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Soccer club
Lancaster Inferno is a top level amateur women's
American Soccer Pyramid
, and a U23 team that competes in UWS League Two.
Timeline 2008 : PA Classics starts Lancaster Inferno , a women's team playing in the WPSL (Women's Premier Soccer League),[1] National Premier Soccer League , also called the Lancaster Inferno .[2] [3] Hempfield High School 's athletic stadium in Landisville .[3] 2009 : The men's team folds, but the women continue to compete.[4] 2011 : Inferno is no longer under the PA Classics umbrella, and plays under the sponsorship of the Penn Legacy Soccer Club. The team's name is changed to "Penn Legacy Inferno".[5] 2013 : Inferno becomes independent, no longer associated with PA Classics or Penn Legacy. The team's name reverts to its former name, "Lancaster Inferno".2014 : Lancaster Inferno is sold to Francisco Cleaves, who also begins operations as head coach.2015 : Inferno changes its home field to Millersville University's Pucillo Field in the Lancaster suburb of Millersville .2016 : Lancaster Inferno leaves WPSL and joins United Women's Soccer (UWS) .[6] 2018 : The team enters an agreement with Rush Soccer, to be recognized as the club's top level women's team.2019 : The agreement with Rush Soccer was terminated and the team reverted to its former name, "Lancaster Inferno".Players 2021 First Team Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
2021 U23 Team Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Notable former and present players Lancaster Inferno (2017–2019) Diósgyőri VTK of the Hungarian Női Nemzeti BajnokságLancaster Inferno (2019), EN Thoi Lakatamia (Cyprus) 2018-2019, FF Lugano 1976 Lugano, Switzerland (2017-2018),, Norway (2017); Lancaster Inferno (2016) Sydney Blomquist : Lancaster Inferno (2014 & 2016), Västerås BK30 (2016), Åland United (2017), Sporting CP (2019-present)Lancaster Inferno (2013–2014), Prottur Reykjavik otherwise known as Throttur FC (Icelandic Women’s Premier Division) / Ravasens IK Karlskoga (Sweden)Lancaster Inferno (2012–2014, 2017–present[12] FC Saarbrücken (2014–2016); Germany's ETSV Wurzburg (2014), Sweden (2012) Victorian Premier League
of Australia: Heidelberg United (2013–2014)Lancaster Inferno (2016)Team standings and statistics
Year
Division
League
GP
W
L
T
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Reg. Season
Playoffs
Championship
2019
2
UWS
10
7
4
0
15
14
1
21
3rd of 8
East Conference Champions
National Semi-Finalist
2018
2
UWS
10
7
3
0
22
10
12
21
East Conference Champions
East Conference Champions
National Runners-up
2017
2
UWS
10
4
6
0
18
23
–5
12
6th of 8, East Conference
Did not qualify
Did not qualify
2016
2
UWS
10
4
5
1
16
15
1
13
4th of 6, East Conference
Did not qualify
Did not qualify
2015
3
WPSL
8
1
6
1
12
23
–11
4
5th of 5, Power 5
Did not qualify
Did not qualify
2014
3
WPSL
8
6
1
1
20
8
12
0
Provisional Season
Provisional Season
Provisional Season
2013
3
WPSL
11
6
2
3
41
13
28
21
2nd of 6, Northeast Atlantic - South
1st round, Conference Playoffs
Did not qualify
2012
3
WPSL
10
5
4
1
17
13
4
16
3rd of 5, Northeast Atlantic - South
Did not qualify
Did not qualify
2011
3
WPSL
10
3
4
3
12
9
3
12
7th of 9, East Mid-Atlantic
Did not qualify
Did not qualify
2010
3
WPSL
10
6
1
3
20
8
12
21
1st of 5, East Mid-Atlantic
2nd round, Regional Playoffs
Did not qualify
2009
3
WPSL
10
7
1
2
23
9
14
23
3rd of 14, East
Conference Finals
Did not qualify
2008
3
WPSL
14
8
2
2
25
9
16
26
2nd of 7, East Mid-Atlantic
Conference Semi-finals
Did not qualify
Coaching staff Home stadiums References
. Retrieved July 8, 2019 .^ Caldwell, Greg (June 8, 2008). "Inferno men play to tie; women test bench in exhibition" Lancaster Online . LNP Media Group. Retrieved July 8, 2019 . ^ a b Caldwell, Greg (May 13, 2012). "Inferno raises sights for 2012" Lancaster Online . LNP Media Group. Retrieved July 2, 2019 . ^ Caldwell, Greg (June 17, 2009). "Inferno heats up circuit in second season" Lancaster Online . LNP Media Group. Retrieved July 8, 2019 . ^ Caldwell, Greg (June 27, 2011). "Women's soccer: Inferno intends to finish strong" Lancaster Online . LNP Media Group. Retrieved July 2, 2019 . ^ Kassouf, Jeff (December 24, 2015). "United Women's Soccer (UWS) to begin play in 2016" . The Equalizer . Retrieved July 1, 2019 . ^ Aniwyo, Dike (May 10, 2018). "Lancaster Inferno Joins The RUSH Soccer Family" . Soccernation.com . Retrieved July 1, 2019 . ^ Navaroli, Steve (July 17, 2018). "Lancaster Inferno Rush win East Conference, earn trip to Michigan" Lancaster Online . LNP Media Group. Retrieved July 2, 2019 . ^ a b Navaroli, Steve (July 24, 2018). "Second-place finish at nationals thrilling for Lancaster Inferno Rush" Lancaster Online . LNP Media Group. Retrieved July 2, 2019 . ^ "Aces top Inferno Rush, 1-0 in extra time, for UWS title" Lancaster Online . LNP Media Group. July 22, 2018. Retrieved July 2, 2019 .^ Greene, Sean (June 27, 2019). "Ex-Wilmington Charter keeper living her soccer dream in Spain" . WDEL (AM) . Retrieved July 2, 2019 . ^ Rael, Chris (April 19, 2019). "Ready To Kick Off – UWS Teams Sign College Standouts" . SoccerToday . Retrieved July 2, 2019 . ^ Huggins, Pat (July 20, 2018). "Elco's Ryelle Shuey having soccer summer to remember with Inferno Rush" . Lebanon Daily News . Retrieved July 2, 2019 .
External links
Francisco Cleaves
Kelly O'Brien: Lancaster Inferno (2017–2019) Diósgyőri VTK of the Hungarian Női Nemzeti Bajnokság
Sonia Rada: Lancaster Inferno(2019), EN Thoi Lakatamia (Cyprus) 2018-2019, FF Lugano 1976 Lugano, Switzerland (2017-2018),
Carol Sánchez: Independiente Santa Fe (Colombia) & the Costa Rica women's national football team Lancaster Inferno (2016)
Francisco Cleaves, Head Coach of First Team (2014–present)
