Los Angeles Highlanders FC

Full name Los Angeles Highlanders FC
Nickname(s) The Highlanders
Founded 1997
Stadium Glendale HS Moyse Stadium
Glendale, California
Ground Capacity 10,000
Chairman Misak Tebelekian
League United Premier Soccer League

Los Angeles Highlanders FC are an American soccer team. They play their home games at Moyse Stadium on the grounds of Glendale High School in the city of Glendale, California.

History

The Highlanders were founded in 1997 by a group of Armenian American businessmen and soccer fans as a competitive branch of the locally based Ararat Soccer Club, to compete in the nationwide amateur soccer league, the USL Premier Development League. The club rose to the pinnacle of the league quickly, becoming playoff champions in only their second season in 1998, having defeated the previously unbeaten Jackson Chargers 3–2 in the PDL Championship game and ensuring a Southwest Division champion for the third straight season.[1][2][3]

Following the 2001 season the team ceased operations.

After a 15-year absence the club announced their return in January 2017 joining the United Premier Soccer League.[4]

Season-by-season

Year League W-L-T Reg. Season Playoffs Open Cup
1997 USL PDSL 12-4 1st, Southwest Third Did not qualify
1998 USL PDSL 11-5 2nd, Southwest Champions First Round: lost vs Arizona Sahuaros, 1-2
1999 USL PDL 13-3 4th, Southwest Did not qualify Did not qualify
2000 USL PDL 4-14-0 4th, Southwest Did not qualify First Round: lost vs Mexico SC, 2-3
2001 USL PDL 1-17-2 5th, Southwest Did not qualify Did not qualify

References

  1. ↑ "1998 PDL Season in Review". www.USLsoccer.com. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
  2. ↑ "PDSL: 1998 Championship Results (Aug. 14-15)". Soccer America. 16 August 1998.
  3. ↑ "The Year In Soccer, 1998". American Soccer History Archives.
  4. ↑ "UPSL Announces Los Angeles Highlanders FC As New Expansion Team". United Premier Soccer League. 25 January 2017.
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