Kris Kelderman (born December 10, 1968, in

Neenah, Wisconsin Neenah ( ) is a city in Winnebago County, Wisconsin, United States. It is situated on the banks of Lake Winnebago, Little Lake Butte des Morts, and the Fox River (Green Bay tributary), Fox River approximately northeast of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, O ...

) was a U.S.

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defender who is currently the head coach for the Milwaukee Panthers men's soccer team. Kelderman was a member of the U.S. team at the

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. He played professionally both indoors and out, including four seasons in

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and was an assistant coach for D.C. United.

Youth

Kelderman learned the game from his father, Harry Kelderman, who was the head coach of Neenah High School soccer team, eventually playing for his father at Neenah from 1983 to 1987. While still in high school, Kelderman was selected for the U.S. U-16 national team which played in the

. The U.S. went 1–2 in group play and did not qualify for the second round. Kelderman then attended the

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where he played on the men's soccer team from 1987 to 1990. In 1989, Kelderman and his team mates won the NCAA Division I championship. He was also a member of the U.S. soccer team at the 1991 World University Games.

Professional

In 1991, both the

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of the National Professional Soccer League and the

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drafted Kelderman. He signed with the Blast, but the team and league collapsed at the end of the 1991–1992 season. In 1992, he signed with the expansion Buffalo Blizzard of the National Professional Soccer League. He remained with the team through the end of the 1994–1995 season. In 1994, he signed with the

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, playing two seasons with them. In the fall of 1995, he moved to the Tampa Bay Terror of the NPSL before moving to the St. Louis Ambush for the end of the season. On February 7, 1996, D.C. United selected Kelderman in the 8th round (80th overall) in the

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. Kelderman played forty-two games over two seasons with United, winning the

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and 1997 MLS Cup as well as the 1996 U.S. Open Cup. On November 6, 1997, the

Miami Fusion Miami Fusion F.C. was an American professional soccer club based in the Miami metropolitan area. The club competed in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Eastern Conference. The team played from 1998 to 2001. Announced in 1997 as one ...

selected Kelderman with the sixth pick in the 1997 MLS Expansion Draft. He played twenty-one games with the Fusion, but was waived on November 2, 1998. He then signed with the

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for the 1999 season. The Revs waived him on December 2, 1999. In February 2000, Kelderman signed a three-year contract with the

and

. He played four games with the Wave at the end of the season, then four more at the beginning of the 2000–2001 season. In the summer of 2000, he played for the Rampage. He retired from playing professionally in the fall of 2000.

Coach

Following his playing career, Kelderman has forged a successful coaching career. In 1995, he served as an assistant with his father at Neenah High School. In 2000, he coached the Wisconsin Rebels of the

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. In 2004, he was hired by D.C. United as head coach of the team's U-17 program. That same year, he was hired as the Technical Director of the Vienna Youth Soccer Club in Vienna, Virginia. In October 2005, he also became the assistant coach with the

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men's soccer coach. On December 21, 2007, he became an assistant coach with the

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. In 2010, he followed coach Curt Onalfo to D.C. United, serving as an assistant coach for the 2010 season. New coach Ben Olsen did not retain Kelderman as a part of his staff. In May 2011, he was named the head coach of the Green Bay Phoenix men's soccer team. In May 2012, he was named the head coach of the Milwaukee Panther men's soccer team after serving one year at UW-Green Bay.

References

External links

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Kansas City Wizards coaching profile
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