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| Full name | Minnesota Kicks | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Kicks | ||
| Founded | January 1976 | ||
| Dissolved | December 1981 | ||
| Stadium | Metropolitan Stadium Met Center (indoor) | ||
| Capacity | 45,000 15,184 (indoor) | ||
| League | North American Soccer League | ||
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The Minnesota Kicks was a professional soccer team that played at Metropolitan Stadium in the Minneapolis suburb of Bloomington, Minnesota, from 1976 to 1981. The team was a member of the now defunct North American Soccer League (NASL). Initially known as the Denver Dynamos, the team relocated and became the Minnesota Kicks in 1976. The Kicks quickly became one of the league's more popular teams, with an average attendance of 23,120 fans per game in 1976.[1] The Kicks won their division four years in a row from 1976 to 1979. The Kicks drew over 23,000 fans in each season from 1976 to 1979, with attendance peaking at 32,775 in 1977.