Kansas City Brass
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Full name | Kansas City Brass | ||
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Nickname(s) | The Brass | ||
Founded | 1997 | ||
Dissolved | 2013 | ||
Ground | Overland Park, Kansas | ||
Capacity | 3,000 | ||
Owners | , Emilio John | ||
Head Coach | Lincoln Roblee | ||
League | USL Premier Development League | ||
2013 | 4th, Heartland Playoffs: DNQ | ||
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Kansas City Brass was an American soccer team based in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Founded in 1997, the team played in the USL Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Heartland Division of the Central Conference.
The team played its home games on the Stadium Field at the in nearby Overland Park, Kansas, where they played beginning in 2011. The team's colors were blue and white.
History[]
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Kansas City Brass was owned by Kansas City United Soccer, Inc., a Kansas Not-for-Profit Corporation, formed in 1997 by Dr. Emilio John and Alan Blinzler, to serve two missions: to prepare graduating high school seniors for college soccer by introducing them to the level of speed and physical play found at the highest levels of college soccer; and to prepare players for the level of competition found at the First and Second Division levels of professional soccer. Since its beginning John served as President of the Brass and Blinzler acted as Chief Operating Officer.
The Brass assisted over thirty players in their quest to move from the amateur ranks to professional teams. In 2007 the Brass was inducted into the United Soccer Leagues Hall of Fame.
Players[]
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Year-by-year[]
Year | Division | League | Regular Season | Playoffs | Open Cup |
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1998 | 4 | USISL PDSL | 4th, Central | Division Finals | 1st Round |
1999 | 4 | USL PDL | 5th, Heartland | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
2000 | 4 | USL PDL | 4th, Rocky Mountain | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
2001 | 4 | USL PDL | 5th, Rocky Mountain | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
2002 | 4 | USL PDL | 5th, Heartland | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
2003 | 4 | USL PDL | 5th, Heartland | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
2004 | 4 | USL PDL | 6th, Heartland | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
2005 | 4 | USL PDL | 3rd, Heartland | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
2006 | 4 | USL PDL | 3rd, Heartland | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
2007 | 4 | USL PDL | 3rd, Heartland | Did not qualify | 1st Round |
2008 | 4 | USL PDL | 5th, Heartland | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
2009 | 4 | USL PDL | 6th, Heartland | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
2010 | 4 | USL PDL | 7th, Heartland | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
2011 | 4 | USL PDL | 4th, Heartland | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
2012 | 4 | USL PDL | 5th, Heartland | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
2013 | 4 | USL PDL | 4th, Heartland | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
Head coaches[]
(1998–1999)
Jim Schwab (2000–2001)
Jefferson Roblee (2002–2010)
Burke Slusher (2002–2013) – associate head coach
Lincoln Roblee (2011–2013)
Stadia[]
- Greene Stadium; Liberty, Missouri (2003–2010)
- Stadium at Liberty High School; Liberty, Missouri 2 games (2003)
- ; Overland Park, Kansas 2 games (2003)
- Stadium at ; Excelsior Springs, Missouri 3 games (2005–2006)
- ; Overland Park, Kansas (2011–2013)
Average attendance[]
Attendance stats are calculated by averaging each team's self-reported home attendances from the historical match archive at https://web.archive.org/web/20100105175057/http://www.uslsoccer.com/history/index_E.html.
- 2005: 114
- 2006: 141
- 2007: 202
- 2008: 122
- 2009: 128
- 2010: 131
References[]
- Association football clubs established in 1997
- Sports in the Kansas City metropolitan area
- Defunct Premier Development League teams
- Soccer clubs in Kansas City, Missouri
- Soccer clubs in Missouri
- USISL teams
- 1997 establishments in Missouri
- Association football clubs disestablished in 2013
- 2013 disestablishments in Missouri