2011 NSC Minnesota Stars season

NSC Minnesota Stars

2011 season

Owner

Paul Erickson

Head Coach

Manny Lagos

NASL

1st

U.S. Open Cup

Denied entry

Average home league attendance

1,521^[1]

Home colours

Away colours

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The 2011 NSC Minnesota Stars season, was the second season for the Stars

Club

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Joe Warren
2	DF	Justin Davis
3	DF	Cristiano Dias
4	MF	Neil Hlavaty
6	DF	Kevin Friedland
7	MF	Andrei Gotsmanov
8	MF	Daniel Wasson
9	FW	Tino Nuñez
10	MF	Sandy Gbandi
11	DF	Chris Clements
13	MF	Kentaro Takada
14	DF	Brian Kallman
15	DF	John Gilkerson
16	DF	Kyle Altman

No.	Position	Player
17	MF	Geison Moura
18	MF	Jeff Cosgriff
19	FW	Simone Bracalello
20	FW	Brian Cvilikas
21	FW	Devin Del Do
22	FW	Amani Walker
23	MF	Ryan Woods
26	MF	Ely Allen
28	FW	Luke Mulholland
30	GK	Matt Van Oekel
32	MF	Lucas Rodriguez
77	MF	Andy Lorei
91	DF	Gino Mauro
-	DF	Jack Stewart (on loan to FC Dallas)

Coaching Staff

Position	Name
Head Coach	Manny Lagos
Assistant Coach	Carl Craig
Player Coach	Kevin Friedland

Management

Position	Name
Chief Executive Officer	Djorn Buchholz
Director of Soccer Operations	Manny Lagos
Team Administrator	Angie Blaker
Director of Media and P/R	Alex Haueter
Ticket Executives	Joe Dorn James McNeely Travis Petschl

Transfers

In

Date	Player	Previous Club	Fee	Ref
March 22, 2011	Jeff Cosgriff	A.C. St. Louis	Free	^[2]
	Cristiano Dias	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	Free	^[2]
	Andy Lorei	Real Maryland Monarchs	Free	^[2]
	Tino Nuñez	Rochester Rhinos	Undisclosed	^[2]

Out

Date	Player	Destination Club	Fee	Ref

Loan

In

Player	From	Start	End	Ref
Cristian Castillo	León	January 29, 2010	June 29, 2010	^[3]
Pablo Hernández	Defensor Sporting	July 1, 2010	December 31, 2010	^[4]
JP Rodrigues	Miami	October 1, 2010	December 31, 2010

Out

Player	Loaned to	Start	End	Ref
Ty Shipalane	Richmond Kickers	April 16, 2010	April 20, 2010	^[5]

Standings


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification	Head-to-head
1	Carolina RailHawks (C)	28	17	3	8	50	26	+24	54	2011 NASL Playoffs semifinals
2	Puerto Rico Islanders	28	15	7	6	41	32	+9	52	2011 NASL Playoffs semifinals
3	Tampa Bay Rowdies	28	11	8	9	41	36	+5	41	2011 NASL Playoffs quarterfinals
4	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	28	9	11	8	35	36	−1	38
5	FC Edmonton	28	10	6	12	35	40	−5	36		EDM: 8 pts MIN: 2 pts
6	NSC Minnesota Stars	28	9	9	10	30	32	−2	36		EDM: 8 pts MIN: 2 pts
7	Montreal Impact	28	9	8	11	35	27	+8	35
8	Atlanta Silverbacks	28	4	4	20	25	63	−38	16

Updated to games played on September 24, 2011.
Source: NASL Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.
In the case of two or more teams are tied on points, the first tie-breaker is the head-to-head record among the tied teams.^[6]
(C) denotes regular season champion.

Match Results

Win Draw Loss

April

Match 1	Atlanta Silverbacks		1 - 2		NSC Minnesota	Silverbacks Park	2011-04-09 16:00 CST
Horth 64'					57' Takada 89' Gotsmanov	Attendance: 3,543 Report: Report

Match 2	Ft. Lauderdale Strikers		1 - 1		NSC Minnesota Stars	Lockhart Stadium	2011-04-15 16:30 CST
Coudet 91+' (pen.)					61' Del Do	Attendance: 4,442 Referee: Donald Dellavia Report: Report

Match 3	Puerto Rico Islanders		3 - 1		NSC Minnesota Stars	Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium	2011-04-26 15:30 CST
Addlery 34' Faña 39', 77' Salem 71'					7' Gotsmanov 21' Altman 32' Rodríguez	Report: Report

Match 4	NSC Minnesota Stars		1 - 1		Carolina RailHawks	National Sports Center	2011-04-30 17:30 CST
Bracalello 66'					59' (pen.) Barbara	Attendance: 1,431 Report: Report

May

Match 5	NSC Minnesota Stars		1 - 1		Ft. Lauderdale Strikers	National Sports Center	2011-05-07 19:30 CST
Bracalello 88'					Coudet 35' (pen.)	Attendance: 1,672 Referee: Ismail Elfath Report: Report

Match 5	NSC Minnesota Stars		3 - 0		Atlanta Silverbacks	National Sports Center	2011-05-14 19:30 CST
Cosgriff 17' Hlavaty 57' (pen.) Rodriguez 66'						Attendance: 963 Report: Report

Match 7	NSC Minnesota Stars		2 - 0		Puerto Rico Islanders	National Sports Center	2011-05-18 19:30 CST
Davis 62' Del Do 73'						Attendance: 1,030 Report: Report

Match 8	FC Edmonton		2 - 1		NSC Minnesota Stars	Foote Field	2011-05-23 20:30 CST
Porter 26' Porter 65'					Bracalello 24'	Report: Report

Match 9	NSC Minnesota Stars		0 - 0		FC Tampa Bay	National Sports Center	2011-05-28 19:30 CST
						Attendance: 2,019 Report: Report

June

Match 10	Puerto Rico Islanders		1 - 1		NSC Minnesota Stars	Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium	2011-06-01
Addlery 38'					Bracalello 70'

References

↑ NASL Weekend in Review (18 July 2011).
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "NSC Minnesota Stars Announce Four New Signings, Three Re-Signings". Our Sports Central. March 22, 2011. Retrieved April 20, 2011.
↑ http://www.behindthebadge.com/2009/12/cristian-castillo-signed.php Cristian Castillo Signed
↑ "D.C. United signs Argentine forward Pablo Hernandez". D.C. United.
↑ Goff, Steve. "Soccer Insider - D.C. United releases Shipalane, Adams". Voices.washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2010-09-23.
↑ "NASL Standings".