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Cape Cod Crusaders
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Full name Cape Cod Crusaders
Nickname(s) The Crusaders
Founded 1994
Ground Barnstable HS Stadium
Capacity 2,000
Chairman Joe Bradley
Manager Paul Baber
League Premier Development League
2007 1st, Conference Playoff Finalists
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Cape Cod Crusaders are an American soccer team, founded in 1994. The team is a member of the United Soccer Leagues Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, and plays in the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference against teams from Albany, Brooklyn, New Rochelle, Ottawa, Providence, St. Albans, and Uniondale. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Barnstable Stadium Field is the sports field on the campus of Barnstable High School, in the Cape Cod area. ... Rungnado May Day Stadium is the worlds largest football stadium. ... The USL Premier Development League (PDL) is the amateur league of the United Soccer Leagues in the United States and Canada. ... The 2007 USL Premier Development League season was the 13th season of the PDL. The season started on April 28, 2007. ... Image File history File links left arm of kit template File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... body of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... soccer jersey right arm with white shoulders File links The following pages link to this file: Oldham Athletic A.F.C. IFK Göteborg Malmö FF Template talk:Football kit Assyriska Helsingborgs IF Åtvidabergs FF User:Johan Elisson/football kits Categories: GFDL images | Football kit templates ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... socks of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... Image File history File links left arm of kit template File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... body of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... rightarm of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... socks of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ... The United Soccer Leagues (USL) is directly affiliated with the United States Soccer Federation (USSF), United States Adult Soccer Association (USASA) and the Canadian Soccer Association (CSA). ... The USL Premier Development League (PDL) is the amateur league of the United Soccer Leagues in the United States and Canada. ... The American Soccer Pyramid is a term used in soccer to describe the structure of the league system in the United States. ... Image:Albany Admirals logo. ... The Brooklyn Knights are a Premier Development League club based in Brooklyn, New York. ... The Westchester Flames F.C. are a Premier Development League franchise based in New Rochelle, New York. ... The Ottawa Fury is a soccer (football) club operating in Ottawa, Canada. ... The Rhode Island Stingrays are a PDL team based in Providence, Rhode Island. ... The Vermont Voltage are a USL Premier Development League, club that play in St. ... The Long Island Rough Riders are an American professional soccer team, that play in the USL Second Division, the third level in the American soccer pyramid. ...


The Crusaders are 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 is 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) organisation, which runs soccer schools and noth senior and junior amateur leagues across Massachusetts, with the intent of developing and promoting the game.


The Crusaders play their home games primatily at the stadium on the grounds Barnstable High School in the village of Hyannis, Massachusetts, around 70 miles south-east of Boston, but in 2007 have also hosted games at Whitman-Hanson High School in Whitman, Massachusetts, and at Bowditch Stadium in Framingham, Massachusetts. The team's colors are red and white. Barnstable High School is a high school (grades 9-12) in Hyannis, Massachusetts, USA. It is divided into 5 houses, described as schools within a school. In 2005 it had 2018 students, of whom 74% were white, 8% were Hispanic, 6% were African-American, 2% were Asian and 10% were... Hyannis Harbor, Hyannis Statue of Iyannough, in downtown Hyannis. ... “Boston” redirects here. ... Whitman is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. ... Location in Massachusetts Coordinates: , Country United States State Massachusetts County Middlesex County Settled 1650 Incorporated 1700 Government  - Type Representative town meeting Area  - Town  26. ...


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. The 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup is the ninth edition of the Gold Cup, the association football championship of North and Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF). ...

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Current squad

As of June 24, 2007

No. Position Player
1 Flag of the United States GK James Thorpe
2 Flag of the United States DF Adam Chavez
3 Flag of the United States DF Ben Thiemer
4 Flag of Scotland DF Graham Munro
8 Flag of England MF Dan Stratford
9 Flag of Jamaica FW Dwight Barnett
10 Flag of England MF Andy Wright
11 Flag of Ireland MF Kevin Walsh
14 Flag of the United States DF Mike McKee
15 Flag of England DF Nano Short
16 Flag of the United States DF Aaron Bonser
No. Position Player
17 Flag of the United States MF Stephen Bickford
19 Flag of Haiti FW Ricardo Pierre-Louis
22 Flag of the United States MF Jessey Fernandez
23 Flag of the United States MF Christian Vercollone
25 Flag of the United States MF Adam Montgomery
26 Flag of the United States FW Hansen Woodruff
27 Flag of Zimbabwe MF Stanley Nyazamba
28 Flag of the United States DF Edens Chery
31 Flag of the United States GK Brendan Lawless
32 Flag of England FW Jason Massie
Flag of Canada MF Kyle Hall

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Image File history File links Flag_of_Jamaica. ... The striker (wearing the red shirt) has run past the defender (in the white shirt) and is about to take a shot at the goal, while the goalkeeper positions himself to attempt to stop the ball. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England. ... The Midfield in relation to the football positions In association football, a midfielder is a player whose position of play is midway between the attacking strikers and the defenders (highlighted in blue on the diagram). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ireland. ... The Midfield in relation to the football positions In association football, a midfielder is a player whose position of play is midway between the attacking strikers and the defenders (highlighted in blue on the diagram). ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... The Bolton player in white is a defender in this case, trying to prevent the Fulham forward in cyan from crossing the ball. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England. ... The Bolton player in white is a defender in this case, trying to prevent the Fulham forward in cyan from crossing the ball. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... The Bolton player in white is a defender in this case, trying to prevent the Fulham forward in cyan from crossing the ball. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... The Midfield in relation to the football positions In association football, a midfielder is a player whose position of play is midway between the attacking strikers and the defenders (highlighted in blue on the diagram). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Haiti. ... 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The Midfield in relation to the football positions In association football, a midfielder is a player whose position of play is midway between the attacking strikers and the defenders (highlighted in blue on the diagram). ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... The striker (wearing the red shirt) has run past the defender (in the white shirt) and is about to take a shot at the goal, while the goalkeeper positions himself to attempt to stop the ball. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Zimbabwe. ... The Midfield in relation to the football positions In association football, a midfielder is a player whose position of play is midway between the attacking strikers and the defenders (highlighted in blue on the diagram). ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... The Bolton player in white is a defender in this case, trying to prevent the Fulham forward in cyan from crossing the ball. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... A goalkeeper. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England. ... The striker (wearing the red shirt) has run past the defender (in the white shirt) and is about to take a shot at the goal, while the goalkeeper positions himself to attempt to stop the ball. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... The Midfield in relation to the football positions In association football, a midfielder is a player whose position of play is midway between the attacking strikers and the defenders (highlighted in blue on the diagram). ...

Year-by-year

Year Division League Reg. Season Playoffs Open Cup
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

Notable former players

Paul Chase, born April 8, 1981 in Attleboro, Massachusetts, United States is a defender currently playing for American USL Second Division side Wilmington Hammerheads. ... Bryan Harkin is an Northern Irish footballer who currently plays for Crystal Palace Baltimore in the United States. ... Ryan Johnson (born November 26, 1984 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a Jamaican football (soccer) player, who plays as a midfielder and as a centre forward. ... Shawn Kuykendall (born February 21, 1982 in Fairfax, Virginia) is an American soccer player who plays midfielder for Red Bull New York (formerly the MetroStars) of Major League Socccer[1]. His parents are Kurt and Sherry Kuykendall. ... Eoin Lynch (born April 4, 1984 in Dublin, Ireland) is a professional soccer player with Longford Town F.C. in Ireland. ... David Mahoney (born April 14, 1981 in Wellesley, Massachusetts) is an American soccer goalkeeper, who currently plays for the Chicago Fire of Major League Soccer. ... Andy Metcalf (born June 8, 1984 in Overland Park, Kansas) is an American soccer player, who currently plays midfielder for D.C. United in Major League Soccer. ... Kurt Morsink (born June 27, 1984 in San Jose, Costa Rica) is an Costa Rican-American soccer player who currently plays midfielder for the Kansas City Wizards of Major League Soccer. ... Joseph Ngwenya (born March 30, 1981 in Plumtree, Zimbabwe) is a Zimbabwean soccer player, who currently plays forward for the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer. ... Dayton OBrien (born October 29, 1983 in Memphis, Tennessee) is an American soccer player, who currently plays midfielder for the Columbus Crew of Major League Soccer. ... Scott Thomas Palguta (born August 23, 1982 in Toms River, NJ) is an American professional soccer player, currently signed by the Rochester Raging Rhinos of the USL (United Soccer Leagues) 1st Division. ... Troy Perkins (born July 29, 1981 in Springfield, Ohio) is an American soccer player, who currently plays goalkeeper for D.C. United of Major League Soccer. ... Luke Vercollone (born April 4, 1982 in Norwalk, Connecticut) is an American soccer player, who currently plays for the New England Revolution of Major League Soccer. ... Ethan Zohn (born on November 12, 1973 in Lexington, Massachusetts) won $1,000,000 on Survivor: Africa, the third season of Survivor. ...

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