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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 plays in the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference against teams from Denville, New Rochelle, Newark, Ocean City and Uniondale.
The team currently plays at Aviator Field on Floyd Bennett Field in the New York borough of Brooklyn, having previously played their home games at the Metropolitan Oval in Maspeth, in the New York borough of Queens for many years. The team's colors are white and blue.
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.
[edit] 2008 Roster
as at June 7, 2008
| No. |
|
Position |
Player |
| 1 |
 |
GK |
Chris Antonino |
| 2 |
 |
DF |
Ruben Diaz |
| 3 |
 |
DF |
Tomasz Groch |
| 4 |
|
MF |
Jeffrey Matteo |
| 5 |
 |
DF |
Javier Gonzalez |
| 6 |
|
DF |
Juan Francisco Guerra |
| 7 |
 |
MF |
Hemir Neibles |
| 8 |
 |
MF |
Matia Damiani |
| 9 |
 |
FW |
Sebastian Alvarado |
| 10 |
 |
FW |
Tarik Smith |
| 11 |
|
MF |
Frank Alesci |
| 12 |
|
GK |
Alex Patovic |
|
|
| No. |
|
Position |
Player |
| 13 |
|
MF |
David Panchano |
| 14 |
|
DF |
Arthur Kulkov |
| 16 |
|
DF |
Gabe Ortega |
| 17 |
|
DF |
Erik Rengifo |
| 18 |
|
DF |
Diego Velasquez |
| 19 |
|
DF |
Dan Buehrens |
| 20 |
|
FW |
Mathias Carrizo |
| 22 |
|
FW |
Giuseppe Buscemi |
|
 |
MF |
Joseph Afful |
|
 |
DF |
Roger Cambridge |
|
|
MF |
Anthony Matos |
|
|
MF |
Daniel Zeidman |
|
[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 |
| 2007 |
4 |
USL PDL |
2nd, Northeast |
Semifinals |
Did not qualify |
| 2008 |
4 |
USL PDL |
in progress |
|
1st Round |
[edit] Notable former players
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