Division, Pacific Conference 1977 Western Division, Pacific Conference 1978 Central Division, National Conference 1979 Central Division, National Conference U.S. Soccer Hall of Fame 2003 Ace Ntsoelengoe & Alan Willey Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame 2001 Tino Lettieri 2008 Bruce Twamley All-Star First Team Selections 1977 Alan West 1979 Ace Ntsoelengoe 1980 Ace Ntsoelengoe All-Star Second Team Selections 1976 Ron Webster & Alan West 1978 Alan Merrick All-Star Honorable Mentions 1976 Frank Spraggon 1977 Steve Litt, Ace Ntsoelengoe & Alan Merrick 1978 Mike Renshaw 1979 Steve Litt Indoor All-Stars 1980–81 Tino Lettieri, Björn Nordqvist Coaching statistics Media coverage Radio 1976 WWTC-AM 1280 1977 KSTP AM 1500 1978–79 WWTC-AM 1280 1980 KSTP-AM 1500 1981 WAYL AM 980 Frank Buetel was the original play-by-play announcer (1976–79), followed by Al Shaver in 1980 and Doug McLeod in 1981. Television 1976–80 KSTP-TV 1981 WCCO-TV KSTP's original announcers were Kicks' public address announcer Rod Trongard and Tom Ryther. When Ryther left KSTP in March 1978, Bob Bruce replaced him. Ralph Jon Fritz called Kicks' games on WCCO. Records Records of the Minnesota Kicks are available for research use. They include manager's subject files (1976–1980), staff and player files, payrolls, marketing and promotional materials, financial files, and miscellaneous records. The bulk of the records are the files of team coach and manager Freddie Goodwin, and concern the general management of the franchise. See also Minnesota Strikers Minnesota Thunder Minnesota United FC (2010–16) Minnesota United FC External links Gallery of Kicks jerseys on NASLJerseys.com References Association football clubs established in 1976 Association football clubs disestablished in 1981 Soccer clubs in Minneapolis–Saint Paul Defunct soccer clubs in Minnesota Soccer clubs in Minnesota North American Soccer League (1968–1984) teams Defunct indoor soccer clubs in the United States 1976 establishments in Minnesota 1981 disestablishments in Minnesota