Orange County Blue Star
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Orange County Blue Star was an American
The team played its home games at Eagle Stadium on the campus of
History
Zodiac Professional era
Blue Star began life as Orange County Zodiac in the USISL A-League in 1997, finishing fifth in the Pacific Conference in their inaugural season, with Gustavo Leal leading the scoring charts. The team suffered three years of middling results, only advancing to the post season in 1999, where they lost to the Seattle Sounders in the Round of 16. The Zodiac played some of their games at Santa Ana Stadium. They changed their name to Orange County Waves prior to the 2000 season, their final one in the A-League, but finished rock bottom of the Pacific Conference, and took the 2000–01 offseason to consider their options.
Drop to PDL; Blue Star is born
The club dropped down to the PDL in 2001 and changed their name again, and the newly christened Blue Star immediately enjoyed success. They finished their first year in the fourth tier as Champions of the Southwest division, but were defeated by eventual championship runners-up,
The year 2003 was a landmark season due to the participation of a certain German player named Jay Göppingen, who played eight games and scored five goals for Blue Star. Goppingen was actually the
The 2004 season saw Blue Star relocate from the stadium at
Blue Star enjoyed probably the most successful year in their history in 2005, retaining their division title with comparative ease by finishing a clear 11 points ahead of their nearest rivals,
With their conference expanding to 9 teams, Blue Star did not find life in 2006 quite as easy, but they still finished second in the division behind
The 2007 season, however, marked the first season when things did not go Blue Star's way. Playing out of their third stadium in as many years –
Blue Star started 2008 brightly, hoping to put the misery of the dismal 2007 season behind them. Two wins in their first four games – 4–1 over old rivals
The 2009 season began superbly for Blue Star, with four wins in their first four games – including an impressive 4–0 over divisional new boys
Players
Current roster
- As of August 10, 2012[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Notable former players
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.
- Calen Carr
- Conor Chinn
- Ryan Coiner
- Cameron Dunn
- Eric Ebert
- Michael Enfield
- Michael Erush
- Brad Evans
- Michael Farfan
- Irving Garcia
- Adolfo Gregorio
- Leonard Griffin
- Anthony Hamilton
- Jordan Harvey
- Nick Hatzke
- Kamani Hill
- Chandler Hoffman
- Kei Kamara
- Amir Kazemi
- Dan Kennedy
- Jürgen Klinsmann
- Gordon Kljestan
- Sacha Kljestan
- Mike Littman
- Tony Lochhead
- Drew McAthy
- Noah Merl
- Orlando Perez
- Charley Pettys
- Christian Ramirez
- Robbie Rogers
- David Sias
- A. J. Soares
- Matthew Andrade
- Joe Sofia
- Matt Taylor
- Nick Theslof
- Tyson Wahl
- Martin Vasquez
- Amani Walker
- Sal Zizzo
- Steve Patterson
Year-by-year
Year | Division | League | Regular Season | Playoffs | Open Cup |
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1997* | 2 | USISL A-League
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5th, Pacific | did not qualify | did not qualify |
1998* | 2 | USISL A-League | 3rd, Pacific | did not qualify | 3rd Round |
1999* | 2 | USL A-League
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4th, Pacific | Conference Quarterfinals | 2nd Round |
2000* | 2 | USL A-League | 6th, Pacific | did not qualify | did not qualify |
2001 | 4 | USL PDL | 1st, Southwest | Conference Semifinals | did not qualify |
2002 | 4 | USL PDL | 3rd, Southwest | did not qualify | did not qualify |
2003 | 4 | USL PDL | 2nd, Southwest | National Semifinals | did not qualify |
2004 | 4 | USL PDL | 1st, Southwest | Conference Finals | did not qualify |
2005 | 4 | USL PDL | 1st, Southwest | National Semifinals | 1st Round |
2006 | 4 | USL PDL | 2nd, Southwest | National Semifinals | did not qualify |
2007 | 4 | USL PDL | 9th, Southwest | did not qualify | did not qualify |
2008 | 4 | USL PDL | 8th, Southwest | did not qualify | did not qualify |
2009 | 4 | USL PDL | 8th, Southwest | did not qualify | 1st Round |
2010 | 4 | USL PDL | 3rd, Southwest | did not qualify | did not qualify |
2011 | 4 | USL PDL | 3rd, Southwest | did not qualify | did not qualify |
2012 | 4 | USL PDL | 7th, Southwest | did not qualify | did not qualify |
Honors
- USL PDL Western Conference Champions 2006
- USL PDL Regular Season Champions 2005
- USL PDL Western Conference Champions 2005
- USL PDL Southwest Division Champions 2005
- USL PDL Southwest Division Champions 2004
- USL PDL Western Conference Champions 2003
- USL PDL Southwest Division Champions 2001
Head coaches
- Erik Kirsch (2001)
- Tom Poltl (2002–2004)
- Nick Theslof (2005–2006)
- Jon Spencer (2007–present)
Stadium
- Santa Ana Stadium; Santa Ana, California (2001–2002)
- Stadium at UC Irvine; Irvine, California(2003, 2005)
- Stadium at Newport Coast, California, 2 games (2003)
- Home Depot Center; Carson, California(2004)
- Stadium at Orange Coast College; Costa Mesa, California (2006)
- Eagle Stadium at Concordia University; Irvine, California(2007–present)
- Stadium at Huntington Park High School; Huntington Park, California, 1 game (2011)
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.
- 2005: 109
- 2006: 95
- 2007: 314
- 2008: 79
- 2009: 114
- 2010: 93
See also
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