Andrew Peterson (born December 2, 1984) is a former American soccer player, currently retired.

Peterson attended for Wayzata High School in Plymouth, Minnesota, from 1999 to 2003, where he was an All-Conference and All-State player his senior year.

[1] However, instead of playing for Minnesota Thunder, Peterson decided to train as a Christian missionary with the Cleveland City Stars in the USL Second Division.

Through the efforts of his Cleveland coach, Martin Rennie, and general manager Aaron Treadway, they arranged for him to play in a May reserve game for the Columbus Crew against the Chicago Fire in which the Columbus Crew team won 1–0.

As a result of this tryout, the Crew asked offered Peterson a developmental contract in July 2007.