2012 Minnesota Stars FC season

August 2018 NSC Minnesota Stars 2012 Owner Paul Erickson Head coach Manny Lagos National Sports Center NASL 3rd NASL Playoffs Runners-Up U.S. Open Cup Fourth round vs San Jose Earthquakes Amani Walker (7) Amani Walker (9) _goldshoulders _amber_sleeve_seams _goldshoulders 244B9B 244B9B 244B9B 244B9B 244B9B _whiteadidasplate _whiteadidasplate _whiteadidasplate _white_stripes _3_stripes_white EFAF33 EFAF33 EFAF33 EFAF33 EFAF33 true 2011 2013 The 2012 Minnesota Stars FC season was the club's third year of existence and their first season under the simple moniker Minnesota Stars after being called NSC Minnesota Stars for their first two seasons of existence. The team played in the North American Soccer League, the second tier of the American soccer pyramid, for the second consecutive year. Outside of NASL play, the Stars competed in the 2012 U.S. Open Cup, reaching the fourth round before losing to the San Jose Earthquakes of Major League Soccer. Background The Minnesota Stars FC Started the 2012 Regular season as the defending NASL Champions. The home opener was scheduled at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome vs the defending NASL regular season champions, the Carolina RailHawks. The Stars were still leagued owned at the start of the season; this could have meant that the 2012 season could have been the last season for the franchise. On November 8, 2012, NASL announced that Dr. William McGuire would be the new owner of the Stars, saving the Stars from possible contraction.https://archive.today/20130129033106/http://mnstarsfc.com/2012/11/stars-introduce-new-ownership/ Stars introduce new ownership group Roster match played October 27, 2012 No. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (age) Signed from Signed in Contract ends Apps. Goals Goalkeepers 1 Mitch Hildebrandt United States GK yes 2012 10 26 1988 11 12 Oakland Golden Grizzlies 2012 3 0 30 Matt Van Oekel United States GK yes 2012 10 26 1986 9 20 Minnesota Thunder 2010 41 0 Defenders 2 Justin Davis United States DF yes 2012 10 26 1988 5 6 New Mexico Lobos 2011 60 2 3 Cristiano Brazil DF yes 2012 10 26 1986 5 25 Miami 2011 44 1 5 Edi Buro Bosnia DF yes 2012 10 26 1987 9 19 BIH Travnik 2012 6 Kevin Friedland United States DF yes 2012 10 26 1981 10 3 Kansas City Wizards 2004 33 1 14 Brian Kallman United States DF yes 2012 10 26 1984 4 23 Minnesota Thunder 2010 64 1 15 Evan Sassano United States DF yes 2012 10 26 1987 11 22 2012 16 Kyle Altman United States DF yes 2012 10 26 1986 1 31 Minnesota Thunder 2010 20 Connor Tobin United States DF yes 2012 10 26 1987 2 11 Rochester Rhinos 2012 28 Ernest Tchoupe Cameroon DF yes 2012 10 26 1987 12 23 COL Expreso Rojo 2012 Midfielders 4 Neil Hlavaty United States MF yes 2012 10 26 1986 12 27 POL Jagiellonia Białystok 2010 85 13 8 Daniel Wasson United States MF yes 2012 10 26 1984 6 15 GER VfL Osnabrück 2010 13 Kentaro Takada Japan MF yes 2012 10 26 1983 4 13 Rochester Thunder 2010 19 Shawn Chin United States MF yes 2012 10 26 1989 5 11 CAN Edmonton 2012 22 Kevin Venegas United States MF yes 2012 10 26 1989 7 29 Fullerton Titans 2010 23 2 23 Miguel Ibarra United States MF yes 2012 10 26 1990 3 15 UC Irvine Anteaters 2012 31 5 24 Michael Reed United States MF yes 2012 10 26 1987 10 28 PSC Soccer Academy 2012 32 Lucas Rodríguez Argentina MF yes 2012 10 26 1986 2 8 Kansas City Brass 2010 77 Andy Lorei United States MF yes 2012 10 26 1989 3 25 Real Maryland 2011 Forwards 7 Fuad Ibrahim Ethiopia FW yes 2012 10 26 1991 8 15 2012 9 Martin Nuñez Uruguay FW yes 2012 10 26 1987 2 2 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 2012 10 Simone Bracalello Italy FW yes 2012 10 26 1985 10 21 2010 83 20 11 Amani Walker Jamaica FW yes 2012 10 26 1989 12 16 Orange County Blue Star 2011 48 10 17 Geison Moura Brazil MF yes 2012 10 26 1986 7 16 Rockford Rampage 2010 21 Devin Del Do United States FW yes 2012 10 26 1986 5 21 2010 26 Travis Wall United States FW yes 2012 10 26 1990 1 4 Columbus Crew 2012 Players away on loan Players who left during the season Staff Transfers Winter In: 1 United States Mitch Hildebrandt GK from USA Oakland Golden Grizzlies 5 Bosnia Edi Buro DF from BIH Travnik 7 Ethiopia Fuad Ibrahim FW 9 Uruguay Martin Nuñez FW from USA Fort Lauderdale Strikers 15 United States Evan Sassano DF 19 United States Shawn Chin MF from CAN Edmonton 20 United States Connor Tobin DF from USA Rochester Rhinos 22 United States Kevin Venegas MF from USA Fullerton Titans 23 United States Miguel Ibarra MF from USA UC Irvine Anteaters 24 United States Michael Reed DF from USA PSC Soccer AcademyMichael Reed – Signed with Minnesota Stars (NASL) http://www.pscsocceracademy.net/success-stories/item/79-michael-reed-center-mid#.Vs8Qhfl4a71 pscsocceracademy.net PSC Soccer Academy February 25, 2016 March 5, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170305104853/http://pscsocceracademy.net/success-stories/item/79-michael-reed-center-mid#.Vs8Qhfl4a71 dead 26 United States Travis Wall FW 28 Cameroon Ernest Tchoupe DF from COL Expreso Rojo Out: 1 United States Joe Warren GK Retired 7 Belarus Andrei Gotsmanov MF 9 United States Tino Nuñez FW to USA Pittsburgh Riverhounds 10 Liberia Sandy Gbandi MF 11 United States Chris Clements DF 15 United States John Gilkerson DF 18 United States Jeff Cosgriff MF 20 United States Brian Cvilikas FW 23 England Ryan Woods MF to ENG Carshalton Athletic 25 United States Anthony Hamilton FW 26 United States Ely Allen MF 28 England Luke Mulholland FW to USA Tampa Bay Rowdies Summer In: Out: Friendlies March 9, 2012 10:00 CDT (UTC−5) Chicago Fire Soccer Club 3–1 https://archive.today/20130129063620/http://mnstarsfc.com/2012/03/stars-fall-3-1-to-fire/ Report Minnesota Stars Toyota Park Practice Field Bridgeview L March 9, 2012 12:30 CDT (UTC−5) Chicago Fire Reserves 1–1 Report Minnesota Stars Toyota Park Practice Field Bridgeview D March 16, 2012 14:00 CDT (UTC−5) Hastings College 1–2 Report Minnesota Stars Hastings W March 18, 2012 13:00 CDT (UTC−5) Omaha Mavericks 1–2 Report Minnesota Stars Creighton University Omaha W April 2, 2012 13:00 CDT (UTC−5) Minnesota Stars USA 2–0 Report CAN Edmonton Minneapolis Sculpture Garden Minneapolis W Competitions NASL 2012 North American Soccer League season Standings MIN Results 1 April 7, 2012 19:30 CDT (UTC−5) Minnesota Stars 0–0 Summary Carolina RailHawks Takada 73 Nurse 67 Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis 8,693 Terry Vaughn D 2 April 14, 2012 18:30 CDT (UTC−5) Fort Lauderdale Strikers 0–0 Summary Minnesota Stars Lorenz 83 Takada 52 Friedland 72 Del Do 78 Lockhart Stadium Fort Lauderdale 2,916 Sorin Stoica D 3 April 22, 2012 15:30 CDT (UTC−5) Edmonton 3–4 Summary Minnesota Stars Saiko 5 Hatchi 0 7 Hamilton 52 Porter 63 Rago 84 Hlavaty 8 pen. Altman 160 30 Takada 68 Del Do 90+2 Foote Field Edmonton 1,273 Justin Tasev W 4 April 28, 2012 18:30 CDT (UTC−5) Atlanta Silverbacks 3–3 Summary Minnesota Stars Navia 48 64 81 Santamaria 79 Walker 66 Del Do 88 Davis 90 90 Silverbacks Park Chamblee 4,176 D 5 May 5, 2012 19:30 CDT (UTC−5) Minnesota Stars 2–0 Summary Atlanta Silverbacks Tchoupe 2440 Takada 42 Davis 59 Ibarra 76 Robertson 33 Lancaster 52 Carr 1 59 88 Cox 70 McManus 2 70 71 National Sports Center Blaine 1,692 W 6 May 13, 2012 19:30 CDT (UTC−5) Minnesota Stars 2–1 Summary Carolina RailHawks Walker 16 Venegas 52 Agbossoumonde 60 da Luz 90+1 National Sports Center Blaine 2,168 W 7 May 20, 2012 18:30 CDT (UTC−5) Fort Lauderdale Strikers 1–3 Summary Minnesota Stars Anderson 36 Thompson 38 Restrepo 57 Walker 45 Ibarra 63 Kallman 72 Davis 80 Bracalello 83 Hlavaty 90 Lockhart Stadium Fort Lauderdale 2,720 Armando Villarreal W 8 May 27, 2012 18:30 CDT (UTC−5) Tampa Bay Rowdies 0–0 Summary Minnesota Stars Campbell 69 Progress Energy Park St. Petersburg 3,182 Ted Unkel D 9 June 3, 2012 19:30 CDT (UTC−5) San Antonio Scorpions 0–0 Summary Minnesota Stars Ibrahim 63 Heroes Stadium San Antonio 8,639 Jorge Luna D 10 June 10, 2012 18:00 CDT (UTC−5) Carolina RailHawks 5–1 Summary Minnesota Stars King 24 Lowery 25 Zimmerman 41 Shriver 53 Schilawski 61 Garey 90+4 Bracalello 45+2 Altman 82 Hlavaty 82 Davis 90 WakeMed Soccer Park Cary 2,580 Marcos de Oliveira L 11 June 17, 2012 19:30 CDT (UTC−5) Minnesota Stars 1–2 Summary Tampa Bay Rowdies Nuñez 825 Kallman 90+1 Yoshitake 45+1 Hill 45+1 Savage 85 Ambersley 89 National Sports Center Blaine 2,908 L 12 June 24, 2012 19:30 CDT (UTC−5) Minnesota Stars 2–1 Summary Fort Lauderdale Strikers Hlavaty 17 pen. Tobin 24 Bracalello 39 Nuñez 69 Otte 5 Herron 15 Ståhl 16 Anderson 26 Lorenz 83 National Sports Center Blaine 2,442 W 13 July 1, 2012 19:30 CDT (UTC−5) Tampa Bay Rowdies 2–0 Summary Minnesota Stars Ambersley 55 Yoshitake 88 Progress Energy Park St. Petersburg 2,594 Kevin Terry L 14 July 5, 2012 19:30 CDT (UTC−5) Minnesota Stars 4–0 Report Puerto Rico Islanders Hlavaty 15 Nuñez 18 55 Bracalello 45 Walker 81 vanSchaik 78 National Sports Center Blaine 2,199 W 15 July 8, 2012 19:30 CDT (UTC−5) Minnesota Stars 0–2 Report Atlanta Silverbacks Venegas 35 Horth 10 Duran 43 McManus 68 Carr 75 National Sports Center Blaine 1,728 L 16 July 13, 2012 19:30 CDT (UTC−5) Minnesota Stars 2–1 Report Tampa Bay Rowdies Nuñez 30 Cristiano 37 Takada 44 Venegas 64 Ambersley 78 National Sports Center Blaine 2,164 W 17 July 19, 2012 19:30 CDT (UTC−5) Minnesota Stars 1–2 Report Fort Lauderdale Strikers Bracalello 38 64 Nuñez 70 Stewart 29 Anderson 34 42 King 40 Herron 62 National Sports Center Blaine 4,034 L 18 July 22, 2012 18:00 CDT (UTC−5) Carolina RailHawks 1–0 Report Minnesota Stars Schilawski 10 Lowery 60 Low 2 72 77 E.Sassano 69Bracalello 81 WakeMed Soccer Park Cary 3,158 L 19 July 29, 2012 18:30 CDT (UTC−5) Puerto Rico Islanders 1–0 Report Minnesota Stars Vázquez 39 Delgado 49 67 Telesford 67 Nurse 76 Faña 81 Davis 86 Ibarra 0 90 Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium Bayamón, Puerto Rico 1,357 L 20 August 5, 2012 20:05 CDT (UTC−5) Edmonton 1–1 Report Minnesota Stars Barthélémy 20 Cox 88 Hamilton 0 90 Nuñez 44 Clarke Stadium Edmonton 1,536 D 21 August 12, 2012 19:30 CDT (UTC−5) Minnesota Stars 0–1 Report San Antonio Scorpions Kallman 88 Nuñez 90+1 Wagner 26 Denissen 71 pen. Campos 77 Knight 90+1 National Sports Center Blaine 3,221 L 22 August 19, 2012 18:30 CDT (UTC−5) Atlanta Silverbacks 0–0 Summary Minnesota Stars O'Brien 2 61 61 Altman 23 Davis 90 Atlanta Silverbacks Park Chamblee 3,911 D 23 August 26, 2012 19:30 CDT (UTC−5) Minnesota Stars 1–1 Summary Edmonton Cristiano 17 Davis 40 Venegas 44 Hamilton 19 Arguez 74 National Sports Center Blaine 2,427 D 24 September 2, 2012 19:30 CDT (UTC−5) Minnesota Stars 1–1 Summary San Antonio Scorpions Walker 33 Takada 45 Kallman 63 Pitchkolan 15 Janicki 60 Denissen 69 73 Harmse 79 National Sports Center Blaine 1,705 D 25 September 8, 2012 19:30 CDT (UTC−5) Minnesota Stars 1–1 Summary Edmonton Walker 19 Cox 33 Saiko 90+2 National Sports Center Blaine 2,365 D 26 September 11, 2012 19:30 CDT (UTC−5) Minnesota Stars 4–0 Summary Puerto Rico Islanders Polak 16 Ibarra 45 Watson 46 Walker 52 Venegas 79 Tobin 86 deRoux 24 Telesford 58 Foley 68 Edward 87 National Sports Center Blaine 1,402 W 27 September 15, 2012 19:30 CDT (UTC−5) Puerto Rico Islanders 2–0 Summary Minnesota Stars Vázquez 21 Foley 85 Tobin 36 Nuñez 81 Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium Bayamón, Puerto Rico 3,331 L 28 September 23, 2012 19:00 CDT (UTC−5) San Antonio Scorpions 1–1 Summary Minnesota Stars Campos 9 Denissen 11 Pitchkolan 52 Cochrane 78 Janicki 83 Venegas 47 Rodríguez 58 Friedland 69 Heroes Stadium San Antonio 7,996 D NASL Playoffs Quarterfinal September 30, 2012 17:00 CDT (UTC−5) Puerto Rico Islanders 1–2 Summary Minnesota Stars Nurse 68 Foley 79 Hansen 81 Walker 9 Ibarra 40 Davis 90 Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium Bayamón, Puerto Rico 2,002 Kevin Terry, Jr. W Semifinal 1st leg October 6, 2012 19:30 CDT (UTC−5) Minnesota Stars 0–0 Summary San Antonio Scorpions Bracalello 21 Harmse 86 National Sports Center Blaine 2,006 Marcos Deoliveira D Semifinal 2nd leg October 14, 2012 17:15 CDT (UTC−5) San Antonio Scorpions 1–2 1–2 Summary Minnesota Stars Ramírez 17 Campos 250 27 Harmse 54 Soto 89 Altman 27 Hlavaty 66 Wagner 77 o.g. Bracalello 83 Heroes Stadium San Antonio 6,249 Daniel Fitzgerald W Soccer Bowl Soccer Bowl 2012 1st leg October 20, 2012 19:30 CDT (UTC−5) Minnesota Stars 2–0 Summary Tampa Bay Rowdies Walker 67 Takada 84 Nuñez 90+4 Ambersley 48 National Sports Center Blaine 4,642 Kevin Terry, Jr. W 2nd leg October 26, 2012 18:30 CDT (UTC−5) Tampa Bay Rowdies 3–1 3–3 Summary Minnesota Stars Cort 2557 Ambersley 26 Savage 51 Mulholland 82 Antoniuk 8690+1 Hill 0 90 Davis 31 Bracalello 45+1 Rodríguez 52 Mulholland Cox Picault Cort 3–2 Hlavaty Del Do Altman Bracalello Rodríguez Al Lang Stadium St. Petersburg 6,208 Alejandro Mariscal L U.S. Open Cup 2012 U.S. Open Cup Second Round May 22, 2012 19:30 CDT (UTC−5) Des Moines Menace 0–2 Report Report Minnesota Stars H.Jupic 27 J.Lopez 73 Moloto 79 Bracalello 20 Cristiano 0 40 Kallman 52 Ibarra 84 Venegas 85 Valley Stadium West Des Moines W Third Round May 29, 2012 21:00 CDT (UTC−5) Real Salt Lake 1–3 Report Minnesota Stars Gil 29 Velásquez 83 Olave 85 Venegas 3 Hlavaty 45 pen. Bracalello 58 Rio Tinto Stadium Sandy City 17,212 Tyler Ploeger W Fourth Round June 5, 2012 21:00 CDT (UTC−5) San Jose Earthquakes 1–0 Report Minnesota Stars Beitashour 45 Corrales 55 Lenhart 85 Altman 42 Davis 60 Kallman 90+3 Buck Shaw Stadium Santa Clara 1,548 L Squad statistics Match played October 26, 2012 Appearances and goals NASL NASL Playoffs U.S. Open Cup 1 Mitch Hildebrandt GK USA 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 Justin Davis DF USA 24 1 5 0 3 0 3 Cristiano DF BRA 17+2 1 0 0 2 0 4 Neil Hlavaty MF USA 23+1 2 5 0 3 1 5 Edi Buro MF BIH 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 6 Kevin Friedland DF USA 5+2 1 0 0 0+1 0 7 Fuad Ibrahim FW USA 2+2 0 0 0 0 0 8 Daniel Wasson MF USA 4+4 0 0 0 0 0 9 Martin Nuñez FW URU 16+9 5 0+3 1 0 0 10 Simone Bracalello FW ITA 15+8 5 5 1 3 2 11 Amani Walker FW JAM 16+5 7 5 2 2+1 0 12 Jamie Watson MF USA 3 1 5 0 0 0 13 Kentaro Takada MF JPN 22+2 2 2+3 0 0 0 14 Brian Kallman DF USA 24 0 5 0 3 0 15 Evan Sassano DF USA 3 0 0 0 0 0 16 Kyle Altman DF USA 20 1 5 0 0 0 17 Geison Moura FW BRA 1+4 0 0 0 0 0 19 Shawn Chin MF USA 1+4 0 0 0 0 0 20 Connor Tobin DF USA 9+2 0 5 0 0 0 21 Devin Del Do FW USA 5+11 2 0+2 0 0 0 22 Kevin Venegas MF USA 15+5 1 0 0 3 1 23 Miguel Ibarra MF USA 23 3 5 1 3 1 24 Michael Reed MF USA 6+1 0 0 0 0 0 25 Nate Polak FW USA 3+3 1 0+1 0 0 0 26 Travis Wall FW USA 1+1 0 0 0 0 0 28 Ernest Tchoupe DF CMR 9+2 1 0 0 0 0 30 Matt Van Oekel GK USA 25 0 5 0 3 0 32 Lucas Rodríguez MF USA 11+5 0 3+1 1 0 0 77 Andy Lorei MF USA 2+2 0 0 0 0 0 |- |colspan="14"|Players who left NSC Minnesota Stars during the season: |} Goal scorers PlacePosition NationNumberNameNASLNASL PlayoffsU.S. Open CupTotal1 FWJAM11Amani Walker72092 FWITA10Simone Bracalello51283 FWURU9 Martin Nuñez51064 MFUSA23Miguel Ibarra31155 MFUSA4 Neil Hlavaty20136 MFJPN13Kentaro Takada2002FWUSA21Devin Del Do2002MFUSA22Kevin Venegas10129 DFUSA16Kyle Altman1001DFUSA2 Justin Davis1001DFCMR28Ernest Tchoupe1001DFBRA3 Cristiano1001FWUSA25Nate Polak1001MFUSA12Jamie Watson1001DFUSA6 Kevin Friedland1001MFARG32Lucas Rodríguez0101 Own goal0101TOTALS347546 Disciplinary record NumberNationPositionNameNASLNASL PlayoffsU.S. Open CupTotal2 USADFJustin Davis702010303 BRADFCristiano100001014 USAMFNeil Hlavaty301000106 USADFKevin Friedland100000107 USAFWFuad Ibrahim100000109 URUFWMartin Nuñez4000001010ITAFWSimone Bracalello2020002013JPNMFKentaro Takada4010001014USADFBrian Kallman4000101015USADFEvan Sassano1000001016USADFKyle Altman2110102020USADFConnor Tobin3000001021USAFWDevin Del Do1000001022USAMFKevin Venegas5000101023USAMFMiguel Ibarra0100000128CMRDFErnest Tchoupe1000001032ARGMFLucas Rodríguez10000010TOTALS4127051533 References Category:Minnesota United FC seasons Minnesota Stars Football Club Minnesota Stars Football Club Minnesota Stars Category:Sports in Blaine, Minnesota