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History of Professional Soccer in Minnesota   Minnesota entered the Professional Player Development arena in 1997, with the launch of the Twin Cities Tornado. The team opened it's first develpmental season featuring 16 Division I College players. During their five seasons of existance, the Twin Cities Tornado (last half of their 2001 season, the Twin Cities Phoenix)have played in 86 regular season games, compiling a record of 38 Wins, 2 Shootout Wins, 2 Shootout Losses, 2 Draws and 46 Losses, and earning a winning percentage of 0.488%. PDSL Outdoor Year G W SW SL D L GF GA BPTS PTS 1997 16 5 2 1 -- 11 29 39 -- 11 1998 16 9 0 1 -- 7 32 33 -- 27 1999 16 14 0 0 -- 2 55 18 9 65 2000 18 7 -- -- 2 9 26 33 2 32 2001 20 3 -- -- 0 17 34 61 3 15 Year by Year Details: 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001   Data Sources: US Soccer History Archives maintained by Dave Litterer For the most complete information on the NASL, MISL and the USISL, please visit Dave Litterer's, US Soccer History Archives.