Tim Soudan is the current Head Coach for
Chrome Lacrosse Club
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Roster
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of the
Premier Lacrosse League
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. He joined the team after the conclusion of their 2019 season, replacing legendary coach
Dom Starsia. Soudan is a former
National Lacrosse League
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(NLL) and
Major League Lacrosse
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(MLL) player. Soudan was one year too early before the Olympic lacrosse team was formed, and was registered as a player but injured himself making him unable to play. Soudan also played in the NLL for the
Boston Blazers (1991–1994) and the
Rochester Knighthawks
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(1995–2005), and in the MLL for the Rochester Rattlers (2001–2003). Soudan coached the Rochester Rattlers from 2011 to 2017, earning coach of the year honors in 2014 and reaching the championship final in 2014 and 2015.
Playing career
Field lacrosse
In college, he was second team
All-American at the
University of Massachusetts Amherst
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in 1989 and 1990. He scored 84 goals for the
Minutemen, the program's career record for a midfielder. UMass was 41–14 over his four years, earning an
NCAA tournament appearance each year.
In 1994 and 1998, he played for
Team USA
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and won the
World Lacrosse Championship
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both years.
Soudan played professional field lacrosse for the Rochester Rattlers starting in the league's inaugural season in 2001. His three-year career produced 32 goals, 3 two-point goals, and 9 assists for 44 points in 31 games.
Box lacrosse
Soudan started his indoor career with the
New England Blazers
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in 1991, continuing with the
Boston Blazers from 1992 to 1994. Starting in 1995, Soudan played with the
Rochester Knighthawks
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for 11 years, retiring after the 2005 season. In 1996, he was honored as the team’s Seventh Man for his hard work and dedication. He was a member of the
1997 MILL Championship team and a key component in the team’s string of 11 playoff appearances in 11 seasons. Soudan was inducted into the Rochester Knighthawks Hall of Fame in 2009.
He also earned a gold medal for playing for Team USA in the 2002
Heritage Cup against
Team Canada.
Coaching career
In August 2008, Soudan was hired by the Knighthawks as the Assistant General Manager.
In June 2011, Soudan was hired as the Head Coach of the Rochester Rattlers. He won the
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award in 2014.
In December 2019, Soudan was hired as the Head Coach of Chrome Lacrosse Club.
Other
Following his retirement from professional
lacrosse
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, Tim became a
physical education
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teacher and assistant lacrosse coach at
Fairport High School. He also hosts a boys lacrosse camp and runs the Blaze Lacrosse Club.
He resides in his hometown of
Fairport, New York
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with his wife, Colleen, and children Kaitlyn and Tanner.
References
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Living people
American lacrosse players
Major League Lacrosse players
Rochester Knighthawks players
UMass Minutemen lacrosse players
People from Fairport, New York
1968 births