Penn FC

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Penn FC
Full name Penn Football Club
place Harrisburg , Pennsylvania , USA
Founded 2003
Dissolved 2019
Club colors
Stadion FNB Field
Top league United Soccer League
successes Champion of the USL Second Division 2007

The Penn Football Club , formerly Harrisburg City Islanders were a franchise in various professional football - Leagues of the United Soccer League from Harrisburg , Pennsylvania . The team was founded in 2003 and played in the United Soccer League , the second highest division in the US league system , until 2018 .

On November 15, 2017, the Harrisburg City Islanders franchise was renamed Penn FC. For the 2020 season, the team should enter the third- tier USL League One , but stopped its activities in 2019.

history

USL Second Division

The Harrisburg City Islanders, founded in 2003, started in the USL Pro Soccer League in 2004. In the very first year they made it into the play-offs, but had to admit defeat to the Pittsburgh Riverhounds in the Atlantic Division Final . For the 2005 season, the name of the league changed to USL Second Division . The Islanders were able to qualify for the play-offs again this year.

After failing to make it into the play-offs in 2006 after a disappointing regular season, the team made it into the play-offs in 2007 via third place in the regular season and won the final against the Richmond Kickers on penalties. Also in the US Open Cup , the Islanders reached the quarter-finals, their best performance to date.

In the next two years you could again qualify for the play-offs, but could no longer reach the final.

USL Pro

For the 2011 season, the USL Second Division was dissolved and the USL Pro was created. The Islanders reached the USL PRO Championship Final in their first season. However, Orlando City had to admit defeat. In the 2014 season there was another chance of winning the USL Pro, but Sacramento Republic was stronger in the final of the play-offs .

After the 2018 season , the franchise announced that it would not be able to play in the 2019 season. For the 2020 season, Penn FC should enter the third- tier USL League One . In December 2019, however, it became known that the organization no longer had any employees and therefore no longer had any operational business.

Stadion

FNB Field is a ballpark in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Players and staff

Coaching staff

  • GermanyGermany Raoul Voss - coach
  • PortugalPortugal Rodolfo Correia - assistant coach
  • United StatesUnited States Steve Widdowson - goalkeeping coach

Well-known former players

successes

USL Second Division
Winner: 2007

Season statistics

year League level league Regular season Playoffs US Open Cup Audience average
Harrisburg City Islanders
2004 3 USL Pro Soccer League 2nd place, Atlantic Quarter finals not qualified 1,510
2005 3 USL Second Division 3rd place Semifinals not qualified 1,604
2006 3 USL Second Division 7th place not qualified not qualified
2007 3 USL Second Division 3rd place winner Quarter finals
2008 3 USL Second Division 5th place Quarter finals 2nd round
2009 3 USL Second Division 3rd place Semifinals Quarter finals
2010 3 USL Second Division 5th place not qualified Quarter finals 1,666
2011 3 USL Pro 2nd place, national final 2nd round 1,404
2012 3 USL Pro 6th place Quarter finals Quarter finals 1,452
2013 3 USL Pro 4th Place Quarter finals 2nd round 1,456
2014 3 USL Pro 8th place final 4th round 1.941
2015 3 USL 8th place, East not qualified 3rd round 2,430
2016 3 USL 10th place, East not qualified 4th round 1,622
2017 2 USL 11th place, East not qualified 4th round 2,429
Penn FC
2018 2 USL 13th place, East not qualified 3rd round 2.147
2019 Season is suspended

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Penn FC to Make USL Debut in 2018 . Retrieved February 21, 2018.  
  2. ↑ Penn FC to Join USL League One in 2020 , uslleagueone.com, October 8, 2018, accessed February 10, 2020.
  3. ↑ Report: Penn FC has ceased operations , brotherlygame.com, December 13, 2019, accessed February 10, 2020.