# 2019 Minnesota United FC season

The 2019 Minnesota United FC season was the tenth season of Minnesota United FC's existence and their third season in Major League Soccer, the top-tier of American soccer. It was the first season that United played at Allianz Field, their new home stadium. They were coached by Adrian Heath. Outside of MLS, Minnesota United also participated in the 2019 U.S. Open Cup, as well as various preseason competitions.

## Club

| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from |
| Goalkeepers ||||||
| 1 | Vito Mannone | GK | (1988-03-02) 2 March 1988 (age 36) | Reading |
| 97 | Dayne St. Clair (GA) | GK | (1997-05-09) 9 May 1997 (age 27) | Maryland |
| Defenders ||||||
| 2 | Carter Manley | DF | (1996-04-29) 29 April 1996 (age 28) | Duke |
| 3 | Ike Opara | DF | (1989-02-21) 21 February 1989 (age 35) | Sporting Kansas City |
| 14 | Brent Kallman | DF | (1990-10-04) 4 October 1990 (age 34) | Minnesota United FC (NASL) |
| 15 | Michael Boxall | DF | (1988-08-18) 18 August 1988 (age 36) | SuperSport United |
| 19 | Romain Métanire | DF | (1990-03-28) 28 March 1990 (age 34) | Stade Reims |
| 22 | Wyatt Omsberg | DF | (1995-09-21) 21 September 1995 (age 29) | Dartmouth |
| 77 | Chase Gasper | DF | (1996-01-25) 25 January 1996 (age 28) | Maryland |
| 86 | Wilfried Moimbé | DF | (1988-10-18) 18 October 1988 (age 35) | AS Nancy |
| Midfielder ||||||
| 6 | Osvaldo Alonso | MF | (1985-11-11) 11 November 1985 (age 38) | Seattle Sounders FC |
| 7 | Kevin Molino | MF | (1990-06-17) 17 June 1990 (age 34) | Orlando City SC |
| 8 | Ján Greguš (DP) | MF | (1991-01-29) 29 January 1991 (age 33) | F.C. Copenhagen |
| 10 | Miguel Ibarra | MF | (1990-03-15) 15 March 1990 (age 34) | Club León |
| 11 | Thomás Chacón (DP) | MF | (2000-08-17) 17 August 2000 (age 24) | Danubio FC |
| 12 | Lawrence Olum | MF | (1984-07-10) 10 July 1984 (age 40) | Portland Timbers |
| 13 | Ethan Finlay | MF | (1990-08-06) 6 August 1990 (age 34) | Columbus Crew |
| 16 | Robin Lod | MF | (1997-08-06) 6 August 1997 (age 27) | Sporting Gijón |
| 17 | Collin Martin | MF | (1994-11-09) 9 November 1994 (age 29) | D.C. United |
| 20 | Rasmus Schüller | MF | (1991-06-18) 18 June 1991 (age 33) | BK Häcken |
| 25 | Darwin Quintero (DP) | MF | (1987-09-19) 19 September 1987 (age 37) | Club America |
| 31 | Hassani Dotson | MF | (1997-08-06) 6 August 1997 (age 27) | Oregon State |
| Forwards ||||||
| 9 | Ángelo Rodríguez | FW | (1989-04-04) 4 April 1989 (age 35) | Deportes Tolima |
| 23 | Mason Toye (GA) | FW | (1998-10-16) 16 October 1998 (age 25) | Indiana |
| 99 | Abu Danladi (GA) | FW | (1995-10-18) 18 October 1995 (age 28) | UCLA |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From club |
| December 20, 2018 | MF | 8 | Ján Greguš | F.C. Copenhagen |
| January 10, 2019 | MF | 6 | Osvaldo Alonso | Seattle Sounders FC |
| January 25, 2019 | DF | 19 | Romain Métanire | Stade Reims |
| January 28, 2019 | DF | 3 | Ike Opara | Sporting Kansas City |
| March 15, 2019 | MF | 12 | Lawrence Olum | Portland Timbers |
| July 16, 2019 | MF | 16 | Robin Lod | Sporting Gijón |
| July 23, 2019 | DF | 86 | Wilfried Moimbé | AS Nancy |
| August 7, 2019 | MF | 11 | Thomás Chacón | Danubio FC |

### MLS SuperDraft

Any player marked with a * is part of the Generation Adidas program.
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Previous club | Status |
| 1 | 7 | Dayne St. Clair* | Goalkeeper | Maryland | Signed |
| 1 | 15 | Chase Gasper | Defender | Maryland | Signed |
| 2 | 31 | Hassani Dotson | Midfield | Oregon State | Signed |
| 4 | 75 | Kevin Rodriguez | Forward | NIU | Not signed |
| 4 | 94 | Mitch Osmond | Defender | Rio Grande | Not signed |
* ^ Acquired from FC Dallas via Chicago Fire for $50,000 in General Allocation Money
* ^ Acquired from Orlando City SC along with the #1 spot in the MLS Waiver Order and additional fourth round selection in exchange for the #4 spot in the MLS Waiver Order and a second round selection in the 2020 MLS SuperDraft
* ^ Acquired from New York Red Bulls via Orlando City SC along with the #1 spot in the MLS Waiver Order and additional fourth round selection in exchange for the #4 spot in the MLS Waiver Order and a second round selection in the 2020 MLS SuperDraft

### Transfers out

| Exit date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Notes |
| November 26, 2018 | DF | 3 | Jérôme Thiesson | FC Rapperswil-Jona | Option declined |
| November 26, 2018 | MF | 7 | Ibson | Tombense FC | Option declined |
| November 26, 2018 | DF | 8 | Marc Burch | Memphis 901 FC | Option declined |
| November 26, 2018 | MF | 12 | Fernando Bob | Free agent | Option declined |
| November 26, 2018 | MF | 16 | Harrison Heath | Miami FC | Contract expired |
| November 26, 2018 | MF | 19 | Frantz Pangop | SC Rheindorf Altach | Option declined |
| November 26, 2018 | GK | 24 | Alex Kapp | Free agent | Option declined |
| November 26, 2018 | MF | 26 | Collen Warner | FC Helsingør | Option declined |
| November 26, 2018 | DF | 27 | Bertrand Owundi | Forge FC | Option declined |
| November 26, 2018 | GK | 28 | Matt Lampson | LA Galaxy | Option declined |
| November 26, 2018 | MF | 29 | Maximiniano | Fluminense FC | Loan expired |
| November 26, 2018 | MF | 32 | Alexi Gomez | Club Universitario de Deportes | Loan expired |
| November 26, 2018 | MF | | Johan Venegas | Saprissa | Contract expired |
| March 1, 2019 | MF | | Sam Cronin | Retired | Contract buyout |
| May 4, 2019 | DF | 5 | Francisco Calvo | Chicago Fire | Traded |
| July 29, 2019 | DF | 4 | Eric Miller | New York City FC | Traded |

### Loans in

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Ref. |
| February 10, 2019 | January 1, 2020 | GK | 1 | Vito Mannone | Reading | |
| March 4, 2019 | End of season | MF | | Ally Hamis Ng'anzi | MFK Vyškov | |

### Loans out

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | To club |
| March 4, 2019 | End of season | MF | | Ally Hamis Ng'anzi | Forward Madison FC |
| May 21, 2019 | June 2020 | MF | 11 | Romario Ibarra | Pachuca |
| August 6, 2019 | End of Season | GK | 33 | Bobby Shuttleworth | Sacramento Republic FC |

## Friendlies

Win  Loss  Draw

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| MLS | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 52 | 43 | +9 | 044.12 |
| U.S. Open Cup | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 7 | +9 | 080.00 |
| MLS Cup Playoffs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | 40 | 19 | 8 | 13 | 69 | 52 | +17 | 047.50 |
Updated to match played Nov. 10th, 2019 Source: Competitions

### MLS

2019 MLS Western Conference standings :
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Los Angeles FC (P, S) | 34 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 85 | 37 | +48 | 72 | Playoffs Conference Semifinals & 2020 CONCACAF Champions League |
| 2 | Seattle Sounders FC (P, C) | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 51 | 49 | +2 | 56 | Playoffs first round & 2020 CONCACAF Champions League |
| 3 | Real Salt Lake (P, L) | 34 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 45 | 41 | +4 | 53 | Playoffs first round & 2020 Leagues Cup |
| 4 | Minnesota United FC (P, L) | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 52 | 42 | +10 | 53 | Playoffs first round & 2020 Leagues Cup |
| 5 | LA Galaxy (P, L) | 34 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 56 | 55 | +1 | 51 | Playoffs first round & 2020 Leagues Cup |
| 6 | Portland Timbers (P, L) | 34 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 49 | 48 | +1 | 49 | Playoffs first round & 2020 Leagues Cup |
| 7 | FC Dallas (P) | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 48 | 46 | +2 | 48 | Playoffs first round |
| 8 | San Jose Earthquakes | 34 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 51 | 52 | −1 | 44 | |
| 9 | Colorado Rapids | 34 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 57 | 60 | −3 | 42 | |
| 10 | Houston Dynamo | 34 | 12 | 18 | 4 | 45 | 57 | −12 | 40 | |
| 11 | Sporting Kansas City | 34 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 49 | 67 | −18 | 38 | |
| 12 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 34 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 37 | 58 | −21 | 34 | |
* ↑ As MLS Cup 2019 champions
* ↑ Canadian clubs could not qualify for the 2020 CONCACAF Champions League through MLS play.

#### Overall table

2019 MLS regular season standings :
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Los Angeles FC (S) | 34 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 85 | 37 | +48 | 72 | 2020 CONCACAF Champions League |
| 2 | New York City FC | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 63 | 42 | +21 | 64 | 2020 CONCACAF Champions League |
| 3 | Atlanta United FC (U) | 34 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 58 | 43 | +15 | 58 | 2020 CONCACAF Champions League |
| 4 | Seattle Sounders FC (C) | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 52 | 49 | +3 | 56 | 2020 CONCACAF Champions League |
| 5 | Philadelphia Union | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 58 | 50 | +8 | 55 | |
| 6 | Real Salt Lake | 34 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 46 | 41 | +5 | 53 | |
| 7 | Minnesota United FC | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 52 | 43 | +9 | 53 | |
| 8 | LA Galaxy | 34 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 58 | 59 | −1 | 51 | |
| 9 | Toronto FC | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 57 | 52 | +5 | 50 | |
| 10 | D.C. United | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 42 | 38 | +4 | 50 | |
| 11 | Portland Timbers | 34 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 52 | 49 | +3 | 49 | |
| 12 | New York Red Bulls | 34 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 53 | 51 | +2 | 48 | |
| 13 | FC Dallas | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 54 | 46 | +8 | 48 | |
| 14 | New England Revolution | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 50 | 57 | −7 | 45 | |
| 15 | San Jose Earthquakes | 34 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 52 | 55 | −3 | 44 | |
| 16 | Colorado Rapids | 34 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 58 | 63 | −5 | 42 | |
| 17 | Chicago Fire | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 55 | 47 | +8 | 42 | |
| 18 | Montreal Impact (V) | 34 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 47 | 60 | −13 | 41 | 2020 CONCACAF Champions League |
| 19 | Houston Dynamo | 34 | 12 | 18 | 4 | 49 | 59 | −10 | 40 | |
| 20 | Columbus Crew SC | 34 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 39 | 47 | −8 | 38 | |
| 21 | Sporting Kansas City | 34 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 49 | 67 | −18 | 38 | |
| 22 | Orlando City SC | 34 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 44 | 52 | −8 | 37 | |
| 23 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 34 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 37 | 59 | −22 | 34 | |
| 24 | FC Cincinnati | 34 | 6 | 22 | 6 | 31 | 75 | −44 | 24 | |
* ↑ As Supporters' Shield champions (USA2)
* ↑ As Eastern Conference regular season champions (USA3)
* ↑ As 2019 U.S. Open Cup champions (USA4)
* ↑ As MLS Cup 2019 champions (USA1)
* ↑ As 2019 Canadian Championship champions (CAN1)

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: Sept 2, 2019. 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 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Stadium | A | A | A | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | W | W | L | L | W | D | L | D | W | D | L | W | W | L | L | L | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | L | W | D | L | W | L | W | D | W | D | L |

#### Matches
### MLS Cup Playoffs
#### First round

Win  Loss  Draw

### U.S. Open Cup
## Statistics
### Player statistics

    As of July 18, 2019
Appearances (Apps.) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only including sub appearances Red card numbers denote: Numbers in parentheses represent red cards overturned for wrongful dismissal.
| No. | Nat. | Player | Pos. | MLS | MLS | MLS | MLS | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup | Total | Total | Total | Total |
| No. | Nat. | Player | Pos. | Apps | | | | Apps | | | | Apps | | | |
| 1 | | Vito Mannone | GK | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | | Carter Manley | DF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | | Ike Opara | DF | 16(1) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18(1) | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | | Eric Miller | DF | 5(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | | Osvaldo Alonso | MF | 19 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | | Kevin Molino | MF | 4(4) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5(4) | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | | Ján Greguš | MF | 17 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | | Ángelo Rodríguez | FW | 15(5) | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18(5) | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | | Miguel Ibarra | MF | 13(4) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1(1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14(5) | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | | Lawrence Olum | MF | 2(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4(3) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | | Ethan Finlay | MF | 14(6) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2(1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16(7) | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | | Brent Kallman | DF | 12(2) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12(2) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | | Michael Boxall | DF | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | | Collin Martin | MF | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | | Romain Métanire | DF | 14 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 20 | | Rasmus Schuller | MF | 10(4) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10(4) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | | Wyatt Omsberg | DF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | | Mason Toye | FW | 1(4) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0(3) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1(7) | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | | Darwin Quintero | MF | 16(2) | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19(2) | 11 | 3 | 0 |
| 31 | | Hassani Dotson | MF | 7(5) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10(5) | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | | Chase Gasper | DF | 4(1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7(1) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 97 | | Dayne St. Clair | GK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | | Abu Danladi | FW | 4(9) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4(9) | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Players who left the club in trade or on loan ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | | Francisco Calvo | DF | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | | Romario Ibarra | MF | 4(4) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4(4) | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | | Bobby Shuttleworth | GK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | | 2 | | | | 0 | | | | 2 | | |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | | 37 | 34 | 2 | | 13 | 5 | 0 | | 50 | 39 | 2 |
Source: (for players and positions) First Team Squad (for squad numbers), 2019 Stats (for actual stats.)

### Clean sheets

    As of February 20, 2020
| No. | Player | MLS | US Open Cup | Total |
| 1 | Mannone | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| Total | Total | 11 | 0 | 11 |

### Attendance

    As of August 11, 2019
| Total | Games | Average | Season highest |
| 236,974 | 12 | 19,748 | 19,906 |

#### By game

| Date | Opponent | Attendance | Score |
| April 13 | New York City FC | 19,796 | 3–3 |
| April 25 | LA Galaxy | 19,779 | 0–0 |
| April 28 | D.C. United | 19,620 | 1–0 |
| May 10 | Seattle Sounders FC | 19,832 | 1–1 |
| May 18 | Columbus Crew SC | 19,600 | 1–0 |
| May 25 | Houston Dynamo | 19,701 | 1–0 |
| June 2 | Philadelphia Union | 19,738 | 2–3 |
| June 29 | FC Cincinnati | 19,778 | 7–1 |
| July 3 | San Jose Earthquakes | 19,653 | 3–1 |
| July 13 | FC Dallas | 19,906 | 1–0 |
| July 27 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 19,845 | 0–0 |
| Aug 4 | Portland Timbers | 19,726 | 1–0 |
| Aug 14 | Colorado Rapids | 19,629 | 1–0 |