Minnesota retained the services of 13 of the 18 players on which the team held contract options - but the big questions surround some of the team's free agents.

The Minnesota Stars have found local owners, thus ending the threat of contraction, and will play in the revamped NASL in 2013.

We're live in Blaine, updating the first leg of the NASL championship series, as the Minnesota Stars take on the Tampa Bay Rowdies.

Kevin Friedland scored for Minnesota for the first time in three years, but the Stars could only manage a draw in San Antonio, and will now travel to Puerto Rico for the first round of the playoffs.

The Minnesota Stars enter Sunday's match without anything left to clinch - just the chance to play for a better first-round playoff opponent.

Two goals gave Puerto Rico the home win over Minnesota, which remains in sixth place in the NASL playoff chase.

The Stars head to Puerto Rico in sixth place - but hope to return next week with a better place in the standings.

Stars head coach Manny Lagos and goal-scorers Jamie Watson and Nate Polak had much to say after the team's 4-0 win.