Real Colorado Foxes
Full name | Real Colorado Foxes |
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Nickname(s) | The Foxes |
Founded | 2008 |
Dissolved | 2015 |
Ground | Highlands Ranch, Colorado |
Capacity | 4,000 |
Owner | |
Head Coach | |
League | USL Premier Development League |
2014 | 5th, Mountain Division Playoffs: DNQ |
Website | Club website |
Real Colorado Foxes were an American soccer team based in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, United States. Founded in 2008, 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 at from 2009-2015. The team's colors were red, black and white.
History[]
The Foxes joined the PDL in 2009,[1] and played their first ever game on May 9, 2009, against Kansas City Brass. The Foxes won the game 3–2, with the first goal in franchise history being scored by Chris Salvaggione.[2]
In 2011, the team qualified for its first Lamar Hunt US Open Cup by winning the first 4 games of the regular season. The Foxes then advanced to the second round by knocking out USASA’s DV8 Defenders of Redwood City, California with a 5–0 convincing victory to fall short to Kitsap Pumas, another seasoned PDL side in Bremerton, Washington, by a score of 3–1.
Players[]
Notable former players[]
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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.
- Tesho Akindele
- Joseph Chipolina
- Chris Salvaggione
- Brad Stisser
- Joe Willis
- Cody Stratton
- Taylor Kemp
Year-by-year[]
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Year | Division | League | Regular Season | Playoffs | Open Cup |
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2009 | 4 | USL PDL | 3rd, Heartland | Division Final | Did not qualify |
2010 | 4 | USL PDL | 3rd, Heartland | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
2011 | 4 | USL PDL | 3rd, Heartland | Did not qualify | 2nd Round |
2012 | 4 | USL PDL | 2nd, Heartland | Conference Semifinal | 1st Round |
2013 | 4 | USL PDL | 2nd, Heartland | Conference Semifinal | 1st Round |
2014 | 4 | USL PDL | 5th, Mountain | Did not qualify | 2nd Round |
2015 | 4 | USL PDL | 4th, Mountain | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
Head coaches[]
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- Lorne Donaldson (2009–2010, 2012–2013)
- (2011–2012)
- (2013–present)
Stadiums[]
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- ; Highlands Ranch, Colorado (2009–present)
- Stadium at Englewood High School; Englewood, Colorado 1 game (2010)
- ; Highlands Ranch, Colorado 2 games (2010, 2015)
- Washburn Field at Colorado College; Colorado Springs, Colorado 1 game (2011)
- at Colorado School of Mines; Golden, Colorado 2 games (2012)
Average attendance[]
Attendance stats are calculated by averaging each team's self-reported home attendances from the historical match archive.[3]
- 2009: 114
- 2010: 80
- 2011: 191
- 2012: 268
- 2013: 165
References[]
- ^ Press release announcing team
- ^ United Soccer Leagues (USL) Archived 2011-06-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20100105175057/http://www.uslsoccer.com/history/index_E.html. Archived from the original on January 5, 2010. Retrieved December 14, 2009.
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External links[]
- Defunct Premier Development League teams
- Soccer clubs in Denver
- Association football clubs established in 2008
- 2008 establishments in Colorado
- Association football clubs disestablished in 2015
- 2015 disestablishments in Colorado