The Burnsville Fire Soccer Club is a community-based soccer club in the southern suburbs of Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A. Founded in 1971, the club offers competitive and recreational programs primarily for the citizens of Burnsville and Savage and students of Independent School District 191, although players from other communities are accepted. A football team or a football club, in football (soccer is the collective name given to a number of players who play together in a Football game be it Association Minnesota ( Native Americans demonstrated the name to early settlers The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Burnsville (ˈbɜrnzvɨl is a City 15 miles (25 km south of downtown Minneapolis in Dakota County in the U Savage (ˈsævɪdʒ is a Suburban city 15 miles (25 km south-southwest of downtown Minneapolis in Scott County in the U With nearly 2,000 players annually, the club is one of the biggest and oldest in Minnesota. The Burnsville Fire Soccer Club is a member of the Minnesota Youth Soccer Association, US Youth Soccer Association, US Soccer Federation, and FIFA. The US Youth Soccer Association (US Youth Soccer or USYSA is the youth affiliate and largest member of the United States Soccer Federation, the governing body for Soccer The United States Soccer Federation ( USSF) (trademarked as "U The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (French for International Federation of Association Football)
The Burnsville Fire Soccer Club counts among its alumni two US National Team Players (Leo Cullen and Holly Manthei), one National Championship team (1992 Under-16 Girls), five high school All-Americans (Leo Cullen, Holly Manthei, Matt Gerlach, Lane Holmes, Tim Chase) and countless state champions. The United States men's national soccer team is the national Soccer team of the United States for men and is controlled by the United States Soccer Leo Cullen (born February 28, 1976 in Burnsville, Minnesota) is a former American Soccer defender.