Los Angeles Highlanders FC are an American soccer team. They play their home games at Moyse Stadium on the grounds of Glendale High School in the city of Glendale, California.

History

The Highlanders were founded in 1997 by a group of Armenian American businessmen and soccer fans as a competitive branch of the locally base
Ararat Soccer Club
to compete in the nationwide amateur soccer league, the

USL Premier Development League USL League Two (USL2), formerly the Premier Development League (PDL), is a semi-professional developmental soccer league sponsored by United Soccer Leagues in the United States and Canada, forming part of the United States soccer league syst ...

. The club rose to the pinnacle of the league quickly, becoming playoff champions in only their second season in 1998, having defeated the previously unbeaten Jackson Chargers 3–2 in the PDL Championship game and ensuring a Southwest Division champion for the third straight season. Following the 2001 season the team ceased operations. After a 15-year absence the club announced their return in January 2017 joining the

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Season-by-season

References

{{Reflist Soccer clubs in Greater Los Angeles Defunct Premier Development League teams Glendale, California 1997 establishments in California 2001 disestablishments in California