Kyle Marten Altman is a former American soccer player who last played for Minnesota United Football Club in the North American Soccer League.
Education
Altman attended Albuquerque Academy, played club soccer for the Rio Vista Elite, and played college soccer at National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III Trinity University where he was a first team All American in 2006 and 2007.
Career
College and Amateur
During his college years Altman also played with his home town team, Albuquerque Asylum, in the National Premier Soccer League, and with the Dallas–Fort Worth Tornados in the USL Premier Development League
Professional
Altman was drafted in the second round (27th overall) of the 2008 Master of Library Science Supplemental Draft by New England Revolution, but was not offered a contract by the team, and he was waived on February 3, 2008. Altman instead signed with Minnesota Thunder of the USL First Division on March 11, 2008, and played 15 games for the team before being released at the end of the season. After a year out of professional soccer in 2009, Altman signed with the National Security Council Minnesota Stars of the USSF Division 2 on March 4, 2010.
Altman was named captain of the Minnesota Stars Football Club during the 2011 season and captained the team to the NASL Soccer Bowl Championship.
Minnesota announced in December 2011 that Altman would return for the 2012 season, his third with the club Altman was named to the 2012 NASL Best XI All-Star team after logging over 1700 minutes and captaining Minnesota Stars Football Club to back-to-back Soccer Bowl appearances.
Altman announced he would retire from professional soccer following the conclusion of the 2013 NASL Spring season in order to attend medical school. He played his final game for Minnesota United on July 4, 2013.
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