# 2016 Minnesota United FC season

The 2016 season was Minnesota United FC's seventh season of existence and their sixth consecutive and final season playing in the North American Soccer League, the second division of the American soccer pyramid. In 2017, Minnesota United FC joined MLS as an expansion team along with Atlanta United FC.

## Club

    As of match played June 1, 2016
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Aaron Perez | GK | (1986-08-28) 28 August 1986 (age 38) | Orange County Blues | 2016 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Steward Ceus | GK | (1987-03-26) 26 March 1987 (age 37) | Atlanta Silverbacks | 2016 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Kristian Nicht | GK | (1982-04-03) 3 April 1982 (age 42) | Indy Eleven | 2016 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Sammy Ndjock | GK | (1990-02-25) 25 February 1990 (age 34) | Antalyaspor | 2015 | 33 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Justin Davis | DF | (1988-05-06) 6 May 1988 (age 36) | New Mexico Lobos | 2011 | | |
| 3 | Jeb Brovsky | DF | (1988-12-03) 3 December 1988 (age 36) | New York City | 2016 | 8 | 0 |
| 5 | Tiago | DF | (1981-05-19) 19 May 1981 (age 43) | Sydney | 2014 | 61 | 1 |
| 6 | Brent Kallman | DF | (1990-10-04) 4 October 1990 (age 34) | Des Moines Menace | 2013 | 22 | 1 |
| 31 | Damion Lowe | DF | (1993-05-05) 5 May 1993 (age 31) | Loan from Seattle Sounders FC | 2016 | 8 | 0 |
| 37 | Chris Klute | DF | (1990-03-05) 5 March 1990 (age 34) | Portland Timbers | 2016 | | |
| Midfielder ||||||||||
| 4 | Aaron Pitchkolan | MF | (1983-03-14) 14 March 1983 (age 41) | San Antonio Scorpions | 2013 | | |
| 7 | Ibson | MF | (1983-11-07) 7 November 1983 (age 41) | Bologna | 2015 | 31 | 6 |
| 13 | Jamie Watson | MF | (1986-04-10)10 April 1986 (aged 29) | Orlando City | 2014 | 32 | 3 |
| 14 | Jack Blake | MF | (1994-09-22) 22 September 1994 (age 30) | Nottingham Forest | 2016 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Lance Laing | MF | (1988-02-28) 28 February 1988 (age 36) | Edmonton | 2016 | 7 | 0 |
| 22 | Kevin Venegas | MF | (1989-07-29) 29 July 1989 (age 35) | Fullerton Titans | 2010 | | |
| 23 | Greg Jordan | MF | (1990-04-05) 5 April 1990 (age 34) | Philadelphia Union | 2014 | 51 | 1 |
| 77 | Juliano Vicentini | MF | (1981-08-26) 26 August 1981 (age 43) | Audax | 2014 | 55 | 3 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 8 | Danny Cruz | FW | (1990-01-03) 3 January 1990 (age 35) | Philadelphia Union | 2016 | 8 | 0 |
| 9 | Bernardo Añor | FW | (1988-05-24) 24 May 1988 (age 36) | Loan from Sporting Kansas City | 2016 | 6 | 0 |
| 10 | Ben Speas | FW | (1991-01-17) 17 January 1991 (age 34) | Columbus Crew | 2016 | 6 | 3 |
| 11 | Stefano Pinho | FW | (1991-01-12) 12 January 1991 (age 34) | Fluminense | 2016 | 8 | 0 |
| 15 | Ismaila Jome | FW | (1994-11-04) 4 November 1994 (age 30) | UC Santa Barbara | 2016 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Daniel Mendes | FW | (1981-01-18) 18 January 1981 (age 44) | Kalmar | 2015 | 56 | 15 |
| 21 | Christian Ramirez | FW | (1991-04-04) 4 April 1991 (age 33) | Charlotte Eagles | 2014 | 71 | 38 |
| 29 | J. C. Banks | FW | (1989-08-24) 24 August 1989 (age 35) | Rochester Rhinos | 2015 | 26 | 3 |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| December 4, 2015 | FW | 11 | Stefano Pinho | Fluminense FC | Undisclosed |
| December 15, 2015 | MF | 17 | Lance Laing | FC Edmonton | Undisclosed |
| February 5, 2016 | GK | 24 | Kristian Nicht | Indy Eleven | Free |
| February 8, 2016 | FW | 8 | Danny Cruz | Philadelphia Union | Free |
| February 12, 2016 | FW | 10 | Ben Speas | Columbus Crew | Free |
| March 4, 2016 | FW | 15 | Ismaila Jome | UC Santa Barbara | Free |
| March 28, 2016 | DF | 3 | Jeb Brovsky | New York City FC | Free |
| May 4, 2016 | GK | 12 | Steward Ceus | Atlanta Silverbacks | Free |
| May 26, 2016 | MF | 14 | Jack Blake | Nottingham Forest | Free |

### Transfers out

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

### Loans in

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | From club |
| February 17, 2016 | End of Season | FW | 9 | Bernardo Añor | Sporting Kansas City |
| March 4, 2016 | End of Season | DF | 31 | Damion Lowe | Seattle Sounders FC |
| September 7, 2016 | End of Season | DF | 37 | Chris Klute | Portland Timbers |

### 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

## Friendlies

Win  Loss  Draw

### Simple Invitational

| 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 |

### Mid-season
## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| NASL Spring Season | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 12 | +4 | 050.00 |
| NASL Fall Season | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 25 | +0 | 027.27 |
| U.S. Open Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Total | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 44 | 39 | +5 | 035.29 |
Updated to match played November 4, 2016 Source: Competitions

### NASL Spring Championship

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Indy Eleven (S) | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 18 | Playoffs |
| 2 | New York Cosmos | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 18 | |
| 3 | FC Edmonton | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 17 | |
| 4 | Minnesota United | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 12 | +4 | 16 | |
| 5 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 16 | |
| 6 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 15 | |
| 7 | Carolina RailHawks | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | −2 | 14 | |
| 8 | Rayo OKC | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 12 | |
| 9 | Ottawa Fury | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 9 | |
| 10 | Jacksonville Armada | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 7 | |
| 11 | Miami FC | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | −8 | 7 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Match reports

#### Results by round

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

#### Matches

Win  Loss  Draw

### NASL Fall Championship

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | New York Cosmos (F) | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 44 | 21 | +23 | 47 | Playoffs |
| 2 | Indy Eleven | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 36 | 25 | +11 | 37 | |
| 3 | FC Edmonton | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 14 | +2 | 36 | |
| 4 | Rayo OKC | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 28 | 21 | +7 | 35 | |
| 5 | Miami FC | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 27 | +4 | 33 | |
| 6 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 28 | −9 | 26 | |
| 7 | Carolina RailHawks | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 35 | −10 | 26 | |
| 8 | Minnesota United | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 25 | |
| 9 | Puerto Rico | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 31 | −12 | 24 | |
| 10 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 29 | 32 | −3 | 23 | |
| 11 | Jacksonville Armada | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 35 | −10 | 23 | |
| 12 | Ottawa Fury | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 26 | −3 | 22 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 |
| Stadium | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | W | W | D | D | L | L | W | D | D | D | W | L | L | L | L | D | D | W | L | L |
| Position | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 |

#### Matches

Win  Loss  Draw

### NASL Playoffs

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | New York Cosmos (C, X) | 32 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 59 | 29 | +30 | 65 | Championship qualifiers |
| 2 | Indy Eleven | 32 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 51 | 33 | +18 | 55 | Championship qualifiers |
| 3 | FC Edmonton | 32 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 21 | +4 | 53 | Championship qualifiers |
| 4 | Rayo OKC | 32 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 39 | 33 | +6 | 47 | Championship qualifiers |
| 5 | Minnesota United | 32 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 41 | 37 | +4 | 41 | |
| 6 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 32 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 31 | 40 | −9 | 41 | |
| 7 | Miami FC | 32 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 38 | 42 | −4 | 40 | |
| 8 | Carolina RailHawks | 32 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 36 | 48 | −12 | 40 | |
| 9 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 32 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 40 | 41 | −1 | 39 | |
| 10 | Ottawa Fury | 32 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 32 | 40 | −8 | 31 | |
| 11 | Jacksonville Armada | 32 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 30 | 46 | −16 | 30 | |
| 12 | Puerto Rico FC | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 31 | −12 | 24 | |

### U.S. Open Cup

Win  Loss

## Squad statistics
### Appearances

    Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.
    Players with no appearances not included in the list.
    As of match played October 30, 2016
| No. | Pos. | Player | NASL Spring Season | NASL Fall Season | U.S. Open Cup | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Player | Apps | Apps | Apps | Apps |
| 2 | DF | Justin Davis | 9 | 22 | 2 | 33 |
| 3 | DF | Jeb Brovsky | 8 | 18 | 1 | 27 |
| 4 | MF | Aaron Pitchkolan | 0 (3) | 13 (3) | 1 | 14 (6) |
| 5 | DF | Tiago Calvano | 4 (1) | 9 (1) | 1 | 13 (2) |
| 6 | DF | Brent Kallman | 9 | 20 (1) | 1 | 30 (1) |
| 7 | MF | Ibson | 3 (2) | 14 (4) | 1 (1) | 18 (7) |
| 8 | FW | Danny Cruz | 9 | 12 (1) | 3 (1) | 24 (2) |
| 9 | FW | Bernardo Añor | 4 (3) | 0 (2) | 0 | 4 (5) |
| 10 | FW | Ben Speas | 7 (1) | 10 (8) | 0 (1) | 17 (10) |
| 11 | FW | Stefano Pinho | 5 (4) | 8 (8) | 2 | 15 (12) |
| 12 | GK | Steward Ceus | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 13 | MF | Jamie Watson | 1 | 9 (3) | 0 | 10 (3) |
| 14 | MF | Jack Blake | 2 | 5 (4) | 1 | 8 (4) |
| 15 | FW | Ismaila Jome | 0 | 5 (4) | 0 | 5 (4) |
| 17 | MF | Lance Laing | 5 (3) | 7 (4) | 0 | 12 (7) |
| 18 | FW | Daniel Mendes | 0 (3) | 0 (2) | 1 | 1 (5) |
| 21 | FW | Christian Ramirez | 9 (1) | 21 | 2 | 32 (1) |
| 22 | DF | Kevin Venegas | 10 | 11 (2) | 2 | 23 (2) |
| 23 | MF | Greg Jordan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 29 | FW | J. C. Banks | 0 (5) | 13 (7) | 1 (1) | 14 (13) |
| 31 | DF | Damion Lowe | 8 (1) | 17 (1) | 2 | 27 (2) |
| 33 | GK | Sammy Ndjock | 10 | 18 | 2 | 30 |
| 37 | DF | Chris Klute | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 (2) |
| 77 | MF | Juliano Vicentini | 6 (2) | 4 (4) | 1 | 11 (6) |

### Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches.
    As of match played October 30, 2016
| Rank | Pos. | No. | Player | NASL Spring Season | NASL Fall Season | U.S. Open Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 21 | Christian Ramirez | 5 | 13 | 1 | 19 |
| 2 | MF | 11 | Stefano Pinho | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | FW | 10 | Ben Speas | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | MF | 13 | Jamie Watson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | MF | 22 | Kevin Venegas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | FW | 29 | J. C. Banks | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | MF | 31 | Damion Lowe | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | 2 | Justin Davis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | 5 | Tiago Calvano | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 7 | Ibson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 14 | Jack Blake | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | 15 | Ismaila Jome | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 17 | Lance Laing | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| # | Own Goal | Own Goal | Own Goal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 16 | 25 | 3 | 44 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of match played October 30, 2016
| No. | Pos. | Player | NASL Spring Season | NASL Spring Season | NASL Fall Season | NASL Fall Season | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup | Total | Total |
| 31 | DF | Damion Lowe | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 2 | DF | Justin Davis | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Jeb Brovsky | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Ibson | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Tiago Calvano | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | Danny Cruz | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Aaron Pitchkolan | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Brent Kallman | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Jamie Watson | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | Sammy Ndjock | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Bernardo Añor | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Ben Speas | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Lance Laing | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | Juliano Vicentini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Jack Blake | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | FW | Ismaila Jome | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | Christian Ramirez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Kevin Venegas | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | J. C. Banks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | Chris Klute | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |