Minnesota Lightning

Full name	Minnesota Lightning
Nickname(s)	Lightning
Founded	2006
Ground	National Sports Center (Capacity: 12,000)
Chairman	Djorn Buchholz
Manager	Danny Storlien
League	USL W-League
2008	3rd, Midwest Division
Home colours Away colours

Minnesota Lightning is an American women’s soccer team, founded in 2006. The team is a member of the United Soccer Leagues W-League, the second tier of women’s soccer in the United States and Canada. The team plays in the Midwest Division of the Central Conference against teams from Chicago, Fort Wayne, Grand Rapids, Indianapolis, Kalamazoo Outrage and Medina.

The team plays its home games at the National Sports Center in the city of Blaine, Minnesota, 18 miles north of downtown Minneapolis. The team's colors are navy blue and pale blue.

The team is a sister organization of the men's Minnesota Thunder team, which plays in the USL First Division.

[edit] Players

[edit] Current Roster

No. Position Player 1 GK Ann Marie Gleason 2 FW Katie Becker 3 MF Chelsea Cline 4 MF Lindsey Schwartz 5 MF Shari Eckstrom 6 MF Marissa Price 7 DF Megan Alamanzo 8 MF Emily Orbell 9 FW Alexandra Schwach 10 FW Sarah Johnson 11 DF Josie Solie 12 MF Caitlin Durkee

No. Position Player 14 DF Melissa Lewis 15 MF Kylie Kallman 16 DF Jennie Clark 18 MF Elise Reid 19 DF Tamara Strahota 20 FW Julie Rezac 21 FW Caroline Smith 22 DF Krystle Kallman 23 MF Abbey Stratton 26 GK Mallory Beck 27 FW Rosie Malone-Povolny

[edit] Year-by-year

[edit] Honors

• USL W-League Midwest Division Champions 2007

[edit] See also

• Minnesota Lynx
• Minnesota Whitecaps
• Minnesota Vixen

[edit] External links

• Minnesota Lightning

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