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Western Mass Lady Pioneers were an American women's soccer team, founded in 2004. The team was a member of the United Soccer Leagues W-League, the second tier of women's soccer in the United States and Canada. The team played in the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference. The team folded after the 2009 season.

Western Mass Lady Pioneers

Full name	Western Mass Lady Pioneers
Nickname(s)	Pioneers
Founded	2004
Ground	Lusitano Stadium
Capacity	3,000
Chairman	Celso Correia
Manager	Chris Mogavero
League	USL W-League
2008	6th, Northern Division
Home colors Away colors

The team played its home games at Lusitano Stadium in the city of Ludlow, Massachusetts. The team's colours was black, white and red.

The team was a sister organization of the men's Western Mass Pioneers team, which plays in the USL Second Division.

Players

Squad 2015

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 0 GK  USA Brianna Butcher 1 GK  AUS Erin Herd 2 DF  USA Mary Bircher 4 FW  USA Joanna Haqq 5 FW  USA Carolyn Rivett 6 MF  USA Amanda Markham 7 MF  USA Kacey Busque 8 MF  USA Samantha Fortier 10 FW  BRA Elaine Fontes 11 MF  USA Brooke Johns 12 DF  USA Rachel Richards 13 MF  USA Meagan Belanger

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 DF  ENG Karen Ray 15 DF  NZL Hannah Bromley 18 MF  USA Holly Tyser 20 MF  USA Therese Smith 23 DF  USA Carlene Holness 24 DF  USA Jillian Kusek 25 MF  USA Ariel Werbicki — MF  USA Cassandra Ashwell — GK  USA Katherine Delude — MF  USA Lauren Francisco — MF  USA Amanda Mundorf

Year-by-year

Year	Division	League	Reg. Season	Playoffs
2004	1	USL W-League	2nd, New England
2005	1	USL W-League	4th, Northeast	Divisional Round
2006	1	USL W-League	2nd, Northeast	Conference Semifinals
2007	1	USL W-League	8th, Northeast	Did not qualify
2008	1	USL W-League	6th, Northern	Did not qualify
2009	2	USL W-League	8th, Northeast	did not qualify

External links

• Western Mass Pioneers

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