Randy Soderman is a retired American

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player and technology entrepreneur. The younger brother of

Rick Soderman Rick Soderman is a retired American soccer forward who played professionally in the Continental Indoor Soccer League, National Professional Soccer League and World Indoor Soccer League. In 1993, Soderman, older brother of Randy Soderman, signed ...

, Randy played for CISCO Soccer Club in Phoenix growing up. In 1992, he graduated from

Cactus High School Cactus High School is public secondary school located in Glendale, Arizona, United States, part of the Peoria Unified School District. The school opened its doors in August 1977. It is the district's smallest high school, with approximately 1,3 ...

. That year, he joined the Arizona Cotton for the 1992–93 USISL indoor season. Soderman attended Glendale Community College where he was a 1993 NJCAA Second Team All American. In the summer of 1994, Soderman played outdoors with the Arizona Cotton. That fall, he entered

Grand Canyon University Grand Canyon University (GCU) is a private for-profit Christian university in Phoenix, Arizona. Based on student enrollment, Grand Canyon University was the largest Christian university in the world in 2018, with 20,000 attending students on ...

, playing one season on the men’s soccer team before declaring himself eligible for the CISL professional draft. In 1995, he turned professional with the

Arizona Sandsharks Arizona Sandsharks was a U.S. indoor soccer team that played in the Continental Indoor Soccer League (CISL). It was founded in 1992 and folded in 1997, along with the CISL. Club history The Sandsharks were founded on August 3, 1992, under the o ...

of the

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that was led by

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. That fall, he signed with the

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of the National Professional Soccer League. In the summer of 1996, he forgoed playing in the

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to continue indoor play with the

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of the CISL. In 1998 and 1999, Soderman played for the

Arizona Sahuaros Sporting Arizona FC is an American soccer team based in Arizona. Founded in 1989, Sporting Arizona FC is Arizona's professional development club. The foundation of Sporting's development model is to bring international talent to play in Arizona, ...

of the

USL D-3 Pro League The USL Second Division (commonly referred to as USL-2) was a professional men's soccer league in the United States, operated by United Soccer Leagues (USL). It was at the third tier of soccer in the United States, behind Major League Soccer (t ...

, then returned to indoor summer soccer in 1999 with the Arizona Thunder of the

World Indoor Soccer League The World Indoor Soccer League (WISL) was a United States-based indoor soccer league that existed from 1998 to 2001 and consisted of nine teams. History After the demise of the Continental Indoor Soccer League, four of its teams decided to crea ...

where he won the WISL Defender of the Year award. In 2000 and 2001, he was with the Tucson Fireballs in the USL D-3 Pro League. In 2004, Soderman returned indoors with the St. Louis Steamers of the Major Indoor Soccer League. He played two season with the Steamers where he was voted to the MISL All-Star team in both years. In 2006, the

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selected Soderman as their first overall pick in the Dispersal Draft. That same year, Soderman was called up to the

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. On October 17, 2006, the Milwaukee Wave sent Soderman and Alen Osmanovic to the Chicago Storm in exchange for Anthony Maher and Tijani Ayegbusi. The two seasons he spent with the Storm were the last two professional seasons Soderman played. Soderman retired from professional soccer in 2008 after the birth of his first daughter, Blakeley Soderman. Since retiring for professional soccer in 2008, Soderman continue to play recreationally for many semi-pro teams. He returned to the Arizona Sahuaros, now playing in the

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. In 2009, the Sahuaros played in the

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. On August 13, 2012, the Tucson Extreme of the

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signed Soderman as head coach. In September, the team announced it would delay its first season and Soderman signed with Real Phoenix FC in the

. Also, following retirement in 2008, Soderman entered into the technology industry where he founded Soderman Marketing & Xtraman Fundraising. In 2016, Soderman launched Elite Web Design of Phoenix as an extension of Soderman Marketing. In 2016 Soderman co-founded and launched an auto glass software company called Glass Shop Go. In early 2018 Soderman was invited to join the Forbes Council.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Soderman, Randy Living people 1974 births American soccer players Arizona Sandsharks players Arizona Sahuaros players Arizona Thunder players Chicago Storm players Continental Indoor Soccer League players Major Indoor Soccer League (2001–2008) players National Professional Soccer League (1984–2001) players Sacramento Knights players St. Louis Steamers (1998–2006) players Tucson Fireballs players USISL players USL Second Division players Association football midfielders American men's futsal players Soccer players from Arizona Sportspeople from Glendale, Arizona Professional Arena Soccer League players National Premier Soccer League players Association football defenders