2010 NSC Minnesota Stars season

Summary

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

NSC Minnesota Stars
2010 season
OwnerPaul Erickson (NSC)
Head coachManny Lagos
USSF Division 27th
(4th in Conference)
U.S. Open CupSecond Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Two Players (5)
All: Simone Bracalello (6)
Highest home attendance2,310
Lowest home attendance588
Average home league attendance1,374
2011 →

Roster edit

As of match played October 9, 2010
No. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (Age) Signed from Signed in Contract ends 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 edit

Transfers edit

Friendlies edit

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 edit

USSF Division 2 edit

Standings edit

USL Conference
Pos Team 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[a]
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:
  1. ^ The remaining six teams with the highest point totals, regardless of conference, also advance to the playoffs.

Results summary edit

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 edit

April 11, 2010 1 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, 2010 2 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, 2010 3 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, 2010 4 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, 2010 5 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, 2010 6 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, 2010 7 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, 2010 8 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, 2010 9 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, 2010 10 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, 2010 11 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, 2010 12 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, 2010 13 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, 2010 14 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, 2010 15 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, 2010 16 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, 2010 17 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, 2010 18 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, 2010 19 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, 2010 20 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, 2010 21 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, 2010 22 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, 2010 23 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, 2010 24 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, 2010 25 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, 2010 26 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, 2010 27 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, 2010 28 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, 2010 29 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, 2010 30 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 edit

October 6, 2010 Quarterfinal 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, 2010 Quarterfinal 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 edit

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 edit

As of match played October 9, 2010

Appearances and goals edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total USL Playoffs U.S. Open Cup
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 edit

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

Disciplinary record edit

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

References edit

  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.
  4. ^ a b c "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.
  7. ^ a b "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.

External links edit