Minnesota Thunder Academy

★★★★★Christopher Wall

My son has been with MTA over 2 years now from Thunderbolts to comp team. He's had great support all the way and his current coach, Mark Jacobs has been fantastic at teaching his team skills and tactics. Personally he's been a great support to a more timid player and was an outstanding addition to the MTA coaching staff.

★★★★Sarah M

Don’t get me wrong, we LOVE MTA. This is our first year with our 12 year old daughter. She has benefited from excellent coaching, great teammates and wonderful parental support. Her dad and I feel that MTA is staffed by outstanding coaches who deeply care about our daughter’s development as a player and person. There are a few things we suggest to improve. The parking situation at Winter Park is a headache. Considering the price we pay to play, we’d love to see more opportunities for open soccer so our daughter can play with and learn from other girls, boys, and older players. Also, more opportunities for one-on-one training would be appreciated.

★★★★★Sean Connor

We have had a great experience with MTA for our two older sons. We have really enjoyed Matt’s leadership of the boys soccer program and his approachable style as a parent. We have also appreciated coach Austin‘s leadership of our oldest son’s soccer team. Austin has created a great positive culture on the team, communicates well with the parents and teaches fundamental skills to the boys like passing and keeping your shape on the field. I appreciate that MTA teaches boys and girls to play soccer with hard work and teamwork.

★★★★★Taylor Scrafford

I transferred here this year to play on MTA and at first it was scary, not knowing anyone. But about a month into the season the team was jelled tightly together. The coaching and community here is amazing especially how you can get to know other MTA teams and cheer for them when at others clubs, you mostly keep to your own team. MTA is awesome because it pulls people from all over the state and lets you get to know them so when you go to camps or private trainings, you know almost everyone there! The best of all, MTA offers ECNL playing levels which can really progress people to make them future stars⭐️! I hope we can stay here as long as possible and keep playing The Beautiful Game here at MTA.

★★★★★Brent Frederick

MTA has been a wonderful experience for my son playing youth soccer. We have seen him develop over the past few years into a confident and skillful player. The organization is managed well and understands the needs of players and parents. They have an excellent communication process and seek feedback in order to make the experience a better one. I highly recommend them to anyone who has a kid looking to take the next step in their soccer journey.