Lars Lyssand is a retired American

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player who played professionally in the

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. Born to a Norwegian immigrant father and a Swedish immigrant mother, Lyssand grew up in Northern California. He graduated from Woodside High School where he was a three-sport athlete – soccer, football and baseball. Lyssand attended

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, playing on the men’s soccer team from 1998 to 2001, and was the 2001

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Player of the Year. In February 2002, the

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selected Lyssand with the last pick (70th overall) of the 2002 MLS SuperDraft. Although he appeared as a guest player in an August 2002 game against America, Lyssand never played for the Earthquakes during the MLS season. In 2003, he signed with the Syracuse Salty Dogs of the

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. The Salty Dogs ceased operations following the 2004 season. In March 2005, Lyssand signed a two-year contract with the Montreal Impact where he was a two-year starter. In 2007, Lyssand did not report to the Impact, refusing to play for them. On June 14, 2007, the Impact traded Lyssand to the

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in exchange for

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.Montreal, Puerto Rico swap players
/ref> Lyssand finished the season with the Islanders then retired from professional soccer.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lyssand, Lars Living people 1979 births American men's soccer players American expatriate men's soccer players Montreal Impact (1992–2011) players Puerto Rico Islanders players San Jose State Spartans men's soccer players Syracuse Salty Dogs players A-League (1995–2004) players USL First Division players San Jose Earthquakes draft picks Soccer players from California Expatriate men's footballers in Puerto Rico American people of Norwegian descent American people of Swedish descent Men's association football defenders Men's association football midfielders