Wilmington Hammerheads

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Wilmington Hammerheads

Full name

Wilmington Hammerheads

Nickname(s)

Hammers

Founded

1996

Ground

Legion Stadium

Capacity

6,000

Chairman

Bill Rudisill

Manager

David Irving

League

USL Second Division

2006

8th, did not make playoffs





Home colours





Away colours

Wilmington Hammerheads are an American soccer team, founded in 1996. The team is a member of the United Soccer Leagues Second Division, the third tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, and play their home games at Legion Stadium in the city of Wilmington, North Carolina. The team's colors are sky blue and white.

The Hammers have one championship under their belt from 2003 and were a finalist in 2002, losing to the Long Island Rough Riders 2-1. Wilmington has found great success in the US Open Cup in recent years regularly drawing MLS teams in the late rounds. Their most famous result occurred in 2003. Then, they drew the Dallas Burn, an MLS side in the middle of a particularly bad year. They shocked the soccer world by defeating the Burn 4-1 at Legion Sports Complex before bowing out to DC United 1-0 in the quarterfinal round.

The Hammerheads regularly draw well over 2,000 fans per game and have drawn nearly 5,000 for Playoff games. Head Coach David Irving has been at the helm since 1999 and has recently signed a 3 year extension after 1st Division side Portland Timbers showed interest in his services.

The team's fan club are called the Port City Firm.

[edit] Current squad

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Bart Creasman
2	MF	John Krause
3	DF	Brady Bryant
4	MF	Martyn Lancaster
5	DF	Kevin Nylen
6	DF	Paul Chase
8	MF	Joshua Bolton
9	MF	Kenny Bundy
10	MF	George Corrie
11	FW	Anthony Maher
12	DF	Montae Seabrook
13	DF	Devlin Barnes
14	MF	Philip Hufstader
15	MF	Junior Zarate

No.	Position	Player
16	MF	Jeff Hughes
17	FW	Ryan Miller
18	MF	Chad Crandell
19	MF	Chris Riley
20	MF	Derek Popovich
21	FW	Thabiso Khumalo
22	DF	Chad Severs
23	DF	Jordan Hughes
24	MF	Dan Capecci
26	DF	Kevin Taylor
28	MF	Jack Cummings
30	GK	Nick Bochette
31	FW	Jason Hotchkin
33	FW	Chris Bagley

[edit] Year-by-year

Year	Division	League	Reg. Season	Playoffs	Open Cup
1996	3	USISL Pro League	3rd, South Atlantic	Semifinals	Did not qualify
1997	3	USISL D-3 Pro League	5th, South Atlantic	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
1998	3	USISL D-3 Pro League	6th, Atlantic	Division Semifinals	Did not qualify
1999	3	USL D-3 Pro League	2nd, Atlantic	Conference Finals	2nd Round
2000	3	USL D-3 Pro League	2nd, Southern	Conference Quarterfinals	2nd Round
2001	3	USL D-3 Pro League	1st, Southern	Conference Finals	Did not qualify
2002	3	USL D-3 Pro League	1st, Southern	Final	Did not qualify
2003	3	USL Pro Select League	2nd, Southern	Champion	Quarterfinals
2004	3	USL Pro Soccer League	2nd, Southern	Quarterfinals	3rd Round
2005	3	USL Second Division	4th	Semifinals	3rd Round
2006	3	USL Second Division	8th	Did not qualify	4th Round

[edit] External link

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Current Stadiums in the USL Second Division
Bermuda National Stadium \| Waddell High School Stadium \| Corcoran Field \| Krenzler Field \| Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium \| Skyline Sports Complex \| Southern New Hampshire University \| University of Richmond Stadium \| Lusitano Stadium \| Legion Stadium