Not to be confused with West Chester United SC or Westchester SC.

Westchester Flames
Full name Westchester Flames
Nicknames The Flames, The Burn
Founded 1999; 27 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
2024 5th, Metropolitan Division
Playoffs: DNQ
Website www.westchesterflames.com
Home colors
Away colors

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.

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 its 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]

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.

  • United States Andre Akpan
  • Colombia Jhonny Arteaga
  • Jamaica Dwight Barnett
  • United States Scott Bolkan
  • United States Kevin Burns
  • United States Charlie Davies
  • Romania Costea Decu
  • Brazil Rodrigo Faria
  • Trinidad and Tobago Julius James
  • Puerto Rico Chris Megaloudis
  • United States Ricky Schramm
  • United States Ibrahim Yusuf
  • United States Jake Keegan
  • United States Lars Brownworth
  • United States Sean Nealis

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
2023 4 USL League Two 7th, Metropolitan did not qualify did not qualify
2024 4 USL League Two 5th, 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

Stadia

  • Manhattanville College; Purchase, New York (1999)[2]
  • Fordham University; Bronx, New York (2000)[2]
  • City Park Stadium; New Rochelle, New York (2001–2008, 2010–present)[2]
  • 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 Archived January 5, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.

  • 2005: 127
  • 2006: 143
  • 2007: 88
  • 2008: 115
  • 2009: 57 (lowest in PDL)
  • 2010: 80
  • 2011: 55
  • 2012: 140

References

  1. ^ "Team History". www.westchesterflames.com. Archived from the original on December 26, 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d "About Westchester Flames F.C". Archived from the original on September 24, 2010. Retrieved May 27, 2009.


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