Joe Warren
Encyclopedia
Joe Warren is an American
soccer player currently playing with NSC Minnesota Stars
of the North American Soccer League.
, earning 11 letters in four different sports. He was a four-time soccer letterwinner earning All-MIAC honors his last three season. He also helped his team win one MIAC title and gain an NCAA bid. He finished his college career with 22 shutouts.
In track and field
, he was a three time All-MIAC performer, was a two-year player for the Tommie basketball
team, and as a punter for the American football
team he established a school punting record his senior year with a 78 yard effort in his first game. He was inducted into the St. Thomas Athletic Hall of Fame in 2007.
, then of the A-League
. He subsequently played at with the Thunder for 10 years, six as the club's first choice goalkeeper. Warren retired from competitive play at the end of the 2006 season as the longest tenured player in the club's history, and took up a post as a coach at St. Olaf College
in Northfield, Minnesota
.
He returned to the professional game in 2010 when he signed with the NSC Minnesota Stars
of the new USSF Division 2 Professional League
, and established himself as his team's number one when original first choice Louis Crayton
suffered a serious injury in the first game of the 2010 season.
Warren announced his retirement on January 27, 2011. Six weeks later he had a change of heart and re-joined the club for the 2011 season.
United States
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soccer player currently playing with NSC Minnesota Stars
NSC Minnesota Stars
The NSC Minnesota Stars is an American professional soccer team based in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul area in Minnesota, United States. Founded in 2010, the team plays in the North American Soccer League , the second tier of the American Soccer Pyramid...
of the North American Soccer League.
College
Warren was an outstanding athlete at the University of St. ThomasUniversity of St. Thomas (Minnesota)
The University of St. Thomas is a private, Catholic, liberal arts, and archdiocesan university located in St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States...
, earning 11 letters in four different sports. He was a four-time soccer letterwinner earning All-MIAC honors his last three season. He also helped his team win one MIAC title and gain an NCAA bid. He finished his college career with 22 shutouts.
In track and field
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
, he was a three time All-MIAC performer, was a two-year player for the Tommie basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
team, and as a punter for the American football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
team he established a school punting record his senior year with a 78 yard effort in his first game. He was inducted into the St. Thomas Athletic Hall of Fame in 2007.
Professional
Warren turned professional in 1996 when he signed with Minnesota ThunderMinnesota Thunder
Minnesota Thunder was an American professional soccer team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. Founded in 1990, the team played in the USL First Division , the second tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, until 2009. The team played its home games at the National Sports Center in nearby...
, then of the A-League
A-League
The A-League is the top Australasian professional football league. Run by Australian governing body Football Federation Australia , it was founded in 2004 following the folding of the National Soccer League and staged its inaugural season in 2005–06. It is sponsored by Hyundai Motor Company...
. He subsequently played at with the Thunder for 10 years, six as the club's first choice goalkeeper. Warren retired from competitive play at the end of the 2006 season as the longest tenured player in the club's history, and took up a post as a coach at St. Olaf College
St. Olaf College
St. Olaf College is a coeducational, residential, four-year, private liberal arts college in Northfield, Minnesota, United States. It was founded in 1874 by a group of Norwegian-American immigrant pastors and farmers, led by Pastor Bernt Julius Muus. The college is named after Olaf II of Norway,...
in Northfield, Minnesota
Northfield, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 17,147 people, 4,909 households, and 3,210 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,452.2 people per square mile . There were 5,119 housing units at an average density of 732.1 per square mile...
.
He returned to the professional game in 2010 when he signed with the NSC Minnesota Stars
NSC Minnesota Stars
The NSC Minnesota Stars is an American professional soccer team based in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul area in Minnesota, United States. Founded in 2010, the team plays in the North American Soccer League , the second tier of the American Soccer Pyramid...
of the new USSF Division 2 Professional League
USSF Division 2 Professional League
USSF Division 2 Professional League was a temporary professional soccer league created by the United States Soccer Federation in 2010 to last just one season. The twelve-team league was formed as a compromise between the feuding United Soccer Leagues and the North American Soccer League...
, and established himself as his team's number one when original first choice Louis Crayton
Louis Crayton
Louis Crayton is a Liberian footballer currently playing for NSC Minnesota Stars in the USSF Division 2 Professional League.-Europe:...
suffered a serious injury in the first game of the 2010 season.
Warren announced his retirement on January 27, 2011. Six weeks later he had a change of heart and re-joined the club for the 2011 season.