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Boston Renegades
Full nameBoston Renegades
Nickname(s)Renegades
Founded1995 (as Boston Tornado)
Dissolved2009
StadiumBowditch Field
Framingham, Massachusetts
Capacity5,000
Owner(s)John Curtis (1996)
Tom Bagley
Reidar Tryggestad
ChairmanJoe Bradley
LeagueUSL W-League
20083rd, Northeast Division
Playoff Divisional Round

Boston Renegades was an American women's soccer team, founded in 1995. The team was a member of the United Soccer Leagues USL 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, but folded during the 2009 season.

The team played its home games in the stadium on the campus of Wayland High School in the city of Wayland, Massachusetts, 15 miles (24 km) west of downtown Boston.[1] The team's colors are red and white.

The team was run within the same ownership group as the former men's teams Boston Bulldogs and Cape Cod Crusaders.[2] They won two consecutive W-League Championships in 2001 and 2002.[3]

Players

Squad 2009

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 United States USA Meghann Burke
1 GK Canada CAN Jasmine Phillips
2 DF United States USA Ella Stephan
3 MF United States USA Lauren MacIver
5 MF United States USA Jamie Craft
7 MF United States USA Stephanie Gilkenson
8 MF Sweden SWE Therese Lückner
9 DF United States USA Danielle Kot
10 MF Brazil BRA Gabriela Demoner
12 DF United States USA Victoria Huster
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 FW United States USA Marcy Gans
14 FW United States USA Ashlee Pistorius
15 MF United States USA Toni Pressley
16 DF United States USA Rachel Smith
17 MF United States USA Alex Crown
19 DF United States USA Rachel Lim
21 FW United States USA Katie Bethke
22 DF United States USA Kelsey Hood
23 MF United States USA Laura Grace Robinson
DF United States USA Brianna Wilson

Club officials

  • Republic of Ireland Peter Bradley, Technical Director
  • England Jon Coles, Director of Operations
  • England Andrew Moir, Director of Media
  • Scotland Graham Munro, Director of Corporate Sales

Former players

Year-by-year

[4][5]

Year Division League Reg. Season Playoffs
1995 1 USL W-League 5th, Eastern Did not qualify
1996 1 USL W-League 7th, East Did not qualify
1997 1 USL W-League 3rd, Northeast Did not qualify
1998 1 USL W-League W-1 1st, North Final
1999 1 USL W-League W-1 3rd, North Did not qualify
2000 1 USL W-League W-1 1st, Northeast Third place
2001 2 USL W-League W-1 3rd, Northeast Champion
2002 2 USL W-League 1st, Northern Champion
2003 2 USL W-League 1st, Northern Conference Semifinals
2004 1 USL W-League 1st, New England Conference Semifinals
2005 1 USL W-League 2nd, Northeast Conference Semifinals
2006 1 USL W-League 3rd, Northeast Divisional Round
2007 1 USL W-League 4th, Northeast Did not qualify
2008 1 USL W-League 3rd, Northeast Divisional Round
2009 2 USL W-League 3rd, Northeast Qualified but declined to participate

Honors

  • USL W-League Champions: 2001, 2002
  • USL W-League Northeast Division Champions: 2000
  • USL W-League New England Division Champions: 2004
  • USL W-League Northern Division Champions: 1998, 2002, 2003

Coaches

Stadia

References

  1. ^ "Wayland, Massachusetts". www.citytowninfo.com. Archived from the original on August 25, 2006.
  2. ^ "Boston Bulldogs". Fun While It Lasted. Retrieved August 17, 2024.
  3. ^ Bianchin, Vic (August 12, 2002). "Renegades relish repeat". The Milford Daily News. Retrieved August 17, 2024.
  4. ^ Litterer, Dave (February 14, 2010). "The W-League (USL) (1995-2005)". American Soccer History Archives. Retrieved August 17, 2024.
  5. ^ Litterer, Dave (October 30, 2011). "The W-League (USL) (2006-present)". American Soccer History Archives. Retrieved August 17, 2024.