	0	0	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	NASL	NASL Playoffs	Total
1	FW		19	Simone Bracalello	6	0	6
	MF		4	Neil Hlavaty	4	2	6
3	FW		21	Devin Del Do	5	0	5
4	MF		32	Lucas Rodríguez	2	2	4
5	DF		16	Kyle Altman	3	0	3
	FW		20	Brian Cvilikas	3	0	3
	MF		7	Andrei Gotsmanov	1	2	3
8	MF		18	Jeff Cosgriff	2	0	2
	FW		28	Luke Mulholland	0	2	2
10	MF		13	Kentaro Takada	1	0	1
	DF		2	Justin Davis	1	0	1
	FW		22	Amani Walker	1	0	1
	DF		14	Brian Kallman	1	0	1
TOTALS					30	8	38

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	NASL		NASL Playoffs		Total
2		DF	Justin Davis	3	0	1	0	4	0
3		DF	Cristiano	3	0	0	0	3	0
4		MF	Neil Hlavaty	4	0	0	0	4	0
5		DF	Jack Stewart	5	0	0	0	5	0
7		MF	Andrei Gotsmanov	1	0	2	0	3	0
11		DF	Chris Clements	3	0	0	0	3	0
13		MF	Kentaro Takada	3	0	0	0	3	0
14		DF	Brian Kallman	2	0	1	0	3	0
15		DF	John Gilkerson	1	0	0	0	1	0
16		DF	Kyle Altman	5	0	1	0	6	0
18		MF	Jeff Cosgriff	3	0	1	0	4	0
19		FW	Simone Bracalello	5	1	0	0	5	1
20		FW	Brian Cvilikas	0	0	2	0	2	0
21		FW	Devin Del Do	1	0	0	0	1	0
23		MF	Ryan Woods	1	0	0	0	1	0
26		MF	Ely Allen	2	0	0	0	2	0
28		FW	Luke Mulholland	0	0	1	0	1	0
32		MF	Lucas Rodríguez	3	0	0	0	3	0
			TOTALS	45	1	10	0	55	1

See also