Cape Cod Crusaders

American soccer team

Soccer club

Cape Cod Crusaders

Full name| Cape Cod Crusaders
Nickname(s)| The Crusaders
Founded| 1994
Dissolved| 2008
Ground| Massachusetts Maritime Academy
Chairman|  Joe Bradley
Manager|  Paul Baber
League| USL Premier Development League
2008| 1st, New England Division
Playoff Conference Semifinals

Home colors

Away colors

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The Cape Cod Crusaders was an American soccer team based in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts. Founded in 1994, the team played in the USL Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, until 2008, when the franchise folded and the team left the league.[1]

The team played its home games at several different venues in eastern Massachusetts: mainly in stadium on the campus of the Massachusetts Maritime Academy, but also at Whitman-Hanson High School in Whitman, Massachusetts, and at Bowditch Stadium in Framingham, Massachusetts. Also played at Barnstable High School in the town of Hyannis, Massachusetts. The Crusaders' historical home was the stadium on the grounds Dennis Yarmouth High School in the town of Yarmouth, Massachusetts, where they won back to back championships in 2002 and 2003. The team's colors were red and white.

The team had a sister organization, the Boston Renegades, who play in the women's USL W-League. The club still fields a team in the USL's Super-20 League, a league for players 17 to 20 years of age run under the United Soccer Leagues umbrella.

## History

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The Crusaders were one of the most successful minor-league soccer teams in the United States, having been national PDL champions twice, in 2002 and 2003. The team was also one of the most long-lasting teams, having played in four different leagues, at two different levels, over the course of more than a decade. In the mid-2000s the Crusaders became part of the Massachusetts Premier Soccer (MPS) organization, which runs soccer schools and north senior and junior amateur leagues across Massachusetts, with the intent of developing and promoting the game.

For each season the Crusaders also fielded a Futures Team that won 3 Championships in a four year span led by Striker Keith Simpson, a four time scoring champion.

In 2007, Crusaders striker Ricardo Pierre-Louis was part of the Haiti squad which took part in the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup. Pierre-Louis was the only PDL player to take part in the tournament, coming on as a substitute in the 1–1 draw with Costa Rica, and playing a full 90 minutes in the 2–0 defeat to Canada.

## Players

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### Final squad

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vs. Brooklyn Knights, 25 July 2008 [2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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0  | GK |  USA | Evan Bush
4  | DF |  SCO | Graham Munro
6  | DF |  USA | Matthew Narode
7  | MF |  ENG | Jason Massie
8  | MF |  ENG | Yan Klukowski
9  | MF |  IRL | Liam Maloney
10  | MF |  ENG | Tom Marston
11  | MF |  USA | Christian Vercollone
12  | DF |  IRL | Michael Coburn
14  | DF |  USA | Daniel Schultz
15  | FW |  USA | Matt Horth
16  | FW |  USA | Franklin Daniel
17  | FW |  ENG | Tony Awor
18  | MF |  HAI | Edens Chery
21  | MF |  USA | Jordan Lynn
23  | FW |  CIV | Lee Kouadio

## Year-by-year

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Year  | Division  | League  | Reg. Season  | Playoffs  | Open Cup

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1994  | 3  | USISL  | 3rd, Northeast  | Divisional Semifinals  | Did not enter
1995  | 3  | USISL Pro League  | 4th, Coastal  | Divisional Semifinals  | Did not qualify
1996  | 3  | USISL Select League  | 5th, North Atlantic  | Did not qualify | Did not qualify
1997  | 3  | USISL D-3 Pro League  | 7th, Northeast  | Did not qualify | Did not qualify
1998  | 3  | USISL D-3 Pro League  | 4th, Northeast  | Division Semifinals  | Did not qualify
1999  | 3  | USL D3-Pro League  | 7th, Northern  | Did not qualify | 1st Round
2000  | 3  | USL D3-Pro League  | 6th, Northern  | Did not qualify | 2nd Round
2001  | 4  | USL PDL  | 6th, Northeast  | Did not qualify | 2nd Round
2002  | 4  | USL PDL  | 2nd, Northeast  | Champion  | Did not qualify
2003  | 4  | USL PDL  | 2nd, Northeast  | Champion  | Did not qualify
2004  | 4  | USL PDL  | 2nd, Northeast  | Conference Semifinals  | 3rd Round
2005  | 4  | USL PDL  | 1st, Northeast  | Conference Semifinals  | Did not qualify
2006  | 4  | USL PDL  | 1st, New England  | Conference Finals  | 1st Round
2007  | 4  | USL PDL  | 1st, Northeast  | Conference Finals  | Did not qualify
2008  | 4  | USL PDL  | 1st, New England  | Conference Semifinals  | Did not qualify

## Honors

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* USL PDL New England Division Champion 2008
* USL PDL Northeast Division Champion 2007
* USL PDL New England Division Champion 2006
* USL PDL Northeast Division Champion 2005
* USL PDL Champion 2003
* USL PDL Eastern Conference Champion 2003
* USL PDL Champion 2002
* USL PDL Eastern Conference Champion 2002

## Head coaches

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* Methembe Ndlovu (2003)
* Paul Baber (2005–2008)

## Stadiums

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Crusaders' last stadium at Massachusetts Maritime Academy

* Stadium at Dennis Yarmouth High School, South Yarmouth, Massachusetts (1994–2003)
* Stadium at Barnstable High School, Hyannis, Massachusetts (2004–2007)
* Stadium at Nauset Regional High School, North Eastham, Massachusetts 1 game (2005)
* Stadium at Weymouth High School, Weymouth, Massachusetts 1 game (2006)
* Stadium at Whitman-Hanson Regional High School, Whitman, Massachusetts 3 games (2007–2008)
* Stadium at Massachusetts Maritime Academy, Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts (2008)
* Stadium at Bridgewater-Raynham Regional High School, Bridgewater, Massachusetts 1 game (2008)
* Bowditch Stadium, Framingham, Massachusetts 1 game (2008)

## Average attendance

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* 2008: 309
* 2007: 284
* 2006: 330
* 2005: 306

## References

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1. ^ "End of the line for Cape Cod Crusaders - - Harwich Oracle". Archived from the original on 20 May 2011.
2. ^ "United Soccer Leagues (USL)". Archived from the original on 20 October 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2008.

## External links

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* Cape Cod Crusaders FC [1]

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