22 Mar 2017

New MLS Team – Minnesota United FC

by Steven Hold | posted in: MLS | 0

Based out of Saint Paul, the Minnesota United FC joins the MLS for the 2017 season. This team is moving out os the North American Soccer League, and are the 6th MLS team to join from a lower division.

Minnesota United FC is a jointly owned team, with owners including Bill McGuire (former CEO of United Health Group), The Pohlad Family (owners of the Twins), Glen Taylor (owner of the Timberwolves), and others.

Their stadium is to be built in an old “bus barn” site in the Midway neighborhood. It’s supposed to be built by 2018, and is financed privately by the team.

John Alvbage

1 Goalkeeper –

Gothenburg, Sweden

AGE: 34

HT: 6′ 1″ WT: 194

INTERNATIONAL

Bernardo Añor

23 Midfielder –

Caracas, Venezuela

AGE: 28

HT: 5′ 8″ WT: 158

Ibson

7 Midfielder –

São Gonçalo, Brazil

AGE: 33

HT: 5′ 10″ WT: 168

INTERNATIONAL

Francisco Calvo

5 Defender –

San José, Costa Rica

AGE: 24

HT: 5′ 11″ WT: 170

INTERNATIONAL

Abu Danladi

9 Forward –

Takoradi, Ghana

AGE: 21

HT: 5′ 10″ WT: 170

GENERATION ADIDAS

Justin Davis

2 Defender –

Southfield, Michigan

AGE: 28

HT: 6′ 0″ WT: 175

Thomas De Villardi

Thomas De Villardi

13 Midfielder –

Vincennes, France

AGE: 22

HT: 6′ 1″ WT: 175

Vadim Demidov

6 Defender –

Riga, Latvia

AGE: 30

HT: 6′ 1″ WT: 176

INTERNATIONAL

Alec Ferrell

35 Goalkeeper –

Westlake, Ohio

AGE: 22

HT: 6′ 4″ WT: 190

Josh Gatt

30 Midfielder/Forward –

Plymouth, Michigan

AGE: 25

HT: 5′ 10″ WT: 165

Joseph Greenspan

12 Defender –

Westfield, New Jersey

AGE: 24

HT: 6′ 6″ WT: 209

Miguel Ibarra

10 Midfielder –

Lancaster, California

AGE: 26

HT: 5′ 6″ WT: 145

Bashkim Kadrii

16 Midfielder/Forward –

Copenhagen, Denmark

AGE: 25

HT: 5′ 10″ WT: 175

Brent Kallman

14 Defender –

Woodbury, MN

AGE: 26

HT: 6′ 2″ WT: 190

Collin Martin

17 Midfielder –

Chevy Chase, Maryland

AGE: 22

HT: 5′ 11″ WT: 150

Patrick McLain

24 Goalkeeper –

Eau Claire, Wisconsin

AGE: 28

HT: 6′ 3″ WT: 205

Kevin Molino

18 Midfielder –

Carenage, Trinidad and Tobago

AGE: 26

HT: 5′ 8″ WT: 155

Christian Ramirez

21 Forward –

Garden Grove, California

AGE: 25

HT: 6′ 2″ WT: 187

Mohammed Saeid

8 Midfielder –

Orebro, Sweden

AGE: 26

HT: 5′ 7″ WT: 141

Rasmus Schüller

Rasmus Schüller

20 Midfielder –

Espoo, Finland

AGE: 25

HT: 5′ 10″ WT: 148

INTERNATIONAL

Bobby Shuttleworth

Bobby Shuttleworth

Goalkeeper –

Tonawanda, New York

AGE: 29

HT: 6′ 2″ WT: 205

Jermaine Taylor

Jermaine Taylor

4 Defender –

Portland, Jamaica

AGE: 32

HT: 5′ 10″ WT: 195

Jerome Theisson

Jerome Theisson

Defender –

Zurich, Switzerland

AGE: 29

HT: 5′ 9″ WT: 155

Tanner Thompson

Tanner Thompson

27 Midfielder –

Loomis, Calif.

AGE: 22

HT: 5′ 7″ WT: 150

Johan Venegas

11 Midfielder –

Puerto Limón, Costa Rica

AGE: 28

HT: 6′ 0″ WT: 168

INTERNATIONAL

Kevin Venegas

22 Defender –

Lakewood, California

AGE: 27

HT: 5′ 10″ WT: 165

Collen Warner

26 Midfielder –

Denver, Colorado

AGE: 28

HT: 5′ 10″ WT: 178

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