San Gabriel Valley Highlanders
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| Full name | San Gabriel Valley Highlanders | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | The Highlanders | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Glendale HS Stadium (Capacity 10,000) |
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| Chairman | Misak Tebelekian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Premier Development League | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001 | 5th, did not make playoffs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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San Gabriel Valley Highlanders were an American soccer team, founded in 1997 by a group of Armenian-American businessmen and soccer fans as a competitive branch of the locally-based Ararat Soccer Club. The team was a member of the United Soccer Leagues Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, until 2001, after which the team left the league and the franchise was terminated, them having suffered a disastrous final campaign where they lost 17 games out of 20. The Highlanders were PDL champions in 1998.
They played their home games at the stadium on the grounds of Glendale High School in the city of Glendale, California. The team's colors were blue and white.
[edit] Year-by-year
| Year | Division | League | Reg. Season | Playoffs | Open Cup |
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| 1997 | "4" | USL PDSL | 1st, Southwest | Third | Did not qualify |
| 1998 | "4" | USL PDSL | 2nd, Southwest | Champions | First Round |
| 1999 | "4" | USL PDL | 4th, Southwest | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2000 | "4" | USL PDL | 4th, Southwest | Did not qualify | First Round |
| 2001 | "4" | USL PDL | 5th, Southwest | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
