Cocoa Expos

Cocoa Expos

Full name	Cocoa Expos
Nickname(s)	The Expos
Founded	1993
Ground	Cocoa Municipal Stadium (Capacity: 3,000)
Chairman	Giles Malone
Manager	Udo Schenatzky
League	USL Premier Development League
2007	8th, Southeast Division
Home colours Away colours

Cocoa Expos was an American soccer team, founded in 1993. The team was a member of the United Soccer Leagues Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, until 2007, when the team left the league and the franchise was terminated.

The team played its home matches at the Cocoa Municipal Stadium the city of Cocoa, Florida, approximately 45 miles from Orlando. The team's colors were blue and white.

The team also had a sister organization, the Cocoa Expos Women, which played in the women's USL W-League, but which also folded at the end of 2007.

Final Squad

vs Central Florida Kraze, 8 July 2007 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 Sean Duble 1 GK James Kryger 2 DF Ardy Moayer 3 DF Salvatore Conigliaro 4 DF Logan Linton 7 FW Desmond Clarke 8 MF Charles Bierman

No. Position Player 11 MF Jeremy Dornbusch 15 MF Steven Zachary 17 FW Tyson John 18 MF Michael Williams 20 MF Matt Cermak 21 FW Eric Loyd 27 FW Daniel Monje

Year-by-year

Year	Division	League	Regular Season	Playoffs	Open Cup
1993/94	N/A	USISL Indoor	3rd, Southeast	Did not qualify	N/A
1994	N/A	USISL	1st, Southeast	Sizzling Nine	N/A
1994/95	N/A	USISL Indoor	2nd, North/South	Did not qualify	N/A
1995	N/A	USISL Premier	1st, Eastern	Runner-up	Did not qualify
1995/96	N/A	USISL Indoor	4th, Southeast	Did not qualify	N/A
1996	4	USISL Premier	1st, EASTERN Southern	Premier Six	Did not qualify
1997	4	USISL PDSL	1st, Southeast	Runner-up	Did not qualify
1998	4	USISL PDSL	2nd, Southeast	Regional Finals	Did not qualify
1999	4	USL PDL	2nd, Southeast	Conference Semifinals	2nd Round
2000	4	USL PDL	3rd, Southeast	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2001	4	USL PDL	1st, Southeast	Conference Finals	Did not qualify
2002	4	USL PDL	5th, Southeast	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2003	4	USL PDL	1st, Southeast	Conference Semifinals	Did not qualify
2004	4	USL PDL	2nd, Southeast	Conference Finals	2nd Round
2005	4	USL PDL	1st, Southeast	Conference Semifinals	Qualifying Round
2006	4	USL PDL	3rd, Southeast	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2007	4	USL PDL	8th, Southeast	Did not qualify	Did not qualify

Honors

• USL PDL Southeast Division Champions 2005
• USL PDL Southeast Division Champions 2003
• USL PDL Southeast Division Champions 2001
• USISL PDL Southeast Division Champions 1997
• USISL Premier League Eastern/Southern Division Champions 1996
• USISL Premier League Eastern Division Champions 1995
• USISL Premier League Southeast Division Champions 1994

Competition History

After joining the league in 1994 the Expos became one of the most successful and popular teams in the USL Premier Development League. In their first three seasons, from 1994 to 1997, the team lost only three regular season games, and played in the Conference Championship game four times, in 1995, 1997, 2001, and 2004. During their 2001 preseason the Expos played former the Major League Soccer franchise Tampa Bay Mutiny and lost only 1-0. In the year 2005 the Expos qualified for the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup for the third time. However, their final season in 2007 proved to be disastrous, the team losing 13 of 15 matches and scoring just one goal all season.

Notable former players

• Justin Bryant
• Mubarike Chisoni
• Ricky Hill

Coaches

• Alan Dicks 1994
• Chris Shaw 2005-2006
• Udo Schenatzky 2007

Stadia

• Cocoa Municipal Stadium, Cocoa, Florida 2003-07

Average Attendance

• 2007: 197
• 2006: 197
• 2005: 209

External links

• Cocoa Expos