Brooklyn Knights

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Brooklyn Knights
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Full name Brooklyn Knights
Nickname(s) The Knights
Founded 1999
Ground Metropolitan Oval
Capacity ????
Chairman Matt Naples
Manager Matt Naples
League Premier Development League
2006 5th, did not make playoffs
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Brooklyn Knights are an American soccer team, founded in 1999. The team is a member of the United Soccer Leagues Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, and play in the North-East Division of the Eastern Conference against teams from New Rochelle, Ocean City, Reading and Wilmington.

The Knights play their home games at the Metropolitan Oval in Maspeth, in the New York borough of Queens. The team's colors are white and blue.

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[edit] Current squad

As of October 13, 2006

No. Position Player
1 United States GK Tom Johansen
2 Togo DF Kabirou Alassani
3 The Gambia DF Essaha Jallow
4 United States DF Randy Jean-Baptiste
5 United States MF Joshua Alarcon
6 Jamaica DF Meshach Tinglin
7 Sweden FW Oskar Tilly
8 The Gambia MF Modoulamin Jammeh
9 Côte d'Ivoire FW Guy-Roland Kpene
10 Sweden FW Andreas Lindberg
11 United States FW Bruce Ayala
12 Peru DF Jonathan Garcia
13 United States MF Arman Ossoli
14 United States MF Arnel Andrada
15 United States MF Kevin Muller
16 Ghana MF Samuel Acheampong
No. Position Player
17 United States MF Frank Stagnitta
18 United States DF Diego Velasquez
19 Colombia FW David Panchano
20 United States DF Junior Ivan Motino
21 Poland GK Ryszard Gorski
22 United States GK Steve Hoogerverf
25 United States DF Diego Martinez
26 United States MF Carlos Moncalero
28 United States FW Oscar Midero
29 United States FW Richard Lesmes
30 United States MF Mahamadou Simpara
31 United States MF Radoslav Bojovic
32 Canada GK Troy Hernandez
35 United States DF Jose Batista
40 England MF Michael Todd

[edit] Year-by-year

Year Division League Regular Season Playoffs Open Cup
1999 "4" USL PDL 3rd, Northeast Did not qualify Did not qualify
2000 "4" USL PDL 4th, Northeast Did not qualify Did not qualify
2001 "4" USL PDL 2nd, Northeast Conference Semifinals Did not qualify
2002 "4" USL PDL 5th, Northeast Did not qualify Did not qualify
2003 "4" USL PDL 3rd, Northeast Did not qualify Did not qualify
2004 "4" USL PDL 6th, Northeast Did not qualify Did not qualify
2005 "4" USL PDL 8th, Northeast Did not qualify Did not qualify
2006 "4" USL PDL 5th, Northeast Did not qualify Did not qualify

[edit] Notable former players

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