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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
OwnerPaul Erickson
Head coachManny Lagos
StadiumNational Sports Center
NASL6th
NASL PlayoffsWinners
U.S. Open CupDenied Entry
Top goalscorerLeague: Simone Bracalello (6)
All: Two Players (6)
Average home league attendance1,676[1]
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Roster edit

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 edit

Transfers edit

Winter edit

Summer edit

Competitions edit

NASL edit

Main article: 2011 North American Soccer League season

Standings edit

Pos Team
 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. ^ a b EDM: 8 pts; MIN: 2 pts

Results summary edit

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 edit

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728
StadiumAAAHHHH
ResultWDLDDWW
Position
Source: Match reports
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

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
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
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 edit

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
  Rodríguez

Soccer Bowl edit

Main article: Soccer Bowl 2011
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 edit

Main article: 2011 U.S. Open Cup

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

Squad statistics edit

As of Match played October 29, 2011

Appearances and goals edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

References edit

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  2. ^ "ROSTER". nscminnesota.com. NSC Minnesota. October 25, 2011. Archived from the original on October 25, 2011. Retrieved February 25, 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d "NSC Minnesota Stars Announce Four New Signings, Three Re-Signings". oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. March 22, 2011. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  4. ^ a b c "NSC Minnesota Stars Sign Three New Players, Lose One". oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. March 15, 2011. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  5. ^ "FC Tampa Bay Continues Player Spree". oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. February 21, 2011. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
  6. ^ "Johnny Menyongar Signs Contract with United Sikkim Sports Club in India". insidemnsoccer.com. IMSoccer News. February 27, 2011. Archived from the original on June 29, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
  7. ^ "Sporting KC Signs Three to MLS Contracts". sportingkc.com. Sporting Kansas City. March 1, 2011. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  8. ^ "SKC Notebook: Lorenz heading back to Minnesota". mlssoccer.com. MLS Soccer. July 29, 2011. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  9. ^ "FC Dallas signs defender Jack Stewart on loan". fcdallas.com. FC Dallas. August 16, 2011. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  10. ^ "NASL Standings".
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