Minnesota United FC Reserves

Minnesota United FC Reserves
Full name Minnesota United FC Reserves
Nickname(s) United Reserves
Founded 2013
Ground East Ridge High School Stadium, Woodbury, MN
Ground Capacity ~1,000
Owners Bill McGuire
Head Coach Peter Rivard
League Premier League of America
Website Club home page

Established in 2013,[1][2] Minnesota United FC Reserves is an American professional soccer club based in Woodbury, Minnesota who play in the Premier League of America. The team serves as a development squad for their parent club, Minnesota United FC, member of the North American Soccer League.

Mission

Upon the establishment of the Reserve team in 2013, the head coach of the Minnesota United FC main team, Manny Lagos, clearly stressed that the primary mission of forming the new team would be building a stronger foundation for and raising competitiveness within the first team: "We want to continue to grow the vision of what the club can be. Having a Reserve team is a big piece of developing potential local players but also keep the first team competitive. When you have something like this it can grow into a lot of different areas but it’s really about building this club the right way so we can be strong and have a great culture for the future," Manny said.[3]

Season-by-season

Season Division League Wins Draw Loses Regular Season Playoffs Open Cup
2014 4 NPSL (Midwest Region) 6 2 2 7th (out of 15) Did not qualify Did not enter
2015 4 NPSL (Midwest Region) 4 6 2 8th (out of 13) Did not qualify Did not enter
2016 4 PLA (Western Conference)

Rivalries

In the NPSL the Twin Cities Derby was contested between Minnesota United FC Reserves (based in Woodbury) and Minnesota Twin Stars (based in Minnetrista). After moving to the PLA the derby continues between the Reserves and Minneapolis City SC (based in Minneapolis).

Current roster

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

No. Position Player Nation
1 Goalkeeper Acosta, AdamAdam Acosta      United States
2 Defender Aksoz, ChristopherChristopher Aksoz      United States
3 Defender Murphy, BryceBryce Murphy      United States
4 Defender Heaps, TylerTyler Heaps      United States
5 Midfielder Ghong Gilbert, KowKow Ghong Gilbert      Cameroon
7 Midfielder Galvan Yanez, RodrigoRodrigo Galvan Yanez (Captain)     Mexico
8 Midfielder Mann Jr., SamSam Mann Jr.      United States
9 Forward Oyekan, BabatundeBabatunde Oyekan      Nigeria
10 Midfielder Rosales, SaulSaul Rosales      United States
11 Defender Jaramillo, AndresAndres Jaramillo      United States
12 Midfielder Roddy, DrewDrew Roddy      United States
13 Defender Cisneros, DanielDaniel Cisneros      Mexico
14 Defender Mattison, LandyLandy Mattison      United States
17 Midfielder Saldana, JesseJesse Saldana      United States
19 Midfielder Whitsitt, BradBrad Whitsitt      United States
22 Midfielder Griffin, GrantGrant Griffin      United States
24 Midfielder Villon Jr., AbrahamAbraham Villon Jr.      United States
25 Midfielder Wexler, BenBen Wexler      United States
27 Goalkeeper Wolff, MitchellMitchell Wolff      United States
28 Forward Zamani, DogaraDogara Zamani      United States

Staff

References

  1. ↑ "Minnesota United FC Announces Reserve Team". NPSL. 19 November 2013.
  2. ↑ "Minnesota United Announces Reserves Team". Minnesota United. 19 November 2013.
  3. ↑ "Minnesota United FC Announces Reserve Team". NPSL. 19 November 2013.

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