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Sioux Falls Thunder FC is a men's soccer club based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.[2] The club currently competes in the National Premier Soccer League in the North Conference, having joined the league as an expansion team in 2016.[3] The team's colors are red and black.

Sioux Falls Thunder FC

Full name	Sioux Falls Thunder FC
Founded	November 4, 2016; 5 years ago (2016-11-04) [1]
Stadium	McEneaney Field
Capacity	~1,000
Owner	Daniel Haggerty
Head Coach	Ryan Beier
League	NPSL
Website	Club website
Home colors Away colors

History

Timeline

The club was founded by Amadu Meyers in 2016, coinciding with the announcement that it would be joining NPSL as an expansion team for the 2017 season.[4] The club played their inaugural match on May 13, 2017 at Yankton Trail Park in Sioux Falls against the Dakota Fusion FC. The first goal scored in team history came in the 6th minute when Houston Hoffman connected on a penalty kick. The Thunder would end up losing the match 3-1. The Thunder got their first win on May 30, 2017 against LC Aris FC by a score of 3-0. On March 1, 2018 the club announced that Mekonnen Afa would become the third head coach in franchise history.[5] The Thunder would start the 2018 season strong by taking 4 points in the first 2 games. But after that they would struggle and lose 9 straight games. The Thunder would finally get on the winning side of things by winning 5-2 against Dakota Fusion FC. They would carry that momentum and they would eventually win their next two games to finish the season with a total of 4 wins. After the regular season concluded Nigel Nielsen, Thunder midfielder, was named to the North Conference XI team.[6]

Season-by-Season Record

Year	NPSL Regular season							Position			Postseason
	P	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts	Div.	Conf.	Leag.	NPSL	USOC
2017	14	3	7	4	22	31	13	7th	19th	72nd	Did Not Qualify	Did Not Qualify
2018	14	4	9	1	25	33	13	7th	18th	73rd	Did Not Qualify	Did Not Qualify
2019	12	2	8	2	15	26	8	5th	15th	70th	Did Not Qualify	Did Not Qualify
2021	12	2	7	3	18	35	9	6th	13th	61st	Did Not Qualify	Did Not Qualify
2022	14	3	6	5	27	28	14	5th	11th	58th	Did Not Qualify	Did Not Qualify

All-Time Top Goalscorers

Leading Career Goal Scorers

#	Name	Career	Total
1	Tyler Limmer	2017, 2021-22	12
2	Brice Holiday	2017-19	8
3	Stevenson Storm	2019, 2021-22	6
T4	James Bolger	2022	5
T4	Michael Haight	2017-18	5
T4	Manny Rosas Quiroz	2018	5
T4	Lucas Trimble	2019	5

Bold Signifies a Current Thunder Player

Team

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  USA Ezekiel Foltz 2 DF  ESP Arnau Gonzalez Suarez 3 MF  USA Brennan Haggerty 4 DF  USA Dante Bryce 5 DF  JPN Tatsuki Kobayashi 6 MF  USA Brady Cork 7 MF  MEX Eric Beltran 8 MF  USA Trace Dobson 10 FW  HAI Stevenson Storm 11 FW  USA Tyler Limmer (Captain) 14 FW  USA Josiah Trimble 15 MF  USA Robert Amaro

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 FW  USA Jeremie Benson 17 MF  FRA Samuel Baraka 18 DF  USA Max McLaughlin 19 MF  USA Mario Cernas 20 MF  IRL James Bolger 21 MF  USA Ethan Glissendorf 22 MF  USA Riley Aarbo 23 FW  ENG Marcus Horwood 24 DF  USA Jordan Kpai 77 GK  USA Latham Kleckner 99 GK  USA Mitchell Dryden

Staff

As of May 7, 2022^[update][7]

Coaching staff
Team Owner	Daniel Haggerty
Head coach	Ryan Beier
Assistant coach	Gary Glissendorf
Assistant coach	Victor Naranjo
Goalkeeping coach	Jack Fehrenz

References

External links

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