2010 NSC Minnesota Stars season

NSC Minnesota Stars
2010 season
Owner	Paul Erickson (NSC)
Head coach	Manny Lagos
USSF Division 2	7th; (4th in Conference)
U.S. Open Cup	Second Round
Top goalscorer	League: Two Players (5); All: Simone Bracalello (6)
Highest home attendance	2,310
Lowest home attendance	588
Average home league attendance	1,374
Home colours	Away colours
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Last updated July 05, 2023

The 2010 NSC Minnesota Stars season was the first season of the franchise to be played in the USSF Division 2 Pro League.

Roster

As of match played October 9, 2010

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Joe Warren	GK	(1974-10-20)20 October 1974 (aged 35)		2010	28	0
27	Louis Crayton	GK	(1977-10-26)26 October 1977 (aged 32)	D.C. United	2010	1	0
30	Matt Van Oekel	GK	(1986-09-20)20 September 1986 (aged 24)	Minnesota Thunder	2010	7	0
Defenders
2	Thomas Granum	DF	(1989-12-31)31 December 1989 (aged 20)	Strømsgodset	2010	3	0
3	Andres Arango	DF	(1983-04-23)23 April 1983 (aged 27)	Minnesota Thunder	2010	31	1
6	Kevin Friedland	DF	(1981-10-03)3 October 1981 (aged 29)	Minnesota Thunder	2010	23	0
8	Daniel Wasson	DF	(1984-06-15)15 June 1984 (aged 26)	VfL Osnabrück	2010	31	2
11	Chris Clements	DF	(1987-03-02)2 March 1987 (aged 23)	Minnesota Thunder	2010	26	0
14	Brian Kallman	DF	(1984-04-23)23 April 1984 (aged 26)	Minnesota Thunder	2010	17	0
16	Kyle Altman	DF	(1986-01-31)31 January 1986 (aged 24)	Minnesota Thunder	2010	0	0
25	Scott Lorenz	DF	(1987-07-23)23 July 1987 (aged 23)	Chicago Fire NPSL	2010	23	0
28	Max Lipset	DF			2010	1	0
Midfielders
4	Neil Hlavaty	MF	(1986-07-23)23 July 1986 (aged 24)	Jagiellonia Białystok	2010	24	4
7	Andrei Gotsmanov	MF	(1986-05-06)6 May 1986 (aged 24)	Minnesota Thunder	2010	18	0
10	Johnny Menyongar	MF	(1980-06-26)26 June 1980 (aged 30)	Rochester Rhinos	2010	21	1
12	Leland Wright	MF	(1986-10-29)29 October 1986 (aged 23)	San Diego Toreros	2010	6	0
13	Kentaro Takada	MF	(1983-04-13)13 April 1983 (aged 27)	Rochester Thunder	2010	21	1
23	Lucas Rodríguez	MF	(1986-02-08)8 February 1986 (aged 24)	MidAmerica Nazarene Pioneers	2010	10	1
26	Ely Allen	MF	(1986-06-12)12 June 1986 (aged 24)	D.C. United	2010	27	3
Forwards
9	Warren Ukah	FW	(1985-03-22)22 March 1985 (aged 25)	Rochester Rhinos	2010	20	3
15	Devin Del Do	FW	(1986-05-21)21 May 1986 (aged 24)	Cal State Northridge Matadors	2010	9	2
17	Geison Moura	FW	(1986-07-16)16 July 1986 (aged 24)	Rockford Rampage	2010	13	1
18	Melvin Tarley	FW	(1982-10-31)31 October 1982 (aged 27)	Minnesota Thunder	2010	25	3
19	Simone Bracalello	FW	(1985-10-21)21 October 1985 (aged 24)		2010	30	6
20	Brian Cvilikas	FW	(1984-03-16)16 March 1984 (aged 26)	Minnesota Thunder	2010	28	5
Left Minnesota Stars During the Season
21	Gao Leilei	MF	(1980-07-15)15 July 1980 (aged 30)	KooTeePee	2010	11	1
22	Two-Boys Gumede	FW	(1985-08-23)23 August 1985 (aged 25)	UAB Blazers	2010	8	0

Staff

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Name	From	Ref.
February 12, 2010	MF	Johnny Menyongar	Rochester Rhinos	^[1]
February 17, 2010	MF	Andrei Gotsmanov	Minnesota Thunder	^[2]
February 19, 2010	FW	Brian Cvilikas	Minnesota Thunder	^[3]
February 25, 2010	DF	Andres Arango	Minnesota Thunder
February 25, 2010	DF	Chris Clements	VfL Osnabrück
February 25, 2010	MF	Neil Hlavaty	Jagiellonia Białystok
March 4, 2010	DF	Kyle Altman	Minnesota Thunder
March 16, 2010	GK	Joe Warren		^[4]
March 16, 2010	GK	Louis Crayton	D.C. United	^[4]
March 16, 2010	FW	Simone Bracalello		^[4]
March 22, 2010	MF	Gao Leilei	KooTeePee
March 22, 2010	FW	Warren Ukah	Rochester Rhinos
March 22, 2010	FW	Melvin Tarley	Minnesota Thunder
March 22, 2010	FW	Two-Boys Gumede	UAB Blazers
March 31, 2010	DF	Daniel Wasson	VfL Osnabrück	^[5]
March 31, 2010	MF	Ely Allen	D.C. United
April 28, 2010	DF	Thomas Granum	Strømsgodset	^[6]
May 25, 2010	MF	Lucas Rodríguez	MidAmerica Nazarene Pioneers	^[7]
May 25, 2010	FW	Geison Moura	Rockford Rampage	^[7]
2010	GK	Matt Van Oekel	Minnesota Thunder
2010	DF	Kevin Friedland	Minnesota Thunder
2010	DF	Brian Kallman	Minnesota Thunder
2010	DF	Scott Lorenz	Chicago Fire NPSL
2010	MF	Leland Wright	San Diego Toreros
2010	MF	Kentaro Takada	Rochester Thunder
2010	FW	Devin Del Do	Cal State Northridge Matadors

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date
June 29, 2010^[8]	MF		Gao Leilei	Beijing Baxy
2010	FW		Two-Boys Gumede

Friendlies

July 2, 2010	Rochester Thunder	1–2	NSC Minnesota Stars	Rochester
CDT (UTC−5)	65'		Cvilikas 25' Takada 73'	Stadium: RCTC Stadium

July 16, 2010	NSC Minnesota Stars	2–1	Rochester Thunder	Blaine
CDT (UTC−5)	Bracalello 52' Hlavaty 78'	Summary	Otira 54'	Stadium: National Sports Center

Competitions

USSF Division 2

Standings

USL Conference
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Rochester Rhinos	30	16	8	6	38	24	+14	54	Conference leader, qualified for playoffs
2	Austin Aztex	30	15	7	8	53	40	+13	53	Qualified for playoffs^{[lower-alpha 1]}
3	Portland Timbers	30	13	7	10	34	23	+11	49
4	NSC Minnesota Stars	30	11	12	7	32	36	−4	40
5	Puerto Rico Islanders	30	9	11	10	37	35	+2	37
6	FC Tampa Bay	30	7	12	11	41	46	−5	32

Source: USSF D-2 schedule table
Notes:

↑ The remaining six teams with the highest point totals, regardless of conference, also advance to the playoffs.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	11	7	12	32	36	−4	40	6	3	6	13	16	−3	5	4	6	19	20	−1

Last updated: May 24, 2016.
Source: Match reports

Results

April 11, 20101	Vancouver Whitecaps	2–0	NSC Minnesota Stars	Burnaby
19:00 CDT (UTC−5)	Orgill 16' Tsiskaridze 43' Bellisomo 62' Knight 70' James 76'	Summary	Gotsmanov 21' Friedland 61' Kallman 86'	Stadium: Swangard Stadium Attendance: 4,934 Referee: Mathieu Bourdeau

April 16, 20102	Carolina RailHawks	0–1	NSC Minnesota Stars	Cary
19:00 CDT (UTC−5)		Summary	Wasson 37' 48' Bracalello 70'	Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 1,694

April 18, 20103	Puerto Rico Islanders	3–1	NSC Minnesota Stars	Bayamón
20:05 CDT (UTC−5)	Foley 13' Addlery 17' Gbandi 51' 67' Delgado 61'	Summary	Hlavaty 85' Allen 90'	Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium Attendance: 2,498

April 24, 20104	NSC Minnesota Stars	1–0	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Blaine
20:00 CDT (UTC−5)	Altman 16' Kallman 32' Leilei 34' (pen.) 86' Arango 68'	Summary	Christie 28' Kljestan 31' Wheeler 56' Yamada 72'	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 2,310

April 28, 20105	NSC Minnesota Stars	0–3	Rochester Rhinos	Blaine
20:00 CDT (UTC−5)	Arango 12' Gotsmanov 87'	Summary	Costanzo 26' 89' Nuñez 29', 53'	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 627

May 1, 20106	NSC Minnesota Stars	1–2	Austin Aztex	Blaine
20:00 CDT (UTC−5)	Cvilikas 36' Wasson 44' Tarley 72'	Summary	Campbell 23' Johnson 75' Worthen 80' Watson 83'	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 753

May 8, 20107	Montreal Impact	2–1	NSC Minnesota Stars	Montreal
14:30 CDT (UTC−5)	Braz 45' Placentino 79', 90' 90'	Summary	Altman 31' Leilei 63' Friedland 69' Cvilikas 78' Menyongar 82'	Stadium: Saputo Stadium Attendance: 12,265 Referee: Mike Edmunds

May 15, 20108	NSC Minnesota Stars	1–1	Miami FC	Blaine
20:00 CDT (UTC−5)	Menyongar 56' Gumede 75' Clements 83'	Summary	Araujo Jr. 73'	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 1,576

May 22, 20109	Miami FC	1–0	NSC Minnesota Stars	Fort Lauderdale
19:30 CDT (UTC−5)	Araujo Jr. 71'	Summary		Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 1,793

May 27, 201010	Tampa Bay Rowdies	3–1	NSC Minnesota Stars	Tampa
19:30 CDT (UTC−5)	Kljestan 6' Wheeler 20' (pen.) 31' Tan 26' Yamada 68' Donoho 88'	Summary	Van Oekel 19' Hlavaty 38' Clements 63' Ukah 76' Friedland 90'	Stadium: George M. Steinbrenner Field Attendance: 3,886

May 29, 201011	NSC Minnesota Stars	3–2	St. Louis	Blaine
20:00 CDT (UTC−5)	Wasson 41' Altman 72' Hlavaty 87'	Summary	Kreamalmeyer 25' Gauchinho 69' Cole 86'	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 1,562

June 4, 201012	Rochester Rhinos	0–0	NSC Minnesota Stars	Rochester
19:30 CDT (UTC−5)	Roberts 57' Pitchkolan 90'	Summary	Altman	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 5,284

June 9, 201013	NSC Minnesota Stars	1–0	Montreal Impact	Blaine
20:00 CDT (UTC−5)	Cvilikas 57' Altman 82' Tarley 87'	Summary	Pizzolitto 37' Billy 55' DeRoux 89'	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 746

June 17, 201014	Portland Timbers	0–1	NSC Minnesota Stars	Portland
22:00 CDT (UTC−5)	Suzuki 8' Joy 35' Marcelin 52'	Summary	Allen 20' Clements 43' Cvilikas 60' Friedland 78'	Stadium: PGE Park Attendance: 8,877

June 19, 201015	NSC Minnesota Stars	0–2	Portland Timbers	Blaine
20:00 CDT (UTC−5)	Moura 43'	Summary	Pore 6' (pen.) McManus 14' Danso 79' Josten 87' Cameron 89'	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 1,152

June 26, 201016	Crystal Palace Baltimore	1–3	NSC Minnesota Stars	Baltimore
17:00 CDT (UTC−5)	Yoshitake 50' Robson 88'	Summary	Ukah 17' Cvilikas 65' 90+3' Wasson 71' Arango 81'	Stadium: Paul Angelo Russo Stadium Attendance: 2,348

July 4, 201017	NSC Minnesota Stars	0–1	Crystal Palace Baltimore	Blaine
20:30 CDT (UTC−5)	Arango 42' Ukah 89'	Summary	Patterson 18' Pérez 37' Marshall 56' Teixeira 67' Yoshitake 86'	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 2,136

July 10, 201018	NSC Minnesota Stars	1–0	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Blaine
20:10 CDT (UTC−5)	Valentino 28' (o.g.) Wasson 42' Arango 65' Lorenz 74'	Summary		Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 1,803

July 14, 201019	NSC Minnesota Stars	2–2	St. Louis	Blaine
21:00 CDT (UTC−5)	Kallman 56' Cvilikas 87' Moura 90+1' 90+1'	Summary	Cosgriff 43' Salvaggione 62'64'	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 2,091

July 21, 201020	NSC Minnesota Stars	1–1	Puerto Rico Islanders	Blaine
20:00 CDT (UTC−5)	Tarley 24' Altman 73' Rodríguez 90+1'	Summary	Vélez 49' Nurse 71'	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 872

July 25, 201021	Vancouver Whitecaps	1–1	NSC Minnesota Stars	Burnaby
22:00 CDT (UTC−5)	Nash 67'	Summary	Bracalello 28'	Stadium: Swangard Stadium Attendance: 5,288

August 1, 201022	St. Louis	2–2	NSC Minnesota Stars	Fenton
CDT (UTC−5)	Kreamalmeyer 42', 86' (pen.)	Summary	Tarley 83' Cvilikas 90' Rodríguez 90'	Stadium: Anheuser-Busch Center Attendance: 2,037

August 11, 201023	Portland Timbers	2–2	NSC Minnesota Stars	Portland
22:00 CDT (UTC−5)	Dike 44' Pore 63' (pen.) Joy 64'	Summary	Allen 24' Altman 38' Tarley 60' Friedland 68' Bracalello 73'	Stadium: PGE Park Attendance: 15,418

August 14, 201024	NSC Minnesota Stars	0–1	Vancouver Whitecaps	Blaine
19:00 CDT (UTC−5)		Summary	Nash 15' Wagner 74'	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 1,010

August 21, 201025	NSC Minnesota Stars	0–1	Portland Timbers	Blaine
20:15 CDT (UTC−5)	Warren 66' Tarley	Summary	Pore 68' (pen.) Dike Purdy	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 1,429

September 4, 201026	Austin Aztex	2–0	NSC Minnesota Stars	Austin
20:30 CDT (UTC−5)	Johnson 28', 80' 67'	Summary	Wasson 34' Altman 83' Hlavaty 90+3'	Stadium: House Park Attendance: 3,744

September 11, 201027	St. Louis	0–3	NSC Minnesota Stars	Fenton
20:10 CDT (UTC−5)	Bloom 43' Gauchinho 45' Traynor 45' Stisser Salvaggione	Summary	Bracalello 25', 45' Allen 33' Clements 40' Wasson 53'	Stadium: Anheuser-Busch Center Attendance: 2,344

September 16, 201028	NSC Minnesota Stars	1–0	Carolina RailHawks	Blaine
20:00 CDT (UTC−5)	Del Do 37'	Summary	McKenney 19' Lowery 80'	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 588

September 19, 201029	NSC Minnesota Stars	1–0	Vancouver Whitecaps	Blaine
20:15 CDT (UTC−5)	Allen 29' Clements 36' Del Do 49'	Summary	Bellisomo 86'	Stadium: National Sports Center

September 25, 201030	Tampa Bay Rowdies	1–3	NSC Minnesota Stars	Tampa
19:30 CDT (UTC−5)	Galindo 60'73'	Summary	Rodríguez 14' Bracalello 39' Takada 44' Gotsmanov 50'	Stadium: George M. Steinbrenner Field Attendance: 3,006

Playoffs

October 6, 2010Quarterfinal 1st Leg	NSC Minnesota Stars	0–0	Carolina RailHawks	Blaine
20:00 CDT (UTC−5)		Summary	Low 61'	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 686

October 9, 2010Quarterfinal 2nd Leg	Carolina RailHawks	4–0	NSC Minnesota Stars	Cary
19:00 CDT (UTC−5)	Heinemann 38' Lowery 56'84' Paladini 64' 65' Gardner 71' Kallman 88' (o.g.)	Summary	Arango 38' 39'	Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 2,556

U.S. Open Cup

NSC Minnesota Stars entered the 2010 edition of the Open Cup at the First Round stage, defeating KC Athletics before being knocked out in the Second Round by AC St. Louis.

June 15, 2010 First round	NSC Minnesota Stars	4–2	KC Athletics	Blaine
20:00 CDT (UTC−5)	Ukah 35', 45' Hlavaty 45'75' Bracalello 71'	Summary	Vermillion 27' Hoffman 61' Perkins 72'	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 376 Referee: Sam Trigui

June 22, 2010 Second round	NSC Minnesota Stars	0–1	St. Louis	Blaine
20:00 CDT (UTC−5)		Summary	Cole 5' Ambersley 29'35' Stisser 62'	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 265 Referee: Elias Bazakos

Squad statistics

As of match played October 9, 2010

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		USL		Playoffs		U.S. Open Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	USA	Joe Warren	28	0	24+1	0	2	0	1	0
2	DF	NOR	Thomas Granum	3	0	0+2	0	0	0	0+1	0
3	DF	CAN	Andres Arango	31	1	28	1	2	0	1	0
4	MF	USA	Neil Hlavaty	24	4	4+16	3	0+2	0	1+1	1
6	DF	USA	Kevin Friedland	23	0	19+3	0	0	0	1	0
7	MF	BLR	Andrei Gotsmanov	18	0	11+5	0	0+2	0	0	0
8	DF	USA	Daniel Wasson	31	2	28	2	2	0	1	0
9	FW	USA	Warren Ukah	20	3	10+9	1	0	0	1	2
10	MF	LBR	Johnny Menyongar	21	1	19+1	1	0	0	1	0
11	DF	USA	Chris Clements	26	0	17+5	0	2	0	2	0
12	MF	USA	Leland Wright	6	0	1+4	0	0	0	1	0
13	MF	JPN	Kentaro Takada	21	1	18	1	2	0	1	0
14	DF	USA	Brian Kallman	17	0	12+3	0	0+1	0	1	0
15	FW	USA	Devin Del Do	9	2	6+1	2	2	0	0	0
16	DF	USA	Kyle Altman	32	1	29	1	2	0	1	0
17	FW	BRA	Geison Moura	13	1	7+4	1	0	0	1+1	0
18	FW	LBR	Melvin Tarley	25	3	17+6	3	0+1	0	1	0
19	FW	ITA	Simone Bracalello	30	6	10+17	5	2	0	0+1	1
20	FW	USA	Brian Cvilikas	28	5	12+14	5	0+1	0	1	0
23	MF	ARG	Lucas Rodríguez	10	1	5+3	1	2	0	0	0
25	DF	USA	Scott Lorenz	23	0	16+3	0	2	0	1+1	0
26	MF	USA	Ely Allen	27	3	19+5	3	2	0	1	0
27	GK	LBR	Louis Crayton	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
28	DF	USA	Max Lipset	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
30	GK	USA	Matt Van Oekel	7	0	5+1	0	0	0	1	0
Players who left NSC Minnesota Stars during the season:
21	MF	CHN	Gao Leilei	11	1	8+2	1	0	0	1	0
22	FW	RSA	Two-Boys Gumede	8	0	4+3	0	0	0	1	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Number	Name	USL	U.S. Open Cup	Total
1	FW	19	Simone Bracalello	5	1	6
2	FW	20	Brian Cvilikas	5	0	5
3	MF	4	Neil Hlavaty	3	1	4
4	FW	18	Melvin Tarley	3	0	3
	MF	26	Ely Allen	3	0	3
	FW	9	Warren Ukah	1	2	3
7	DF	8	Daniel Wasson	2	0	2
7	FW	15	Devin Del Do	2	0	2
9	MF	21	Gao Leilei	1	0	1
	FW	10	Johnny Menyongar	1	0	1
	DF	16	Kyle Altman	1	0	1
	DF	3	Andres Arango	1	0	1
	FW	17	Geison Moura	1	0	1
	MF	23	Lucas Rodríguez	1	0	1
	MF	13	Kentaro Takada	1	0	1
			Own goal	1	0	1
TOTALS				32	4	36

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	USL		Playoffs		U.S. Open Cup		Total
1		GK	Joe Warren	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
3		DF	Andres Arango	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	1
4		MF	Neil Hlavaty	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0
6		DF	Kevin Friedland	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
7		MF	Andrei Gotsmanov	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
8		DF	Daniel Wasson	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
9		FW	Warren Ukah	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
10		MF	Johnny Menyongar	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
11		DF	Chris Clements	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
14		DF	Brian Kallman	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
16		DF	Kyle Altman	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
17		FW	Geison Moura	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
18		FW	Melvin Tarley	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
19		FW	Simone Bracalello	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
20		FW	Brian Cvilikas	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
21		MF	Gao Leilei	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22		FW	Two-Boys Gumede	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
23		MF	Lucas Rodríguez	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
25		DF	Scott Lorenz	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
26		MF	Ely Allen	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
30		Gk	Matt Van Oekel	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	51	5	1	1	1	0	53	6

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The 2013 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup was the 100th edition of the oldest ongoing competition in American soccer. Qualification began in November 2012 in the fifth tier, although the United States Soccer Federation did not announce the format until March 5, 2013.

The 2009 Vancouver Whitecaps season was the club's 24th year of existence, as well as their 17th and 2nd last year as a Division 2 club in the franchise model of US-based soccer leagues. Vancouver was officially named an MLS expansion city on March 18, 2009. Following the end of the 2010 season, the Whitecaps FC joined MLS, becoming the second Canadian club and 19th overall to enter the league.

The 2008 Vancouver Whitecaps season was the club's 23rd year of existence, as well as their 16th as a Division 2 club in the franchise model of US-based soccer leagues. With games against well supported MLS side Toronto FC in the Voyageurs Cup and local rival Seattle Sounders selling 22,000 season tickets for MLS in 2009, the Vancouver Whitecaps were marketed as one of the leading markets for a 2011 MLS expansion side. This included expanding the ownership to include Victoria, BC raised NBA star Steve Nash in July. The Division 1 MLS speculation along with the higher profile that came with public negotiations with Vancouver City Council and the Port of Metro Vancouver to develop the Whitecaps Waterfront Stadium gave a boost to media coverage and game attendances. The privately financed stadium, first proposed in 2006, appeared to be reaching its final government land use approvals in 2008.

References

↑ "Johnny Menyongar is NSC Minnesota Stars First Signing". insidemnsoccer.com. IMSoccer News. February 12, 2010. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
↑ "NSC Minnesota Stars sign their second player". youtube.com. Minnesota Stars. February 17, 2010. Archived from the original on December 15, 2021. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
↑ "NSC Minnesota Stars sign their third player". youtube.com. Minnesota Stars. February 19, 2010. Archived from the original on December 15, 2021. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
1 2 3 "NSC Minnesota Stars Add 2 Goalkeepers and 1 Field Player to Roster". insidemnsoccer.com. IMSoccer News. March 16, 2016. Archived from the original on January 1, 2011. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
↑ "The Stars sign Daniel Wasson". youtube.com. Minnesota Stars. April 1, 2010. Archived from the original on December 15, 2021. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
↑ "NSC Stars Battle Rochester Rhinos Tonight". insidemnsoccer.com. IMSoccer News. April 28, 2010. Archived from the original on June 25, 2016. Retrieved May 24, 2016.
1 2 "Brazilian Geison Moura and Argentinean Lucas Rodriguez Added to NSC Stars Roster". insidemnsoccer.com. IMSoccer News. May 25, 2010. Archived from the original on June 25, 2016. Retrieved May 24, 2016.
↑ "Leilei Gao Released by NSC Minnesota Stars". insidemnsoccer.com. IMSoccer News. June 29, 2010. Archived from the original on March 21, 2012. Retrieved May 24, 2016.

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[1] "Johnny Menyongar is NSC Minnesota Stars First Signing". insidemnsoccer.com. IMSoccer News. February 12, 2010. Retrieved May 25, 2016.

[2] "NSC Minnesota Stars sign their second player". youtube.com. Minnesota Stars. February 17, 2010. Archived from the original on December 15, 2021. Retrieved May 25, 2016.

[3] "NSC Minnesota Stars sign their third player". youtube.com. Minnesota Stars. February 19, 2010. Archived from the original on December 15, 2021. Retrieved May 25, 2016.

[3_Join_Minnesota_Stars-4] 1 2 3 "NSC Minnesota Stars Add 2 Goalkeepers and 1 Field Player to Roster". insidemnsoccer.com. IMSoccer News. March 16, 2016. Archived from the original on January 1, 2011. Retrieved May 25, 2016.

[5] "The Stars sign Daniel Wasson". youtube.com. Minnesota Stars. April 1, 2010. Archived from the original on December 15, 2021. Retrieved May 25, 2016.

[6] "NSC Stars Battle Rochester Rhinos Tonight". insidemnsoccer.com. IMSoccer News. April 28, 2010. Archived from the original on June 25, 2016. Retrieved May 24, 2016.

[Moura_&_Rodríguez_Join-7] 1 2 "Brazilian Geison Moura and Argentinean Lucas Rodriguez Added to NSC Stars Roster". insidemnsoccer.com. IMSoccer News. May 25, 2010. Archived from the original on June 25, 2016. Retrieved May 24, 2016.

[8] "Leilei Gao Released by NSC Minnesota Stars". insidemnsoccer.com. IMSoccer News. June 29, 2010. Archived from the original on March 21, 2012. Retrieved May 24, 2016.

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v t e Minnesota United FC
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Club	History 2010–16 2017– Current roster All-time roster 2010–16 2017– Records and statistics Seasons
Sports facilities	National Sports Center (2010–16) Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (2013) TCF Bank Stadium (2017–18) Allianz Field (2019–)
Affiliated clubs	Minnesota United FC 2 (MLS Next Pro)
Key personnel	Bill McGuire (owner) Manny Lagos (sporting director) Adrian Heath (head coach)
Major honors	Soccer Bowl 2011 2014 NASL Spring season champion 2014 NASL Supporters' Trophy
Seasons	USSF D2 2010 NASL 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 MLS 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022