Ken Hesse (born February 3, 1972 in Denver, Colorado) is a retired American soccer defender who played one game for the MetroStars in Major League Soccer.Hesse attended Cal State Fullerton, playing soccer from 1990 to 1993. In 1994, he signed with the Los Angeles Salsa in the American Professional Soccer League. He moved to the Colorado Foxes for the 1995 APSL season. On March 4, 1996, the MetroStars selected Hesse in the second round (twelfth overall) of the 1996 MLS Supplemental Draft.