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Westchester Flames is an American soccer team based in New Rochelle, New York, United States. Founded in 1999, the team plays in USL League Two, the fourth tier of the American soccer pyramid.

Westchester Flames

Full name	Westchester Flames
Nickname(s)	The Flames, The Burn
Founded	1999; 23 years ago (1999)
Stadium	City Park Stadium New Rochelle, New York
Capacity	1,845
Owner	Gus Marangoudakis
Head Coach	Edson Buddle
League	USL League Two
2022	8th, Metropolitan Division Playoffs: DNQ
Website	Club website
Home colors Away colors

The team plays its home games at City Park Stadium, 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, a league for players 17 to 20 years of age run under the United Soccer Leagues umbrella.

History

The team had your first season in 1999, when they finished with a respectable 7–9 record, under former New York Cosmos superstar Vladislav Bogicevic. Home games were played at Manhattanville College in Purchase, NY. In 2001, Westchester Flames were the champions of Premier Development League[1]

Players

As of 13 May 2017.[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  USA Raúl Bonilla 11 MF  USA Carlos Bonilla 20 MF  USA Anthony Castro 5 MF  USA Steven Da Fonte 7 FW  USA Jovanni García 15 MF  USA Matthew Giaconelli 3 DF  USA Daniel Giorgi 6 FW  USA Iván Martínez

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 FW   David lokrit gopar 2 DF  USA John Pappas 12 DF  NZL Jonathan Raj 25   Barakatulla Sharifi 19 DF  USA Dante Spinelli 8 MF  USA Jonathan Uy 23 MF  PHI Matthew Uy 13 DF  USA Nicholas Zorbo

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
• Jhonny Arteaga
• Dwight Barnett
• Scott Bolkan
• Kevin Burns
• Charlie Davies
• Rodrigo Faria
• Julius James
• Chris Megaloudis
• Ricky Schramm
• Ibrahim Yusuf
• Jake Keegan
• Lars Brownworth

Year-by-year

Year	Division	League	Regular Season	Playoffs	Open Cup
1999	4	USL PDL	4th, Northeast	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2000	4	USL PDL	1st, Northeast	National Semifinals (3rd Place)	Did not qualify
2001	4	USL PDL	1st, Northeast	Champion	Did not qualify
2002	3	USL D-3 Pro League	3rd, Northern	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2003	3	USL Pro Select League	2nd, Northern	Final	Did not qualify
2004	3	USL Pro Soccer League	2nd, Northern	Did not qualify	3rd Round
2005	4	USL PDL	9th, Northeast	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2006	4	USL PDL	1st, Northeast	National Semifinals	Did not qualify
2007	4	USL PDL	3rd, Northeast	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2008	4	USL PDL	4th, Northeast	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2009	4	USL PDL	7th, Northeast	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2010	4	USL PDL	9th, Northeast	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2011	4	USL PDL	4th, Mid Atlantic	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2012	4	USL PDL	10th, Mid Atlantic	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2013	4	USL PDL	9th, Mid Atlantic	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2014	4	USL PDL	7th, Northeast	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2015	4	USL PDL	9th, Mid Atlantic	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2016	4	USL PDL	7th, Northeast	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2017	4	USL PDL	7th, Northeast	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2018	4	USL PDL	6th, Northeast	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2019	4	USL League Two	7th, Northeast	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2020	4	USL League Two	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021	4	USL League Two	9th, Metropolitan	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2022	4	USL League Two	8th, Metropolitan	Did not qualify	Did not qualify

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 (1999)[3]
• Anthony Roros
• Ernest Inneh (2005–2006)
• Gus Skoufis (2007–present)

Stadia

• Manhattanville College; Purchase, New York (1999)[3]
• Fordham University; Bronx, New York (2000)[3]
• City Park Stadium; New Rochelle, New York (2001–2008, 2010–present)[3]
• McKenna Field at New Rochelle High School; New Rochelle, New York (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
• Official PDL site

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