# 2014 Minnesota United FC season

The 2014 season was Minnesota United FC's fifth season of existence and their fourth consecutive season playing in the North American Soccer League, the second division of the American soccer pyramid.

## Roster

    As of match played November 8, 2014
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Mitch Hildebrandt | GK | (1988-11-12)12 November 1988 (aged 25) | Oakland Golden Grizzlies | 2012 | 16 | 0 |
| 24 | Andrew Fontein | GK | (1990-03-03)3 March 1990 (aged 24) | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 2014 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Matt Van Oekel | GK | (1986-09-20)20 September 1986 (aged 28) | Minnesota Thunder | 2010 | 80 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Justin Davis | DF | (1988-05-06)6 May 1988 (aged 26) | New Mexico Lobos | 2011 | | |
| 3 | Cristiano | DF | (1986-05-25)25 May 1986 (aged 28) | Miami | 2011 | | |
| 5 | Tiago | DF | (1981-05-19)19 May 1981 (aged 33) | Sydney | 2014 | 26 | 0 |
| 14 | Brian Kallman | DF | (1984-04-23)23 April 1984 (aged 30) | Minnesota Thunder | 2010 | | |
| 16 | Tyler Polak | DF | (1992-05-13)13 May 1992 (aged 22) | New England Revolution | 2014 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | Brent Kallman | DF | (1990-10-04)4 October 1990 (aged 24) | Des Moines Menace | 2013 | 6 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 0 | Floyd Franks | MF | (1984-04-05)5 April 1984 (aged 30) | Carolina RailHawks | 2013 | | |
| 4 | Aaron Pitchkolan | MF | (1983-03-14)14 March 1983 (aged 31) | San Antonio Scorpions | 2013 | | |
| 6 | Mozzi Gyorio | MF | (1989-08-01)1 August 1989 (aged 25) | Fleetwood Town | 2014 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Michael Reed | MF | (1987-10-28)28 October 1987 (aged 27) | PSC Soccer Academy | 2012 | | |
| 10 | Miguel Ibarra | MF | (1990-03-15)15 March 1990 (aged 24) | UC Irvine Anteaters | 2010 | 86 | 15 |
| 12 | Jamie Watson | MF | (1986-04-10)10 April 1986 (aged 28) | Orlando City | 2014 | 27 | 2 |
| 13 | Kentaro Takada | MF | (1983-04-13)13 April 1983 (aged 31) | Rochester Thunder | 2010 | | |
| 17 | Omar Daley | MF | (1981-04-25)25 April 1981 (aged 33) | Motherwell | 2013 | 26 | 3 |
| 22 | Kevin Venegas | MF | (1989-07-29)29 July 1989 (aged 25) | Fullerton Titans | 2010 | | |
| 23 | Greg Jordan | MF | (1990-04-05)5 April 1990 (aged 24) | Philadelphia Union | 2014 | 25 | 1 |
| 77 | Juliano Vicentini | MF | (1981-08-26)26 August 1981 (aged 33) | Audax | 2014 | 26 | 1 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | Simone Bracalello | FW | (1985-10-21)21 October 1985 (aged 29) | | 2010 | | |
| 9 | Pablo Campos | FW | (1983-01-29)29 January 1983 (aged 31) | San Antonio Scorpions | 2013 | 26 | 13 |
| 11 | Pedro Ferreira-Mendes | FW | (1990-05-13)13 May 1990 (aged 24) | Indy Eleven | 2014 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | Daniel Mendes | FW | (1981-01-18)18 January 1981 (aged 33) | Loan from Kalmar | 2014 | 26 | 9 |
| 19 | Rafael Burgos | FW | (1988-06-03)3 June 1988 (aged 26) | Loan from SV Ried | 2014 | 8 | 0 |
| 20 | Mackenzie Pridham | FW | (1990-08-13)13 August 1990 (aged 24) | Cal Poly Mustangs | 2014 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | Christian Ramirez | FW | (1991-04-04)4 April 1991 (aged 23) | Charlotte Eagles | 2014 | 30 | 21 |
| Players who left during the season ||||||||||
| 11 | Richard Garcia | MF | (1981-09-04)4 September 1981 (aged 33) | Sydney | 2014 | 2 | 0 |

### Staff

* Nick Rogers – President
* Manny Lagos – Technical Director and Head Coach
* Carl Craig – Assistant Coach
* Paul O'Connor – Goalkeeping Coach
* Donny Mark – Reserve Team Coach
* Craig Mallace – Director of Camps & Youth Development
* Dr. Corey Wulf – Team Doctor
* Dr. Brad Moser – Team Doctor
* Yoshiyuki Ono – Team Trainer

## Transfers

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | MF | CAN | Mozzi Gyorio (from Fleetwood Town) |
| 11 | FW | USA | Christian Ramirez (from Charlotte Eagles) |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Tiago Calvano (from Sydney FC) |
| 77 | MF | BRA | Juliano Vicentini (from Audax São Paulo Esporte Clube) |
| 12 | FW | USA | Jamie Watson (from Orlando City SC) |
| 23 | MF | USA | Greg Jordan (from Philadelphia Union) |
| 16 | DF | USA | Tyler Polak (from New England Revolution) |
| 18 | DF | BRA | Daniel Mendes (loan from Kalmar FF) |
| 11 | MF | AUS | Richard Garcia (from Sydney FC) |
| 20 | FW | CAN | Mackenzie Pridham (new signing, trialist) |
| 24 | GK | USA | Andrew Fontein ( Tampa Bay Rowdies) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | DF | USA | Kevin Friedland (Retired) |
| 10 | MF | USA | Mike Ambersley (to Indy Eleven) |
| 5 | DF | BIH | Edi Buro (Released) |
| 15 | MF | TRI | Sean de Silva (to Central FC) |
| 11 | FW | USA | Maxwell Griffin (Released) |
| 19 | DF | BRA | Luis Heitor-Piffer (Released) |
| 32 | MF | ARG | Lucas Rodríguez (Released) |
| 33 | GK | USA | Daryl Sattler (Released) |
| 20 | DF | USA | Connor Tobin (to Carolina RailHawks) |
| 21 | FW | USA | Travis Wall (Released) |
| 28 | MF | BIH | Siniša Ubiparipović (back to Montreal Impact) |
| 16 | MF | SCO | Calum Mallace (back to Montreal Impact) |
| 91 | MF | BRA | Geison Moura (to Hougang United) |

## Competitions
### NASL Spring Championship

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Minnesota United (S) | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 20 | Playoffs |
| 2 | New York Cosmos | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 19 | |
| 3 | San Antonio Scorpions | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 17 | |
| 4 | Carolina RailHawks | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 15 | −4 | 14 | |
| 5 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 13 | |
| 6 | Ottawa Fury | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 13 | +1 | 10 | |
| 7 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 16 | −5 | 10 | |
| 8 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 20 | −8 | 10 | |
| 9 | FC Edmonton | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 8 | |
| 10 | Indy Eleven | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 20 | −6 | 4 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: June 8, 2014. Source: Match reports

#### Results by round

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

#### Matches

Win  Loss  Draw

### NASL Fall Championship

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | San Antonio Scorpions (F) | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 15 | +15 | 35 | Playoffs |
| 2 | Minnesota United | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 19 | +12 | 35 | |
| 3 | FC Edmonton | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 18 | +5 | 29 | |
| 4 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 21 | −1 | 27 | |
| 5 | Carolina RailHawks | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 28 | −1 | 24 | |
| 6 | New York Cosmos | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 24 | −1 | 23 | |
| 7 | Indy Eleven | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 26 | −5 | 23 | |
| 8 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 34 | −9 | 20 | |
| 9 | Ottawa Fury | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 25 | −5 | 17 | |
| 10 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 30 | −10 | 13 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: November 2, 2014. 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A |
| Result | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | L | D | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | L | D |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |

#### Matches

Win  Loss  Draw

### NASL Playoffs

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Minnesota United (X) | 27 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 47 | 28 | +19 | 55 | Championship qualifiers |
| 2 | San Antonio Scorpions (C) | 27 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 43 | 24 | +19 | 52 | Championship qualifiers |
| 3 | New York Cosmos | 27 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 37 | 27 | +10 | 42 | Championship qualifiers |
| 4 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 38 | 39 | −1 | 40 | Championship qualifiers |
| 5 | Carolina RailHawks | 27 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 38 | 43 | −5 | 38 | |
| 6 | FC Edmonton | 27 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 34 | 29 | +5 | 37 | |
| 7 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 27 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 36 | 50 | −14 | 30 | |
| 8 | Ottawa Fury | 27 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 34 | 38 | −4 | 27 | |
| 9 | Indy Eleven | 27 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 35 | 46 | −11 | 27 | |
| 10 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 27 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 32 | 50 | −18 | 23 | |

#### Semi-finals
### US Open Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of match played November 8, 2014

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | NASL Spring Season | NASL Spring Season | NASL Fall Season | NASL Fall Season | Playoffs | Playoffs | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 0 | MF | USA | Floyd Franks | 13 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | USA | Mitch Hildebrandt | 11 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | USA | Justin Davis | 27 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Cristiano | 28 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | USA | Aaron Pitchkolan | 29 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Tiago | 26 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | CAN | Mozzi Gyorio | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | ITA | Simone Bracalello | 13 | 2 | 5+3 | 2 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | USA | Michael Reed | 10 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Pablo Campos | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | USA | Miguel Ibarra | 28 | 9 | 8+1 | 3 | 16+1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | USA | Jamie Watson | 19 | 1 | 4+2 | 0 | 5+5 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | JPN | Kentaro Takada | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | USA | Brian Kallman | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | BRA | Pedro Ferreira-Mendes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | USA | Tyler Polak | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | JAM | Omar Daley | 20 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 5+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | BRA | Daniel Mendes | 26 | 9 | 6+1 | 2 | 16+1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | SLV | Rafael Burgos | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | CAN | Mackenzie Pridham | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | USA | Christian Ramirez | 30 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 22 | MF | USA | Kevin Venegas | 23 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | USA | Greg Jordan | 25 | 1 | 2+6 | 1 | 9+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | USA | Brent Kallman | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | USA | Matt Van Oekel | 21 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | BRA | Juliano Vicentini | 26 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 13+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who left Minnesota United during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 11 | MF | AUS | Richard Garcia | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | NASL Spring Season | NASL Fall Season | Playoffs | U.S. Open Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | | 21 | Christian Ramirez | 5 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 21 |
| 2 | MF | | 10 | Miguel Ibarra | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | FW | | 18 | Daniel Mendes | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | FW | | 7 | Simone Bracalello | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | MF | | 4 | Aaron Pitchkolan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | | 22 | Kevin Venegas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | | 23 | Greg Jordan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | | 2 | Justin Davis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | | 12 | Jamie Watson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | | 77 | Juliano Vicentini | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | | | | Own goal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 16 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 49 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | NASL Spring Season | NASL Spring Season | NASL Fall Season | NASL Fall Season | Playoffs | Playoffs | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup | Total | Total |
| 0 | MF | Floyd Franks | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | Mitch Hildebrandt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | DF | Justin Davis | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Cristiano | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| 4 | MF | Aaron Pitchkolan | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Tiago | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Michael Reed | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Miguel Ibarra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Jamie Watson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Brian Kallman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | Nate Polak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Omar Daley | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 18 | FW | Daniel Mendes | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | Christian Ramirez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Kevin Venegas | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Greg Jordan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | Matt Van Oekel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | Juliano Vicentini | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 20 | 2 | 40 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 63 | 5 |