Minnesota United FC Reserves

Minnesota United FC Reserves

Full name	Minnesota United FC Reserves
Nickname(s)	United Reserves
Founded	2013
Stadium	East Ridge High School Stadium, Woodbury, MN
Capacity	~1,000
Owners	Bill McGuire
Head Coach	Peter Rivard
League	Premier League of America
Website	http://www.mnunitedfc.com/united-reserves
Home colors Away colors
Current season

Established in 2013, ^{[1] [2]} Minnesota United FC Reserves were an American professional soccer club based in Woodbury, Minnesota who played in the Premier League of America. The team served as a development squad for their parent club, Minnesota United FC, then member of the North American Soccer League.

Mission

Upon the establishment of the Reserve team in 2013, the head coach of the Minnesota United FC main team, Manny Lagos, clearly stressed that the primary mission of forming the new team would be building a stronger foundation for and raising competitiveness within the first team: "We want to continue to grow the vision of what the club can be. Having a Reserve team is a big piece of developing potential local players but also keep the first team competitive. When you have something like this it can grow into a lot of different areas but it’s really about building this club the right way so we can be strong and have a great culture for the future," Manny said. ^[3]

Season-by-season

Season	Division	League	Wins	Draw	Loses	Regular Season	Playoffs	Open Cup
2014	4	NPSL (Midwest Region)	6	2	2	7th (out of 15)	Lost in the 1st round	Did not enter
2015	4	NPSL (Midwest Region)	4	6	2	8th (out of 13)	Did not qualify	Did not enter
2016	5	PLA (Western Conference)	2	4	4	4th (out of 6)	Did not qualify	Did not enter

Rivalries

In the NPSL the Twin Cities Derby was contested between Minnesota United FC Reserves (based in Woodbury) and Minnesota Twin Stars (based in Minnetrista). After moving to the PLA the derby continues between the Reserves and Minneapolis City SC (based in Minneapolis).

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player	Nation
1	GK	Adam Acosta	United States
2	DF	Andres Jaramillo	United States
3	DF	Midhat Mujic	Bosnia and Herzegovina
4	DF	Chris Aksoz	United States
5	DF	Bryce Murphy	United States
5	DF	Grant Bell	United States
7	MF	Abbai Habte	United States
8	MF	Daniel O'Brien	United States
9	FW	Javier Alcantara	Mexico
10	MF	Saul Rosales	United States
11	DF	Mitch Wolff	United States
13	MF	Daniel Cisneros	Mexico
14	MF	Charles Adams	United States
16	DF	Benjamin Eastwell	England
18	MF	Whitney Browne	United States
20	FW	Charles Theis	United States
21	MF	Babatunde Oyekan	Nigeria
22	MF	Skyler Schulz	United States
23	MF	Sam Man Jr.	United States
24	GK	Peter Runquist	United States
29	MF	Klenton Miles Stockman-Willis	United States
41	FW	Oblayon Nyemah Jr.	United States
77	FW	Brad Whitsitt	United States
99	MF	Rodrigo Galvan Yanes	Mexico
—	MF	Joel Johannsen	United States
—	MF	Tom Shortland	United States

Staff

• Andy Seidel – Head Coach
• Chris Brisson – Assistant Coach

References

1. "Minnesota United FC Announces Reserve Team". NPSL. 19 November 2013. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015.
2. "Minnesota United Announces Reserves Team". Minnesota United. 19 November 2013.
3. "Minnesota United FC Announces Reserve Team". NPSL. 19 November 2013. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015.

External links

• Official team site
• @MNUFCReserves
• Bielenberg Sports Center
• NPSL Website: Minnesota United FC Reserves Profile ^[usurped]
• The Loon Call (Fan website): Reserves