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Minnesota at Tampa Bay Friday, May 25, 2012 // 6:30 p.m. CDT Al Lang Stadium // St. Petersburg, Fla. 2012 NASL Regular Season Minnesota Stars FC Tampa Bay Rowdies Record: 4-3-0 (15 pts) Record: 3-2-3 (11 pts) 2nd place in NASL 4th place in PDL Most recent: W D W W W Most recent: D W L LW
2012 Minnesota Stars FC Active Roster Name Mitch Hildebrandt Justin Davis Cristiano Dias Neil Hlavaty Edi Buro Kevin Friedland Fuad “Ibee” Ibrahim Daniel Wasson Martín Nuñez Simone Bracalello Amani Walker Kentaro Takada Brian Kallman Evan Sassano Kyle Altman Shawn Chin Connor Tobin Devin Del Do Kevin Venegas Miguel Ibarra Michael Reed Travis Wall Ernest Tchoupe Matt VanOekel Lucas Rodriguez Andy Lorei Gino Mauro
Pos. GK D D M D/M D M/F M M/F F F M D D D M D F M/D M M F D GK M M D
Ht. 6’1” 6’0” 6’3” 5’11” 6’2” 5’8” 6’0” 5’9” 5’6” 6’0” 6’2” 5’9” 6’0” 6’0” 6’1” 5’8” 6’2” 5’9” 5’10” 5’7” 6’0” 6’0” 5’9” 6’4” 5’8” 6’3” 6’2”
Wt. 195 175 185 165 175 155 155 170 160 165 190 160 185 160 170 150 180 155 150 145 170 170 155 205 145 185 180
Hometown First Name Livonia, Mich. Litchfield Park, Ariz. Machado, Brazil kris-tee-AH-noh Berwyn, Ill. Sarajevo, Bosnia Eddie Irvine, Calif. Richfield, Minn. FOO-ahd Colorado Springs, Colo. Montevideo, Uruguay mahr-TEEN Genoa, Italy sim-OH-nay San Diego, Calif. AH-mah-nee Hokuto, Japan ken-TAHR-oh Woodbury, Minn. Orinda, Calif. Albuquerque, N.M. Miami, Fla. Fort Collins, Colo. Valencia, Calif. Lakewood, Calif. Lancaster, Calif. MEE-gehl Albuquerque, N.M. Columbus, Ohio Douala, Cameroon Chesapeake, Va. Buenos Aires, Argentina Erie, Pa. Toronto, Ontario, Canada gee-NOH
Name Pronunciation Guide
No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 14 15 16 19 20 21 22 23 24 26 28 30 32 77 91
Last Name hill-DUH-brant DEE-ess heh-LAHV-eh-tee BOO-roh FREED-land EEB-rah-heem WAH-sun NOON-yes brock-AH-lell-oh tah-KAH-dah suss-AH-noh toe-BIN dell DOH vah-NAY-gus eeb-AHR-uh CHOO-pay van-OH-kull loh-RYE mahr-OH
2012 Minnesota Stars FC Coaching and Technical Staff Manny Lagos
Carl Craig
Kevin Friedland
Jon Lowery
A St. Paul native, Stars head coach Manny Lagos is off to a successful start to his coaching career. Lagos enjoyed a 15 year professional career that included stops with five teams in Major League Soccer and three MLS Cup titles. He took the reins as head coach of the Stars in 2010, helping the Stars become the only new club in the 12-team USSF D2 Pro League to reach the playoffs following a seventh place finish. He was named the FieldTurf NASL Coach of the Year in 2011 after guiding the Stars to the NASL crown.
Since moving to Minnesota from Newcastle-uponTyne, England, 18 years ago, Craig has become a widely known and respected figure at all levels of the Minnesota soccer community. Craig has served as the head coach of the PDL’s Twin Cities Phoenix and the NPSL’s Minnesota Blast as well as leading Shattuck St. Mary’s school and various clubs around the Twin Cities. In addition to his role with the Stars, which he has held since March 2010, Craig is also director of coaching for White Bear Soccer Club.
The 2012 NASL season marks Friedland’s ninth professional season in Minnesota. He signed for the Stars in 2010 as a player-coach and in 2011 added front office duties including business development and designing the Stars home and away kits. Friedland began his career with the Kansas City Wizards in 2003 but signed for the Minnesota Thunder in 2004 after impressing then head coach Amos Magee. His nine years in Minnesota make him the market’s longest-tenured active professional player.
The newest addition to the Stars coaching staff, Lowery is a former college standout who enjoyed a four year professional career in the A-League, MLS and USL before retiring to embark on a coaching career. Lowery began as an assistant at UMass, then joined his alma mater, Ohio State, before moving to an assistant coach’s role at Wake Forest, where he helped lead the Demon Deacons to the 2007 NCAA championship. He is currently the head coach at Minneapolis’ St. Thomas University.
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