2015 Minnesota United FC season
# 2015 Minnesota United FC season

The 2015 season will be Minnesota United FC's sixth season of existence and their fifth consecutive season playing in the North American Soccer League, the second division of the American soccer pyramid.

## Club

    As of match played November 8, 2015

| 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 26) | Oakland Golden Grizzlies | 2012 | 24 | 0 |
| 24 | Andrew Fontein | GK | (1990-03-03)3 March 1990 (aged 25) | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 2014 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Sammy Ndjock | GK | (1990-02-25)25 February 1990 (aged 25) | Antalyaspor | 2015 | 24 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Justin Davis | DF | (1988-05-06)6 May 1988 (aged 27) | New Mexico Lobos | 2011 | | |
| 3 | Cristiano | DF | (1986-05-25)25 May 1986 (aged 29) | Miami | 2011 | | |
| 5 | Tiago | DF | (1981-05-19)19 May 1981 (aged 34) | Sydney | 2014 | 55 | 1 |
| 6 | Brent Kallman | DF | (1990-10-04)4 October 1990 (aged 25) | Des Moines Menace | 2013 | 15 | 1 |
| 14 | Brian Kallman | DF | (1984-04-23)23 April 1984 (aged 31) | Minnesota Thunder | 2010 | | |
| 16 | Tyler Polak | DF | (1992-05-13)13 May 1992 (aged 23) | New England Revolution | 2014 | 5 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 4 | Aaron Pitchkolan | MF | (1983-03-14)14 March 1983 (aged 32) | San Antonio Scorpions | 2013 | | |
| 7 | Kevin Venegas | MF | (1989-07-29)29 July 1989 (aged 26) | Fullerton Titans | 2010 | | |
| 8 | Ibson | MF | (1983-11-07)7 November 1983 (aged 32) | Bologna | 2015 | 27 | 6 |
| 11 | Kalif Alhassan | MF | (1990-10-15)15 October 1990 (aged 25) | Portland Timbers | 2015 | 28 | 4 |
| 13 | Jamie Watson | MF | (1986-04-10)10 April 1986 (aged 29) | Orlando City | 2014 | 31 | 3 |
| 17 | Yago | MF | (1994-04-28)28 April 1994 (aged 21) | Loan from Vasco da Gama | 2015 | 11 | 0 |
| 19 | Alejandro Vela | MF | (1984-03-28)28 March 1984 (aged 31) | Cruz Azul | 2015 | 9 | 0 |
| 20 | Andrei Gotsmanov | MF | (1986-05-06)6 May 1986 (aged 29) | | 2015 | 51 | 3 |
| 23 | Greg Jordan | MF | (1990-04-05)5 April 1990 (aged 24) | Philadelphia Union | 2014 | 50 | 1 |
| 77 | Juliano Vicentini | MF | (1981-08-26)26 August 1981 (aged 33) | Audax | 2014 | 49 | 3 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | Pablo Campos | FW | (1983-01-29)29 January 1983 (aged 32) | San Antonio Scorpions | 2013 | 56 | 20 |
| 18 | Daniel Mendes | FW | (1981-01-18)18 January 1981 (aged 34) | Kalmar | 2015 | 53 | 15 |
| 21 | Christian Ramirez | FW | (1991-04-04)4 April 1991 (aged 24) | Charlotte Eagles | 2014 | 62 | 34 |
| 29 | J. C. Banks | FW | (1989-08-24)24 August 1989 (aged 26) | Rochester Rhinos | 2015 | 20 | 3 |
| 99 | Geison Moura | FW | (1986-07-16)16 July 1986 (aged 29) | Hougang United | 2015 | | |
| Players who left during the season ||||||||||
| 10 | Miguel Ibarra | MF | (1990-03-15)15 March 1990 (aged 25) | UC Irvine Anteaters | 2010 | 96 | 18 |
| 22 | Jonny Steele | MF | (1986-02-07)7 February 1986 (aged 29) | Newcastle Jets | 2015 | 6 | 0 |

## Transfers

### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| December 11, 2014 | FW | 29 | J. C. Banks | Rochester Rhinos | Undisclosed |
| January 8, 2015 | MF | 22 | Jonny Steele | Newcastle Jets FC | Free |
| February 22, 2015 | FW | 11 | Kalif Alhassan | Portland Timbers | Free |
| February 23, 2015 | MF | 8 | Ibson | Bologna | Free |
| March 9, 2015 | GK | 33 | Sammy N'Djock | Antalyaspor | Free |
| April 1, 2015 | FW | 99 | Geison Moura | Hougang United FC | Free |
| August 12, 2015 | MF | 20 | Andrei Gotsmanov | Free Agent | Free |
| September 11, 2015 | MF | 19 | Alejandro Vela | Free Agent | Free |

### Transfers out

| Exit date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| December 4, 2014 | MF | 0 | Floyd Franks | n/a | Released |
| December 4, 2014 | MF | 6 | Mozzi Gyorio | Austin Aztex | Released |
| December 4, 2014 | FW | 7 | Simone Bracalello | Carolina RailHawks | Released |
| December 4, 2014 | MF | 8 | Michael Reed | Atlanta Silverbacks | Released |
| December 4, 2014 | MF | 13 | Kentaro Takada | Saint Louis FC | Released |
| December 4, 2014 | FW | 15 | Pedro Ferreira-Mendes | Atlanta Silverbacks | Released |
| December 4, 2014 | FW | 17 | Omar Daley | Oklahoma City Energy | Released |
| December 4, 2014 | MF | 19 | Rafael Burgos | SV Ried | End of Loan |
| December 4, 2014 | FW | 20 | Mackenzie Pridham | Whitecaps FC 2 | Released |
| December 4, 2014 | FW | 25 | Nate Polak | Louisville City FC | Released |
| December 4, 2014 | GK | 30 | Matt Van Oekel | FC Edmonton | Released |
| July 1, 2015 | MF | 10 | Miguel Ibarra | Club León | Undisclosed (seven figures) |
| July 1, 2015 | MF | 22 | Jonny Steele | n/a | Released |

### Loans in

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Ref. |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| July 14, 2015 | End of Season | MF | 17 | Yago Silva | Vasco | |

### Management

* Nick Rogers – President
* Manny Lagos – Technical Director and Head Coach
* Carl Craig – Assistant Coach
* Donny Mark – Assistant Coach
* Paul O'Connor – Goalkeeping Coach
* Peter Rivard – Reserves Team Coach
* Craig Mallace – Director of Camps & Youth Development
* Dr. Corey Wulf – Team Doctor
* Dr. Brad Moser – Team Doctor
* Yoshiyuki Ono – Team Athletic Trainer
* David Bloomquist – Team Athletic Trainer

## Competitions

### NASL Spring Championship

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | New York Cosmos (S) | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 9 | +9 | 20 | Playoffs |
| 2 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 19 | |
| 3 | Carolina RailHawks | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 14 | |
| 4 | Minnesota United | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 13 | +2 | 14 | |
| 5 | Indy Eleven | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 13 | |
| 6 | Jacksonville Armada | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 18 | −3 | 12 | |
| 7 | San Antonio Scorpions | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | −4 | 12 | |
| 8 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 13 | −1 | 11 | |
| 9 | Ottawa Fury | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 11 | |
| 10 | FC Edmonton | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 22 | −6 | 9 | |
| 11 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 8 | |

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Last updated: July 15, 2015. Source: Match reports

**Results by round**

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Stadium | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | D | D | W | W | W | D | D | L |
| Position | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 |

**Matches**

Win  Loss  Draw

### NASL Fall Championship

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ottawa Fury (F) | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 37 | 15 | +22 | 45 | Playoffs |
| 2 | Minnesota United | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 39 | 26 | +13 | 39 | |
| 3 | New York Cosmos | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 31 | 21 | +10 | 36 | |
| 4 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 37 | 27 | +10 | 30 | |
| 5 | FC Edmonton | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 24 | +1 | 26 | |
| 6 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 27 | −3 | 25 | |
| 7 | Carolina RailHawks | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 29 | 39 | −10 | 21 | |
| 8 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 28 | −10 | 20 | |
| 9 | Indy Eleven | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 36 | −13 | 20 | |
| 10 | San Antonio Scorpions | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 30 | 37 | −7 | 19 | |
| 11 | Jacksonville Armada | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 31 | −13 | 19 | |

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Last updated: October 31, 2015. 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Stadium | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H |
| Result | L | D | W | W | D | L | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | D |
| Position | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

**Matches**

Win  Loss  Draw

### NASL Playoffs

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | New York Cosmos (C, X) | 30 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 49 | 30 | +19 | 56 | Championship qualifiers |
| 2 | Ottawa Fury | 30 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 42 | 23 | +19 | 56 | Championship qualifiers |
| 3 | Minnesota United | 30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 54 | 39 | +15 | 53 | Championship qualifiers |
| 4 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 49 | 40 | +9 | 41 | Championship qualifiers |
| 5 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 33 | 37 | −4 | 39 | |
| 6 | Carolina RailHawks | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 44 | 49 | −5 | 35 | |
| 7 | FC Edmonton | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 41 | 46 | −5 | 35 | |
| 8 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 31 | 40 | −9 | 33 | |
| 9 | Indy Eleven | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 36 | 48 | −12 | 33 | |
| 10 | San Antonio Scorpions | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 41 | 52 | −11 | 31 | |
| 11 | Jacksonville Armada | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 33 | 49 | −16 | 31 | |

* ↑ As spring season champions
* ↑ As fall season champions
* ↑ As next best teams in overall standings

## Squad statistics

    As of match played November 8, 2015

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | NASL Spring Season | NASL Spring Season | NASL Fall Season | NASL Fall Season | Playoffs | Playoffs | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | USA | Mitch Hildebrandt | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | USA | Justin Davis | 30 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Cristiano | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | USA | Aaron Pitchkolan | 31 | 1 | 9+1 | 1 | 18+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Tiago | 29 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | USA | Brent Kallman | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | USA | Kevin Venegas | 29 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Ibson | 27 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Pablo Campos | 30 | 7 | 8+2 | 4 | 4+14 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | GHA | Kalif Alhassan | 28 | 4 | 3+4 | 1 | 19+1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | USA | Jamie Watson | 4 | 1 | 2+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | USA | Brian Kallman | 5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | USA | Tyler Polak | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | BRA | Yago | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | BRA | Daniel Mendes | 27 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 14+6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | MEX | Alejandro Vela | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+8 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | BLR | Andrei Gotsmanov | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | USA | Christian Ramirez | 32 | 13 | 4+6 | 1 | 19+1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | USA | Greg Jordan | 25 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 14+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | USA | J. C. Banks | 20 | 3 | 2+4 | 1 | 2+10 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 33 | GK | CMR | Sammy Ndjock | 24 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | BRA | Juliano Vicentini | 23 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 14+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | BRA | Geison Moura | 8 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who left Minnesota United during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 10 | MF | USA | Miguel Ibarra | 10 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | NIR | Jonny Steele | 6 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

    As of match played October 31, 2015

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | NASL Spring Season | NASL Fall Season | Playoffs | U.S. Open Cup | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | FW | | 21 | Christian Ramirez | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| 2 | FW | | 9 | Pablo Campos | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | MF | | 8 | Ibson | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | FW | | 18 | Daniel Mendes | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | DF | | 2 | Justin Davis | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | MF | | 11 | Kalif Alhassan | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | MF | | 10 | Miguel Ibarra | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | FW | | 29 | J. C. Banks | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | MF | | 7 | Kevin Venegas | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | MF | | 77 | Juliano Vicentini | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | | 4 | Aaron Pitchkolan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | | 5 | Tiago | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | | 13 | Jamie Watson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | | 6 | Brent Kallman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | | | | Own goal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 15 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 56 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of match played October 31, 2015

| No. | Pos. | Player | NASL Spring Season | NASL Spring Season | NASL Fall Season | NASL Fall Season | NASL Playoffs | NASL Playoffs | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | DF | Justin Davis | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Cristiano Dias | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Aaron Pitchkolan | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Tiago Calvano | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Brent Kallman | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | Kevin Venegas | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Ibson | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Pablo Campos | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Miguel Ibarra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Kalif Alhassan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Jamie Watson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Tyler Polak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Yago Silva | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Daniel Mendes | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Alejandro Vela | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Andrei Gotsmanov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | Christian Ramirez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Greg Jordan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | J. C. Banks | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | Sammy N'Djock | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | Juliano Vicentini | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 99 | FW | Geison Moura | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
