The Rochester Flash was an American
soccer club based in
Rochester, New York
Rochester () is a city in the U.S. state of New York, the seat of Monroe County, and the fourth-most populous in the state after New York City, Buffalo, and Yonkers, with a population of 211,328 at the 2020 United States census. Located i ...
that was a member of the
American Soccer League.
History
In 1981, the Rochester Flash entered the American Soccer League, playing its home games at
Holleder Memorial Stadium
Holleder Memorial Stadium was a 20,000 seat football stadium in Rochester, New York.
Located on Ridgeway Avenue, at the south east corner of Mount Read Blvd., it was built in 1949 to serve as the home of Aquinas Institute football.
Originally n ...
. In 1983, the team went on hiatus, but returned in 1984 as a member of the newly formed
United Soccer League
United Soccer League (USL), formerly known as United Soccer Leagues, is a soccer league in the United States and Canada. It organizes several men's and women's leagues, both professional and amateur. Men's leagues currently organized are the ...
.
Yearly Awards
* First Team All Star
**1981:
John Dolinsky
John Dolinsky is a retired German-American soccer player who played professionally in the Major Indoor Soccer League, American Soccer League, United Soccer League and American Indoor Soccer Association. He also coached in the American Indoor ...
,
Dennis Mepham
Dennis Mepham is a retired American soccer defender who played professionally in the North American Soccer League, American Soccer League, United Soccer League and Major Indoor Soccer League
Youth
Mepham attended Brighton High School where h ...
* Rookie of the Year
**1982:
Franco Paonessa
Franco Paonessa is a retired Italian-American professional soccer player who has played in the second and third American Soccer Leagues, United Soccer League, American Indoor Soccer Association and USISL.
Paonessa was a junior college All Americ ...
Year-by-year
Coaches
* Don Lalka (1981–1982)
*
Joe Horvath (1984)
Staff
* Joe Sirianni, Trainer/Traveling Secretary
References
External links
United Soccer League (1984–85) teams
Men's soccer clubs in New York (state)
Defunct soccer clubs in New York (state)
American Soccer League (1933–1983) teams
Flash
Flash, flashes, or FLASH may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
Fictional aliases
* Flash (DC Comics character), several DC Comics superheroes with super speed:
** Flash (Barry Allen)
** Flash (Jay Garrick)
** Wally West, the first Kid F ...
1981 establishments in New York (state)
Association football clubs established in 1981
1984 disestablishments in New York (state)
Association football clubs disestablished in 1984
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