All-time Minnesota Thunder roster - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

This list comprises all players who have participated in at least one league match for Minnesota Thunder

Minnesota Thunder

Minnesota Thunder was an American professional soccer team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. Founded in 1990, the team played in the USL First Division , the second tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, until 2009. The team played its home games at the National Sports Center in nearby...

from the time the USL began keeping archived records in 2003, until the team's last competitive season in 2008. Players who were on the roster but never played a first team game are not listed; players who appeared for the team in other competitions (US Open Cup, CONCACAF Champions League

CONCACAF Champions League

The CONCACAF Champions League is the annual international club football championship for teams from the CONCACAF region ....

, etc.) but never actually made an USL appearance are noted at the bottom of the page where appropriate.

A "†" denotes players who only appeared in a single match.

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Jay Alberts Kyle Altman

Kyle Altman

Kyle Altman is an American soccer player currently playing for NSC Minnesota Stars in the North American Soccer League.-College and Amateur:...

Terry Alvino

Terry Alvino is an American soccer player currently playing for Kalamazoo Outrage in the USL Premier Development League....

Kevin Anderson

Kevin Anderson (soccer)

Kevin Anderson is a retired American soccer midfielder who played professionally in the Major League Soccer and the USL A-League. He is the head coach of the University of Columbia men’s soccer team.-Youth:...

Andres Arango

Andres Arango is a Colombian-born Canadian soccer player currently playing for Tampa Bay in the North American Soccer League.-Youth and College:Arango moved from his native Colombia to Canada with his parents as a young child...

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Andrew Barron

Andrew Barron is a retired New Zealand association football player. Barron, naturally a central midfielder last played for Team Wellington in the New Zealand Football Championship and was also an All White who played at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, making him one of very few amateur All Whites in...

Jeremiah Bass

Jeremiah Bass is a retired American soccer player. He retired in January 2011 after sitting out the 2010 season.-Youth and College:...

Niels Bo Daugaard Brett Branan

Brett Branan

Brett Branan is a defender who last played for American USL First Division side Minnesota Thunder. His older brother Dustin Branan also played professional soccer...

Dustin Branan

Dustin Branan , is a retired American soccer defender who played for the Kansas City Wizards of Major Soccer League and the Minnesota Thunder of the USL First Division....

Chris Brisson

Christopher Brisson is a defender currently playing for the Chicago Riot of the Major Indoor Soccer League....

Sean Brown

Sean P. Brown is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who currently plays for EC KAC in the Austrian Hockey League.-Playing career:...

Christopher Brunt

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David Castellanos Chris Clements

Chris Clements (soccer)

Chris Clements is an American soccer player.-Youth and College:Clements attended Allen High School, played club soccer for the Dallas Texans, and played college soccer at the University of Tulsa where from 2005 until 2008, where he was selected to the All-Conference Third Team as a sophomore in...

Rich Costanzo

Richard "Rich" Costanzo is an American soccer player currently playing for Rochester Rhinos in the USL Professional Division.-Youth and High School:...

Brian Cvilikas

Brian Cvilikas is an American soccer player currently playing for NSC Minnesota Stars in the North American Soccer League.-College and Amateur:...

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Alejandro De La Mora Michael Dello-Russo

Michael Dello-Russo

Michael Dello-Russo is an American soccer player, currently playing for Baltimore Blast in the Major Indoor Soccer League.-College:...

Stephen deRoux

Stephen deRoux is a Jamaican footballer who last played for the Montreal Impact in the USSF Division 2 Professional League.-College:...

Alejandro Diaz-Grova Francis Doe

Francis Doe

Francis Doe is a Liberian footballer currently playing for the Egyptian Premier League Telephonat Bani Sweif.-Club career:...

Chad Dombrowski

Chad Dombrowski is a retired U.S. soccer defender who spent six seasons in the USL First Division.-College:Dombrowski attended the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee where he played on the men's soccer team...

Tighe Dombrowski

Tighe Dombrowski is an American soccer player, currently without a club.Dombrowski played four years of college soccer for the UW–Milwaukee Panthers of the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee from 2000–2003, during which he was named first team All-Horizon League three times. He was named an...

Rod Dyachenko

Rodion Sergeyevich "Rod" Dyachenko is a Russian footballer who currently plays for Samut Songkhram in the Thai Premier League.-Youth and College:Dyachenko was born in the Russian SFSR in the Soviet Union prior to the breakup of the country in the early 1990s...

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Leo Gibson

Leo Gibson is a Liberian footballer who last played for Charlotte Eagles in the USL Second Division.-College:...

Luchi Gonzalez

Luchi Gonzalez is a former American soccer forward.-Playing career:Gonzalez played four years of college soccer at Southern Methodist University, emerging in 2001, his senior season, to win the Hermann Trophy as college soccer's best player.Upon graduating, Gonzalez was drafted 6th overall in the...

Tyrone Gordon

Tyrone Gordon is an American soccer forward.Gordon attended Vincent High School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In 2006, he played six games for the Minnesota Thunder of the USL First Division.-External links:*...

Andrei Gotsmanov

Andrei Gotsmanov is a Belarussian footballer currently playing for NSC Minnesota Stars in the North American Soccer League.-College:...

† Sasha Gotsmanov

Sasha Gotsmanov

Sasha Gotsmanov is an American-Belarusian soccer player, who spent one season in the MLS and two in the USL First Division....

Sergey Gotsmanov

Sergey Anatolyevich Gotsmanov is a former Belarusian footballer who played for the USSR in the 1980s.-Dinamo Minsk:...

Dan Gramenz Jonathan Greenfield

Jonathan Greenfield

Jonathan Greenfield is a South African footballer currently playing for Rochester Rhinos in the USSF Division 2 Professional League.-Club:...

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Kiki Lara

Ricardo "Kiki" Lara is a retired American soccer player who last played for the USL First Division side Portland Timbers. Lara played college soccer in San Antonio, Texas at the University of the Incarnate Word. He captained the team from 2001 to 2003 and was also named an All-American in each of...

Daniel Alvarez

Daniel Alvarez (soccer)

Daniel Alvarez is a retired American soccer player.Alvarez graduated from Pine Forest High School. He attended Furman University where he was a 1999 First Team All American. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in health and exercise science...

Hugo Llamas Jon Lowery Andy Lee

Andy Lee

Andy Lee is the name of:* Andy Lee , Australian comedian* Andy Lee , American football player* Andy Lee , Irish boxer* Andy Lee , South Korean singer and actor...

Josh Lynk

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Amos Magee

Amos Magee is the former head coach of the Minnesota Thunder. Magee received his bachelors degree from Wesleyan University and his masters in Public Affairs from the University of Minnesota...

Craig Mallace

Craig Mallace is a Scottish former professional footballer.-Early and personal life:Born in Torphichen, Mallace played college soccer in the United States with the Milwaukee Panthers.His younger brother Calum is also a footballer....

Donny Mark Alen Marcina

Alen Marcina

Alen Marcina is a Canadian soccer player who currently plays for Miami FC in the USL First Division.-Club:...

Jeffrey Matteo Terry McNelis Johnny Menyongar

Johnny Menyongar

Johnny Menyongar is a Liberian footballer currently playing for Shillong Lajong F.C. in India's I-League.-College:...

Stoian Mladenov

Stoian Mladenov is a retired Bulgarian football midfielder who played professionally in Europe and the United States.In 1993, Mladenov began his career with Lokomotiv Ruse before moving to Rakovski Ruse in 1994 and F.C. Etar in 1995. Mladenov left Bulgaria for Malta in 1996, signing with Nadur...

Frederico Moojen

Frederico Moojen is a Brazilian soccer forward who plays for the TTM Phichit F.C. He shared the 2005 and 2006 Premier Development League goals lead. He was also the 2006 PDL MVP and the 2006-2007 Major Indoor Soccer League Rookie of the Year.-Youth:In 1997, Moojen played for Coritiba Foot Ball...

Paul Moran

Paul Moran (American soccer)

Paul Moran is an American soccer player who currently plays for Rochester Thunder in the USL Premier Development League.-Youth and College:...

Marshall Morehead Geoffrey Myers

Geoffrey Myers

Geoffrey Myers is an Liberian soccer player, currently playing for Minnesota Twin Stars.-Youth and Amateur:Myers came to the United States from his native Liberia in 2002, at the age of 16, settling in New Hope, Minnesota...

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Juan Carlos Parra Aaron Paye

Aaron Paye

Aaron Paye is an American-Liberian footballer playing currently for American USL First Division side Atlanta Silverbacks....

Brian Pederson

Brian Pederson is an American soccer player who played for Rochester Thunder in the USL Premier Development League.-College and Amateur:...

Charles Peszneker Andrew Peterson

Andrew Peterson (soccer)

Andrew Peterson is an American soccer player, currently without a club.-Youth and College:Peterson attended for Wayzata High School in Plymouth, Minnesota from 1999 to 2003, where he was an All-Conference and All-State player his senior year...

Nicolas Platter

Nicolas Platter is an American soccer player currently playing for Fort Lauderdale Strikers in the North American Soccer League.-College:...

Tom Presthus

Thomas “Tom” Presthus is a retired U.S. soccer goalkeeper. He spent seven seasons in Major League Soccer and earned one caps with the U.S. national team in 1999.-Youth:...

* James Prosser

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Ricardo Sánchez

Ricardo Sánchez (footballer)

Ricardo Sánchez is a Mexican footballer currently playing for FC Tampa Bay in the USSF Division 2 Professional League.-Club:...

Leonel Saint-Preux

Leonel Saint-Preux is a Haitian footballer playing with Victory Sportif Club-Club:Saint-Preux began his career with Haitian club Zénith, where he was generally regarded as one of the most promising footballing talents in the Ligue Haïtienne.Saint-Preux signed with Minnesota Thunder of the USL...

Tony Sanneh

Anthony "Tony" Sanneh is an American soccer player who most recently played for Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer.-Youth and college:...

Matt Schmidt

Matt Schmidt is a defender/midfielder currently playing for American USL First Division side Minnesota Thunder....

Mark Schulte

Mark Schulte is an American soccer player who last played for Carolina RailHawks in the USSF Division 2 Professional League....

Steve Shak

Steve Shak is a retired American soccer player. He is currently an assistant coach with the Charlotte Eagles of the USL Second Division....

Lencho Skibba

Lencho Skibba is an Ethiopian football midfielder.Skibba began his career with USL First Division side Minnesota Thunder, and joined Kastoria F.C. in the Greek Beta Ethniki for the 2007–08 season....

Derek Smith

Derek Smith (soccer)

Derek Smith is an American soccer player who currently plays for Cincinnati Kings in the USL Premier Development League.-College and Amateur:...

Darren Spicer

Darren Spicer is an American soccer player who last played for Rochester Rhinos in the USSF Division 2 Professional League.-Youth and College:...

Bradley Swenby

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Melvin Tarley

Duncan "Melvin" Tarley is a Liberian footballer.-Professional:Tarley first came to prominence in 2005, during Minnesota Thunder's run to the semi finals of the 2005 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup...

Kevin Taylor

Kevin Taylor (soccer)

Kevin Taylor is an American soccer player who currently plays for Michigan Bucks in USL Premier Development League.-College and Amateur:...

Godfrey Tenoff

Godfrey Tenoff is a South African soccer player, currently without a club.-College:Tenoff came to the United States from his native South Africa in 1995...

Marco Terminesi

Marco Terminesi is a Canadian soccer player.-Youth and College:Terminesi attended Holy Cross Catholic Academy, and played club soccer for Woodbridge Soccer Club, guiding them to the 1994 and 2000 Robbie International Championship, the 2002 Ontario Cup Championship and the 2003 Showcase...

Johnny Torres

Johnny Torres is a Colombian-American soccer midfielder and coach who is currently the interim head coach of his alma mater, Creighton University. Torres has played in Major League Soccer, USL-1, and currently also plays for the Omaha Vipers of the Major Indoor Soccer League. He has also earned...

Ansu Toure

Ansu Toure is a Liberian footaller who currently plays for FC Locarno in the Swiss Challenge League.-Youth and Amateur:...

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Joe Warren Marcus Watson

Marcus Watson

Marcus Watson is an American soccer player, currently playing for Hollywood United Hitmen in the National Premier Soccer League.-Youth and Amateur:...

† Dale Weiler

Dale Weiler

Dale Weiler is an American soccer player, currently without a club.-Youth and College:Weiler grew up in Hudson, Wisconsin, where he was an All State soccer player at Hudson High School. He attended University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, playing on the men’s soccer team from 2003 to 2007, but had...

Greg Wheaton Jason Willan Michael Wilson

Michael Wilson (soccer)

Michael David Wilson is a retired New Zealand soccer midfielder who most recently played for the Ecuadorian club Aucas. Wilson played college soccer at Stanford University and represented New Zealand at the international level....

Nate Winkel

Nathaniel "Nate" Winkel was a midfielder who last played for American USL First Division side Minnesota Thunder. He started his career with the Thunder, but moved to the Virginia Beach Mariners in 2002. He had spells in Sweden with Höllvikens GIF and Högaborgs BK before rejoining the Thunder. He...

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