Westchester Flames is an American

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team based in

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 o ...

, United States. Founded in 1999, the team plays in USL League Two, the fourth tier of the

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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, NY, New Rochelle, New York (state), New York. The official name of the stadium is "Skidelsky Field at City Park Stadium". Its main tenant is the Westchester Flames, Westchest ...

, 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 The Super Y League is a youth soccer league with teams from the United States and Canada. Founded in 1999, the Super Y League is dedicated to the progression of future professional players and has steered the course for development of elite cl ...

, a league for players 17 to 20 years of age run under the

United Soccer Leagues United may refer to: Places * United, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * United, West Virginia, an unincorporated community Arts and entertainment Films * ''United'' (2003 film), a Norwegian film * ''United'' (2011 film), a BBC Two f ...

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 Vladislav ( be, Уладзіслаў (', '); pl, Władysław, ; Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, sh-Cyrl, Владислав) is a male given name of Slavic origin. Variations include ''Volodislav'', ''Vlastislav'' and ''Vlasla ...

. Home games were played at Manhattanville College in Purchase, NY. In 2001, Westchester Flames were the champions of

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 ...

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.'' *

Andre Akpan Andre Ubong Akpan (born December 9, 1987) is an American former soccer player who most recently played for New England Revolution in Major League Soccer. Career Youth and college Akpan was born in Grand Prairie, Texas, to a Nigerian father ...

Jhonny Arteaga Jhonny Alexandre Arteaga (born 24 November 1986) is a Colombian former footballer and current football coach. Career Youth and College Arteaga grew up in Stamford, Connecticut, where he attended Westhill High School before playing college socce ...

Dwight Barnett Dwight Barnett (born 1 March 1982 in St. Andrew) is a Jamaican footballer who currently plays for the Tampa Marauders of the National Premier Soccer League. Career Youth and College Barnett played two years of college soccer at Herkimer Co ...

* Scott Bolkan *

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* Charlie Davies * Rodrigo Faria * Julius James *

Chris Megaloudis Christopher Megaloudis (born May 14, 1984 in Queens, New York) is a Puerto Rican international footballer. 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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Jake Keegan Jake Keegan (born September 7, 1990) is an American professional soccer forward who currently plays for One Knoxville SC in USL League One. Club career Youth Keegan played 4 seasons at John Jay High School helping the team win the 2008 C ...

* Lars Brownworth

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

Vladislav Bogićević Vladislav Bogićević ( sr-Cyrl, Владислав Богићевић, ; born 7 November 1950) is a Serbian retired football (soccer) player. He is a member of the American National Soccer Hall of Fame. Club career Bogićević's playing caree ...

(1999) * Anthony Roros *

Ernest Inneh Ernest Inneh (born September 25, 1970 in Nigeria) is a retired Nigerian-American soccer player. He is now a coach at the Metropolitan Oval Development Academy. He scored the only goal in the final of the 1991 U.S. Open Cup. Playing career Inn ...

(2005–2006) * Gus Skoufis (2007–present)

Stadia

Manhattanville College Manhattanville College is a private university in Purchase, New York. Founded in 1841 at 412 Houston Street in lower Manhattan, it was initially known as Academy of the Sacred Heart, then after 1847 as Manhattanville College of the Sacred Heart ...

;

Purchase, New York Purchase is a hamlet in the town and village of Harrison, in Westchester County, New York, United States. One myth explains that its name is derived from Harrison's purchase, where John Harrison was to be granted as much land as he could ride i ...

(1999) *

Fordham University Fordham University () is a private Jesuit research university in New York City. Established in 1841 and named after the Fordham neighborhood of the Bronx in which its original campus is located, Fordham is the oldest Catholic and Jesuit un ...

;

Bronx, New York The Bronx () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Bronx County, in the state of New York. It is south of Westchester County; north and east of the New York City borough of Manhattan, across the Harlem River; and north of the New ...

(2000) *

;

(2001–2008, 2010–present) * McKenna Field at

New Rochelle High School New Rochelle High School (NRHS) is a public high school in New Rochelle, New York. It is part of the City School District of New Rochelle and is the city's sole public high school. Its student body represents 60 countries from around the world. I ...

;

(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) {{NewYork-footyclub-stub