The 2018 Minnesota United FC season was the ninth season of Minnesota United FC's existence and their second season in Major League Soccer, the top-tier of American soccer. United played at TCF Bank Stadium and was coached by Adrian Heath. Outside of MLS, Minnesota United also participated in the 2018 U.S. Open Cup, as well as various preseason competitions.
On June 29, 2018, player Collin Martin came out publicly as gay, making him at the time the only out gay man in any of the big five American sports leagues or any top-division professional men's national soccer leagues. He was also reported at the time to be the only active male professional soccer player to be openly gay.
Club
No. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (age) Signed from Goalkeepers 24 Alex Kapp GK Atlanta United FC 28 Matt Lampson GK Chicago Fire 33 Bobby Shuttleworth GK New England Revolution Defenders 2 Carter Manley DF Duke 3 Jérôme Thiesson DF FC Luzern 5 Francisco Calvo DF Saprissa 8 Marc Burch DF Colorado Rapids 14 Brent Kallman DF Minnesota United FC (NASL) 15 Michael Boxall DF SuperSport United 22 Wyatt Omsberg DF Dartmouth 27 Bertrand Owundi DF Les Astres 30 Eric Miller DF Colorado Rapids Midfielder 6 Sam Cronin MF Colorado Rapids 7 Ibson MF Minnesota United FC (NASL) 10 Miguel Ibarra MF Club León 11 Romario Ibarra MF C.D. Universidad Católica del Ecuador 13 Ethan Finlay MF Columbus Crew 16 Harrison Heath (HGP) MF Atlanta United FC 17 Collin Martin MF D.C. United 18 Kevin Molino MF Orlando City SC 19 Frantz Pangop MF Union Douala 20 Rasmus Schuller MF BK Häcken 26 Collen Warner MF Houston Dynamo 29 Maximiniano MF Fluminense FC 32 Alexi Gomez MF Club Universitario de Deportes Forwards 9 Ángelo Rodríguez (DP) FW Deportes Tolima 23 Mason Toye (GA) FW Indiana 25 Darwin Quintero (DP) MF/FW Club America 99 Abu Danladi (GA) FW UCLA
Transfers
Transfers in Entry datePositionNo.PlayerFrom clubRef. December 10, 2017 MF 16 Harrison Heath Atlanta United FC January 9, 2018 MF 19 Frantz Pangop Union Douala January 19, 2018 GK 28 Matt Lampson Chicago Fire January 19, 2018 DF 27 Bertrand Owundi Astres January 19, 2018 FW 23 Mason Toye Indiana February 28, 2018 DF 2 Carter Manley Duke February 28, 2018 DF 22 Wyatt Omsberg Dartmouth March 30, 2018 FW 25 Darwin Quintero Club America May 2, 2018 DF 30 Eric Miller Colorado Rapids July 9, 2018 MF 11 Romario Ibarra Universidad Católica July 10, 2018 FW 9 Ángelo Rodríguez Deportes Tolima August 21, 2018 MF 12 Fernando Bob Internacional
MLS Re-Entry Draft
RoundPickPlayerPositionPrevious clubRef 1 4 Tyrone Mears DF Atlanta United FC
Stage 1 of the Re-Entry Draft took place on December 15, 2017. Stage 2 of the Re-Entry Draft took place on December 21, 2017.
MLS SuperDraft
Any player marked with a * is part of the Generation Adidas program.
RoundPickPlayerPositionPrevious clubRef 1 7 Mason Toye* FW Indiana 1 15 Wyatt Omsberg DF Dartmouth 1 23 Carter Manley DF Duke 2 41 Xavier Gomez MF Nebraska-Omaha
Transfers out Exit datePositionNo.PlayerTo clubNotesRef. November 27, 2017 DF 2 Justin Davis Nashville SC Option Declined November 27, 2017 DF 4 Jermaine Taylor Austin Bold FC Option Declined November 27, 2017 DF 12 Joseph Greenspan Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC Option Declined November 27, 2017 MF 15 Ismaila Jome Nashville SC Option Declined November 27, 2017 DF 22 Kevin Venegas Indy Eleven Option Declined November 27, 2017 MF 23 Bernardo Añor Caracas FC Option Declined November 27, 2017 GK 24 Patrick McLain Chicago Fire Contract Expired November 27, 2017 FW 30 Brandon Allen New York Red Bulls Loan Expired November 27, 2017 DF 31 Thomas de Villardi Austin Bold FC Option Declined February 28, 2018 DF Vadim Demidov Stabæk Fotball Contract Buyout May 2, 2018 MF 12 Sam Nicholson Colorado Rapids Trade August 6, 2018 FW 21 Christian Ramirez Los Angeles FC Trade August 27, 2018 DF 4 Tyrone Mears West Bromwich Albion F.C. Released
Loans in
Start dateEnd datePositionNo.PlayerFrom clubRef. August 10, 2017 March 9, 2018 MF 77 José Leitón Club Sport Herediano February 22, 2018 End of Season MF 29 Maximiniano Fluminense FC April 11, 2018 End of Season MF 32 Alexi Gómez Club Universitario de Deportes
Loans out
Start dateEnd datePositionNo.PlayerLoaned toRef. December 12, 2017 December 12, 2018 MF 22 Johan Venegas Saprissa December 12, 2017 August 8, 2018 FW 23 Mason Toye Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC August 16, 2018 End of Season DF 27 Bertrand Owundi Charlotte Independence
Friendlies
Carolina Challenge Cup
TeamColumbus Crew SC330072+59Charleston Battery31112204Atlanta United FC302124-22Minnesota United FC301224-31
Competitions
Overview
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| U.S. Open Cup
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MLS
Overall table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
U.S. Open Cup
Player statistics
Top scorers RankPositionNameMLSMLS CupU.S. Open CupTotal1FW Darwin Quintero1100112FW Christian Ramirez7007FW Miguel Ibarra70073MF Ibson40044MF Romario Ibarra3003FW Ángelo Rodríguez30036MF Kevin Molino2002MF Ethan Finlay2002DF Michael Boxall2002DF Francisco Calvo20029MF Sam Nicholson1001DF Tyrone Mears1001MF Rasmus Schuller1001FW Abu Danladi1001Total 44 0 0 44
Shutouts
RankPlayerMLSMLS CupU.S. Open CupTotal1 Bobby Shuttleworth2013
Appearances
No.Pos.NameMLSU.S. Open CupTotalAppsGoalsAssistsAppsGoalsAssistsAppsGoalsAssists 2 DF Carter Manley100000100 3 DF Jérôme Thiesson300000300 4 DF Tyrone Mears300000300 5 DF Francisco Calvo300000300 7 MF Ibson410000410 8 DF Marc Burch1 (1)000001 (1)00 9 FW Abu Danladi1 (1)000001 (1)00 10 MF Miguel Ibarra2 (2)000002 (2)00 12 MF Sam Nicholson410000410 13 MF Ethan Finlay421000421 14 DF Brent Kallman1 (1)000001 (1)00 18 MF Kevin Molino220000221 19 MF Frantz Pangop0 (1)000000 (1)00 20 MF Rasmus Schüller301000301 21 FW Christian Ramirez3 (1)010003 (1)01 22 DF Wyatt Omsberg100000100 23 FW Mason Toye0 (3)010000 (3)00 25 DF Michael Boxall300000300 26 MF Collen Warner1 (2)000001 (2)00 28 GK Matt Lampson400000400
Discipline PlacePositionName1FW23 Mason Toye212MF20 Rasmus Schüller30DF5 Francisco Calvo30MF7 Ibson305DF4 Tyrone Mears10MF29 Luiz Fernando10MF17 Collin Martin10DF8 Marc Burch10MF16 Harrison Heath10MF26 Collen Warner10MF32 Alexi Gomez10GK33 Shuttleworth10 MF/FW25 Quintero10
Attendance Total Games Average Season highest 406,342 17 23,902 LA Galaxy (52,242)
References