Spokane Spiders

Spokane Spiders
2010	9th, Northwest; Playoffs: DNQ
Home colors	Away colors

Spokane Spiders were an American

American Soccer Pyramid

, in the Northwest Division of the Western Conference. The franchise folded at the end of the 2010 season and left the league thereafter.

The team played its home games at Joe Albi Stadium. The team's colors were red, black and white.

History

Spokane Spiders entered the PDL in 2007, continuing the tradition of top-level minor league soccer in

BYU Cougars. Jake Moug was by far Spokane's dominant player, scoring 11 of their 25 goals himself, while Ben Funkhouser

contributed 4 assists.

Things went from bad to worse for Spokane in 2008. Despite the appointment of new head coach

Vancouver Whitecaps Residency at home in their penultimate match of the season. Everything else was a struggle – Tacoma made up for their early season defeat with a 5–0 walloping at the end of May, Yakima put five past them in late June, and Cascade ended Spokane's season on a sour note with another 5-goal drubbing in the final game. Spokane were rooted to the bottom of the Northwest Division for much of the campaign, and finished three points adrift of Cascade in 8th place. Jay Vela was Spokane's top scorer, with just three goals, although Scott Davidson

did tally four assists.

Vancouver Whitecaps Residency, and conceded four goals on three other occasions. Zachary Smith

was the token top scorer of a dispiriting year with just 3 goals.

The team's last win was 5–4 slugfest over the Abbotsford Mariners on July 16, 2010. The following day, Sunday July 17, 2010, the Spokane Spiders lost their last game 1–5 to the Whitecaps Residency. John Prugh opening the scoring in the 24th minute. Vancouver went up 1–3 before going down to 10 men, but subsequently scored two additional late goals.[1]

Players

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.

Year-by-year

Year	Division	League	Regular Season	Playoffs	Open Cup
2007	4	USL PDL	5th, Northwest	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2008	4	USL PDL	8th, Northwest	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2009	4	USL PDL	10th, Northwest	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2010	4	USL PDL	9th, Northwest	Did not qualify	Did not qualify

Head coaches

Dan Philp (2007)
Abbas Faridnia (2008)
Jake Moug (2009)
Bernard Brodigan (2009–2010)

Stadia

Spokane Falls Stadium; Spokane, Washington (2007–2008)
Plantes Ferry Park; Spokane, Washington, 1 game (2007)
Greyhound Park; Post Falls, Idaho, (2008–2009)
Joe Albi Stadium; Spokane, Washington (2010)

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/20131208011525/http://www.uslsoccer.com/history/index_E.html.

2007: 424
2008: 319
2009: 204
2010: 139

References

^ United Soccer Leagues (USL)

External links

[1] United Soccer Leagues (USL)