2016 Minnesota United FC season

Minnesota United FC

2016 season
President	Nick Rogers
Owner	Bill McGuire
Head Coach	Carl Craig
NASL	Spring: TBD Fall: TBD Overall: TBD Soccer Bowl: TBD
Top goalscorer	League: Ramirez (3) All: Ramirez (3)
Home colours Away colours
← 2015

The 2016 season will be Minnesota United FC's seventh season of existence, and their sixth consecutive season playing in the North American Soccer League, the second division of the American soccer pyramid.

Club

Current Roster

as of May 4, 2016 ^[1]

No.	Position	Player	Nation
1	Goalkeeper	Perez, AaronAaron Perez	United States
2	Defender	Davis, JustinJustin Davis	United States
3	Midfielder	Brovsky, JebJeb Brovsky	United States
4	Midfielder	Pitchkolan, AaronAaron Pitchkolan (Captain)	United States
5	Defender	Calvano, TiagoTiago Calvano	Brazil
6	Defender	Kallman, BrentBrent Kallman	United States
7	Midfielder	, IbsonIbson	Brazil
8	Midfielder	Cruz, DannyDanny Cruz	United States
9	Midfielder	Añor, BernardoBernardo Añor (On loan from Sporting Kansas City)	Venezuela
10	Forward	Speas, BenBen Speas	United States
11	Forward	Pinho, StefanoStefano Pinho	Brazil
12	Goalkeeper	Ceus, StewardSteward Ceus	Haiti
13	Midfielder	Watson, JamieJamie Watson	United States
17	Midfielder	Laing, LanceLance Laing	Jamaica
18	Forward	Mendes, DanielDaniel Mendes	Brazil
21	Forward	Ramirez, ChristianChristian Ramirez	United States
22	Defender	Venegas, KevinKevin Venegas	United States
23	Midfielder	Jordan, GregGreg Jordan	United States
24	Goalkeeper	Nicht, KristianKristian Nicht	Germany
25	Forward	Jome, IsmailaIsmaila Jome	Gambia
29	Forward	Banks, J. C.J. C. Banks	United States
31	Defender	Lowe, DamionDamion Lowe (On loan from Seattle Sounders FC)	Jamaica
33	Goalkeeper	Ndjock, SammySammy Ndjock	Cameroon
77	Midfielder	Vicentini, JulianoJuliano Vicentini	Brazil

Transfers

Transfers In

Entry date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Fee	Ref.
4 December 2015	FW	11	Stefano Pinho	Fluminense FC	Undisclosed	[2]
15 December 2015	MF	17	Lance Laing	FC Edmonton	Undisclosed	[3]
5 February 2016	GK	24	Kristian Nicht	Indy Eleven	Free	[4]
8 February 2016	FW	8	Danny Cruz	Philadelphia Union	Free	[5]
12 February 2016	FW	10	Ben Speas	Columbus Crew	Free	[6]
4 March 2016	FW	25	Ismaila Jome	UC Santa Barbara	Free	[7]
28 March 2016	DF	3	Jeb Brovsky	New York City FC	Free	[8]
4 May 2016	GK	12	Steward Ceus	Atlanta Silverbacks	Undisclosed	[9]

Transfers Out

Exit date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
7 December 2015	GK	1	Mitch Hildebrandt	FC Cincinnati	Contract Expired	[10][11]
7 December 2015	DF	16	Tyler Polak	FC Cincinnati	Contract Expired	[10][11]
17 December 2015	FW	11	Kalif Alhassan	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Option Declined	[12][13]
17 December 2015	MF	17	Yago Silva	Vasco	End of Loan	[12]
17 December 2015	MF	19	Alejandro Vela	Club Necaxa	Option Declined	[12][14]
17 December 2015	MF	99	Geison Moura	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	Contract Expired	[12][15]
30 January 2016	DF	14	Brian Kallman	n/a	Retired	[16]
1 February 2016	DF	3	Cristiano Dias		Released	[17]
1 February 2016	FW	9	Pablo Campos	Miami FC	Released	[17]
1 February 2016	GK	24	Andrew Fontein		Released	[17]
12 April 2016	MF	20	Andrei Gotsmanov		Released	[18]

Loans In

Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Ref.
17 February 2016	End of Season	MF	9	Bernardo Añor	Sporting Kansas City	[19]
4 March 2016	End of Season	DF	31	Damion Lowe	Seattle Sounders FC	[20]

Management

• Nick Rogers – President
• Manny Lagos – Sporting Director
• Carl Craig – Head Coach
• Ian Fuller – 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

      Win       Loss       Draw

Simple™ Invitational

Portland Timbers v Minnesota United

February 21, 2016 Preseason	Portland Timbers	4–0	Minnesota United	Portland, Oregon
7:00 p.m. CST	Adi  11' (pen.) Melano  36' Nagbe  56' Valeri  63' (pen.) Taylor  81'	Report	Calvano  45' Venegas  62' Walls  76'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 13,431

Minnesota United v Chicago Fire

February 24, 2016 Preseason	Minnesota United	0–4	Chicago Fire	Portland, Oregon
7:00 p.m. CST	Lowe  75'	Report	Calistri  24', 35' Polster  42' Doody  55' Bryce  62' Álvarez  88' (pen.)	Stadium: Providence Park

Vancouver Whitecaps FC v Minnesota United

February 27, 2016 Preseason	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	3–1	Minnesota United	Portland, Oregon
4:30 p.m. CST	Morales  15', 41' (pen.),  87' Rivero  31' Froese  43', 62'	Report	Venegas  48' Lowe  79'	Stadium: Providence Park

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Chicago Fire	3	3	0	0	9	2	+7	9
2	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	3	2	1	0	7	4	+3	6
3	Portland Timbers	3	1	2	0	4	4	0	3
4	Minnesota United FC	3	0	3	0	1	11	-10	0

Minnesota United v University of Nebraska Omaha

March 5, 2016 Preseason	Minnesota United	2–0	University of Nebraska Omaha	Minneapolis, Minnesota
1:00 p.m. CST	Ramirez Pitchkolan	Summary		Stadium: Parade Field

C.F. Pachuca Reserves v Minnesota United

March 9, 2016 Preseason	C.F. Pachuca Reserves	1–2	Minnesota United	Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico
11:00 a.m. CST	16'	Report	Ramirez  31' Laing  76'

Mexico U20 National Team v Minnesota United

March 12, 2016 Preseason	Mexico U20 National Team	2–2	Minnesota United	Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico
11:00 a.m. CST	10'  13'	Report	Lowe  9' Ramirez  30' Álvarez  76'	Stadium: Estadio Hidalgo

Cruz Azul v Minnesota United

March 16, 2016 Preseason	Cruz Azul	1–1	Minnesota United	Mexico City, Mexico
1:00 p.m. CST	34'	Report	Lowe  48'

Minnesota United v Club León

June 25, 2016 Midseason	Minnesota United	v	Club León	Minneapolis, Minnesota
TBA				Stadium: Target Field

NASL Spring Championship

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New York Cosmos	6	4	0	2	10	3	+7	12	2016 NASL Spring season winner
2	Carolina RailHawks	6	4	0	2	10	8	+2	12
3	Minnesota United	5	3	1	1	9	4	+5	10
4	Indy Eleven	5	2	3	0	6	4	+2	9
5	Tampa Bay Rowdies	5	2	2	1	4	4	0	8
6	Edmonton	6	2	2	2	4	4	0	8
7	Rayo OKC	5	2	1	2	7	7	0	7
8	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	5	1	2	2	5	7	−2	5
9	Ottawa Fury	6	1	2	3	5	9	−4	5
10	Jacksonville Armada	5	1	1	3	3	6	−3	4
11	Miami	6	0	2	4	5	12	−7	2

Updated to match(es) played on May 7, 2016. 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

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
4	3	0	1	7	2	+5	9	2	0	0	4	0	+4	1	0	1	3	2	+1

Source: Match reports

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Ground	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	W	W
Position	11	3	2	2

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

April 2, 2016 Match 1	Carolina RailHawks	2–1	Minnesota United	Cary, North Carolina
12:00 p.m. CST	Shipalane  13' da Luz  26' Beckie  40' Mensing  88'	Report	Ramirez  3' Calvano  54' Banks  83'	Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 4,159 Referee: Matthieu Bourdeau

FC Edmonton v Minnesota United

April 10, 2016 Match 2 Flyover Cup	FC Edmonton	0–2	Minnesota United	Edmonton, Alberta
3:00 p.m. CST	Roberts  47'	Report	Speas  16', 55' Vicentini  32'	Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 2,731 Referee: David Barrie

Minnesota United v Fort Lauderdale Strikers

April 16, 2016 Match 3	Minnesota United	3–0	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	Blaine, Minnesota
7:00 p.m. CST	Lowe  40' Ramirez  45+' Cruz  48' Brovsky  66' Zapata  69' (o.g.)	Report	Moura  22' Fernandes  40'	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 9,050 Referee: Caleb Mendez

Minnesota United v New York Cosmos

April 23, 2016 Match 4	Minnesota United	1–0	New York Cosmos	Blaine, Minnesota
7:00 p.m. CST	Lowe  25', 53' Añor  66' Davis  81' Ramirez  90',  90+' Calvano  90+'	Report	Kranjčar  28' Freeman  90+'	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 9,078 Referee: Chris Penso

Ottawa Fury v Minnesota United

May 8, 2016 Match 5	Ottawa Fury	v	Minnesota United	Ottawa, Ontario
1:00 p.m. CST				Stadium: TD Place Stadium

Minnesota United v Jacksonville Armada

May 14, 2016 Match 6	Minnesota United	v	Jacksonville Armada	Blaine, Minnesota
7:00 p.m. CST				Stadium: National Sports Center

Indy Eleven v Minnesota United

May 21, 2016 Match 7	Indy Eleven	v	Minnesota United	Indianapolis, Indiana
6:30 p.m. CST				Stadium: Michael Carroll Stadium

Minnesota United v Tampa Bay Rowdies

May 28, 2016 Match 8	Minnesota United	v	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Blaine, Minnesota
7:00 p.m. CST				Stadium: National Sports Center

Rayo OKC v Minnesota United

June 4, 2016 Match 9	Rayo OKC	v	Minnesota United	Yukon, Oklahoma
8:00 p.m. CST				Stadium: Miller Stadium

Minnesota United v Miami FC

June 11, 2016 Match 10	Minnesota United	v	Miami FC	Blaine, Minnesota
7:00 p.m. CST				Stadium: National Sports Center

NASL Fall Championship

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Carolina RailHawks	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2016 NASL Fall season winner
2	Edmonton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Indy Eleven	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Jacksonville Armada	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Miami	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Minnesota United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	New York Cosmos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Ottawa Fury	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Puerto Rico	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Rayo OKC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Tampa Bay Rowdies	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on July 2, 2016. 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

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
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result
Position

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

Matches

      Win       Loss       Draw

Minnesota United v Carolina RailHawks

July 2, 2016 Match 1	Minnesota United	v	Carolina RailHawks	Blaine, Minnesota
7:00 p.m. CST				Stadium: National Sports Center

Indy Eleven v Minnesota United

July 9, 2016 Match 2	Indy Eleven	v	Minnesota United	Indianapolis, Indiana
6:30 p.m. CST				Stadium: Michael Carroll Stadium

Minnesota United v Indy Eleven

July 16, 2016 Match 3	Minnesota United	v	Indy Eleven	Blaine, Minnesota
7:00 p.m. CST				Stadium: National Sports Center

Minnesota United v Fort Lauderdale Strikers

July 23, 2016 Match 4	Minnesota United	v	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	Blaine, Minnesota
7:00 p.m. CST				Stadium: National Sports Center

Rayo OKC v Minnesota United

July 30, 2016 Match 5	Rayo OKC	v	Minnesota United	Yukon, Oklahoma
8:00 p.m. CST				Stadium: Miller Stadium

Minnesota United v Puerto Rico FC

August 3, 2016 Match 6	Minnesota United	v	Puerto Rico FC	Blaine, Minnesota
7:00 p.m. CST				Stadium: National Sports Center

Minnesota United v Miami FC

August 6, 2016 Match 7	Minnesota United	v	Miami FC	Blaine, Minnesota
7:00 p.m. CST				Stadium: National Sports Center

FC Edmonton v Minnesota United

August 14, 2016 Match 8 Flyover Cup	FC Edmonton	v	Minnesota United	Edmonton, Alberta
3:00 p.m. CST				Stadium: Clarke Stadium

Minnesota United v Tampa Bay Rowdies

August 17, 2016 Match 9	Minnesota United	v	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Blaine, Minnesota
7:00 p.m. CST				Stadium: National Sports Center

Jacksonville Armada v Minnesota United

August 20, 2016 Match 10	Jacksonville Armada	v	Minnesota United	Jacksonville, Florida
6:00 p.m. CST				Stadium: Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville

Miami FC v Minnesota United

August 27, 2016 Match 11	Miami FC	v	Minnesota United	Miami, FL
7:00 p.m. CST				Stadium: FIU Stadium

Fort Lauderdale Strikers v Minnesota United

August 31, 2016 Match 12	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	v	Minnesota United	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
6:30 p.m. CST				Stadium: Lockhart Stadium

Minnesota United v Rayo OKC

September 3, 2016 Match 13	Minnesota United	v	Rayo OKC	Blaine, Minnesota
7:00 p.m. CST				Stadium: National Sports Center

New York Cosmos v Minnesota United

September 10, 2016 Match 14	New York Cosmos	v	Minnesota United	Hempstead, New York
6:00 p.m. CST				Stadium: James M Shuart Stadium

Minnesota United v Ottawa Fury

September 17, 2016 Match 15	Minnesota United	v	Ottawa Fury	Blaine, Minnesota
7:00 p.m. CST				Stadium: National Sports Center

Ottawa Fury v Minnesota United

September 24, 2016 Match 16	Ottawa Fury	v	Minnesota United	Ottawa, Ontario
6:00 p.m. CST				Stadium: TD Place Stadium

Minnesota United v Jacksonville Armada

October 1, 2016 Match 17	Minnesota United	v	Jacksonville Armada	Blaine, Minnesota
7:00 p.m. CST				Stadium: National Sports Center

Tampa Bay Rowdies v Minnesota United

October 5, 2016 Match 18	Tampa Bay Rowdies	v	Minnesota United	St. Petersburg, Florida
6:30 p.m. CST				Stadium: Al Lang Stadium

Puerto Rico FC v Minnesota United

October 8, 2016 Match 19	Puerto Rico FC	v	Minnesota United	Bayamón, Puerto Rico
6:30 p.m. CST				Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium

Minnesota United v FC Edmonton

October 15, 2016 Match 20 Flyover Cup	Minnesota United	v	FC Edmonton	Blaine, Minnesota
7:00 p.m. CST				Stadium: National Sports Center

Carolina RailHawks v Minnesota United

October 22, 2016 Match 21	Carolina RailHawks	v	Minnesota United	Cary, North Carolina
6:30 p.m. CST				Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park

Minnesota United v New York Cosmos

October 29, 2016 Match 22	Minnesota United	v	New York Cosmos	Blaine, Minnesota
7:00 p.m. CST				Stadium: National Sports Center

See also

• Minnesota United FC
• 2016 North American Soccer League season
• 2016 in American soccer

References

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2. "Stefano Pinho Signs With United". Minnesota United FC. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
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6. "Ben Speas Signs For Minnesota United". Minnesota United FC. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
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