Ken Hesse

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Ken Hesse
Personal information
Full name Kenneth Hesse
Date of birth (1972-02-03) February 3, 1972 (age 50)
Place of birth Denver, Colorado, United States
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1990–1993 Cal State Fullerton
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1994 Los Angeles Salsa
1995 Colorado Foxes
1996 MetroStars 1 (0)
1996 Anaheim Splash (indoor) 20 (2)
1998–2000 Orange County Zodiac 72 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ken Hesse (born February 3, 1972 in Denver, Colorado) is a retired American soccer defender who played one game for the MetroStars in Major League Soccer.

Hesse attended Cal State Fullerton, playing soccer from 1990 to 1993. In 1994, he signed with the Los Angeles Salsa in the American Professional Soccer League. He moved to the Colorado Foxes for the 1995 APSL season. On March 4, 1996, the MetroStars selected Hesse in the second round (twelfth overall) of the 1996 MLS Supplemental Draft. [1] He played the MetroStars first game, then was released. [2] He then signed with the Anaheim Splash in the Continental Indoor Soccer League. [3] In 1998, Hesse signed with the Orange County Zodiac in the USISL A-League. He played with the Zodiac through at least the 2000 season. [4]

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References

  1. MLS Drafts [ permanent dead link ]
  2. 1996 MLS Regular Season Stats Archived 2008-03-24 at the Wayback Machine
  3. 1996 Anaheim Splash vs. Dallas Sidekicks
  4. "2000 Orange County Zodiac stats". Archived from the original on 2012-10-24. Retrieved 2009-04-12.