2012 Minnesota Stars FC season

The 2012 Minnesota Stars FC season was the club's third year of existence and their first season under the simple moniker Minnesota Stars after being called NSC Minnesota Stars for their first two seasons of existence. The team played in the North American Soccer League, the second tier of the American soccer pyramid, for the second consecutive year.

NSC Minnesota Stars
2012 season
OwnerPaul Erickson
Head coachManny Lagos
StadiumNational Sports Center
NASL3rd
NASL PlayoffsRunners-Up
U.S. Open CupFourth round vs San Jose Earthquakes
Top goalscorerLeague: Amani Walker (7)
All: Amani Walker (9)

Outside of NASL play, the Stars competed in the 2012 U.S. Open Cup, reaching the fourth round before losing to the San Jose Earthquakes of Major League Soccer.

Background

The Minnesota Stars FC Started the 2012 Regular season as the defending NASL Champions. The home opener was scheduled at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome vs the defending NASL regular season champions, the Carolina RailHawks.

The Stars were still leagued owned at the start of the season; this could have meant that the 2012 season could have been the last season for the franchise.

On November 8, 2012, NASL announced that Dr. William McGuire would be the new owner of the Stars, saving the Stars from possible contraction.[1]

Roster

As of match played October 27, 2012
No. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (Age) Signed from Signed in Contract ends Apps. Goals
Goalkeepers
1 Mitch Hildebrandt GK (1988-11-12)12 November 1988 (aged 23) Oakland Golden Grizzlies 2012 3 0
30 Matt Van Oekel GK (1986-09-20)20 September 1986 (aged 26) Minnesota Thunder 2010 41 0
Defenders
2 Justin Davis DF (1988-05-06)6 May 1988 (aged 24) New Mexico Lobos 2011 60 2
3 Cristiano DF (1986-05-25)25 May 1986 (aged 26) Miami 2011 44 1
5 Edi Buro DF (1987-09-19)19 September 1987 (aged 25) Travnik 2012
6 Kevin Friedland DF (1981-10-03)3 October 1981 (aged 31) Kansas City Wizards 2004 33 1
14 Brian Kallman DF (1984-04-23)23 April 1984 (aged 28) Minnesota Thunder 2010 64 1
15 Evan Sassano DF (1987-11-22)22 November 1987 (aged 24) 2012
16 Kyle Altman DF (1986-01-31)31 January 1986 (aged 26) Minnesota Thunder 2010
20 Connor Tobin DF (1987-02-11)11 February 1987 (aged 25) Rochester Rhinos 2012
28 Ernest Tchoupe DF (1987-12-23)23 December 1987 (aged 24) Expreso Rojo 2012
Midfielders
4 Neil Hlavaty MF (1986-12-27)27 December 1986 (aged 25) Jagiellonia Białystok 2010 85 13
8 Daniel Wasson MF (1984-06-15)15 June 1984 (aged 28) VfL Osnabrück 2010
13 Kentaro Takada MF (1983-04-13)13 April 1983 (aged 29) Rochester Thunder 2010
19 Shawn Chin MF (1989-05-11)11 May 1989 (aged 23) Edmonton 2012
22 Kevin Venegas MF (1989-07-29)29 July 1989 (aged 23) Fullerton Titans 2010 23 2
23 Miguel Ibarra MF (1990-03-15)15 March 1990 (aged 22) UC Irvine Anteaters 2012 31 5
24 Michael Reed MF (1987-10-28)28 October 1987 (aged 24) PSC Soccer Academy 2012
32 Lucas Rodríguez MF (1986-02-08)8 February 1986 (aged 26) Kansas City Brass 2010
77 Andy Lorei MF (1989-03-25)25 March 1989 (aged 23) Real Maryland 2011
Forwards
7 Fuad Ibrahim FW (1991-08-15)15 August 1991 (aged 21) 2012
9 Martin Nuñez FW (1987-02-02)2 February 1987 (aged 25) Fort Lauderdale Strikers 2012
10 Simone Bracalello FW (1985-10-21)21 October 1985 (aged 27) 2010 83 20
11 Amani Walker FW (1989-12-16)16 December 1989 (aged 22) Orange County Blue Star 2011 48 10
17 Geison Moura MF (1986-07-16)16 July 1986 (aged 26) Rockford Rampage 2010
21 Devin Del Do FW (1986-05-21)21 May 1986 (aged 26) 2010
26 Travis Wall FW (1990-01-04)4 January 1990 (aged 22) Columbus Crew 2012
Players away on loan
Players who left during the season

Transfers

Winter

Summer

Friendlies

March 9, 2012 Chicago Fire Soccer Club 3–1 Minnesota Stars Bridgeview
10:00 CDT (UTC−5) Report Stadium: Toyota Park Practice Field
March 9, 2012 Chicago Fire Reserves 1–1 Minnesota Stars Bridgeview
12:30 CDT (UTC−5) Report Stadium: Toyota Park Practice Field
March 16, 2012 Hastings College 1–2 Minnesota Stars Hastings
14:00 CDT (UTC−5) Report
March 18, 2012 Omaha Mavericks 1–2 Minnesota Stars Omaha
13:00 CDT (UTC−5) Report Stadium: Creighton University
April 2, 2012 Minnesota Stars 2–0 Edmonton Minneapolis
13:00 CDT (UTC−5) Report Stadium: Minneapolis Sculpture Garden

Competitions

NASL

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
4 Carolina RailHawks 28 10 10 8 44 46 2 40 Playoff quarterfinals
5 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 28 9 9 10 40 46 6 36
6 Minnesota United 28 8 11 9 34 33 +1 35
7 Atlanta Silverbacks 28 7 9 12 35 46 11 30
8 FC Edmonton 28 5 10 13 26 36 10 25
Source: NASL Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

April 7, 2012 1 Minnesota Stars 0–0 Carolina RailHawks Minneapolis
19:30 CDT (UTC−5) Takada  73' Summary Nurse  67' Stadium: Humphrey Metrodome
Attendance: 8,693
Referee: Terry Vaughn
April 14, 2012 2 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 0–0 Minnesota Stars Fort Lauderdale
18:30 CDT (UTC−5) Lorenz  83' Summary Takada  52'
Friedland  72'
Del Do  78'
Stadium: Lockhart Stadium
Attendance: 2,916
Referee: Sorin Stoica
April 22, 2012 3 Edmonton 3–4 Minnesota Stars Edmonton
15:30 CDT (UTC−5) Saiko 5'
Hatchi  7'
Hamilton 52'
Porter 63'
Rago  84'
Summary Hlavaty 8' (pen.)
Altman 16' 30'
Takada 68'
Del Do 90+2'
Stadium: Foote Field
Attendance: 1,273
Referee: Justin Tasev
April 28, 2012 4 Atlanta Silverbacks 3–3 Minnesota Stars Chamblee
18:30 CDT (UTC−5) Navia 48', 64'  81'
Santamaria 79'
Summary Walker 66'
Del Do 88'
Davis 90'  90'
Stadium: Silverbacks Park
Attendance: 4,176
May 5, 2012 5 Minnesota Stars 2–0 Atlanta Silverbacks Blaine
19:30 CDT (UTC−5) Tchoupe 24' 40'
Takada  42'
Davis  59'
Ibarra 76'
Summary Robertson  33'
Lancaster  52'
Carr  59'  88'
Cox  70'
McManus  70'  71'
Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 1,692
May 13, 2012 6 Minnesota Stars 2–1 Carolina RailHawks Blaine
19:30 CDT (UTC−5) Walker 16'
Venegas 52'
Summary Agbossoumonde  60'
da Luz 90+1'
Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 2,168
May 20, 2012 7 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 1–3 Minnesota Stars Fort Lauderdale
18:30 CDT (UTC−5) Anderson 36'
Thompson  38'
Restrepo  57'
Summary Walker 45'
Ibarra 63'
Kallman  72'
Davis  80'
Bracalello 83'
Hlavaty  90'
Stadium: Lockhart Stadium
Attendance: 2,720
Referee: Armando Villarreal
May 27, 2012 8 Tampa Bay Rowdies 0–0 Minnesota Stars St. Petersburg
18:30 CDT (UTC−5) Campbell  69' Summary Stadium: Progress Energy Park
Attendance: 3,182
Referee: Ted Unkel
June 3, 2012 9 San Antonio Scorpions 0–0 Minnesota Stars San Antonio
19:30 CDT (UTC−5) Summary Ibrahim  63' Stadium: Heroes Stadium
Attendance: 8,639
Referee: Jorge Luna
June 10, 2012 10 Carolina RailHawks 5–1 Minnesota Stars Cary
18:00 CDT (UTC−5) King 24'
Lowery  25'
Zimmerman 41'
Shriver 53'
Schilawski 61'
Garey 90+4'
Summary Bracalello 45+2'
Altman  82'
Hlavaty  82'
Davis  90'
Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 2,580
Referee: Marcos de Oliveira
June 17, 2012 11 Minnesota Stars 1–2 Tampa Bay Rowdies Blaine
19:30 CDT (UTC−5) Nuñez 8' 25'
Kallman  90+1'
Summary Yoshitake 45+1'
Hill  45+1'
Savage 85'
Ambersley  89'
Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 2,908
June 24, 2012 12 Minnesota Stars 2–1 Fort Lauderdale Strikers Blaine
19:30 CDT (UTC−5) Hlavaty 17' (pen.)
Tobin  24'
Bracalello 39'
Nuñez  69'
Summary Otte  5'
Herron  15'
Ståhl  16'
Anderson 26'
Lorenz  83'
Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 2,442
July 1, 2012 13 Tampa Bay Rowdies 2–0 Minnesota Stars St. Petersburg
19:30 CDT (UTC−5) Ambersley 55'
Yoshitake 88'
Summary Stadium: Progress Energy Park
Attendance: 2,594
Referee: Kevin Terry
July 5, 2012 14 Minnesota Stars 4–0 Puerto Rico Islanders Blaine
19:30 CDT (UTC−5) Hlavaty  15'
Nuñez 18', 55'
Bracalello 45'
Walker 81'
Report vanSchaik  78' Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 2,199
July 8, 2012 15 Minnesota Stars 0–2 Atlanta Silverbacks Blaine
19:30 CDT (UTC−5) Venegas  35' Report Horth 10'
Duran  43'
McManus  68'
Carr 75'
Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 1,728
July 13, 2012 16 Minnesota Stars 2–1 Tampa Bay Rowdies Blaine
19:30 CDT (UTC−5) Nuñez 30'
Cristiano  37'
Takada 44'
Venegas  64'
Report Ambersley 78' Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 2,164
July 19, 2012 17 Minnesota Stars 1–2 Fort Lauderdale Strikers Blaine
19:30 CDT (UTC−5) Bracalello  38' 64'
Nuñez  70'
Report Stewart  29'
Anderson 34', 42'
King  40'
Herron  62'
Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 4,034
July 22, 2012 18 Carolina RailHawks 1–0 Minnesota Stars Cary
18:00 CDT (UTC−5) Schilawski 10'
Lowery  60'
Low  72'  77'
Report E.Sassano  69'
Bracalello  81'
Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 3,158
July 29, 2012 19 Puerto Rico Islanders 1–0 Minnesota Stars Bayamón, Puerto Rico
18:30 CDT (UTC−5) Vázquez  39'
Delgado 49'  67'
Telesford  67'
Nurse  76'
Faña  81'
Report Davis  86'
Ibarra  90'
Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium
Attendance: 1,357
August 5, 2012 20 Edmonton 1–1 Minnesota Stars Edmonton
20:05 CDT (UTC−5) Barthélémy  20'
Cox 88'
Hamilton  90'
Report Nuñez 44' Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 1,536
August 12, 2012 21 Minnesota Stars 0–1 San Antonio Scorpions Blaine
19:30 CDT (UTC−5) Kallman  88'
Nuñez  90+1'
Report Wagner  26'
Denissen 71' (pen.)
Campos  77'
Knight  90+1'
Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 3,221
August 19, 2012 22 Atlanta Silverbacks 0–0 Minnesota Stars Chamblee
18:30 CDT (UTC−5) O'Brien  61'  61' Summary Altman  23'
Davis  90'
Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park
Attendance: 3,911
August 26, 2012 23 Minnesota Stars 1–1 Edmonton Blaine
19:30 CDT (UTC−5) Cristiano 17'
Davis  40'
Venegas  44'
Summary Hamilton  19'
Arguez 74'
Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 2,427
September 2, 2012 24 Minnesota Stars 1–1 San Antonio Scorpions Blaine
19:30 CDT (UTC−5) Walker 33'
Takada  45'
Kallman  63'
Summary Pitchkolan  15'
Janicki  60'
Denissen 69'  73'
Harmse  79'
Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 1,705
September 8, 2012 25 Minnesota Stars 1–1 Edmonton Blaine
19:30 CDT (UTC−5) Walker 19' Summary Cox  33'
Saiko 90+2'
Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 2,365
September 11, 2012 26 Minnesota Stars 4–0 Puerto Rico Islanders Blaine
19:30 CDT (UTC−5) Polak 16'
Ibarra 45'
Watson 46'
Walker 52'
Venegas  79'
Tobin  86'
Summary deRoux  24'
Telesford  58'
Foley  68'
Edward  87'
Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 1,402
September 15, 2012 27 Puerto Rico Islanders 2–0 Minnesota Stars Bayamón, Puerto Rico
19:30 CDT (UTC−5) Vázquez 21'
Foley 85'
Summary Tobin  36'
Nuñez  81'
Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium
Attendance: 3,331
September 23, 2012 28 San Antonio Scorpions 1–1 Minnesota Stars San Antonio
19:00 CDT (UTC−5) Campos 9'
Denissen  11'
Pitchkolan  52'
Cochrane  78'
Janicki  83'
Summary Venegas  47'
Rodríguez  58'
Friedland 69'
Stadium: Heroes Stadium
Attendance: 7,996

NASL Playoffs

September 30, 2012 Quarterfinal Puerto Rico Islanders 1–2 Minnesota Stars Bayamón, Puerto Rico
17:00 CDT (UTC−5) Nurse  68'
Foley 79'
Hansen  81'
Summary Walker 9'
Ibarra 40'
Davis  90'
Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium
Attendance: 2,002
Referee: Kevin Terry, Jr.
October 6, 2012 Semifinal 1st leg Minnesota Stars 0–0 San Antonio Scorpions Blaine
19:30 CDT (UTC−5) Bracalello  21' Summary Harmse  86' Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 2,006
Referee: Marcos Deoliveira
October 14, 2012 Semifinal 2nd leg San Antonio Scorpions 1–2
(1–2 agg.)
Minnesota Stars San Antonio
17:15 CDT (UTC−5) Ramírez  17'
Campos 25' 27'
Harmse  54'
Soto  89'
Summary Altman  27'
Hlavaty  66'
Wagner 77' (o.g.)
Bracalello 83'
Stadium: Heroes Stadium
Attendance: 6,249
Referee: Daniel Fitzgerald

Soccer Bowl

October 20, 2012 1st leg Minnesota Stars 2–0 Tampa Bay Rowdies Blaine
19:30 CDT (UTC−5) Walker 67'
Takada  84'
Nuñez 90+4'
Summary Ambersley  48' Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 4,642
Referee: Kevin Terry, Jr.
October 26, 2012 2nd leg Tampa Bay Rowdies 3–1
(3–3 agg.)
(3–2 p)
Minnesota Stars St. Petersburg
18:30 CDT (UTC−5) Cort 25' 57'
Ambersley  26'
Savage 51'
Mulholland  82'
Antoniuk 86' 90+1'
Hill  90'
Summary Davis  31'
Bracalello  45+1'
Rodríguez 52'
Stadium: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: 6,208
Referee: Alejandro Mariscal
Penalties
Mulholland
Cox
Picault
Cort
Hlavaty
Del Do
Altman
Bracalello
Rodríguez

U.S. Open Cup

May 22, 2012 Second Round Des Moines Menace 0–2 Minnesota Stars West Des Moines
19:30 CDT (UTC−5) H.Jupic  27'
J.Lopez  73'
Moloto  79'
Report
Report
Bracalello 20'
Cristiano  40'
Kallman  52'
Ibarra 84'
Venegas  85'
Stadium: Valley Stadium
May 29, 2012 Third Round Real Salt Lake 1–3 Minnesota Stars Sandy City
21:00 CDT (UTC−5) Gil 29'
Velásquez  83'
Olave  85'
Report Venegas 3'
Hlavaty 45' (pen.)
Bracalello 58'
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 17,212
Referee: Tyler Ploeger
June 5, 2012 Fourth Round San Jose Earthquakes 1–0 Minnesota Stars Santa Clara
21:00 CDT (UTC−5) Beitashour  45'
Corrales  55'
Lenhart 85'
Report Altman  42'
Davis  60'
Kallman  90+3'
Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium
Attendance: 1,548

Squad statistics

As of Match played October 26, 2012

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player TotalNASLNASL PlayoffsU.S. Open Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK  USA Mitch Hildebrandt 30300000
2 DF  USA Justin Davis 3212415030
3 DF  BRA Cristiano 21117+210020
4 MF  USA Neil Hlavaty 32323+125031
5 MF  BIH Edi Buro 200+200000
6 DF  USA Kevin Friedland 815+21000+10
7 FW  USA Fuad Ibrahim 402+200000
8 MF  USA Daniel Wasson 804+400000
9 FW  URU Martin Nuñez 28616+950+3100
10 FW  ITA Simone Bracalello 31815+855132
11 FW  JAM Amani Walker 29916+57522+10
12 MF  USA Jamie Watson 81315000
13 MF  JPN Kentaro Takada 29222+222+3000
14 DF  USA Brian Kallman 3202405030
15 DF  USA Evan Sassano 30300000
16 DF  USA Kyle Altman 2512015000
17 FW  BRA Geison Moura 501+400000
19 MF  USA Shawn Chin 501+400000
20 DF  USA Connor Tobin 1609+205000
21 FW  USA Devin Del Do 1825+1120+2000
22 MF  USA Kevin Venegas 23215+510031
23 MF  USA Miguel Ibarra 3152335131
24 MF  USA Michael Reed 706+100000
25 FW  USA Nate Polak 713+310+1000
26 FW  USA Travis Wall 201+100000
28 DF  CMR Ernest Tchoupe 1119+210000
30 GK  USA Matt Van Oekel 3302505030
32 MF  USA Lucas Rodríguez 20111+503+1100
77 MF  USA Andy Lorei 402+200000
Players who left NSC Minnesota Stars during the season:

Goal scorers

Place Position Nation Number Name NASL NASL Playoffs U.S. Open Cup Total
1FW11Amani Walker7209
2FW10Simone Bracalello5128
3FW9Martin Nuñez5106
4MF23Miguel Ibarra3115
5MF4Neil Hlavaty2013
6MF13Kentaro Takada2002
FW21Devin Del Do2002
MF22Kevin Venegas1012
9DF16Kyle Altman1001
DF2Justin Davis1001
DF28Ernest Tchoupe1001
DF3Cristiano1001
FW25Nate Polak1001
MF12Jamie Watson1001
DF6Kevin Friedland1001
MF32Lucas Rodríguez0101
Own goal0101
TOTALS 347546

Disciplinary record

Number Nation Position Name NASL NASL Playoffs U.S. Open Cup Total
2DFJustin Davis70201030
3DFCristiano10000101
4MFNeil Hlavaty30100010
6DFKevin Friedland10000010
7FWFuad Ibrahim10000010
9FWMartin Nuñez40000010
10FWSimone Bracalello20200020
13MFKentaro Takada40100010
14DFBrian Kallman40001010
15DFEvan Sassano10000010
16DFKyle Altman21101020
20DFConnor Tobin30000010
21FWDevin Del Do10000010
22MFKevin Venegas50001010
23MFMiguel Ibarra01000001
28DFErnest Tchoupe10000010
32MFLucas Rodríguez10000010
TOTALS 41 2 7 0 5 1 53 3

References

  1. Stars introduce new ownership group
  2. "Michael Reed – Signed with Minnesota Stars (NASL)". pscsocceracademy.net. PSC Soccer Academy. Retrieved February 25, 2016.
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