BREAKING NEWS
Cloud Server Hosting For Online Businesses
Inexpensive SEO Services
Benefits of Wanting to play Free Online Slot machines
2012 Minnesota Stars FC season

Summary

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.

NSC Minnesota Stars
2012 season
OwnerPaul Erickson
Head coachManny Lagos
StadiumNational Sports Center
NASL3rd
NASL PlayoffsRunners-Up
U.S. Open CupFourth round vs San Jose Earthquakes
Top goalscorerLeague: Amani Walker (7)
All: Amani Walker (9)
← 2011
2013 →

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 edit

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.[1]

Roster edit

As of 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   GK (1988-11-12)12 November 1988 (aged 23) Oakland Golden Grizzlies 2012 3 0
30 Matt Van Oekel   GK (1986-09-20)20 September 1986 (aged 26) Minnesota Thunder 2010 41 0
Defenders
2 Justin Davis   DF (1988-05-06)6 May 1988 (aged 24) New Mexico Lobos 2011 60 2
3 Cristiano   DF (1986-05-25)25 May 1986 (aged 26) Miami 2011 44 1
5 Edi Buro   DF (1987-09-19)19 September 1987 (aged 25)   Travnik 2012
6 Kevin Friedland   DF (1981-10-03)3 October 1981 (aged 31) Kansas City Wizards 2004 33 1
14 Brian Kallman   DF (1984-04-23)23 April 1984 (aged 28) Minnesota Thunder 2010 64 1
15 Evan Sassano   DF (1987-11-22)22 November 1987 (aged 24) 2012
16 Kyle Altman   DF (1986-01-31)31 January 1986 (aged 26) Minnesota Thunder 2010
20 Connor Tobin   DF (1987-02-11)11 February 1987 (aged 25) Rochester Rhinos 2012
28 Ernest Tchoupe   DF (1987-12-23)23 December 1987 (aged 24)   Expreso Rojo 2012
Midfielders
4 Neil Hlavaty   MF (1986-12-27)27 December 1986 (aged 25)   Jagiellonia Białystok 2010 85 13
8 Daniel Wasson   MF (1984-06-15)15 June 1984 (aged 28)   VfL Osnabrück 2010
13 Kentaro Takada   MF (1983-04-13)13 April 1983 (aged 29) Rochester Thunder 2010
19 Shawn Chin   MF (1989-05-11)11 May 1989 (aged 23)   Edmonton 2012
22 Kevin Venegas   MF (1989-07-29)29 July 1989 (aged 23) Fullerton Titans 2010 23 2
23 Miguel Ibarra   MF (1990-03-15)15 March 1990 (aged 22) UC Irvine Anteaters 2012 31 5
24 Michael Reed   MF (1987-10-28)28 October 1987 (aged 24) PSC Soccer Academy 2012
32 Lucas Rodríguez   MF (1986-02-08)8 February 1986 (aged 26) Kansas City Brass 2010
77 Andy Lorei   MF (1989-03-25)25 March 1989 (aged 23) Real Maryland 2011
Forwards
7 Fuad Ibrahim   FW (1991-08-15)15 August 1991 (aged 21) 2012
9 Martin Nuñez   FW (1987-02-02)2 February 1987 (aged 25) Fort Lauderdale Strikers 2012
10 Simone Bracalello   FW (1985-10-21)21 October 1985 (aged 27) 2010 83 20
11 Amani Walker   FW (1989-12-16)16 December 1989 (aged 22) Orange County Blue Star 2011 48 10
17 Geison Moura   MF (1986-07-16)16 July 1986 (aged 26) Rockford Rampage 2010
21 Devin Del Do   FW (1986-05-21)21 May 1986 (aged 26) 2010
26 Travis Wall   FW (1990-01-04)4 January 1990 (aged 22) Columbus Crew 2012
Players away on loan
Players who left during the season

Staff edit

Transfers edit

Winter edit

Summer edit

Friendlies edit

March 9, 2012 Chicago Fire Soccer Club 3–1 Minnesota Stars Bridgeview
10:00 CDT (UTC−5) Report Stadium: Toyota Park Practice Field
March 9, 2012 Chicago Fire Reserves 1–1 Minnesota Stars Bridgeview
12:30 CDT (UTC−5) Report Stadium: Toyota Park Practice Field
March 16, 2012 Hastings College 1–2 Minnesota Stars Hastings
14:00 CDT (UTC−5) Report
March 18, 2012 Omaha Mavericks 1–2 Minnesota Stars Omaha
13:00 CDT (UTC−5) Report Stadium: Creighton University
April 2, 2012 Minnesota Stars   2–0   Edmonton Minneapolis
13:00 CDT (UTC−5) Report Stadium: Minneapolis Sculpture Garden

Competitions edit

NASL edit

Standings edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
4 Carolina RailHawks 28 10 10 8 44 46 −2 40 Playoff quarterfinals
5 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 28 9 9 10 40 46 −6 36
6 Minnesota United 28 8 11 9 34 33 +1 35
7 Atlanta Silverbacks 28 7 9 12 35 46 −11 30
8 FC Edmonton 28 5 10 13 26 36 −10 25
Source: NASL Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results edit

April 7, 2012 1 Minnesota Stars 0–0 Carolina RailHawks Minneapolis
19:30 CDT (UTC−5) Takada   73' Summary Nurse   67' Stadium: Humphrey Metrodome
Attendance: 8,693
Referee: Terry Vaughn
April 14, 2012 2 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 0–0 Minnesota Stars Fort Lauderdale
18:30 CDT (UTC−5) Lorenz   83' Summary Takada   52'
Friedland   72'
Del Do   78'		 Stadium: Lockhart Stadium
Attendance: 2,916
Referee: Sorin Stoica
April 22, 2012 3 Edmonton 3–4 Minnesota Stars Edmonton
15:30 CDT (UTC−5) Saiko   5'
Hatchi   7'
Hamilton   52'
Porter   63'
Rago   84'		 Summary Hlavaty   8' (pen.)
Altman   16'  30'
Takada   68'
Del Do   90+2'		 Stadium: Foote Field
Attendance: 1,273
Referee: Justin Tasev
April 28, 2012 4 Atlanta Silverbacks 3–3 Minnesota Stars Chamblee
18:30 CDT (UTC−5) Navia   48', 64'   81'
Santamaria   79'		 Summary Walker   66'
Del Do   88'
Davis   90'   90'		 Stadium: Silverbacks Park
Attendance: 4,176
May 5, 2012 5 Minnesota Stars 2–0 Atlanta Silverbacks Blaine
19:30 CDT (UTC−5) Tchoupe   24'  40'
Takada   42'
Davis   59'
Ibarra   76'		 Summary Robertson   33'
Lancaster   52'
Carr   59'   88'
Cox   70'
McManus   70'   71'		 Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 1,692
May 13, 2012 6 Minnesota Stars 2–1 Carolina RailHawks Blaine
19:30 CDT (UTC−5) Walker   16'
Venegas   52'		 Summary Agbossoumonde   60'
da Luz   90+1'		 Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 2,168
May 20, 2012 7 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 1–3 Minnesota Stars Fort Lauderdale
18:30 CDT (UTC−5) Anderson   36'
Thompson   38'
Restrepo   57'		 Summary Walker   45'
Ibarra   63'
Kallman   72'
Davis   80'
Bracalello   83'
Hlavaty   90'		 Stadium: Lockhart Stadium
Attendance: 2,720
Referee: Armando Villarreal
May 27, 2012 8 Tampa Bay Rowdies 0–0 Minnesota Stars St. Petersburg
18:30 CDT (UTC−5) Campbell   69' Summary Stadium: Progress Energy Park
Attendance: 3,182
Referee: Ted Unkel
June 3, 2012 9 San Antonio Scorpions 0–0 Minnesota Stars San Antonio
19:30 CDT (UTC−5) Summary Ibrahim   63' Stadium: Heroes Stadium
Attendance: 8,639
Referee: Jorge Luna
June 10, 2012 10 Carolina RailHawks 5–1 Minnesota Stars Cary
18:00 CDT (UTC−5) King   24'
Lowery   25'
Zimmerman   41'
Shriver   53'
Schilawski   61'
Garey   90+4'		 Summary Bracalello   45+2'
Altman   82'
Hlavaty   82'
Davis   90'		 Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 2,580
Referee: Marcos de Oliveira
June 17, 2012 11 Minnesota Stars 1–2 Tampa Bay Rowdies Blaine
19:30 CDT (UTC−5) Nuñez   8'  25'
Kallman   90+1'		 Summary Yoshitake   45+1'
Hill   45+1'
Savage   85'
Ambersley   89'		 Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 2,908
June 24, 2012 12 Minnesota Stars 2–1 Fort Lauderdale Strikers Blaine
19:30 CDT (UTC−5) Hlavaty   17' (pen.)
Tobin   24'
Bracalello   39'
Nuñez   69'		 Summary Otte   5'
Herron   15'
Ståhl   16'
Anderson   26'
Lorenz   83'		 Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 2,442
July 1, 2012 13 Tampa Bay Rowdies 2–0 Minnesota Stars St. Petersburg
19:30 CDT (UTC−5) Ambersley   55'
Yoshitake   88'		 Summary Stadium: Progress Energy Park
Attendance: 2,594
Referee: Kevin Terry
July 5, 2012 14 Minnesota Stars 4–0 Puerto Rico Islanders Blaine
19:30 CDT (UTC−5) Hlavaty   15'
Nuñez   18', 55'
Bracalello   45'
Walker   81'		 Report vanSchaik   78' Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 2,199
July 8, 2012 15 Minnesota Stars 0–2 Atlanta Silverbacks Blaine
19:30 CDT (UTC−5) Venegas   35' Report Horth   10'
Duran   43'
McManus   68'
Carr   75'		 Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 1,728
July 13, 2012 16 Minnesota Stars 2–1 Tampa Bay Rowdies Blaine
19:30 CDT (UTC−5) Nuñez   30'
Cristiano   37'
Takada   44'
Venegas   64'		 Report Ambersley   78' Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 2,164
July 19, 2012 17 Minnesota Stars 1–2 Fort Lauderdale Strikers Blaine
19:30 CDT (UTC−5) Bracalello   38'   64'
Nuñez   70'		 Report Stewart   29'
Anderson   34', 42'
King   40'
Herron   62'		 Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 4,034
July 22, 2012 18 Carolina RailHawks 1–0 Minnesota Stars Cary
18:00 CDT (UTC−5) Schilawski   10'
Lowery   60'
Low   72'   77'		 Report E.Sassano   69'
Bracalello   81'		 Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 3,158
July 29, 2012 19 Puerto Rico Islanders 1–0 Minnesota Stars Bayamón, Puerto Rico
18:30 CDT (UTC−5) Vázquez   39'
Delgado   49'   67'
Telesford   67'
Nurse   76'
Faña   81'		 Report Davis   86'
Ibarra   90'		 Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium
Attendance: 1,357
August 5, 2012 20 Edmonton 1–1 Minnesota Stars Edmonton
20:05 CDT (UTC−5) Barthélémy   20'
Cox   88'
Hamilton   90'		 Report Nuñez   44' Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 1,536
August 12, 2012 21 Minnesota Stars 0–1 San Antonio Scorpions Blaine
19:30 CDT (UTC−5) Kallman   88'
Nuñez   90+1'		 Report Wagner   26'
Denissen   71' (pen.)
Campos   77'
Knight   90+1'		 Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 3,221
August 19, 2012 22 Atlanta Silverbacks 0–0 Minnesota Stars Chamblee
18:30 CDT (UTC−5) O'Brien   61'   61' Summary Altman   23'
Davis   90'		 Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park
Attendance: 3,911
August 26, 2012 23 Minnesota Stars 1–1 Edmonton Blaine
19:30 CDT (UTC−5) Cristiano   17'
Davis   40'
Venegas   44'		 Summary Hamilton   19'
Arguez   74'		 Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 2,427
September 2, 2012 24 Minnesota Stars 1–1 San Antonio Scorpions Blaine
19:30 CDT (UTC−5) Walker   33'
Takada   45'
Kallman   63'		 Summary Pitchkolan   15'
Janicki   60'
Denissen   69'   73'
Harmse   79'		 Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 1,705
September 8, 2012 25 Minnesota Stars 1–1 Edmonton Blaine
19:30 CDT (UTC−5) Walker   19' Summary Cox   33'
Saiko   90+2'		 Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 2,365
September 11, 2012 26 Minnesota Stars 4–0 Puerto Rico Islanders Blaine
19:30 CDT (UTC−5) Polak   16'
Ibarra   45'
Watson   46'
Walker   52'
Venegas   79'
Tobin   86'		 Summary deRoux   24'
Telesford   58'
Foley   68'
Edward   87'		 Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 1,402
September 15, 2012 27 Puerto Rico Islanders 2–0 Minnesota Stars Bayamón, Puerto Rico
19:30 CDT (UTC−5) Vázquez   21'
Foley   85'		 Summary Tobin   36'
Nuñez   81'		 Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium
Attendance: 3,331
September 23, 2012 28 San Antonio Scorpions 1–1 Minnesota Stars San Antonio
19:00 CDT (UTC−5) Campos   9'
Denissen   11'
Pitchkolan   52'
Cochrane   78'
Janicki   83'		 Summary Venegas   47'
Rodríguez   58'
Friedland   69'		 Stadium: Heroes Stadium
Attendance: 7,996

NASL Playoffs edit

September 30, 2012 Quarterfinal Puerto Rico Islanders 1–2 Minnesota Stars Bayamón, Puerto Rico
17:00 CDT (UTC−5) Nurse   68'
Foley   79'
Hansen   81'		 Summary Walker   9'
Ibarra   40'
Davis   90'		 Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium
Attendance: 2,002
Referee: Kevin Terry, Jr.
October 6, 2012 Semifinal 1st leg Minnesota Stars 0–0 San Antonio Scorpions Blaine
19:30 CDT (UTC−5) Bracalello   21' Summary Harmse   86' Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 2,006
Referee: Marcos Deoliveira
October 14, 2012 Semifinal 2nd leg San Antonio Scorpions 1–2
(1–2 agg.)		 Minnesota Stars San Antonio
17:15 CDT (UTC−5) Ramírez   17'
Campos   25'  27'
Harmse   54'
Soto   89'		 Summary Altman   27'
Hlavaty   66'
Wagner   77' (o.g.)
Bracalello   83'		 Stadium: Heroes Stadium
Attendance: 6,249
Referee: Daniel Fitzgerald

Soccer Bowl edit

October 20, 2012 1st leg Minnesota Stars 2–0 Tampa Bay Rowdies Blaine
19:30 CDT (UTC−5) Walker   67'
Takada   84'
Nuñez   90+4'		 Summary Ambersley   48' Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 4,642
Referee: Kevin Terry, Jr.
October 26, 2012 2nd leg Tampa Bay Rowdies 3–1
(3–3 agg.)
(3–2 p)		 Minnesota Stars St. Petersburg
18:30 CDT (UTC−5) Cort   25'  57'
Ambersley   26'
Savage   51'
Mulholland   82'
Antoniuk   86'  90+1'
Hill   90'		 Summary Davis   31'
Bracalello   45+1'
Rodríguez   52'		 Stadium: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: 6,208
Referee: Alejandro Mariscal
Penalties
Mulholland  
Cox  
Picault  
Cort  		   Hlavaty
  Del Do
  Altman
  Bracalello
  Rodríguez

U.S. Open Cup edit

May 22, 2012 Second Round Des Moines Menace 0–2 Minnesota Stars West Des Moines
19:30 CDT (UTC−5) H.Jupic   27'
J.Lopez   73'
Moloto   79'		 Report
Report		 Bracalello   20'
Cristiano   40'
Kallman   52'
Ibarra   84'
Venegas   85'		 Stadium: Valley Stadium
May 29, 2012 Third Round Real Salt Lake 1–3 Minnesota Stars Sandy City
21:00 CDT (UTC−5) Gil   29'
Velásquez   83'
Olave   85'		 Report Venegas   3'
Hlavaty   45' (pen.)
Bracalello   58'		 Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 17,212
Referee: Tyler Ploeger
June 5, 2012 Fourth Round San Jose Earthquakes 1–0 Minnesota Stars Santa Clara
21:00 CDT (UTC−5) Beitashour   45'
Corrales   55'
Lenhart   85'		 Report Altman   42'
Davis   60'
Kallman   90+3'		 Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium
Attendance: 1,548

Squad statistics edit

As of Match played October 26, 2012

Appearances and goals edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total NASL NASL Playoffs U.S. Open Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   USA Mitch Hildebrandt 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
2 DF   USA Justin Davis 32 1 24 1 5 0 3 0
3 DF   BRA Cristiano 21 1 17+2 1 0 0 2 0
4 MF   USA Neil Hlavaty 32 3 23+1 2 5 0 3 1
5 MF   BIH Edi Buro 2 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0
6 DF   USA Kevin Friedland 8 1 5+2 1 0 0 0+1 0
7 FW   USA Fuad Ibrahim 4 0 2+2 0 0 0 0 0
8 MF   USA Daniel Wasson 8 0 4+4 0 0 0 0 0
9 FW   URU Martin Nuñez 28 6 16+9 5 0+3 1 0 0
10 FW   ITA Simone Bracalello 31 8 15+8 5 5 1 3 2
11 FW   JAM Amani Walker 29 9 16+5 7 5 2 2+1 0
12 MF   USA Jamie Watson 8 1 3 1 5 0 0 0
13 MF   JPN Kentaro Takada 29 2 22+2 2 2+3 0 0 0
14 DF   USA Brian Kallman 32 0 24 0 5 0 3 0
15 DF   USA Evan Sassano 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
16 DF   USA Kyle Altman 25 1 20 1 5 0 0 0
17 FW   BRA Geison Moura 5 0 1+4 0 0 0 0 0
19 MF   USA Shawn Chin 5 0 1+4 0 0 0 0 0
20 DF   USA Connor Tobin 16 0 9+2 0 5 0 0 0
21 FW   USA Devin Del Do 18 2 5+11 2 0+2 0 0 0
22 MF   USA Kevin Venegas 23 2 15+5 1 0 0 3 1
23 MF   USA Miguel Ibarra 31 5 23 3 5 1 3 1
24 MF   USA Michael Reed 7 0 6+1 0 0 0 0 0
25 FW   USA Nate Polak 7 1 3+3 1 0+1 0 0 0
26 FW   USA Travis Wall 2 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0
28 DF   CMR Ernest Tchoupe 11 1 9+2 1 0 0 0 0
30 GK   USA Matt Van Oekel 33 0 25 0 5 0 3 0
32 MF   USA Lucas Rodríguez 20 1 11+5 0 3+1 1 0 0
77 MF   USA Andy Lorei 4 0 2+2 0 0 0 0 0
Players who left NSC Minnesota Stars during the season:

Goal scorers edit

Place Position Nation Number Name NASL NASL Playoffs U.S. Open Cup Total
1 FW   11 Amani Walker 7 2 0 9
2 FW   10 Simone Bracalello 5 1 2 8
3 FW   9 Martin Nuñez 5 1 0 6
4 MF   23 Miguel Ibarra 3 1 1 5
5 MF   4 Neil Hlavaty 2 0 1 3
6 MF   13 Kentaro Takada 2 0 0 2
FW   21 Devin Del Do 2 0 0 2
MF   22 Kevin Venegas 1 0 1 2
9 DF   16 Kyle Altman 1 0 0 1
DF   2 Justin Davis 1 0 0 1
DF   28 Ernest Tchoupe 1 0 0 1
DF   3 Cristiano 1 0 0 1
FW   25 Nate Polak 1 0 0 1
MF   12 Jamie Watson 1 0 0 1
DF   6 Kevin Friedland 1 0 0 1
MF   32 Lucas Rodríguez 0 1 0 1
Own goal 0 1 0 1
TOTALS 34 7 5 46

Disciplinary record edit

Number Nation Position Name NASL NASL Playoffs U.S. Open Cup Total
               
2   DF Justin Davis 7 0 2 0 1 0 3 0
3   DF Cristiano 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
4   MF Neil Hlavaty 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
6   DF Kevin Friedland 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
7   FW Fuad Ibrahim 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
9   FW Martin Nuñez 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
10   FW Simone Bracalello 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0
13   MF Kentaro Takada 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
14   DF Brian Kallman 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
15   DF Evan Sassano 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
16   DF Kyle Altman 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 0
20   DF Connor Tobin 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
21   FW Devin Del Do 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
22   MF Kevin Venegas 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
23   MF Miguel Ibarra 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
28   DF Ernest Tchoupe 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
32   MF Lucas Rodríguez 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
TOTALS 41 2 7 0 5 1 53 3

References edit

  1. ^ Stars introduce new ownership group
  2. ^ "Michael Reed – Signed with Minnesota Stars (NASL)". pscsocceracademy.net. PSC Soccer Academy. Retrieved February 25, 2016.

By using this platform, you agree to the Terms of Use ©2020 Knowpia