Westchester Flames is an American
soccer
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team based in
New Rochelle, New York
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, United States. Founded in 1999, the team plays in
USL League Two
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, the fourth tier of the
American soccer pyramid
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.
The team plays its home games at
City Park Stadium
City Park Stadium is a soccer specific-stadium located in New Rochelle, New York. The official name of the stadium is "Skidelsky Field at City Park Stadium". Its main tenant is the Westchester Flames FC soccer club who play in USL League Two
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, where they have played since 2001. The team's colors are blue and white.
The team also fields a team in the USL’s
Super-20 League
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, a league for players 17 to 20 years of age run under the
United Soccer Leagues
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umbrella.
History
The team had your first season in 1999, when they finished with a respectable 7–9 record, under former
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superstar
Vladislav Bogicevic
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. Home games were played at Manhattanville College in Purchase, NY. In 2001, Westchester Flames were the champions of
Premier Development League
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Players
Notable former players
''This list of notable former players comprises players who went on to play professional soccer after playing for the team in the Premier Development League, or those who previously played professionally before joining the team.''
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Andre Akpan
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Career
Youth and college
Akpan was born in Grand Prairie, Texas, to a Nigerian father an ...
*
Jhonny Arteaga
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Career Youth and College
Arteaga grew up in Stamford, Connecticut, where he attended Westhill High School before playing college socce ...
*
Dwight Barnett
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Career
Youth and College
Barnett played two years of college soccer at Herkimer Co ...
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Scott Bolkan
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Kevin Burns
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Charlie Davies
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Davies set several soccer records at his high school, the Brooks School, before appearing for the Boston College Eagles an ...
*
Rodrigo Faria
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Early career
Faria began his youth career in Brazil with the Flamengo and Vasco da Gama systems. He later came to the United St ...
*
Julius James
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Chris Megaloudis
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Career
Youth career
Chris played soccer in high school at Monsignor McClancy Memorial High School. He is the school's all-time leading go ...
*
Ricky Schramm
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Ibrahim Yusuf
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Jake Keegan
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Club career
Youth
Keegan played 4 seasons at John Jay High School helping the team win the 2008 ...
*
Lars Brownworth
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Year-by-year
Honors
* USL PDL Eastern Conference Champions 2006
* USL PDL Northeast Division Champions 2006
* USL PDL Champions 2001
* USL PDL Eastern Conference Champions 2001
* USL PDL Northeast Division Champions 2001
* USL PDL Regular Season Champions 2000
* USL PDL Eastern Conference Champions 2000
* USL PDL Northeast Division Champions 2000
Head coaches
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Vladislav Bogićević (1999)
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Anthony Roros
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Ernest Inneh
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Playing career
Inn ...
(2005–2006)
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Gus Skoufis (2007–present)
Stadia
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Manhattanville College
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;
Purchase, New York
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(1999)
*
Fordham University
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;
Bronx, New York
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(2000)
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City Park Stadium
City Park Stadium is a soccer specific-stadium located in New Rochelle, New York. The official name of the stadium is "Skidelsky Field at City Park Stadium". Its main tenant is the Westchester Flames FC soccer club who play in USL League Two
...
;
New Rochelle, New York
New Rochelle (; older french: La Nouvelle-Rochelle) is a city in Westchester County, New York, United States, in the southeastern portion of the state. In 2020, the city had a population of 79,726, making it the seventh-largest in the state of ...
(2001–2008, 2010–present)
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McKenna Field at
New Rochelle High School
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Its student body represents 60 countries from around the world. I ...
;
New Rochelle, New York
New Rochelle (; older french: La Nouvelle-Rochelle) is a city in Westchester County, New York, United States, in the southeastern portion of the state. In 2020, the city had a population of 79,726, making it the seventh-largest in the state of ...
(2009)
Average attendance
Attendance stats are calculated by averaging each team's self-reported home attendances from the historical match archive at http://www.uslsoccer.com/history/index_E.html.
* 2005: 127
* 2006: 143
* 2007: 88
* 2008: 115
* 2009: 57 (lowest in PDL)
* 2010: 80
* 2011: 55
* 2012: 140
References
External links
Official Site
Association football clubs established in 1999
USL League Two teams
Men's soccer clubs in New York (state)
Sports in New Rochelle, New York
USL Second Division teams
1999 establishments in New York (state)
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