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). They have been playing there for the last six seasons. During the past six seasons the Minnesota Thunder have played in 168 regular season games, compiling a record of 121 Wins, 9 Shootout Wins, 10 Shootout Losses, 43 Losses and 4 Draws, and earning a winning percentage of 0.720%.

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.