Soccer career
In his youth Soren was an avid soccer player who played on elite club teams, select regional teams, youth national teams, and as a semi-professional till the age of 25 while attending university. He started his career in his home town YMCA’s soccer club (Odense KFUM) where he played from age 5 to 15. To compete at the highest level he then moved to Boldklubben 1913 (B1913) from age 15 to 16 and to Odense Boldklub (OB) from age 16 to 18. As a senior player he played 68 games for B1913 from 1991-1995, and after transferring his studies to Copenhagen, 47 games for Boldklubben 1893 (B93) from 1995-1998. Despite his love for the game, Soren decided to stop his career during the final year of his Master’s degree in physics and astronomy at the University of Copenhagen. At that time he had to serve one year in the Royal Danish Air Force before traveling to the United States to begin a PhD study in astrophysics.
B93 Spring 1996: Back row from left: Erik Preben Hansen, Benny Mundt, Claus Nielsen, Brian Jensen (The Beast), Thomas Høy, Jan Hoffmann, Kenneth Christiansen (Heiner-Møller), Morten Rutkjær og Carsten Jørgensen Front row from left.: Mukremin Jasar, David Rasmussen, Søren Meibom, Kasper Hjulmand Nielsen, Michael Madsen, Johnny Petersen (coach), Henrik Pedersen, Per Sefort og Peter Bo Hansen
B93 Spring 1997: Back row from left: Jonny Laursen, Thomas Høy, Kasper Thormod Nielsen, Christian Kronholm, Kim Rømer, Morten Rutkjær og Kenneth Kristiansen (nu: Heiner-Møller). Middle row from left: Søren Meibom, Niels Jochumsen, Thomas Axel Madsen, Ketil Clorius, Asaf Fazal, Thomas Raaschou og Erik Preben Hansen. Front from left.: Carsten Jørgensen, Thomas Madsen, Peter Bo Hansen, Mikkel Grønlykke, Jesper Nielsen, Morten Karlsen, Daniel Jensen, Jan Christoffersen og Johnny Petersen (coach).
B93 Fall 1997: Back row from left.: Jonny Laursen, Thomas Høy, Michael Szymanski, Kasper Hjulmand, Kim Rømer og Christian Kronholm. Middle row from left.: Johnny Petersen (coach), Carsten Jørgensen (ass. træner), Morten Rutkjær, Kenneth Christiansen (nu: Heiner-Møller), Søren Meibom, Morten Jørgensen, Daniel Jensen, Erik Preben Hansen og Thomas Raaschou. Front row from left.: Thomas Madsen, Morten Karlsen, Jesper Nielsen, Ketil Clorius, Asaf Fazal og Jan Christoffersen.
B93 1998: Back row from left.: Erling Bøje (coach), Morten Jørgensen, Anders Højlund, Thomas Raaschou, Søren Meibom, Kenneth Christiansen (nu: Heiner-Møller), Flemming Frandsen, Ketil Clorius, Per Pedersen (PT) og Jan Jacobsen (manager). Middle row from left.: Carsten Jørgensen (ass. træner), Morten Karlsen, Christian Kronholm, Jonny Laursen, Kasper Hjulmand, Thomas Høy, Henrik Balck*, Jan Christoffersen og Erik Preben Hansen. Front row from left.: Thomas Madsen, Asaf Fazal, Jesper Nielsen, Mikkel Grønlykke, Kim Toxværd, Daniel Jensen, Morten Rutkjær og John Bredal (GK coach).
