Western Mass Pioneers

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Western Mass Pioneers
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Basic data
Surname Western Mass Pioneers
Seat Ludlow, MA
founding 1998
owner Celso Correia
Website www.wmpioneers.com
First soccer team
Head coach Federico Molinari
Venue Lusitano Stadium
Places 3,000
league USL League Two
2018 3rd place, NorthEast
play-offs: not qualified
home
Away

Western Mass Pioneers is an American football - Franchise of the USL League Two from Ludlow , Massachusetts .

The franchise was founded in 1998 and plays in the USL League Two , the fourth highest division in North American football. Until the 2010 season, the team always played in the respective third-highest division in the USA.

history

In August 1997, the United States International Soccer League awarded the franchise license to the amateur club Gremio Lusitano from Ludlow, Massachusetts. Since it was forbidden to use team names with an ethnic background, such as Gremio or Lusitano, the newspaper Springfield Union-News organized a competition to find a name for the new team. This is where the name Pioneers was found. In the same year, the team's first coach was found with the former Polish soccer player Leszek Wrona. In 1999 the Pioneers won the USL D-3 Pro League.

After the USL Second Division was dissolved at the end of the 2009 season , the team moved one league level lower in the USL Premier Development League.

successes

  • USL Second Division Regular Season Winner 2005
  • USL D-3 Pro League Northern Division winner 2002
  • USL D-3 Pro League winner 1999
  • USL D-3 Pro League Northern Division winner 1999

Season statistics

year League level league Reg. Season Play-offs Open Cup
1998 3 USISL D-3 Pro League 3rd, Northeast Division semi-finals 2nd round
1999 3 USL D-3 Pro League 1st place, Northern winner not qualified
2000 3 USL D-3 Pro League 5th place, Northern Conference finals not qualified
2001 3 USL D-3 Pro League 7th place, Northern not qualified not qualified
2002 3 USL D-3 Pro League 1st, Northern Quarter finals Did not qualify
2003 3 USL Pro Select League 3rd, Northern Did not qualify Did not qualify
2004 3 USL Pro Soccer League 3rd, Northern not qualified 2nd round
2005 3 USL Second Division 1st place final not qualified
2006 3 USL Second Division 6th place not qualified not qualified
2007 3 USL Second Division 6th place not qualified 2nd round
2008 3 USL Second Division 6th place Quarter finals 2nd round
2009 3 USL Second Division 7th place not qualified 2nd round
2010 4th USL PDL 6th place, Northeast not qualified not qualified
2011 4th USL PDL 3rd place, Northeast not qualified 1 round
2012 4th USL PDL 3rd place, Northeast not qualified not qualified
2013 4th USL PDL 4th place, Northeast not qualified not qualified
2014 4th USL PDL 3rd place, Northeast not qualified 2nd round
2015 4th USL PDL 5th place, Northeast not qualified 1 round
2016 4th USL PDL 2nd place, Northeast Divisional playoff not qualified
2017 4th USL PDL 3rd place, Northeast not qualified 1 round
2018 4th USL PDL 3rd place, Northeast not qualified 1 round

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