fullname youthclubs pcupdate years youthyears clubs caps birth_place goals height position birth_date article_title name
dustin branan brown university december 22 , 2006 1999-2002 2005 2006 - 1999-2002 brown university kansas city wizards minnesota thunder 41 1 26 atlanta , ga , united states 2 0 2 6 3 defender 21 may 1981 dustin branan
 dustin branan
dustin branan

dustin branan -lrb- born may 21 , 1981 in atlanta , georgia -rrb- , 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 .
branan attended lakeville high school where he was a 1998 first team all state soccer player .
he played college soccer at brown , from 1999 to 2002 , where he started 58 games , and was twice named first-team all-ivy .
upon graduating , he was drafted by the minnesota thunder of the a-league and , despite joining the team midseason because of college commitments , was named the club 's rookie of the year in 2003 .
the next year , branan anchored the thunder 's formidable defense , and was a finalist for the a-league defender of the year award .
following his very successful 2004 season , branan signed with the kansas city wizards of mls as a developmental player in early 2005 .
he was released by the wizards at the end of the season and returned to the minnesota thunder .
