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Raleigh Elite are an American soccer team, founded in 2002. 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 South Atlantic Division of the Southern Conference against teams from Atlanta, Augusta, Greensboro and Nashville.
The team was run by the Raleigh-based Capital Area Soccer League (CASL) until the team severed its ties in 2005, and was formerly known as the Raleigh CASL Elite. The team is now operated by the Morrisville, North Carolina-based Next Level Academy. The Elite play their home matches on Field 2 at SAS Soccer Park in the city of Cary, North Carolina, 11 miles west of Raleigh in the area known as The Triangle. The team's colors are silver, black and red.
The Elite’s roster is typically made up of collegiate students from local area universities such as the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, Duke University, North Carolina State University, and Campbell University as well as top-level amateurs from the local area. The Elite's chief rivals are the Carolina Dynamo and the Richmond Kickers Future.
[edit] Current squad
As of October 13, 2006
| No. |
|
Position |
Player |
| 0 |
 |
GK |
Alec Dufty |
| 1 |
|
GK |
Justin Hughes |
| 2 |
|
DF |
Michael Walters |
| 3 |
|
MF |
Chad Steuck |
| 4 |
|
MF |
Rami Ghanayem |
| 6 |
 |
MF |
Santiago Fusillier |
| 7 |
|
FW |
Michael Callahan |
| 8 |
|
MF |
David Sartorio |
| 9 |
|
FW |
Willy Guadarrama |
| 10 |
|
MF |
Brian Ackley |
| 11 |
|
FW |
Stephen Bickford |
| 12 |
|
MF |
Ian Carey |
| 13 |
|
DF |
Darrius Barnes |
| 14 |
|
DF |
Richard Baltz |
|
|
| No. |
|
Position |
Player |
| 16 |
|
MF |
Robbie Hoak |
| 17 |
|
FW |
David Boole |
| 18 |
|
MF |
Brent Beavan |
| 19 |
|
FW |
Spencer Wadsworth |
| 20 |
|
DF |
Andre Sherard |
| 21 |
|
MF |
Christopher Aaron West |
| 24 |
|
DF |
Nate Weiss |
| 26 |
|
DF |
Chris Loftus |
| 27 |
|
DF |
Michael Harrington |
| 30 |
|
GK |
Greg Walters |
| 31 |
|
FW |
Michael Videira |
| 32 |
|
FW |
Macgregor Wilkie |
| 36 |
 |
MF |
Gary Muir |
|
[edit] Year-by-year
| Year |
Division |
League |
Regular Season |
Playoffs |
Open Cup |
| 2002 |
"4" |
USL PDL |
2nd, Mid Atlantic |
Conference Finals |
2nd Round |
| 2003 |
"4" |
USL PDL |
3rd, Mid Atlantic |
Did not qualify |
2nd Round |
| 2004 |
"4" |
USL PDL |
4th, Mid Atlantic |
Did not qualify |
Did not qualify |
| 2005 |
"4" |
USL PDL |
3rd, Mid Atlantic |
Did not qualify |
Did not qualify |
| 2006 |
"4" |
USL PDL |
4th, South Atlantic |
Did not qualify |
Did not qualify |
[edit] Notable former players
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