Sasha Gotsmanov (born September 19, 1982 in Minsk, Belarus) is an American-Belarusian soccer player, who spent one season in the MLS and two in the USL First Division. Sasha was born into a soccer family. His father, Sergey Gotsmanov was a member of the Soviet Union national team that were runners-up for the 1988 European Football Championship. His mother, Olga, was the Belarusian national gymnastics coach. When Sasha was 15 his family moved from Belarus to Minnesota, so that Sergei could play for the Minnesota Thunder. Meanwhile, Sasha became a star player at the high school level.