Wikipedia / Spokane Shadow
Wikipedia / Spokane Shadow
Spokane Shadow is an American soccer team, founded in 1996. The team competed in the National Premier Soccer League as well as the Evergreen Premier League, one of United States Adult Soccer Association's elite amateur leagues. From 1996 to 2005, the team played in the United Soccer Leagues' Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid. The men's team folded when the franchise was terminated in 2006 by the PDL after the 10-year-old artificial turf at their home ground, Joe Albi Stadium in Spokane, Washington was declared unsafe for play.
Spokane's place in the Western Conference Northwest Division of the PDL was taken by Tacoma F.C. The team was revived as Spokane Shadow Club Shadow in 2014 as a member of the Evergreen Premier League (EPLWA) and play at Spokane Falls Community College. Beginning with the 2017 season, SSC Shadow also fielded a team in NPSL.
Year-by-year
Honors
NPSL Northwest Conference Champions 2018
EPLWA Champions 2014, 2015, 2023
USL PDL Northwest Division Champions 2003
USL PDL Western Conference Champions 1999
USISL PDSL Northwest Division Champions 1997, 1998
USISL Premier League Western-Northern Division Champions 1996
Coaches
Einar Thorarinsson (1995–1996)
Sean Bushey (1997–1999)
Stuart Saunders (2004–2005)
Chad Brown (2014–2016)
Cameron Bushey (2017–2018)
Mike Pellicio (2018–2021)
Jay Vela (2022–2022)
Mike Pellicio (2022–present)
Stadia
Joe Albi Stadium, Spokane, Washington 1996–05
Spokane Falls Community College, Spokane, Washington 2014–present
Spokane Polo Club
Attendances
Attendance stats are calculated by averaging each team's self-reported home attendances from Kenn.com https://kenn.com/blog/soccer/all-time-usl-league-two-attendance/
1996: 1,311 (2nd in PDL) Playoffs: 1,560 Overall : 1,344
1997: 1,358 (2nd in PDL) Playoffs: 1,614 Overall : 1,417
1998: 2,179 (1st in PDL)
1999: 1,967 (1st in PDL) Playoffs: 3,836 Overall : 2,234
2000: 1,452 (2nd in PDL) Playoffs: 1,005 Overall : 1,407
2001: 1,336 (4th in PDL)
2002: 1,330 (4th in PDL) Playoffs: 1,276 Overall : 1,325
2003: 1,027 (4th in PDL) Playoffs: 982 Overall : 1,023
2004: 999 (4th in PDL)
2005: 954 (5th in PDL)
See also
References
External links
Spokane Shadow – official website
USL announces 2007 PDL Divisions (archived)