2011 NSC Minnesota Stars season

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
Home colors	Away colors
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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.

Roster

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

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	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

Transfers

Winter

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
2	DF	Justin Davis (from New Mexico Lobos)
3	DF	Cristiano (from Miami)^[3]
5	DF	Jack Stewart
9	FW	Tino Nuñez (from Rochester Rhinos)^[3]
10	MF	Sandy Gbandi (from Puerto Rico Islanders)^[4]
15	DF	John Gilkerson (from Carolina RailHawks)^[4]
18	MF	Jeff Cosgriff (from AC St. Louis)^[3]
22	FW	Amani Walker (from Orange County Blue Star)
23	MF	Ryan Woods (from Forest City London)^[4]
77	MF	Andy Lorei (from Real Maryland)^[3]

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
2	DF	Thomas Granum
3	DF	Andres Arango (to Tampa Bay Rowdies)^[5]
9	MF	Warren Ukah (to Tampa Bay Rowdies)
10	MF	Johnny Menyongar (to United Sikkim)^[6]
12	MF	Leland Wright (to Sportfreunde Siegen)
18	FW	Melvin Tarley
25	DF	Scott Lorenz (to Sporting Kansas City)^[7]
27	GK	Louis Crayton
28	DF	Max Lipset

Summer

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
24	DF	Scott Lorenz (loan from Sporting Kansas City)^[8]
25	FW	Anthony Hamilton (from Rochester Rhinos)
28	FW	Luke Mulholland (from Wilmington Hammerheads)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
5		DF	Jack Stewart (loan to Dallas)^[9]
24		DF	Scott Lorenz (loan return to Sporting Kansas City)

Competitions

NASL

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification	Head-to-head
1	Carolina RailHawks (C)	28	17	3	8	50	26	+24	54	2011 NASL Playoffs semifinals
2	Puerto Rico Islanders	28	15	7	6	41	32	+9	52	2011 NASL Playoffs semifinals
3	Tampa Bay Rowdies	28	11	8	9	41	36	+5	41	2011 NASL Playoffs quarterfinals
4	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	28	9	11	8	35	36	−1	38
5	Edmonton	28	10	6	12	35	40	−5	36		EDM: 8 pts MIN: 2 pts
6	NSC Minnesota Stars	28	9	9	10	30	32	−2	36		EDM: 8 pts MIN: 2 pts
7	Montreal Impact	28	9	8	11	35	27	+8	35
8	Atlanta Silverbacks	28	4	4	20	25	63	−38	16

Updated to games played on September 24, 2011.
Source: NASL Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.
In the case of two or more teams are tied on points, the first tie-breaker is the head-to-head record among the tied teams.^[10]
(C) denotes regular 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
28	9	9	10	30	32	−2	36	5	5	4	14	10	+4	4	4	6	16	22	−6

Last updated: 24 September 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
Ground
Result
Position

Last updated: 26 January 2016.
Source: Match reports
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 Rodriguez

Soccer Bowl

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

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

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

Squad Statistics

As of Match played October 29, 2011

Appearances and goals

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

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Number	Name	NASL	NASL Playoffs	Total
1	FW	19	Simone Bracalello	6	0	6
1	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
8	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
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

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2011 NSC Minnesota Stars season

Contents

Roster

Staff

Transfers

Winter

Summer

Competitions

NASL

Standings

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

NASL Playoffs

Soccer Bowl

U.S. Open Cup

Squad Statistics

Appearances and goals

Goal scorers

Disciplinary Record

References

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