Vermont Voltage was an American soccer team based in St. Albans, Vermont , United States. Founded in 1997, the team played in the USL Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid , in the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference, having spent the 2009 season on hiatus. The Voltage folded after the 2014 season.
7-699: The team played its home games at the Collins-Perley Sports Complex. The team's colors were yellow, blue and black. Founded as the Vermont Wanderers in 1997, the team played in the USL Second Division from 1997 to 1998 before moving to the Premier Development League , where it would compete from 1999 to 2014, with a one-year hiatus in 2009. The club played its first game on April 12, 1997,
14-720: A 0–3 defeat to the New Hampshire Phantoms . The team would reach the playoffs three times in its history, advancing to the conference finals in 2003. The club also had a sister organization, Vermont Lady Voltage , who played in the USL W-League . Due to stadium renovations, the Lady Voltage folded in 2009. The Voltage folded in 2014. In 2022 a new USL League Two side, Vermont Green FC was founded. This list of notable former players comprises players who went on to play professional soccer after playing for
21-766: The USISL Pro League , was a FIFA -sanctioned Division 3 league, while the amateur league, (the 'Premier League'), was given Division 4 status and would later go on to become the USL Premier Development League . The first champions of the new USISL Pro League were the Long Island Rough Riders , who beat Minnesota Thunder 2–1 in the championship game. In 1996, the USISL established a new USISL Select League . The strongest USISL Pro League teams joined this new league, which
28-855: The A-League, and then in 1999 the umbrella USISL changed its name to the United Soccer Leagues (USL), and as such the Pro League officially became known as the USL D3 Pro League . In 2003 the name was changed again to the USL Pro Select League , but during the season had to be changed to the USL Pro Soccer League for to legal reasons. In 2005 the league took its final name as the USL Second Division . The USL Second Division dissolved following
35-596: The team in the Premier Development League, or those who previously played professionally before joining the team. Attendance stats are calculated by averaging each team's self-reported home attendances from the historical match archive at [1] USL Second Division The USL Second Division (commonly referred to as USL-2 ) was a professional men's soccer league in the United States , operated by United Soccer Leagues (USL). It
42-875: Was at the third tier of soccer in the United States , behind Major League Soccer (top tier) and the USL First Division (second tier), and one step up from the USL Premier Development League and other leagues in the fourth tier. In 1995 the United States Interregional Soccer League (USISL), the de facto second tier of American soccer at the time, the league changed its name to the United States International Soccer League , and split into two leagues, one professional and one amateur. The professional league, initially called
49-562: Was given Division 2 status alongside the existing A-League , while the remainder of the teams (plus expansion teams) remained at Division 3 level. Charleston Battery became the league's second champions in this year, beating the Charlotte Eagles in a penalty shootout in the 1996 USISL Pro League championship game. In 1997 the league changed its name to the USISL D-3 Pro League to further distinguish itself from
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