# Arizona Thunder

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| ground        = [Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum](/source/Arizona_Veterans_Memorial_Coliseum)
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The '''Arizona Thunder''' was a professional indoor [soccer](/source/soccer) team based in [Phoenix, Arizona](/source/Phoenix%2C_Arizona), United States.  In 1997, the team was a member of the [Premier Soccer Alliance](/source/Premier_Soccer_Alliance). In 1998, the alliance, with some additional teams, reconstituted itself as the [World Indoor Soccer League](/source/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](/source/Arizona_Veterans_Memorial_Coliseum).

Many of the players grew up and played youth soccer in AZ including [Randy Soderman](/source/Randy_Soderman), [Rick Soderman](/source/Rick_Soderman), [Jason Vanacour](/source/Jason_Vanacour), Milo Iniguez, [Mark Kerlin](/source/Mark_Kerlin), [Derick Brownell](/source/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](/source/Randy_Soderman)
* [Rick Soderman](/source/Rick_Soderman)

==References==
<references>

<ref name="sac010818">{{cite news |newspaper=[The Sacramento Bee](/source/The_Sacramento_Bee) |location=[Sacramento, CA](/source/Sacramento%2C_CA) |publisher=[The McClatchy Company](/source/The_McClatchy_Company) |title=Revamped Knights start new season, seek redemption |page=C7 |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SB&p_theme=sb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EDFFFBD796F33F5&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |date=August 18, 2001 |accessdate=April 4, 2013}}</ref>

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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

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