The Minnesota Thunder ended their 2009 season on Sunday with a loss to the Charleston Battery. The team ended up in 8th place in the standings, one spot out of the playoffs. Their final record was 7-13-10.

IMS checked in with a number of players at the end of Sunday's game and asked them to give their assessment of the season and what they planned on doing in the offseason as well as where they stand contractually.

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The Minnesota Thunder ended their 2009 season on Sunday with a loss to the Charleston Battery. The team ended up in 8th place in the standings, one spot out of the playoffs. Their final record was 7-13-10.

IMS checked in with a number of players at the end of Sunday's game and asked them to give their assessment of the season and what they planned on doing in the offseason as well as where they stand contractually.

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In a recent live blog which was hosted by Jeff Di Veronica of the Democrat and Chronicle in Rochester New York, Rhino's owner Rob Clark, who has been vocal with his displeasure of the Team Owners Associations issues with the USL, was asked how he was keeping all this chaos out of the manager's and players' minds.

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In a recent live blog which was hosted by Jeff Di Veronica of the Democrat and Chronicle in Rochester New York, Rhino's owner Rob Clark, who has been vocal with his displeasure of the Team Owners Associations issues with the USL, was asked how he was keeping all this chaos out of the manager's and players' minds.

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The date for the Minnesota Thunder Supporters Banquet and Auction has been set. Please mark your calendars.

When: Tuesday, September 22nd @ 7:30 PM
Where: Sweetwater Grille and Bar (Banquet Room)
Who: All fans, players, and staff are welcome.

You voted and the finalists have been announced for the Annual Minnesota Thunder Supporters Awards:

Player of the Year Nominees
• Jeremiah Bass
• Jonathan Greenfield
• Nicolas Platter

Newcomer of the Year Nominees
• Quavas Kirk
• Lawrence Olum
• Marco Terminesi

The winners will be announced at the Supporters Awards Banquet and Auction.

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The date for the Minnesota Thunder Supporters Banquet and Auction has been set. Please mark your calendars.

When: Tuesday, September 22nd @ 7:30 PM
Where: Sweetwater Grille and Bar (Banquet Room)
Who: All fans, players, and staff are welcome.

You voted and the finalists have been announced for the Annual Minnesota Thunder Supporters Awards:

Dark Clouds are the supporters group of the Minnesota Thunder

Player of the Year Nominees
• Jeremiah Bass
• Jonathan Greenfield
• Nicolas Platter

Newcomer of the Year Nominees
• Quavas Kirk
• Lawrence Olum
• Marco Terminesi

The winners will be announced at the Supporters Awards Banquet and Auction.

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Thunder with impressive display of offense in 5-2 defeat of Islanders.

The Minnesota Thunder continued their climb out of the basement of the USL standings with an exciting 5-2 victory over the visiting Puerto Rico Islanders. With the win, Minnesota slipped past struggling Miami FC in the standings and moved into 8th place, just one spot below the Vancouver Whitecaps who currently hold the 7th and final playoff spot in USL-1.

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Thunder with impressive display of offense in 5-2 defeat of Islanders.

The Minnesota Thunder continued their climb out of the basement of the USL standings with an exciting 5-2 victory over the visiting Puerto Rico Islanders. With the win, Minnesota slipped past struggling Miami FC in the standings and moved into 8th place, just one spot below the Vancouver Whitecaps who currently hold the 7th and final playoff spot in USL-1.

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Minnesota 1-1 Vancouver

Melvin Tarley raised his 2009 goal total to 7.

The Minnesota Thunder saw there playoff chances dashed on Friday night in front of 3429 fans at the National Sports Center. The game was also televised nation wide on Fox Soccer Channels Friday Night USL Game.

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Minnesota 1-1 Vancouver

Melvin Tarley raised his 2009 goal total to 7.

The Minnesota Thunder saw there playoff chances dashed on Friday night in front of 3429 fans at the National Sports Center. The game was also televised nation wide on Fox Soccer Channels Friday Night USL Game.

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What a differance a win makes. After Minnesota's 2-0 victory of the then frist place Carolina Railhawks on Sunday, two Minnesota player were selected for the USL-1 Week #10, Team Of The week. This marks the first time this season that 2-Thunder players have received the honor in the same week.

Goalkeeper Nic Platter collects the award and for the second time in 2 weeks.

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What a differance a win makes. After Minnesota's 2-0 victory of the then frist place Carolina Railhawks on Sunday, two Minnesota player were selected for the USL-1 Week #10, Team Of The week. This marks the first time this season that 2-Thunder players have received the honor in the same week.

Goalkeeper Nic Platter collects the award and for the second time in 2 weeks.

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Saturday, May 23

The Minnesota Thunder lost the chance to pull out of the cellar of the standings on Saturday evening. 3 points would have allowed the team to pull even with the Montreal Impact and ahead of Cleveland. However, try as they did, the Thunder were not able to put one in the back of the net despite improved play and 4 great chances in the first half.

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Saturday, May 23

The Minnesota Thunder lost the chance to pull out of the cellar of the standings on Saturday evening. 3 points would have allowed the team to pull even with the Montreal Impact and ahead of Cleveland. However, try as they did, the Thunder were not able to put one in the back of the net despite improved play and 4 great chances in the first half.

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Inside Minnesota Soccer talks with South African native, Jonathan Greenfield who plays central defense for the Minnesota Thunder. Greenfield tells us about his offseason with the Baltimore Blast of the National Indoor Soccer League and the exciting final which saw Greenfield finally win a championship after two other finals left him disappointed.

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Inside Minnesota Soccer talks with South African native Jonathan Greenfield, who plays central defense for the Minnesota Thunder. Greenfield tells us about his offseason with the Baltimore Blast of the National Indoor Soccer League and the exciting final which saw Greenfield finally win a championship after two other finals left him disappointed.

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HollyCornblog is back on line and sent along some photos of what it was looking like in her world yesterday. Here's a beauty! In the meantime, I had the occasion to drive over toward the Monadnock region of NH (actually Antrim, Peterborough, Greenfield, etc.) and was absolutely shocked at the devastation. Click to continue reading...