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The '''Arizona Thunder''' was a professional indoor soccer team based in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. In 1997, the team was a member of the Premier Soccer Alliance. In 1998, the alliance, with some additional teams, reconstituted itself as the World Indoor Soccer League (WISL). The Thunder continued to play in the WISL from 1998 to 2000.<ref name="sac010818"/> The team played in the Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
Many of the players grew up and played youth soccer in AZ including Randy Soderman, Rick Soderman, Jason Vanacour, Milo Iniguez, Mark Kerlin, Derick Brownell, Kenneth Wright (Thea), Sasha Hunter, Dave Cameron, Kevin Berry, Donny Gaillard, Greg Veatch along with many implants like Milos Tomic, Chris Sagar, Roger Salazar, Victor Gilgan,[https://www.statscrew.com/soccer/stats/p-scottchr001 Chris Scotti], Tom Bratcher and the Dunn Brothers. Some games were televised on COX 9 In 1999 and in 2000. During the Thunder's three years in the WISL they averaged attendance of 4,261 fans per game.
==Year-by-year== {| class="wikitable" !Year !League !Reg. season !Playoffs !Avg. attendance |- |1998 |PSA |3rd WISL, 3–4 |Failed to Qualify |3,539 |- |- |1999 |WISL |6th WISL, 7–15 |Failed to Qualify |4,183 |- |- |2000 |WISL |6th WISL, 8–16 |Failed to Qualify |4,521 |- |- |}
==Owner== John Ogden (Phoenix Power Soccer Club, Inc) 1998–2000
==Notable players== * Randy Soderman * Rick Soderman
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Category:Sports in Phoenix, Arizona Category:Defunct soccer clubs in Arizona Category:Soccer clubs in Arizona Category:World Indoor Soccer League teams Category:1998 establishments in Arizona Category:2000 disestablishments in Arizona Category:Association football clubs established in 1998 Category:Association football clubs disestablished in 2000