Rhode Island Stingrays was an American soccer team based in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1995, the team played in the USL Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, until 2009, after which the franchise folded and the team left the league.

The team played its home games at Robert J. Black Stadium on the campus of Rhode Island College. The team's colors were blue, white and yellow.

Year-by-year

Honors

• USISL D-3 Pro League Northeast Division Champion 1998

Head coaches

• Mario Pereira (2003–2009)

Stadia

• Pierce Memorial Field; East Providence, Rhode Island (2003–2008)

• Stadium at Kickemuit middle school; Warren, Rhode Island, 1 game (2005)

• Robert J. Black Stadium; Providence, Rhode Island, (2006, 2009)

• Stadium at Bryant University; Smithfield, Rhode Island, 1 game (2007)

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, and at Kenn.com https://kenn.com/blog/soccer/all-time-usl-league-two-attendance/, https://kenn.com/blog/soccer/all-time-usl-third-division-attendance/.

• 1995: NA

• 1996: 700

• 1997: 1,452 Playoffs: 1,505 Overall: 1,456

• 1998: 1,213 Playoffs: 1,368 Overall: 1,237

• 1999: 730

• 2000: 624

• 2001: 731

• 2002: 410 (14th in PDL)

• 2003: 632 (13th in PDL)

• 2004: 257 (37th in PDL)

• 2005: 332 (27th in PDL)

• 2006: 310 (29th in PDL)

• 2007: 305 (34th in PDL)

• 2008: 297 (39th in PDL)

• 2009: 181 (53rd in PDL)

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