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History of Professional Soccer in Minnesota

Minnesota returned to the professional outdoor soccer scene in 1994, after a 6 year hiatus as the Minnesota Thunder playing in the USL (formerly the USISL). During sixteen seasons the Minnesota Thunder played in 422 regular season games, compiling a record of 210 Wins, 9 Shootout Wins, 10 Shootout Losses, 147 Losses and 65 Draws.

In 2008, under brand new ownership, the team rebranded with a new design... 2008 - Present 2002 - 2007 -- Primary Logo Logo Vertical Metallic Logo Vertical Logo Icon In 2002, the team imbarked on creating a new image along with their partnership with Russell & Herder. 1990 - 2001

From Sport-Express Football Weekly, January 23, 2001 Translated from Russian by Slava Malamud Where They Don't Have Pickup Football Serguei Gotsmanov, a popular Byelorussian player of the Eighties, is now coaching kids in a tiny American town. But he isn't complaining.

USL (formerly USISL) Outdoor
Year	G	W	SW/SL	D	L	GF	GA	BPTS	PTS
2009	30	7	--/--	10	13	39	44	--	31
2008	30	10	--/--	9	11	40	38	--	39
2007	28	5	--/--	11	12	32	35	--	26
2006	28	7	--/--	6	15	34	45	--	27
2005	28	7	--/--	10	11	37	42	--	31
2004	28	13	--/--	6	9	33	23	--	45
2003	28	17	--/--	2	9	44	28	--	53
2002	28	14	--/--	5	9	55	35	9	70
2001	26	9	--/--	2	15	29	34	3	41
2000	28	20	--/--	4	4	74	30	15	99
1999	28	22	4/4	--	6	57	17	6	88*
1998	28	19	3/1	--	9	52	33	--	51
1997	28	13	2/5	--	15	22	30	--	35
1996	18	10	0/0	--	8	31	16	--	30
1995	20	19	0/0	--	1	72	15	--	163
1994	18	18	--/--	--	0	61	14	--	170

Year by Year Details: 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009

Data Sources: US Soccer History Archives maintained by Dave Litterer, the most complete online source of information on the NASL, MISL and the USISL.