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]

Roster

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

Transfers

Winter

Summer

Competitions

NASL

Standings

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[lower-alpha 1]
6 NSC Minnesota Stars (C) 28 9 9 10 30 32 2 36[lower-alpha 1]
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) Champion.
Notes:
  1. EDM: 8 pts; MIN: 2 pts

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
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

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

Matches

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

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

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

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

Squad statistics

As of Match played October 29, 2011

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player TotalNASLNASL Playoffs
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Joe Warren 32027050
2 DF Justin Davis 27122150
3 DF Cristiano 23017+1050
4 MF Neil Hlavaty 29621+344+12
6 DF Kevin Friedland 200+2000
7 MF Andrei Gotsmanov 27319+3152
9 FW Tino Nuñez 1508+7000
10 MF Sandy Gbandi 502+3000
11 DF Chris Clements 17017000
13 MF Kentaro Takada 21115+211+30
14 DF Brian Kallman 1518+2150
15 DF John Gilkerson 605+1000
16 DF Kyle Altman 32327350
17 MF Geison Moura 401+3000
18 MF Jeff Cosgriff 23215+3250
19 FW Simone Bracalello 22615+460+30
20 FW Brian Cvilikas 1335+3350
21 FW Devin Del Do 29515+1050+40
22 FW Amani Walker 1912+17100
23 MF Ryan Woods 1205+7000
25 FW Anthony Hamilton 602+200+20
26 MF Ely Allen 11011000
28 FW Luke Mulholland 924052
30 GK Matt Van Oekel 101000
32 MF Lucas Rodríguez 26420+1252
77 MF Andy Lorei 401+3000
Players away from Minnesota Stars on loan:
5 DF Jack Stewart 15015000
Players who left Minnesota Stars during the season:
24 DF Scott Lorenz 808000

Goal scorers

Place Position Nation Number Name NASL NASL Playoffs Total
1FW19Simone Bracalello606
MF4Neil Hlavaty426
3FW21Devin Del Do505
4MF32Lucas Rodríguez224
5DF16Kyle Altman303
FW20Brian Cvilikas303
MF7Andrei Gotsmanov123
8MF18Jeff Cosgriff202
FW28Luke Mulholland022
10MF13Kentaro Takada101
DF2Justin Davis101
FW22Amani Walker101
DF14Brian Kallman101
TOTALS 30838

Disciplinary record

Number Nation Position Name NASL NASL Playoffs Total
2DFJustin Davis301040
3DFCristiano300030
4MFNeil Hlavaty400040
5DFJack Stewart500050
7MFAndrei Gotsmanov102030
11DFChris Clements300030
13MFKentaro Takada300030
14DFBrian Kallman201030
15DFJohn Gilkerson100010
16DFKyle Altman501060
18MFJeff Cosgriff301040
19FWSimone Bracalello510051
20FWBrian Cvilikas002020
21FWDevin Del Do100010
23MFRyan Woods100010
26MFEly Allen200020
28FWLuke Mulholland001010
32MFLucas Rodríguez300030
TOTALS 45 1 10 0 55 1

See also

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