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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 Minnesota Thunder Tony Anderson, Richard Cohen, David Cox, Buzz Lagos, Tom Engstrom, Bill George, Richard Rampala, Stan Shuster, Peter Wilt 1997 Minnesota Thunder Tony Anderson, Richard Cohen, David Cox, Buzz Lagos, Tom Engstrom, Bill George, Richard Rampala, Stan Shuster, Peter Wilt, Dr. Luis Villar 1998 Minnesota Thunder 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 Minnesota Thunder 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 Minnesota Thunder Tony Anderson, Bill George, Lee Bachman, Saeed Kadkhodian 2003-2004 Minnesota Thunder Bill George, Lee Bachman, Saeed Kadkhodian 2005-2006 Minnesota Thunder Saeed Kadkhodian, Ron Carter, Jim Froslid 2007-2009 Minnesota Thunder WingField Corporation N.V., Dean Johnson & Henk Habers 2010 NSC Minnesota Stars National Sports Center Foundation 2011-Late 2012 Minnesota Stars/ Minnesota Stars FC North American Soccer League (NASL) Late 2012-Present Minnesota Stars FC Dr. William McGuire Data Sources: US Soccer History Archives maintained by Dave Litterer, the most complete online source of information on the NASL, MISL and the USISL.