{{short description|American soccer player}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Aaron Leventhal | image = | caption = | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|7|18}} | birth_place = United States | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|ft=5|in=11}} | position = Defender, midfielder | collegeyears1 = 1992–1995 | college1 = Drake Bulldogs | years1 = 1994–1995 | clubs1 = Des Moines Menace | caps1 = 15 | goals1 = 10 | years2 = 1996–2002 | clubs2 = Minnesota Thunder | caps2 = | goals2 = | manageryears1 = 2006 | managerclubs1 = Minnesota Thunder (assistant) }} '''Aaron Leventhal''' (born July 18, 1974) is an American retired soccer player who played professionally in the USL A-League.
Leventhal attended Drake University, playing on the men's soccer team from 1992 to 1995. He is within the top ten of all Drake offensive records.<ref>[http://www.godrakebulldogs.com/pdf6/81588.pdf?SPSID=71194&SPID=8125&DB_OEM_ID=15700 Drake Bulldogs men’s soccer]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In 1995, Leventhal played for the Des Moines Menace in the USISL Premier League. He led the team in scoring as it went to the Sizzlin’ Four Tournament.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/usl2.html#1995 |title=1995 Premier League (Amateur) |access-date=2013-07-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130713140936/http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/usl2.html#1995 |archive-date=2013-07-13 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1996, Leventhal turned professional with the Minnesota Thunder of the 1996 USISL Select League. In 1997, the Thunder moved to the USISL A-League. In 1999, they won the A-League championship.<ref>[http://www.socceramerica.com/article/6951/a-league-thunder-finally-claims-title.html A-League: Thunder finally claims title]</ref> Leventhal retired after playing one game at the beginning of the 2002 season.
In May 2006, Levanthal became the strength and conditioning coach for the Minnesota Thunder.<ref>[http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3307408 Aaron Leventhal named Thunder strength coach]</ref> He is part of Team Gilboa, an Alpine ski club.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130723214317/http://www.teamgilboa.com/v4/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6&Itemid=25 Team Gilboa staff]</ref> He was American Alpine skier Kristina Koznick’s strength and condition coach.
==External links== * [http://www.kicksfan.com/players/hooper/ Dallas Sidekicks: Corey Hooper]
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