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2023 Minnesota United FC Season
The 2023 Minnesota United FC season was the club's seventh in Major League Soccer. Their season began on February 25, 2023, where they faced FC Dallas in Frisco, Texas, Frisco. The club played its home matches at Allianz Field in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The club failed to reach the MLS Cup Playoffs for a fifth consecutive year. On October 6, the club fired Technical Director Mark Watson (soccer, born 1970), Mark Watson and Head Coach Adrian Heath. Technical Staff ''As of October 7th, 2023'' Roster ''As of August 4th, 2023'' Transfers Transfers in MLS SuperDraft Transfers out Loans in Loans out Friendlies Competitions MLS regular season Standings =Overall = =Western Conference= Results summary Regular season U.S. Open Cup Leagues Cup Central 2 Statistics Appearances and goals :''Last updated October 21st, 2023.'' , - ! colspan="14" style="background:#21201E;color:#9BCEE3;bor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minnesota United FC
Minnesota United FC is an American professional soccer club based in Saint Paul, Minnesota that plays in the Western Conference of Major League Soccer. The club began play in 2017 as the league's 22nd club, and replaced the North American Soccer League (NASL) franchise of the same name. The club played its home games at TCF Bank Stadium, on the campus of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, for its first two seasons in MLS play. The club began playing in Saint Paul (becoming the city's fourth professional sports team, joining the Minnesota Wild, the St. Paul Saints, and Minnesota Whitecaps), at Allianz Field in the Midway neighborhood starting in the spring of 2019. Minnesota United FC's ownership is led by Bill McGuire, former CEO of UnitedHealth Group, and includes other Minnesota sports owners: the Pohlad family, owners of the Twins; former Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor; former Wild investor Glen Nelson, and his daughter Wendy Carlson Nelson of the Carl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Watson (soccer, Born 1970)
Mark Stewart Watson (born 8 September 1970) is a Canadian former professional soccer player who works as Technical Director (GM) at Minnesota United FC. A former defender, Watson is the sixth most-capped player in the history of the Canada national team. Club career Watson spent 18 years as a professional soccer player. He spent three seasons with Watford FC of the English Championship from 1993 to 1995 and then joined Major League Soccer for its inaugural season in 1996. He split that first MLS season between the New England Revolution and Columbus Crew. Watson returned to MLS in 2001 with D.C. United after stops with the Seattle Sounders, Oxford United and Oldham Athletic. International career For Canada, Watson has appeared 78 times for the 'A' national team during a 14-year span. He has played in four World Cup qualifying campaigns. and on the 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup side that won the tournament. Watson scored the winning goal for Canada in the semi-final of the 2000 Go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devin Padelford
Devin Padelford (born January 3, 2003) is an American professional soccer player who plays for Major League Soccer club Minnesota United. Career Youth Padelford attended Woodbury High School where he played soccer at the varsity level. He graduated from Woodbury High School in 2021, where he was named All-State and Conference Player of the Year in 2021. Padelford also played club soccer with St. Croix Soccer Club, helping the team to win the Las Vegas Cup in 2019 and become State Champions in 2019 and 2021. In 2021, he joined the newly launched Minnesota United academy team. Padelford played with the under-19 team and appeared in 13 MLS Next matches, scoring two goals and providing eight assists. Minnesota United On March 10, 2022, Padelford signed a three-year homegrown player contract with Major League Soccer side Minnesota United. He spent the 2022 season with the club's MLS Next Pro side, making 22 appearances and adding one assist. On June 3, 2023, Padelford made his ML ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Homegrown Player Rule (Major League Soccer)
The Homegrown Player Rule is a Major League Soccer program that allows MLS teams to sign local players from their own development academies directly to MLS first team rosters. Before the creation of the rule in 2008, every player entering Major League Soccer would have to be assigned through one of the existing MLS player allocation processes, such as the MLS SuperDraft. MLS roster rules allow a team to sign players to contracts similar to Generation adidas contracts, which do not count against the MLS salary budget and may earn a much higher salary than the league minimum. MLS has since removed this wording from the roster rules. That means homegrown players will not count against the salary budget only if they are registered using supplemental roster slots, but will still count against the salary budget if they are registered using senior roster slots. There is, however, supplementary salary budget made by MLS only for homegrown players that are registered using senior roster s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maryland Terrapins Men's Soccer
The Maryland Terrapins men's soccer team represents the University of Maryland in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) college soccer competition. The program has won four NCAA Division I College Cup national championships (1968, 2005, 2008, 2018). Maryland won nineteen Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) regular season championships (1953–68, 1971, 2012, 2013) and six ACC tournament championships (1996, 2002, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013) before joining the Big Ten Conference on July 1, 2014. The Terps won the 2014, 2016, and 2022 Big Ten Conference men's soccer championships and the 2014 and 2015 men's soccer tournament titles. History Maryland fielded its first varsity soccer team in 1946. It was coached by Doyle Royal, who remained in that position through 1973. In 1948, Royal led the Terrapins to an undefeated record, including an upset that ended Temple's 19-game winning streak. The only blemish on the season was a 4–4 tie against Loyola of Maryland, and the team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dayne St
Given name * M. Dayne Aldridge, former Dean of the School of Engineering at Mercer University * Dayne Beams (born 1990), professional Australian rules football player * Dayne Crist (born 1989), American football quarterback * Dayne Kelly (born 1990), Australian tennis player * Dayne Kinnaird (born 1982), motocross rider for Zoo York Skateboard Company * Dayne Pratzky, Australian anti-fracking activist * Dayne Robertson (born 1988), Scottish football midfielder * Dayne Sherman (born 1970), American writer of fiction and journalism * Dayne Walling (born 1974), mayor of Flint, Michigan *Dayne Wescott (1850–1929), member of the Wisconsin State Senate * Dayne Weston (born 1986), Australian rugby league player *Dayne Zorko (born 1989), professional Australian rules football player Surname * Bella Dayne, German actress * Blanche Dayne (1871–1944), American vaudeville actress *Ron Dayne (born 1978), former American college and professional football player *Taylor Dayne (born 1962), A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Columbus Crew
The Columbus Crew, formerly known as Columbus Crew SC, is an American professional soccer club based in Columbus, Ohio. The Crew competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference and began play in 1996 as one of the 10 charter clubs of the league. The team is currently operated by an ownership group led by the Haslam family (also owners of the Cleveland Browns and Pilot Corporation) and former team physician Pete Edwards. The Haslam/Edwards group is the third ownership group in club history. The franchise was founded in 1994. Its stadium is Lower.com Field, opened in 2021. From 1999 to 2021, the Crew played home games at Historic Crew Stadium (formerly Mapfre Stadium and Columbus Crew Stadium), the first soccer-specific stadium built for an MLS team, with a seating capacity of 19,968 as of the 2015 season. From 1996 to 1998, the Crew played its home games at Ohio Stadium on the campus of Ohio State University. In 2014, the team set club ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Dick
Eric Dick (born October 3, 1994) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Major League Soccer club Minnesota United. Career College and youth Dick moved from Roeland Park, Kansas, to Carmel, Indiana when he was 5 He played two years of college soccer at Butler University between 2013 and 2017, including a redshirted year in 2013. During his time at Butler, Dick kept 28 shutouts. Dick also appeared for Premier Development League sides Portland Timbers U23s in 2015 and OKC Energy U23 in 2017. Professional On January 19, 2018, Dick was drafted in the first-round (13th overall) during the 2018 MLS SuperDraft by Sporting Kansas City. Dick signed with Sporting KC on February 15, 2018. Dick made his professional debut with Kansas City's United Soccer League affiliate Swope Park Rangers on March 31, 2018, when Swope Park Rangers lost 2–1 to Las Vegas Lights. On June 29, 2019, Dick was sent on a one-game loan to USL Championship side Tuls ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colorado Rapids
The Colorado Rapids are an American professional soccer club based in the Denver metropolitan area. The Rapids compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western Conference. Founded in 1995, as part of the Anschutz Corporation, later to be a founding sports franchise of the global sports & entertainment juggernaut AEG, the club is a founding member of MLS, playing their first season in 1996. The Rapids are owned by the Kroenke Sports & Entertainment, also owners of the Denver Nuggets of NBA, Colorado Avalanche of NHL, and other sports teams outside of the state of Colorado. Colorado won the MLS Cup in 2010, their second MLS Cup appearance. The first appearance was in 1997, losing to D.C. United. They were also runners-up of the U.S. Open Cup in the 1999 tournament, where they lost to the Rochester Raging Rhinos, the last time a non-MLS team won the Cup. The Rapids play their home games at Dick's Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, moving to the stadium ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goalkeeper (association Football)
In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting opposing shots on goal. Such positions exist in bandy, rink bandy, camogie, association football, Gaelic football, international rules football, floorball, handball, hurling, field hockey, ice hockey, roller hockey, lacrosse, ringette, rinkball, water polo, and shinty as well as in other sports. In most sports which involve scoring in a net, special rules apply to the goalkeeper that do not apply to other players. These rules are often instituted to protect the goalkeeper (being a target for dangerous or even violent actions). This is most apparent in sports such as ice hockey, field hockey, and lacrosse, where goalkeepers are required to wear special equipment like heavy pads and a face mask to protect their bodies from the imp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clint Irwin
Clinton Robert Irwin (born April 1, 1989) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Minnesota United. Early life Irwin attended high school at Charlotte Christian School. As a student, he played basketball, where he was a teammate of future NBA player Stephen Curry. Irwin attended Elon University, where he made 54 appearances for the Elon Phoenix over four seasons. Club career While attending university, Irwin played two seasons with USL Premier Development Division club Carolina Dynamo. After his time at Elon, Irwin joined Capital City of the Canadian Soccer League for the 2011 season. Irwin made 22 appearances for Capital City and scored a goal for the club in a 2–2 draw with Windsor Stars. Following his stint with Capital City, Irwin joined his hometown club, the Charlotte Eagles in the USL Professional Division. On July 6, 2012, Irwin made his debut in a 2–0 win over the Charleston Battery In February 2013, Irwin signed with Major Lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stewart Kerr
James Stewart Robert Kerr (born 13 November 1974) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Celtic, Swindon Town, Brighton and Wigan Athletic. Kerr was forced into early retirement at the age of 27 due to a back injury. Kerr was appointed to Scottish First Division club Airdrie United as goalkeeper coach in August 2008, where he was part of the Scottish Challenge Cup winning side and also recruited and mentored goalkeeper Lee Hollis who went on to play for Motherwell and Heart of Midlothian. Kerr left that position to join Scottish Premier League side Motherwell in September 2009, where he was credited with developing current Norwich City and England goalkeeper John Ruddy, as well as West Ham and Republic of Ireland goalkeeper Darren Randolph. Kerr left Motherwell in December 2011 to become goalkeeper coach for Major League Soccer side Toronto FC. During his time at Toronto, Kerr was responsible for recruiting and developing current Orland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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