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Cape Cod Crusaders are an American soccer team, founded in 1994. The team is a member of the United Soccer Leagues Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, and plays in the New England Division of the Eastern Conference against teams from Manchester, Ottawa, Providence and St. Albans.
The Crusaders are one of the most successful minor-league soccer teams in the United States, having been national PDL champions twice, in 2002 and 2003. The team is also one of the most long-lasting teams, having played in four different leagues, at two different levels, over the course of more than a decade. In the mid 2000s the Crusaders became part of the Massachusetts Premier Soccer (MPS) organisation, which runs soccer schools and north senior and junior amateur leagues across Massachusetts, with the intent of developing and promoting the game.
The Crusaders are currently without a permanent home; they play their home games at several different venues in eastern Massachusetts, including the stadium on the campus of the Massachusetts Maritime Academy in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, at Whitman-Hanson High School in Whitman, Massachusetts, and at Bowditch Stadium in Framingham, Massachusetts. The Crusaders historical home was the stadium on the grounds Barnstable High School in the village of Hyannis, Massachusetts. The team's colors are red and white.
The team has a sister organization, the Boston Renegades, who play in the women's USL W-League. The club 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.
In 2007, Crusaders striker Ricardo Pierre-Louis was part of the Haiti squad which took part in the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup. Pierre-Louis was the only PDL player to take part in the tournament, coming on as a substitute in the 1-1 draw with Costa Rica, and playing a full 90 minutes in the 2-0 defeat to Canada.
[edit] 2008 Roster
as at June 7, 2008
| No. |
|
Position |
Player |
| 0 |
 |
GK |
Aaron Walzer |
| 1 |
|
GK |
Evan Bush |
| 2 |
|
FW |
Chris Banks |
| 3 |
 |
DF |
Simon Ejdemyr |
| 4 |
 |
DF |
Graham Munro |
| 5 |
 |
MF |
Joel Thiessen |
| 6 |
|
DF |
Matthew Narode |
| 7 |
 |
MF |
Jason Massie |
| 8 |
|
MF |
Yan Klukowski |
| 9 |
 |
MF |
Liam Maloney |
| 10 |
|
FW |
Michael Dickinson |
| 11 |
|
MF |
Christian Vercollone |
|
|
| No. |
|
Position |
Player |
| 12 |
|
FW |
Christopher Wright |
| 14 |
|
DF |
Daniel Schultz |
| 15 |
|
FW |
Matthew Horth |
| 17 |
|
MF |
Dave Donohue |
| 18 |
 |
MF |
Edens Chery |
| 20 |
|
MF |
Kevin Gnatiko |
| 21 |
|
MF |
Jordan Lynn |
| 22 |
|
MF |
Dan Bulls |
| 23 |
 |
FW |
Lee-Stephane Couadio |
| 24 |
|
FW |
Travis Carey |
| 26 |
|
DF |
Michael Coburn |
|
|
MF |
Nathaniel Short |
|
[edit] Year-by-year
| Year |
Division |
League |
Reg. Season |
Playoffs |
Open Cup |
| 1994 |
3 |
USISL |
3rd, Northeast |
Divisional Semifinals |
Did not enter |
| 1995 |
3 |
USISL Pro League |
4th, Coastal |
Divisional Semifinals |
Did not qualify |
| 1996 |
3 |
USISL Select League |
5th, North Atlantic |
Did not qualify |
Did not qualify |
| 1997 |
3 |
USISL D-3 Pro League |
7th, Northeast |
Did not qualify |
Did not qualify |
| 1998 |
3 |
USISL D-3 Pro League |
4th, Northeast |
Division Semifinals |
Did not qualify |
| 1999 |
3 |
USL D3-Pro League |
7th, Northern |
Did not qualify |
1st Round |
| 2000 |
3 |
USL D3-Pro League |
6th, Northern |
Did not qualify |
2nd Round |
| 2001 |
4 |
USL PDL |
6th, Northeast |
Did not qualify |
2nd Round |
| 2002 |
4 |
USL PDL |
2nd, Northeast |
Champion |
Did not qualify |
| 2003 |
4 |
USL PDL |
2nd, Northeast |
Champion |
Did not qualify |
| 2004 |
4 |
USL PDL |
2nd, Northeast |
Conference Semifinals |
3rd Round |
| 2005 |
4 |
USL PDL |
1st, Northeast |
Conference Semifinals |
Did not qualify |
| 2006 |
4 |
USL PDL |
1st, New England |
Conference Finals |
1st Round |
| 2007 |
4 |
USL PDL |
1st, Northeast |
Conference Finals |
Did not qualify |
| 2008 |
4 |
USL PDL |
in progress |
|
Did not qualify |
[edit] Notable former players
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