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History of Men's Professional Soccer in Minnesota Year(s) Team Name Ownership 1976-1984 Minnesota Kicks   1984-1988 Minnesota Strikers   1990-1994 Minnesota Thunder Buzz Lagos, Tom Engstrom 1996   Tony Anderson, Richard Cohen, David Cox, Buzz Lagos, Tom Engstrom, Bill George, Richard Rampala, Stan Shuster, Peter Wilt 1997   Tony Anderson, Richard Cohen, David Cox, Buzz Lagos, Tom Engstrom, Bill George, Richard Rampala, Stan Shuster, Peter Wilt, Dr. Luis Villar 1998   Tony Anderson, Richard Cohen, David Cox, Buzz Lagos, Tom Engstrom, Bill George, Richard Rampala, Stan Shuster, Peter Wilt, Dr. Luis Villar, Lee Bachman, Saeed Kadkhodian 1999   Charles Abbound, M.D., Tony Anderson, Richard Cohen, David Cox, Buzz Lagos, Tom Engstrom, Bill George, Richard Rampala, Stan Shuster, Peter Wilt, Dr. Luis Villar, Lee Bachman, Saeed Kadkhodian 2000-2002   Tony Anderson, Bill George, Lee Bachman, Saeed Kadkhodian 2003-2004   Bill George, Lee Bachman, Saeed Kadkhodian 2005-2006   Saeed Kadkhodian, Ron Carter, Jim Froslid 2007-2009   WingField Corporation N.V., Dean Johnson & Henk Habers 2010-Present NSC Minnesota Stars National Sports Center Foundation Data Sources: US Soccer History Archives maintained by Dave Litterer, the most complete online source of information on the NASL, MISL and the USISL.