Southern California Seahorses

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Southern California Seahorses
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Full name Southern California Seahorses
Nickname(s) The Seahorses
Founded 1983
Ground Goodman Stadium
(Capacity 8,000)
Chairman Flag of the United States Paul Gizzi
Manager Flag of the United States Todd Elkins
League USL Premier Development League
2008 in progress
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Southern California Seahorses are an American soccer team, founded in 1983. 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 Southwest Division of the Western Conference against teams from Azusa, Bakersfield, Calabasas, Fresno, Irvine, Lancaster, San Francisco, San Jose and Ventura.

They play their home games at Goodman Stadium on the grounds of La Mirada High School in the city of La Mirada, California, 22 miles south of downtown Los Angeles.

The team's home colors are navy blue, white and orange. Their away colors are all white. The Seahorses are a division of Missionary Athletes International (MAI), an organization committed to sharing the message of Christianity through the environment of soccer, which is accomplished through sports ministry, and are a sister organisation of the USL2 side Charlotte Eagles.

They are one of the most successful teams in the Southwest Division of the Western Conference, having made the conference playoffs three times in six years. They were the champions of their division in 2006.

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[edit] 2008 Roster

as at May 31, 2008

No. Position Player
1 Flag of the United States GK Greg Larson
4 Flag of the United States MF Sean Summerville
5 Flag of the United States DF Josh Didion
6 Flag of the United States MF Matt May
7 Flag of the United States FW Conan Hawkins
8 Flag of Brazil MF Manoel Silva
10 Flag of El Salvador FW Diego Mejia
12 Flag of the United States DF Brandon Gonzalez
13 Flag of the United States MF Chris Leiva
14 Flag of the United States MF Scott Lucky
15 Flag of the United States MF Jeff Cocca
16 Flag of the United States MF Austin Evans
No. Position Player
17 Flag of Romania FW Cristian Rus
18 Flag of the United States DF Waldemar Roldan
19 Flag of the United States MF Tremayne Thompson
20 Flag of the United States MF Andrew Courtney
22 Flag of Serbia MF Tomislav Colic
23 Flag of the United States FW Nikolas Gabaldon
25 Flag of the United States MF Greg Fulton
Flag of the United States MF Jeremiah Hampton
Flag of Japan DF Kento Hayashi
Flag of the United States DF Colin Kilpatrick
Flag of the United States MF Kyle Neenan
Flag of the United States FW Tim White

[edit] Year-by-year

Year Division League Regular Season Playoffs Open Cup
2001 4 USL PDL 2nd, Southwest Did not qualify Did not qualify
2002 4 USL PDL 2nd, Southwest Semifinals Did not qualify
2003 4 USL PDL 3rd, Southwest Did not qualify Did not qualify
2004 4 USL PDL 3rd, Southwest Did not qualify Did not qualify
2005 4 USL PDL 2nd, Southwest Conference Semifinals Did not qualify
2006 4 USL PDL 1st, Southwest Conference Semifinals Did not qualify
2007 4 USL PDL 7th, Southwest Did not qualify Did not qualify
2008 4 USL PDL in progress Did not qualify

[edit] Notable former players

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