Boston Renegades

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Boston Renegades
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Full nameBoston Renegades
Nickname(s)Renegades
Founded1995 (as Boston Tornado)
Dissolved2009
Stadium Bowditch Field
Framingham, Massachusetts
Capacity5,000
Owner(s)John Curtis (1996)
Tom Bagley
Reidar Tryggestad
Chairman Joe Bradley
League USL W-League
2008 3rd, Northeast Division
Playoff Divisional Round

Boston Renegades was an American women's soccer team, founded in 1995. The team was a member of the United Soccer Leagues USL W-League, the second tier of women's soccer in the United States and Canada. The team played in the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference, but folded during the 2009 season.

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The team played its home games in the stadium on the campus of Wayland High School in the city of Wayland, Massachusetts, 15 miles (24 km) west of downtown Boston. [1] The team's colors are red and white.

The team was run within the same ownership group as the former men's teams Boston Bulldogs and Cape Cod Crusaders. [2] They won two consecutive W-League Championships in 2001 and 2002. [3]

Players

Squad 2009

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
0 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Meghann Burke
1 GK Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Jasmine Phillips
2 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Ella Stephan
3 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Lauren MacIver
5 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jamie Craft
7 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Stephanie Gilkenson
8 MF Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Therese Lückner
9 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Danielle Kot
10 MF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Gabriela Demoner
12 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Victoria Huster
No.Pos.NationPlayer
13 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Marcy Gans
14 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Ashlee Pistorius
15 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Toni Pressley
16 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Rachel Smith
17 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Alex Crown
19 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Rachel Lim
21 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Katie Bethke
22 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Kelsey Hood
23 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Laura Grace Robinson
DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Brianna Wilson

Club officials

Former players

Year-by-year

[4] [5]

YearDivisionLeagueReg. SeasonPlayoffs
19951USL W-League5th, EasternDid not qualify
19961USL W-League7th, EastDid not qualify
19971USL W-League3rd, NortheastDid not qualify
19981USL W-League W-11st, NorthFinal
19991USL W-League W-13rd, NorthDid not qualify
20001USL W-League W-11st, NortheastThird place
20012USL W-League W-13rd, NortheastChampion
20022USL W-League1st, NorthernChampion
20032USL W-League1st, NorthernConference Semifinals
20041USL W-League1st, New EnglandConference Semifinals
20051USL W-League2nd, NortheastConference Semifinals
20061USL W-League3rd, NortheastDivisional Round
20071USL W-League4th, NortheastDid not qualify
20081USL W-League3rd, NortheastDivisional Round
20092USL W-League3rd, NortheastQualified but declined to participate

Honors

Coaches

Stadia

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