Background
Gotsmanov grew up in Woodbury, Minnesota and played college soccer at Creighton University, with whom he earned the Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year Award and was named MVC Tournament Most Valuable Player.
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Andrei Gotsmanov
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Gotsmanov grew up in Woodbury, Minnesota and played college soccer at Creighton University, with whom he earned the Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year Award and was named MVC Tournament Most Valuable Player. Moreover, Gotsmanov was also awarded a first-team selection on the 2008 NSCAA/adidas Men"s Division I All-America Team, as well as a Hermann Trophy semi-finalist.
Career
College Professional Gotsmanov was drafted in the second round (24th overall) of the 2009 Master of Library Science SuperDraft by New England Revolution, but opted to finish college before turning pro. After graduating Gotsmanov attempted to re-join Revolution, but was unsuccessful as the Revolution would have had to drop a player from their squad in order to sign him. As a result, Gotsmanov went on trial with Sweden"s Mjällby AIF. Despite scoring twice in a friendly for Mjällby, he was not offered a contract.
Upon his return from Sweden, Gotsmanov played with the Nebraska-based amateur team 402 Football Club which qualified for the 2009 Lamar Hunt United States. Open Cup.
He scored in the team"s 3-2 first round loss to the Minnesota Thunder, but impressed the Thunder"s coaches with his performance. On 17 February 2010 signed with new founded National Security Council Minnesota Stars of the USSF Division 2.
He re-signed with the club, now playing in the North American Soccer League, on 22 March 2011. Gotsmanov was re-signed by Minnesota United Football Club (which was re-branded from the National Security Council Minnesota Stars following the teams purchase prior to the 2013 season by Bill Mcguire) on 13 August 2015.
Andrei is the son of former professional football player Sergey Gotsmanov, a four-time Belarusian Football player of the Year who played for the Soviet Union at the 1988 Union of European Football Associations European Football Championship.
He was born in Minsk, then part of the Soviet Union, but came to the United States with his family in 1996 when his father signed to play for Minnesota Thunder. He also has an older brother, Sasha, who played for the Colorado Rapids and the former professional club Minnesota Thunder.
