Cocoa Expos

This article is about the soccer team. For the baseball team, see Cocoa Expos (minor league baseball).

Football club

Cocoa Expos

Full name| Cocoa Expos
Nickname(s)| The Expos
Founded| 1993
Dissolved| 2007; 17 years ago (2007)
Stadium| Cocoa Municipal Stadium
Capacity| 3,000
Chairman|  Giles Malone
Manager|  Udo Schenatzky
League| USL Premier Development League
2007| 8th, Southeast Division

Home colours

Away colours

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Cocoa Expos was an American soccer team, founded in 1993. The team was a member of the United Soccer Leagues Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, until 2007, when the team left the league and the franchise was terminated.

The team played its home matches at the Cocoa Municipal Stadium in Cocoa, Florida, approximately 45 miles from Orlando. The team's colors were blue and white.

The team also had a sister organization, the Cocoa Expos Women, which played in the women's USL W-League, but also folded at the end of 2007.

## Year-by-year

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Year  | Division  | League  | Regular Season  | Playoffs  | Open Cup

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1993/94  | N/A | USISL Indoor  | 3rd, Southeast  | Did not qualify | N/A
1994  | N/A | USISL  | 1st, Southeast  | Sizzling Nine  | N/A
1994/95  | N/A | USISL Indoor  | 2nd, North/South  | Did not qualify | N/A
1995  | N/A | USISL Premier  | 1st, Eastern  | Runner-up  | Did not qualify
1995/96  | N/A | USISL Indoor  | 4th, Southeast  | Did not qualify | N/A
1996  | 4  | USISL Premier  | 1st, EASTERN Southern  | Premier Six  | Did not qualify
1997  | 4  | USISL PDSL  | 1st, Southeast  | Runner-up  | Did not qualify
1998  | 4  | USISL PDSL  | 2nd, Southeast  | Regional Finals  | Did not qualify
1999  | 4  | USL PDL  | 2nd, Southeast  | Conference Semifinals  | 2nd Round
2000  | 4  | USL PDL  | 3rd, Southeast  | Did not qualify | Did not qualify
2001  | 4  | USL PDL  | 1st, Southeast  | Conference Finals  | Did not qualify
2002  | 4  | USL PDL  | 5th, Southeast  | Did not qualify | Did not qualify
2003  | 4  | USL PDL  | 1st, Southeast  | Conference Semifinals  | Did not qualify
2004  | 4  | USL PDL  | 2nd, Southeast  | Conference Finals  | 2nd Round
2005  | 4  | USL PDL  | 1st, Southeast  | Conference Semifinals  | Qualifying Round
2006  | 4  | USL PDL  | 3rd, Southeast  | Did not qualify | Did not qualify
2007  | 4  | USL PDL  | 8th, Southeast  | Did not qualify | Did not qualify

## Honors

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* USL PDL Southeast Division Champions 2005
* USL PDL Southeast Division Champions 2003
* USL PDL Southeast Division Champions 2001
* USISL PDL National Championship Runner-up 1997
* USISL PDL Southeast Division Champions 1997
* USISL Premier League Eastern/Southern Division Champions 1996
* USISL Premier League Eastern Division Champions 1995
* USISL Premier League Southeast Division Champions 1994

## Competition history

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After joining the league in 1994, the Expos became one of the most successful and popular teams in the USL Premier Development League. In their first three seasons, from 1994 to 1997, the team lost only three regular season games and played in the Conference Championship game four times, in 1995, 1997, 2001, and 2004. During their 2001 preseason, the Expos played former the Major League Soccer franchise Tampa Bay Mutiny and lost only 1–0. In 2005, the Expos qualified for the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup for the third time. However, their final season in 2007 proved disastrous, with the team losing 13 of 15 matches and scoring just one goal all season.

## Coaches

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* Chris Ramsey 1991–1992
* Alan Dicks 1994
* Gerry Queen 2001–2006[1][2]
* Udo Schenatzky 2007

## Stadia

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* Cocoa Municipal Stadium, Cocoa, Florida 2003–07

## Average attendance

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* 2007: 197
* 2006: 197
* 2005: 209

## References

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Specific

1. ^ Pumas tab Queen as new coach
2. ^ Cocoa's pro soccer team kicks off new season[permanent dead link‍]

## External links

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* Cocoa Expos