Albany BWP Highlanders

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Albany BWP Highlanders
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Full nameAlbany BWP Highlanders
Nickname(s)Highlanders
Founded2003
Dissolved2010
Ground Frank Bailey Field
Schenectady, New York
Capacity3,000
Owner Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Rockmore
Head Coach Flag of the United States.svg Franz Zwicklbauer
League USL Premier Development League
2010 3rd, Northeast
Playoffs: DNQ

Albany BWP Highlanders was an American soccer team based in Schenectady, New York, United States. Founded in 2003, 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. The team spent two years on hiatus from the league in 2008 and 2009, returning to competition in 2010, then folded at the end of the season.

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The team played its home games at Frank Bailey Field on the campus of Union College in nearby Schenectady, New York, The team's colors were black, gold, and white.

History

The roots of the Highlanders go back to Steve Freeman's youth in Tampa, Florida where he played for Blackwatch Keelley. Freeman spent his first season of college playing for Hartwick College and another with Siena College, both in New York, before finishing college in Florida. After graduation, he returned to New York and settled in Albany where he taught school. In January 1997, he founded Albany Blackwatch, a youth club modeled on the club he played for as a boy. The club began with two boys teams, but quickly expanded to several boys and girls teams, each with a Scottish-themed name. [1] In 2001, Blackwatch entered a team into the USL Super Y-League. In 2003, Freeman created the Blackwatch Highlanders and entered it into the USL Premier Development League. Freeman served as the general manager and Bernie Watt coached the team. [2] The Highlanders played from 2003 until 2007, first as Blackwatch and then as the Albany Admirals, the last season with Freeman as head coach. They then went on a two-year hiatus before being resurrected in 2009 as the Albany BWP Highlanders, and re-joined the PDL for the 2010 season. [3]

Notable former players

This list of notable former players comprises players who went on to play professional soccer after playing for the team in the Premier Development League, or those who previously played professionally before joining the team.

Rosters

August 2010 roster [4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
0 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Ryan Jones [5]
1 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Adam Perron
2 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Robert Millock [6]
3 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA David Burke [7]
4 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Tommy Klim [8]
5 MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Chris Hobbs [9]
6 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Sam DeMello [10]
7 MF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Bruce Cutler [11]
8 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Darko Knezevic [12]
9 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA T. J. Popolizio [13]
10 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Roberto Sgueglia [14]
11 FW Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Brendan Gorman [15]
12 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA David Clemens
13 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Gabe Zieff [16]
14 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Taylor Esper
15 DF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Clifton Huxtable [17]
16 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jake Johnson [18]
No.Pos.NationPlayer
17 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Austin Hughes [19]
18 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Austin Britt [20]
19 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Alen Jusic [21]
22 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA David Chung
25 DF Flag of The Gambia.svg  GAM Essaha Jallow
00 GK Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Jonathan Viscosi [22]
— MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Kyle Clancy
— MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Adam Costello [23]
— FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA James Curley
— FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Aaron Gallusser [24]
— FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Joshua Gregg
— DF Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Milos Jankovic [25]
— DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Trey Jasenski [26]
— DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Greg Lloyd [27]
— DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Joseph Lontrato [28]
— DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Domenico Vitale [29]

Year-by-year

YearDivisionLeagueRegular SeasonPlayoffsOpen Cup
20034USL PDL6th, NortheastDid not qualifyDid not qualify
20044USL PDL3rd, NortheastDid not qualifyDid not qualify
20054USL PDL4th, NortheastDid not qualifyDid not qualify
20064USL PDL4th, New EnglandDid not qualifyDid not qualify
20074USL PDL5th, NortheastDid not qualifyDid not qualify
2008On Hiatus
2009
20104USL PDL3rd NortheastDid not qualifyDid not qualify

Head coaches

Stadia

Average attendance

Attendance stats are calculated by averaging each team's self-reported home attendances from the historical match archive at https://web.archive.org/web/20100105175057/http://www.uslsoccer.com/history/index_E.html.

References

  1. ↑ "Blackwatch: Our History". Archived from the original on July 5, 2013. Retrieved July 30, 2013.
  2. ↑ Highlanders open season tonight
  3. ↑ "Albany BWP Highlanders re-launched". United Soccer Leagues. January 28, 2010. Archived from the original on September 17, 2012. Retrieved February 1, 2010.
  4. ↑ "Albany BWP Highlanders". soccerstats.us .
  5. ↑ http://suathletics.syr.edu/roster.aspx?rp_id=6711&path=msoccer
  6. ↑ http://www.gocrimson.com/sports/msoc/2010-11/bios/millock_robert
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  9. ↑ http://www.bubearcats.com/sports/msoc/hobbs.html
  10. ↑ http://www.stlawu.edu/athletics/saints/men's+soccer/roster/2688
  11. ↑ http://saintleolions.com/profile.asp?playerID=349
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  13. ↑ http://www.brownbears.com/sports/m-wrestl/2009-10/bios/popolizio_t.j.00.html
  14. ↑ http://www.odusports.com/sports/m-soccer/mtt/sgueglia_roberto00.html
  15. ↑ http://www.stlawu.edu/athletics/saints/men%27s+soccer/roster/2214
  16. ↑ http://www.skidmoreathletics.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=817&path=msoc
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  19. ↑ http://www.bubearcats.com/sports/msoc/hughes.html
  20. ↑ http://www.southwesternpirates.com/sports/m-soccer/mtt/britt_austin00.html
  21. ↑ http://www.lemoynedolphins.com/sports/msoc/2009-10/bios/AlenJusic
  22. ↑ http://www.rioredstorm.com/roster/7/3/153.php
  23. ↑ http://www.gocolgateraiders.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=2409&path=msoc
  24. ↑ http://www2.cobleskill.edu/athletics/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8&Itemid=34
  25. ↑ http://www.ualbanysports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=15800&ATCLID=1209573
  26. ↑ http://www.unlvrebels.com/sports/m-soccer/mtt/jasenski_trey00.html
  27. ↑ http://goredfoxes.cstv.com/sports/m-soccer/mtt/lloyd_greg00.html
  28. ↑ http://www.herkimergenerals.com/sports/msoc/2009-10/bios/lontrato
  29. ↑ http://www.lemoynedolphins.com/sports/msoc/2009-10/bios/DomenicoVitale
  30. ↑ "Zwicklbauer to Lead BWP Highlanders". Archived from the original on May 12, 2010. Retrieved March 2, 2010.
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