Ken Snow
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Ken Snow is a minor league U.S. soccer player and two time winner of the Hermann Trophy as the outstanding college soccer player in 1988 and 1990.
Ken Snow grew up in Illinois and attended Hoffman Estates High School from 1983 to 1986 where he played soccer. While playing for Hoffman, Snow scored in 47 consecutive games, ranking him second, after his brother Steve Snow, on the Illinois High School Association's list of consecutive matches scored in. Ken also ranks #9 on the Illinois state career goals list with 128 goals and #16 on the season (1985) goal scoring list with 49 goals.
After graduating from high school, Snow attended Indiana University where he played NCAA soccer. He was a four year All American and a two time winner of the Hermann Trophy in 1988, the same year Indiana won the NCAA Men's Soccer Championship, and again in 1990. He finished his college playing career with 84 goals and 28 assists and a school record 196 points.
Like many minor league ball players in any sport, Ken Snow's career is difficult to follow at times as he bounced between a half dozen teams in five leagues over his career.
After leaving Indiana University in 1991, the Chicago Power of the indoor National Professional Soccer League (NPSL) drafted Snow. However, before joining the Power for the 1991-1992 indoor season, Snow played 11 games and scored 5 goals with the Miami Freedom of the outdoor American Professional Soccer League.
In the 1994-1995 season with the Power, Snow played in 40 games, scoring 56 goals. This led to his selection as an NPSL All Star at the February 1995 All Star game.
At the end of the 1994-1995 season, Snow moved to the Detroit Neon of the Continental Indoor Soccer League (CISL). He also had a stint with the Tampa Bay Terror of the NPSL.
In 1996, the Kansas City Wiz of the Major League Soccer (MLS) drafted Snow in the 16th round of the league's Inaugural Draft (156) overall. The team waived Snow during the pre-season, on March 25, 1996.
Snow continued to play with Detroit through at least the 1997-1998 season when he was selected as a CISL All Star. In March 1998, he tried out with the MLS expansion club Chicago Fire, even scoring in a March 6, 1998 exhibition victory over Mexican club Bachilleras.[1] However, he was waived by the Fire on March 19, 1998.
Snow moved on to play with the St. Louis Steamers of the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) for the first part of the 1998-1999 season before the team traded Snow to the Philadelphia Kixx for Lee Tschantret in February 1999. However, Snow was also an MISL All Star that year.
Snow played two games with the United States men's national soccer team in 1988, but scored no goals.
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