I've seen what Leo can do on the field and it's exciting. We have had great success finding Liberian forwards that have a knack for the goal and I feel our goal production will get a boost from these two in 2006.

We're excited to have Manny back in the Thunder fold and have created opportunities for aspiring soccer players to learn the game from one of the top players, professionals, and positive role models to have come out of Minnesota. We have made a promise to the soccer community to bring the Minnesota soccer people back to the Thunder; this is another major step in fulfilling that promise.

Defense was a huge sore spot last year.

We wouldn't be where we are today without Buzz. He put his heart and soul into this team.

We want to offer our fans and the members of MYSA a way to help out the victims of this disaster. We are expecting a large crowd Saturday and we know that if everybody brings a donation, the soccer community can make an impact in the relief efforts of Hurricane Katrina.