Leo Cullen ( born February 28, 1976 in Burnsville, Minnesota ) is a retired American soccer defender who spent seven seasons in Major League Soccer and earned three caps with the United States men's national soccer team.

Dustin Branan ( born May 21, 1981 in Atlanta, Georgia ), is a retired American soccer defender who played for the Kansas City Wizards of Major Soccer League and the Minnesota Thunder of the USL First Division.

Untouched by the defender, Freeman jumped to his feet and ran the ball in for the winning touchdown over the rival Minnesota Vikings.

* Matt Carson-professional baseball player with the Minnesota Twins

* Matt Birk, Minnesota Vikings Baltimore Ravens center.

* Matt Lawton, former Major League Baseball player best known for his stint with the Minnesota Twins.

* Matt Entenza, former minority leader of the Minnesota House of Representatives ( 2002 – 2006 ) and a 2010 DFL candidate for governor of Minnesota.

* James Arness ( born May 26, 1923 in Minneapolis, Minnesota as James Aurness ; died June 3, 2011 in Los Angeles, California ) was an actor best known for portraying Marshal Matt Dillon on the T. V.

At work, Anne Marie meets and catches the eye of Matt Tollman ( Matthew Davis ), a National Football League quarterback in Hawaii for the Pro Bowl ( it is hinted that he plays for the Minnesota Vikings ).

Minnesota Twins players that have come through include Matt Garza and Kevin Slowey.

The streak ended on July 3 at 36 when he was caught by Minnesota Twins catcher Matt Walbeck.

He remains one of the youngest governors elected to date in U. S. history, along with Harold Stassen in Minnesota ( 1938 ), Bill Clinton in Arkansas ( 1978 ), Christopher " Kit " Bond and Matt Blunt in Missouri ( 1972 ) and ( 2004 ), respectively, and Bobby Jindal in Louisiana ( 2007 ).

Former UND students who have gone on to notable careers in athletics include former NBA player and current NBA coach Phil Jackson, ice hockey player who played in the 1980 Winter Olympics " Miracle on Ice " game Dave Christian, NHL professional ice hockey players Ed Belfour, Tony Hrkac, Jonathan Toews – captain of the Chicago Blackhawks, Zach Parise – New Jersey Devils, Travis Zajac – New Jersey Devils, T. J. Oshie – St. Louis Blues, Ryan Bayda – Pittsburgh Penguins, Drew Stafford – Buffalo Sabres, Brian Lee – Ottawa Senators, Matt Smaby – Tampa Bay Lightning, Matt Jones – Toronto Maple Leafs, Mike Commodore – Columbus Blue Jackets, Jason Blake – Anaheim Ducks, Ryan Johnson – Vancouver Canucks, NFL professional football players Jim Kleinsasser – and Dave Osborn, both of the Minnesota Vikings, CFL professional football players Weston Dressler, David Griswold – Saskatchewan Roughriders.

He intercepted two passes from Matt Hasselbeck, and later returned an interception for a touchdown against the Minnesota Vikings during week thirteen.

In 2006, Luther entered the DFL Party primary for the office of Minnesota Attorney General, after endorsed candidate Matt Entenza withdrew from the race.

* Matt Foy, NHL Hockey player for the Minnesota Wild ( Present )

* On July 29, 2010, the Nationals traded Matt Capps to the Minnesota Twins for Wilson Ramos.

* Matt Swenson, Communications Advisor for Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton

While living in Minnesota, Clem started working on a superhero web comic called Barrett's Lament with his friend Matt Lind.

He was perhaps best known for his work on television, including two episodes of The Twilight Zone ; playing Glen Morley, a fictional congressman from Minnesota, based on Windom's own great-grandfather and namesake in The Farmer's Daughter ; the character of John Monroe on the sitcom My World and Welcome to It, for which he won an Emmy Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series ; as Commodore Matt Decker, commander of the doomed U. S. S.

Several members of the 2004 team went on to have notable college football careers, including running backs Isaac Odim ( Minnesota Duluth ) and Joe Clark ( Augustana ), and linemen Paul Schwingler ( St. Olaf ) and Matt McCollom.

* The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid ( 1972 ) portrayed by Matt Clark

On May 21, 2011, Johnson launched a pitch from Minnesota Twins closer Matt Capps deep into the right-field bleachers at Chase Field for a grand slam that capped the Diamondbacks rally from down 6-3 and made the score 9-6, which would be the final score.

Matt Ehling is a prolific documentary film maker from Minnesota.

Through the intervention of a group that included former Minnesota North Stars head coach Wren Blair, the team was prevented from folding and remained in Pittsburgh.

Blair is on the former Green Bay and Western Railroad, which ran down the Trempealeau River valley to Winona, Minnesota.

Like the nearby cities of Arcadia, Independence, and Blair, Whitehall is located on the former Green Bay and Western Railroad, which ran down the Trempealeau River valley to Winona, Minnesota.

Because of its increased technical demands, it is performed by only a relative few surgeons in North America: Joel Cooper ( University of Pennsylvania ; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ), M. Blair Marshall ( Georgetown University ; Washington, DC ), Bryan Meyers ( Washington University ; St. Louis, Missouri ), Stephen Cassivi ( Mayo Clinic ; Rochester, Minnesota ), Sudhir Sundaresan ( University of Ottawa ; Ottawa, Canada ), Shaf Keshavjee ( University of Toronto ; Toronto, Canada ).

The Minnesota Wild held their hockey jersey unveiling at the Oval, and notable visitors have included Dan Jansen, Bonnie Blair, Paul Wylie, and Neal Broten.

Conservation Corps Minnesota & Iowa provides environmental stewardship and service-learning opportunities to youth and young adults while accomplishing conservation, natural resource management projects and emergency response work through its Young Adult Program and the Summer Youth Program.

" The University of Minnesota mascot is the gopher, a gofer ( same sound ) is an assistant who " goes for " things, and a gopher burrows through the ground to reach a desired location.

The Isle Royale Queen out of Copper Harbor, Michigan, arrives at the park in 3-3 1 / 2 hours and the Sea Hunter, out of Grand Portage, Minnesota, arrives in just 1 1 / 2 hours and operate round-trips and offer day trips through much of the season, less frequently in early summer and autumn.

The route originates at the University of Minnesota campus in Minneapolis, then it travels several miles on Interstates 35W and 94, before it begins to operate as local service through the Uptown area of Minneapolis.

Established by this point was the purposeful alignment of an " all Canadian route " -- within the rubric of national interest, the federal government refused to consider a less costly route bypassing the rugged Canadian Shield of northern Ontario by passing south through Wisconsin and Minnesota.

The Pixies played their first reunion concert on April 13, 2004, at The Fine Line Music Cafe in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and a warm-up tour through the U. S. and Canada was followed by an appearance at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.

Taylor caught the ball at the Minnesota 41-yard line, broke Earsell Mackbee's tackle, raced down the sideline, broke through Vikings ' safety Karl Kassulke's tackle and scored the clinching touchdown.

On the first play of the drive, Minnesota was penalized 15 yards for unsportsmanlike conduct on linebacker Wally Hilgenberg, who threw an elbow through Csonka's facemask, cutting Csonka above the eye.

The Eagles advanced through the playoffs, defeating the Minnesota Vikings, 31-16, and the Dallas Cowboys, 20 – 7.

Then, Jones and Johnson made a move midway through the 1989 season that shocked many in the league: they traded their only Pro Bowl player, running back Herschel Walker, to the Minnesota Vikings for five veteran players and eight draft choices.

* April 18 – The Red River of the North breaks through dikes and floods Grand Forks, North Dakota, and East Grand Forks, Minnesota, causing US $ 2 billion in damage.

* Bernard S. Bachrach, A History of the Alans in the West, from their first appearance in the sources of classical antiquity through the early Middle Ages, University of Minnesota Press, 1973 ISBN 0-8166-0678-1

Muskellunge are found in oligotrophic and mesotrophic lakes and large rivers from northern Michigan, northern Wisconsin and northern Minnesota through the Great Lakes region, north into Canada, throughout most of the St Lawrence River drainage and northward throughout the upper Mississippi valley, although the species also extends as far south as Chattanooga in the Tennessee River valley.

The MINOS experiment uses Fermilab's NuMI ( Neutrinos at the Main Injector ) beam, which is an intense beam of neutrinos that travels through the Earth to the Soudan Mine in Minnesota.

Another example: In Minnesota only consumer fireworks that do not explode or fly through the air are now permitted to be sold to and used by residents.

* Red River of the North, a river flowing north through Minnesota, North Dakota, and Manitoba into Lake Winnipeg

A five-state section of the road has been designated a National Scenic Byway, running through Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Minnesota.

* Necrophila americana is found east of Texas up through Minnesota and in southeastern Canada.

French and English fur traders and voyageurs traveled through Minnesota from the 17th century to the 19th century.

Along with McGregor, the city became a major hub on the railroad, as grain from throughout Iowa and Minnesota was sent through the city en route to Lake Michigan.

U. S. Routes 10 and 59, and Minnesota State Highway 34 serve as the primary arterial routes through the city.

U. S. Route 75 and Minnesota State Highway 28 are the two major highways that run through the community.

The Minnesota River flows along the township's northern boundary ; its tributary the Little Cottonwood River flows through the northwestern part of the township to its confluence with the Minnesota.