Lancaster Inferno (NPSL) was an American men's

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team based in

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. Founded in 2008, the team played in the

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(NPSL), a national amateur league at the fourth tier of the

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for just one season, until 2008, when the franchise folded and the team left the league. The team played its home games in the athletic stadium at

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in nearby

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. The team's colors were orange, black, and white. The team was part of the larger Pennsylvania Classics organization, which hosts 36 teams from the under 9 group for boys and girls, to the under 19 for young men and women and represents the

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and greater

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areas. There is also a women's team named Lancaster Inferno which plays in the

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(WPSL).

Players

2008 roster

Year-by-year

Head coaches

* Steve Klein (2008)

Stadium

;

(2008)

External links

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