Vermont Voltage

Vermont Voltage

Full name	Vermont Voltage Soccer Club
Nickname(s)	The Volts, The Amps, Crno-beli
Founded	1997
Stadium	Collins-Perley Sports Complex St. Albans, Vermont (capacity: 2,000)
Owner	Bojan Vučković
Head Coach	Hugh Brown
League	USL Premier Development League
2011	5th, Northeast Playoffs: DNQ
Website	Club home page
Home colors Away colors
Current season

Previous Voltage logo until 2008

Vermont Voltage is an American soccer team based in St. Albans, Vermont, United States. Founded in 1997, the team plays 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 team plays its home games at the Collins-Perley Sports Complex. The team's colors are yellow, blue and black.

History [edit]

This section requires expansion. (December 2009)

During its first season, in 1997, the team was known as the Vermont Wanderers. The Voltage spent the 2009 season on hiatus from the PDL while their home stadium, Collins-Perley Sports Complex, underwent major renovations. Voltage announced their returned to competition on November 11, 2009.^[1]

The club also had a sister organization, Vermont Lady Voltage, who played in the USL W-League. Due to the stadium renovations there was no women's team fielded in 2009, but expectations are they will also return in 2010.

Players [edit]

Current roster [edit]

As of June 5, 2011.^[2]

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

No. Position Player 0 GK Ryan Brooks-Newton[3] 3 DF Justin Hepburn 4 MF Aris Zafeiratos 5 DF William Koki[4] 6 MF Drago Ćeranić[5] 8 MF Anthony Buehler 9 MF Sam Harding 10 MF Mario Maric 11 MF Liam Gilbert[6] 12 MF Eishun Yoshida[7] 13 MF Yohance Marshall 14 MF Andro Hrkac[8]

No. Position Player 16 FW Miguel Benavides[9] 18 DF James Burke[10] 19 FW Carter Lincoln[11] 20 MF Tomas Szczypiorski 21 FW Daniel Josepher[12] 22 MF Dominic Adams[13] 23 DF Jay Petersen[14] 24 FW Bojan Vučković 00 GK Harry Lockwood MF Aleksandar Lacković MF Max Touloute[15]

Notable former players [edit]

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.

• Terry Boss
• Tomislav Čolić
• Matheau Hall
• Goran Hunjak
• Russell Hutchison
• Darko Kolić
• Olivier Occean
• Arsène Oka
• Andrew Olivieri
• David Purser
• Sullivan Silva
• Kevin Wylie
• Sam Harding

Year-by-year [edit]

Honors [edit]

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

Head coaches [edit]

• Vojislav Stanišić (2000)
• Bo Vučković (2001–2006)
• Bo Simić (2007–2008, 2010–present)
• Ryan Zimmer (Assistant Head Coach)

Stadia [edit]

• Collins-Perley Sports Complex, St. Albans, Vermont (2003–present)
• Stadium at Essex High School, Essex Junction, Vermont 2 games (2005)
• Stadium at Lyndon State College, Lyndon, Vermont 1 game (2011)

Average attendance [edit]

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

• 2005: 828 (6th highest in PDL)
• 2006: 495
• 2007: 631
• 2008: 692
• 2009: did not play
• 2010: 596

References [edit]

External links [edit]

• Official Site
• Official PDL site

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