2015 Minnesota United FC season

Minnesota United FC

2015 season
Owner	Bill McGuire
Head Coach	Manny Lagos
NASL	Spring: 4th Fall: 2nd Overall: 3rd Soccer Bowl: Semi-Finals
U.S. Open Cup	Third Round
Top goalscorer	League: Christian Ramirez (13) All: Christian Ramirez (13)
Highest home attendance	9,418 (September 19 vs. New York, Franchise record)
Lowest home attendance	5,890 (October 31 vs. San Antonio)
Average home league attendance	8,767
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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

Final Roster

as of 13 September 2015^[1]

No.	Position	Player	Nation
1	Goalkeeper	Hildebrandt, MitchMitch Hildebrandt	United States
2	Defender	Davis, JustinJustin Davis	United States
3	Defender	Dias, CristianoCristiano Dias	Brazil
4	Midfielder	Pitchkolan, AaronAaron Pitchkolan (Captain)	United States
5	Defender	Calvano, TiagoTiago Calvano	Brazil
6	Defender	Kallman, BrentBrent Kallman	United States
7	Defender	Venegas, KevinKevin Venegas	United States
8	Midfielder	, IbsonIbson	Brazil
9	Forward	Campos, PabloPablo Campos	Brazil
11	Midfielder	Alhassan, KalifKalif Alhassan	Ghana
13	Midfielder	Watson, JamieJamie Watson	United States
14	Defender	Kallman, BrianBrian Kallman	United States
16	Defender	Polak, TylerTyler Polak	United States
17	Midfielder	Silva, YagoYago Silva	Brazil
18	Forward	Mendes, DanielDaniel Mendes	Brazil
19	Midfielder	Vela, AlejandroAlejandro Vela	Mexico
20	Midfielder	Gotsmanov, AndreiAndrei Gotsmanov	Belarus
21	Forward	Ramirez, ChristianChristian Ramirez	United States
23	Midfielder	Jordan, GregGreg Jordan	United States
24	Goalkeeper	Fontein, AndrewAndrew Fontein	United States
29	Forward	Banks, J. C.J. C. Banks	United States
33	Goalkeeper	N'Djock, SammySammy N'Djock	Cameroon
77	Midfielder	Vicentini, JulianoJuliano Vicentini	Brazil
99	Forward	Moura, GeisonGeison Moura	Brazil

Transfers

Transfers In

Entry date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Fee	Ref.
11 December 2014	FW	29	J. C. Banks	Rochester Rhinos	Undisclosed	[2]
8 January 2015	MF	22	Jonny Steele	Newcastle Jets FC	Free	[3]
22 February 2015	FW	11	Kalif Alhassan	Portland Timbers	Free	[4]
23 February 2015	MF	8	Ibson	Bologna	Free	[5]
9 March 2015	GK	33	Sammy N'Djock	Antalyaspor	Free	[6]
1 April 2015	FW	99	Geison Moura	Hougang United FC	Free	[7]
12 August 2015	MF	20	Andrei Gotsmanov	Free Agent	Free	[8]
11 September 2015	MF	19	Alejandro Vela	Free Agent	Free	[9]

Transfers Out

Exit date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
4 December 2014	MF	0	Floyd Franks	n/a	Released	[10]
4 December 2014	MF	6	Mozzi Gyorio	Austin Aztex	Released	[10]
4 December 2014	FW	7	Simone Bracalello	Carolina RailHawks	Released	[10][11]
4 December 2014	MF	8	Michael Reed	Atlanta Silverbacks	Released	[12][13]
4 December 2014	MF	13	Kentaro Takada	Saint Louis FC	Released	[10][14]
4 December 2014	FW	15	Pedro Ferreira-Mendes	Atlanta Silverbacks	Released	[12][15]
4 December 2014	FW	17	Omar Daley	Oklahoma City Energy	Released	[12][16]
4 December 2014	MF	19	Rafael Burgos	SV Ried	End of Loan	[12]
4 December 2014	FW	20	Mackenzie Pridham	Whitecaps FC 2	Released	[10][17]
4 December 2014	FW	25	Nate Polak	Louisville City FC	Released	[10][18]
4 December 2014	GK	30	Matt Van Oekel	FC Edmonton	Released	[10][19]
1 July 2015	MF	10	Miguel Ibarra	Club León	Undisclosed (seven figures)	[20][21]
1 July 2015	MF	22	Jonny Steele	n/a	Released	[22]

Loans In

Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Ref.
14 July 2015	End of Season	MF	17	Yago Silva	Vasco	[23]

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

Friendlies

Seattle Sounders v Minnesota United

February 19, 2015 Preseason 1	Seattle Sounders	1–1	Minnesota United	Tucson, Arizona
12:30 CST	Cooper  45'	Report	Ibarra  50' Pitchkolan  55' Hildebrandt  55'	Stadium: Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium
Note: 60-minute scrimmage.

Indy Eleven v Minnesota United

February 25, 2015 Preseason 2	Indy Eleven	0–1	Minnesota United	Casa Grande, Arizona
12:00 CST			Alhassan  29'	Stadium: Grande Sports World
Note: 70-minute scrimmage.

Sporting Kansas City v Minnesota United

February 27, 2015 Preseason 3	Sporting Kansas City	1–0	Minnesota United	Tucson, Arizona
11:30 CST	Añor  8'		Tiago  23'	Stadium: Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium

Volta Redonda v Minnesota United

March 16, 2015 Preseason 4	Volta Redonda	2–3	Minnesota United	Pinheiral, Brazil
1:30 CST	Pedro  18' Eduardo  73'		Banks  55' Watson  67' (pen.) Mendes  80'	Stadium: CT João Havelange

Botafogo v Minnesota United

March 18, 2015 Preseason 5	Botafogo	2–0	Minnesota United	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
3:15 CST	Pimpão  84' Sassá 86'			Stadium: Estádio Olímpico João Havelange

Barra Mansa v Minnesota United

March 21, 2015 Preseason 6	Barra Mansa	3–3	Minnesota United	Pinheiral, Brazil
CST	15'  25'  52'		Campos  14' Watson  47', 65' (pen.)	Stadium: CT João Havelange

Vasco da Gama v Minnesota United

March 23, 2015 Preseason 7	Vasco da Gama	0–1	Minnesota United	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
CST			Mendes  51'	Stadium: Estádio São Januário

Minnesota United v University of Nebraska Omaha

April 3, 2015 Preseason 8	Minnesota United	1–1	University of Nebraska Omaha	Woodbury, Minnesota
9:00 CST	Ramirez  65'		E. Alihodzic  3'	Stadium: Bielenberg Sports Complex

Orlando City v Minnesota United

April 7, 2015 Preseason 9	Orlando City	2–3	Minnesota United	Sanford, Florida
12:00 CST	Róchez  12' Donovan  29'	Report	Ibarra  19' Watson  68' Campos  76' (pen.)	Stadium: Lake Sylvan Park

Minnesota United v Club León

July 18, 2015 Midseason	Minnesota United	1–1	Club León	Blaine, Minnesota
7:00 CDT	Dias  50' Kallman  57' Moura  67' Yago  90' Campos  83'	Report	Rocha  39' Burdisso  73' Montes  90'	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 9.388
Note: Miguel Ibarra will play one half for each team.

NASL Spring Championship

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New York Cosmos (C)	10	5	5	0	18	9	+9	20	2015 NASL Spring Season Winner
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	Edmonton	10	2	3	5	16	22	−6	9
11	Atlanta Silverbacks	10	1	5	4	7	13	−6	8

Source: NASL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total goal differential; 3) total goals scored; 4) head-to-head record; 5) away goal differential; 6) away goals scored
(C) 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
10	3	5	2	15	13	+2	14	2	2	1	9	8	+1	1	3	1	6	5	+1

Last updated: 15 July 2015.
Source: Match reports

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Ground	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

Last updated: June 15, 2015.
Source: Match reports
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

      Win       Loss       Draw

Tampa Bay Rowdies v Minnesota United

April 11, 2015 Match 1	Tampa Bay Rowdies	0–0	Minnesota United	St. Petersburg, Florida
6:30 p.m. CDT	Hernández  21' King  37' Mkandawire  63' Chavez  90'	Report	Venegas  12' Campos  89'	Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Attendance: 7,010 Referee: Kevin Terry Jr.

Ottawa Fury v Minnesota United

April 18, 2015 Match 2	Ottawa Fury	1–0	Minnesota United	Ottawa, Ontario
3:00 p.m. CDT	Falvey  24' Heinemann  68' Wiedeman  79'	Report	Ndjock  21'	Stadium: TD Place Stadium Attendance: 5,093 Referee: Justin Tasev

Minnesota United v San Antonio Scorpions

April 25, 2015 Match 3	Minnesota United	2–2	San Antonio Scorpions	Blaine, Minnesota
7:00 p.m. CDT	Ramirez  25',  59' (pen.) Campos  34' Ibarra  55'	Report	Tsiskaridze  8',  31' Attakora  61' Castillo  90+1' (pen.)	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 9,233 Referee: Alejandro Mariscal

FC Edmonton v Minnesota United

May 3, 2015 Match 4 Flyover Cup	FC Edmonton	2–2	Minnesota United	Edmonton, Alberta
2:00 p.m. CDT	Raudales  41' Nyassi  47' Laing  51' Watson  56' Ameobi  71' Fordyce  84'	Report	Ibarra  2' Watson  80',  85' (pen.) Campos  86'	Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 2,896 Referee: Justin Tasev

Minnesota United v Atlanta Silverbacks

May 9, 2015 Match 5	Minnesota United	1–0	Atlanta Silverbacks	Blaine, Minnesota
7:00 p.m. CDT	Campos  43' Pitchkolan  56'	Report	Okafor  76' Oppong  87'	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 9,058 Referee: Baboucarr Jallow

Indy Eleven v Minnesota United

May 16, 2015 Match 6	Indy Eleven	1–3	Minnesota United	Indianapolis, Indiana
6:30 p.m. CDT	Peña  49'	Report	Alhassan  22' Campos  35' Davis  63' Vicentini  63'	Stadium: Carroll Stadium Attendance: 10,524 Referee: David Gantar

Minnesota United v Jacksonville Armada

May 23, 2015 Match 7	Minnesota United	3–2	Jacksonville Armada	Blaine, Minnesota
7:00 p.m. CDT	Dias  1' Campos  53' (pen.),  79' Calvano  59',  82' Ibarra  76'	Report	Nicklaw  13' Scaglia  34' Trejo  69' Milien  71' Johnson  83'	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 9,012 Referee: Daniel Fitzgerald

Minnesota United v New York Cosmos

May 30, 2015 Match 8	Minnesota United	1–1	New York Cosmos	Blaine, Minnesota
7:00 p.m. CDT	Campos  9' Vicentini  30' Davis  44' Ibson  79'	Report	Moffat  22' Raúl  90'	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 9,317 Referee: Daniel Radford

Carolina RailHawks v Minnesota United

June 6, 2015 Match 9	Carolina RailHawks	1–1	Minnesota United	Cary, North Carolina
6:30 p.m. CDT	Novo  80',  86'	Report	Banks  48'	Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 4,863 Referee: Mark Kadlecik

Minnesota United v Fort Lauderdale Strikers

June 13, 2015 Match 10	Minnesota United	2–3	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	Blaine, Minnesota
7:00 p.m. CDT	Ibarra  18' (pen.) Mendes  26' Pitchkolan  38'	Report	Pinho  3', 80',  67' Angulo  78',  84'	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 9,342 Referee: Nima Saghafi

US Open Cup

Saint Louis FC v Minnesota United FC

May 27, 2015 Third round	Saint Louis FC	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p)	Minnesota United FC	Fenton, Missouri
7:00 p.m. CDT	Gaul  80' (pen.) Renken  90' Lynch  94' Gaul  114'	Report	Kallman  20' Banks  53' Ibson  114' Polak  118'	Stadium: World Wide Technology Soccer Park Attendance: 2,579 Referee: Jon Freemon
		Penalties
	Barklage Doody Gasecki		Mendes Ibson Ibarra Ramirez

NASL Fall Championship

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ottawa Fury (C)	20	13	6	1	37	15	+22	45	2015 NASL Fall Season Winner
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	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

Source: NASL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total goal differential; 3) total goals scored; 4) head-to-head record; 5) away goal differential; 6) away goals scored
(C) 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
20	11	6	3	39	26	+13	39	6	4	0	16	6	+10	5	2	3	23	20	+3

Last updated: 31 October 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
Ground	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

Last updated: 31 October 2015.
Source: Match reports
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

      Win       Loss       Draw

Carolina RailHawks v Minnesota United

July 4, 2015 Match 1	Carolina RailHawks	3–1	Minnesota United	Cary, North Carolina
4:00 p.m. CDT	Bracalello  15' Shipalane  17' Low  28' Thompson  41', 60' Da Luz  57'	Report	Mendes  26' Venegas  27' Vicentini  57' Dias  89'	Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 3,075 Referee: Robert Sibiga

Minnesota United v Ottawa Fury

July 11, 2015 Match 2	Minnesota United	1–1	Ottawa Fury	Blaine, Minnesota
7:00 p.m. CDT	Ibson  15' Ramirez  32' Pitchkolan  80' Calvano  88'	Report	Richter  11' Eustaquio  31' Heinemann  75' (pen.)	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 9,030 Referee: Nima Saghafi

Minnesota United v Jacksonville Armada

July 15, 2015 Match 3	Minnesota United	4–0	Jacksonville Armada	Blaine, Minnesota
7:00 p.m. CDT	Vicentini  13' Bre. Kallman  16' Mendes  50' Ramirez  60' Ibson  75' Banks  78' Pitchkolan  81'	Report	Keita  20', 45+' Ortiz  90+'	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 9,412 Referee: Tyler Ploeger

San Antonio Scorpions v Minnesota United

July 25, 2015 Match 4	San Antonio Scorpions	3–4	Minnesota United	San Antonio, Texas
7:30 p.m. CDT	Cann  16' Castillo  33' (pen.), 86' (pen.),  77' Chávez  44' Rusin  89' Hassli  90', 90'	Report	Ramirez  11' Calvano  15' Davis  22',  85' Ibson  37' Alhassan  48'	Stadium: Toyota Field Attendance: 7,087 Referee: Daniel Fitzgerald

Jacksonville Armada v Minnesota United

July 31, 2015 Match 5	Jacksonville Armada	3–3	Minnesota United	Jacksonville, Florida
6:00 p.m. CDT	Johnson  5',  37' Barrett 23' Nicklaw  41', 83' Keita  72' Castrillón 79' Scaglia  86'	Report	Ramirez  21' Calvano  50' Alhassan  64' Davis  78' Ibson  84'	Stadium: Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville Attendance: 6,847 Referee: Marcos De Oliveira Man of the Match: Christian Ramirez

New York Cosmos v Minnesota United

August 5, 2015 Match 6	New York Cosmos	2–1	Minnesota United	Hempstead, New York
6:00 p.m. CDT	Restrepo  13' Freeman  76' Fernandes  78' Szetela  88' Maurer  90'	Report	Ramirez  8' Campos  51' Ibson  87'	Stadium: James M. Shuart Stadium Referee: Mark Kadlecik Man of the Match: Christian Ramirez

Minnesota United v FC Edmonton

August 8, 2015 Match 7 Flyover Cup	Minnesota United	1–1	FC Edmonton	Blaine, Minnesota
7:00 p.m. CDT	Alhassan  40' Ramirez  47' (pen.) Davis  70' Vicentini  88'	Report	Raudales  34' Laing  58' Ameobi  71' de Freitas  82'	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 9,077 Referee: Daniel Radford Man of the Match: Yago Silva

Ottawa Fury v Minnesota United

August 15, 2015 Match 8	Ottawa Fury	1–2	Minnesota United	Ottawa, Ontario
6:00 p.m. CDT	Minatel  19' Wiedeman  73'	Report	Calvano  11' Ramirez  17' Silva  40' Vicentini  62' Mendes  90',  90'	Stadium: TD Place Stadium Attendance: 6,899 Referee: Lyes Arfa Man of the Match: Daniel Mendes

Tampa Bay Rowdies v Minnesota United

August 22, 2015 Match 9	Tampa Bay Rowdies	1–3	Minnesota United	St. Petersburg, Florida
6:30 p.m. CDT	Guerra  28' Sweat  51' Menjivar  90'	Report	Ibson  36' Davis  65' Vicentini  90' Mendes  90'	Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Attendance: 5,059 Referee: Rubiel Vazquez Man of the Match: Justin Davis

Minnesota United v Indy Eleven

September 2, 2015 Match 10	Minnesota United	1–0	Indy Eleven	Blaine, Minnesota
7:00 p.m. CDT	Moura  24' Pitchkolan  66' Davis  77'	Report	Richards  17'	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 7,137 Referee: Fotis Bazakos Man of the Match: Sammy N'Djock

FC Edmonton v Minnesota United

September 6, 2015 Match 11 Flyover Cup	FC Edmonton	1–1	Minnesota United	Edmonton, Alberta
4:00 p.m. CDT	Nonni  13', 25' Raudales  17' Fordyce  90'	Report	Alhassan  11'	Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 3,156 Referee: Yusri Rudolf Man of the Match: Kalif Alhassan

Minnesota United v Carolina RailHawks

September 12, 2015 Match 12	Minnesota United	3–1	Carolina RailHawks	Blaine, Minnesota
7:00 p.m. CDT	Calvano  23' Mendes  67' Scott  72' (o.g.) Campos  76',  77' Venegas  81'	Report	Danso  4' Engel  45' da Luz  71'	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 8,222 Referee: Alejandro Mariscal Man of the Match: Kevin Venegas

Atlanta Silverbacks v Minnesota United

September 15, 2015 Match 13	Atlanta Silverbacks	1–2	Minnesota United	Atlanta, Georgia
7:00 p.m. CDT	McKenzie  4' Mendes  9'	Report	Gotsmanov  7' Ramirez  28' Vicentini  60', 90' J. C. Banks  83' Vela  89'	Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park Attendance: 2,302 Referee: Nima Saghafi Man of the Match: Christian Ramirez

Minnesota United v New York Cosmos

September 19, 2015 Match 14	Minnesota United	0–0	New York Cosmos	Blaine, Minnesota
7:00 p.m. CDT	Ibson  45+' Davis  56' Calvano  90'	Report	Bover  74' Guenzatti  90+'	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 9,418 Referee: Daniel Fitzgerald Man of the Match: Sammy N'Djock

Fort Lauderdale Strikers v Minnesota United

September 26, 2015 Match 15	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	2–5	Minnesota United	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
6:00 p.m. CDT	Angulo  7', 88' Chin  52' Ramírez  54' Borrajo  70'	Report	Ramirez  12' Alhassan  27' Calvano  42' Mendes  44' Ibson  61', 87'	Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 2,903 Referee: Mathieu Bourdeau Man of the Match: Ibson

Minnesota United v Tampa Bay Rowdies

October 3, 2015 Match 16	Minnesota United	1–0	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Blaine, Minnesota
7:00 p.m. CDT	Vela  35' Ramirez  44' Jordan  74' Davis  86'	Report	Sweat  31', 41'	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 8,932 Referee: Younes Marrakchi Man of the Match: Christian Ramirez

Minnesota United v Fort Lauderdale Strikers

October 10, 2015 Match 17	Minnesota United	2–1	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	Blaine, Minnesota
7:00 p.m. CDT	Campos  6' Mendes  27' Calvano  63' Davis  90+'	Report	PC  78' Sanfilippo  85'	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 9,207 Referee: David Gantar Man of the Match: Greg Jordan

Indy Eleven v Minnesota United

October 17, 2015 Match 18	Indy Eleven	1–3	Minnesota United	Indianapolis, Indiana
6:00 p.m. CDT	Mares  39' Brown  65' Ring  83',  89'	Report	Venegas  81' Kallman  85',  89' Pitchkolan  89'	Stadium: Michael Carroll Stadium Attendance: 9,085 Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero Man of the Match: Greg Jordan

Minnesota United v Atlanta Silverbacks

October 24, 2015 Match 19	Minnesota United	1–0	Atlanta Silverbacks	Blaine, Minnesota
7:00 p.m. CDT	Ramirez  9' (pen.)	Report	McKenzie  9' Mensing  33'	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 9,212 Referee: Alex Chilowicz Man of the Match: Brent Kallman

Minnesota United v San Antonio Scorpions

October 31, 2015 Match 20	Minnesota United	2–2	San Antonio Scorpions	Blaine, Minnesota
7:00 p.m. CDT	Campos  70' (pen.) Venegas  90'	Report	Gentile  54' Castillo  85' (pen.)	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 5,890 Referee: Robert Sibiga Man of the Match: Kevin Venegas

NASL Playoffs

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	New York Cosmos	30	15	11	4	49	30	+19	56	North American Supporters' Trophy Winner 2015 NASL Spring Season Winner
2	Ottawa Fury	30	15	11	4	42	23	+19	56	2015 NASL Fall Season Winner
3	Minnesota United	30	14	11	5	54	39	+15	53	Championship Qualifier
4	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	30	11	8	11	49	40	+9	41
5	Tampa Bay Rowdies	30	10	9	11	33	37	−4	39
6	Carolina RailHawks	30	9	8	13	44	49	−5	35
7	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

Source: NASL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total goal differential; 3) total goals scored; 4) head-to-head record; 5) away goal differential; 6) away goals scored

Semi-Finals

Ottawa Fury (2) v Minnesota United (3)

November 8th, 2015	Ottawa Fury (2)	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Minnesota United (3)	Ottawa, Ontario
2:00 p.m. CST	Heinemann  9'  47', 108' Trafford  104'	Report	Calvano  2' Ramirez  7' (pen.) Ibson  45' Mendes  45' Vicentini  100' Jordan  120'	Stadium: TD Place Stadium Attendance: 9,346 Referee: Mathieu Bourdeau

Squad statistics

Appearances

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

Players with no appearances not included in the list.

As of match played 31 October 2015^[24]

No.	Pos.	Player	NASL Spring Season	NASL Fall Season	NASL Playoffs	U.S. Open Cup	Total
			Apps	Apps	Apps	Apps	Apps
1	GK	Mitch Hildebrandt	2	5	0	1	8
2	DF	Justin Davis	10	19	1	0	30
3	DF	Cristiano Dias	10	2	0	0	12
4	MF	Aaron Pitchkolan	9 (1)	18 (1)	1	1	29 (2)
5	DF	Tiago Calvano	10	18	1	0	29
6	DF	Brent Kallman	0	8	0	1	9
7	DF	Kevin Venegas	9	19	1	0	29
8	MF	Ibson	5	20	1	0 (1)	26 (1)
9	FW	Pablo Campos	8 (2)	4 (14)	0 (1)	0 (1)	12 (18)
11	MF	Kalif Alhassan	3 (4)	19 (1)	1	0	23 (5)
13	MF	Jamie Watson	2 (2)	0	0	0	2 (2)
14	DF	Brian Kallman	1 (1)	1 (1)	0	1	3 (2)
16	DF	Tyler Polak	0	1	0	1	2
17	MF	Yago Silva	0	6 (5)	0	0	6 (5)
18	FW	Daniel Mendes	5	14 (6)	1	0 (1)	20 (7)
19	MF	Alejandro Vela	0	0 (8)	0 (1)	0	0 (9)
20	MF	Andrei Gotsmanov	0	1 (5)	0	0	1 (5)
21	FW	Christian Ramirez	4 (6)	19 (1)	1	1	25 (7)
23	MF	Greg Jordan	2 (5)	14 (2)	1	1	18 (7)
29	FW	J. C. Banks	2 (4)	2 (10)	0 (1)	1	5 (15)
33	GK	Sammy N'Djock	8	15	1	0	24
77	MF	Juliano Vicentini	7	14 (1)	1	0	22 (1)
99	FW	Geison Moura	0 (2)	1 (4)	0	1	2 (6)
Players who are on loan/left Minnesota United that have appeared this season:
10	MF	Miguel Ibarra	9	0	0	1	10
22	MF	Jonny Steele	4 (1)	0	0	1	5 (1)

Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches.

As of match played 31 October 2015^[24]

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	NASL Spring Season	NASL Fall Season	NASL 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
	FW	18	Daniel Mendes	0	6	0	0	6
4	DF	2	Justin Davis	1	4	0	0	5
5	MF	11	Kalif Alhassan	1	3	0	0	4
6	MF	10	Miguel Ibarra**	3	0	0	0	3
	FW	29	J. C. Banks	1	1	0	1	3
7	DF	7	Kevin Venegas	0	2	0	0	2
	MF	77	Juliano Vicentini	1	1	0	0	2
8	MF	4	Aaron Pitchkolan	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	5	Tiago Calvano	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	6	Brent Kallman	0	1	0	0	1
	MF	13	Jamie Watson	1	0	0	0	1
#	Own Goal			0	1	0	0	1
TOTALS				15	39	1	1	56

** Players who no longer play for Minnesota United's current season

Disciplinary record

As of match played 31 October 2015^[24]

No.	Pos.	Player	NASL Spring Season		NASL Fall Season		NASL Playoffs		U.S. Open Cup		Total
5	DF	Tiago Calvano	1	0	8	0	1	0	0	0	10	0
77	MF	Juliano Vicentini	1	0	5	1	1	0	0	0	7	1
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
2	DF	Justin Davis	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
4	MF	Aaron Pitchkolan	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
18	FW	Daniel Mendes	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	4	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
3	DF	Cristiano Dias	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
11	MF	Kalif Alhassan	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
19	MF	Alejandro Vela	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
23	MF	Greg Jordan	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
10	MF	Miguel Ibarra**	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	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
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
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
99	FW	Geison Moura	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

** Players who no longer play for Minnesota United's current season

See also

• Minnesota United FC
• 2015 North American Soccer League season
• 2015 in American soccer

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