Vermont Voltage

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Vermont Voltage
Full name	Vermont Voltage Soccer Club
Nickname(s)	The Volts, The Amps
Founded	1997
Ground	Collins-Perley Sports Complex (Capacity: 2,000)
Chairman	Bo Vuckovic
Manager	Bo Simic
League	USL Premier Development League
2008	in progress
Home colours 　 Away colours

Vermont Voltage are an American soccer team, founded in 1997. The team is a member of the United Soccer Leagues Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, and plays in the New England Division of the Eastern Conference against teams from Cape Cod, Manchester, Ottawa and Providence. During their first season, in 1997, they were known as the Vermont Wanderers.

The Voltage play their home games at the Collins-Perley Sports Complex in the city of St. Albans, Vermont, 27 miles north of the state's largest city, Burlington. The team's colors are black and white, and gold and blue.

The club also has a sister organization, Vermont Lady Voltage, who play in the USL W-League.

Contents 1 2008 Roster 2 Year-by-year 3 Honors 4 Competition History 5 Notable former players 6 Coaches 7 Stadia 8 Average Attendance 9 External links

[edit] 2008 Roster

as at June 18, 2008

No. Position Player 0 GK Hank Stebbins 1 GK Peter Davis 2 DF Sean Lindsey 3 DF Mbwana Johnson 4 DF Justin Van Matre 5 DF Panos Georgiadis 6 DF Drago Ceranic 7 MF Luis Onate 9 FW Matt Stedman 11 FW Darko Kolić 12 FW A.J. Konchar 13 MF Daniel Stevens

No. Position Player 14 DF Jonathan Williams 16 DF Benjamin Wells 17 MF Vadim Shapiro 18 MF Bosko Cupac 19 FW Santigui Ibrahi Tounkara 22 MF Thierno Diallo 23 DF Bill Sedgewick 24 MF Bo Vuckovic 27 MF Andrew Guinn FW Nassim Berhouni FW Tomasz Szczyployski

[edit] Year-by-year

Year	Division	League	Reg. Season	Playoffs	Open Cup
1997	3	USISL D-3 Pro League	5th, Northeast	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
1998	3	USISL D-3 Pro League	5th, Northeast	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
1999	4	USL PDL	5th, Northeast	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2000	4	USL PDL	2nd, Northeast	Conference Semifinals	Did not qualify
2001	4	USL PDL	3rd, Northeast	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2002	4	USL PDL	1st, Northeast	Conference Semifinals	Did not qualify
2003	4	USL PDL	1st, Northeast	Conference Finals	Did not qualify
2004	4	USL PDL	8th, Northeast	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2005	4	USL PDL	5th, Northeast	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2006	4	USL PDL	5th, New England	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2007	4	USL PDL	6th, Northeast	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2008	4	USL PDL	in progress		Did not qualify

[edit] Honors

• PDL Northeast Division Champions 2002
• PDL Northeast Division Champions 2003

[edit] Competition History

[edit] Notable former players

• Terry Boss
• Andrew Daniels
• Cooper Friend
• Olivier Occean

[edit] Coaches

• Vojislav Stanisic 2000
• Bo Vuckovic 2001-06
• Bo Simic 2007-date

[edit] Stadia

• Collins-Perley Sports Complex, St. Albans, Vermont 2003-date
• Stadium at Essex High School, Essex Junction, Vermont 2005 (2 games)

[edit] Average Attendance

• 2007: 631
• 2006: 495
• 2005: 828 (6th highest in PDL)

[edit] External links

• Vermont Voltage

USL Premier Development League – New England v • d • e
Cape Cod Crusaders • New Hampshire Phantoms • Ottawa Fury • Rhode Island Stingrays • Vermont Voltage
Soccer in the United States v • d • e
USSF Men's team Women's team List of clubs Men's U20 team Men's U23 team MNT Stats Venues, (cap) League system SSS Champions History
Competitions in American Soccer
MLS USL First Division USL Second Division PDL USL Super-20 PASL NPSL/WPSL PCSL
Cup Competitions in American Soccer
Open Cup MLS Cup Southwest Cup George F. Donnelly Cup

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