West Michigan Edge

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West Michigan Edge
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Full name West Michigan Edge Soccer Club
Nickname(s) The Edge
Founded 1995
Ground EK Stadium
(Capacity 6,000)
Chairman Flag of the United States Bob Dykstra
Manager Flag of the United States Stephen Herdsman
League USL Premier Development League
2008 in progress
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West Michigan Edge are an American soccer team, founded in 1995. 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 Midwest Division of the Central Conference against teams from Chicago, Fort Wayne, Kalamazoo and South Bend.

The team played as Grand Rapids Explosion from 1995 to 1998, before changing their name to Western Michigan Explosion prior to the 1999 season, and adopting their current monicker in 2000.

The Edge play their home games in EK Stadium on the campus of East Kentwood High School in the city of Kentwood, Michigan, around 10 miles south of downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan. The team's colors are red, white and blue.

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[edit] 2008 Roster

as at June 11, 2008

No. Position Player
0 Flag of the United States GK Jeremy Clark
3 Flag of the United States DF Ryan Emerson
8 Flag of the United States MF Adam Mena
10 Flag of the United States FW Domenico Barone
12 Flag of the United States FW Anes Suhonjic
14 Flag of the United States FW Elfid Kovacevic
18 Flag of the United States DF Christopher Allen
22 Flag of the United States MF Mark Barone
No. Position Player
24 Flag of the United States MF Tony Deakin
27 Flag of Morocco FW Abderrezak Berkia
28 Flag of the United States DF Ryan Robleske
30 Flag of the United States DF Peter Hill
33 Flag of the United States MF Benjamin Pirmann
34 Flag of the United States FW Louis Stephens
35 Flag of the United States DF Joshua Rogers
Flag of the United States DF Doug Ferner

[edit] Year-by-year

Year Division League Regular Season Playoffs Open Cup
1995 N/A USISL Premier League 6th, Central Did not qualify Did not qualify
1996 4 USISL Premier League 6th, Central Northern Did not qualify Did not qualify
1997 4 USISL PDSL 4th, North Central Division Semifinals Did not qualify
1998 4 USISL PDSL 7th, Great Lakes Did not qualify Did not qualify
1999 4 USL PDL 7th, Great Lakes Did not qualify Did not qualify
2000 4 USL PDL 4th, Great Lakes Conference Semifinals Did not qualify
2001 4 USL PDL 2nd, Great Lakes Did not qualify Did not qualify
2002 4 USL PDL 3rd, Great Lakes Did not qualify Did not qualify
2003 On hiatus
2004 4 USL PDL 6th, Great Lakes Did not qualify Did not qualify
2005 4 USL PDL 6th, Great Lakes Did not qualify Did not qualify
2006 4 USL PDL 5th, Great Lakes Did not qualify Did not qualify
2007 4 USL PDL 3rd, Great Lakes Did not qualify Did not qualify
2008 4 USL PDL in progress Did not qualify

[edit] Notable former players

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