West Michigan Edge

West Michigan Edge

Football club infobox
clubname = West Michigan Edge


fullname = West Michigan Edge
nickname = The Edge
founded = 1995
ground = EK Stadium
capacity = 6,000
chairman = flagicon|USA Bob Dykstra
manager = flagicon|USA Stephen Herdsman
league = USL Premier Development League
season = 2008
position = 5th, Midwest Division

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West Michigan Edge are an American soccer team, founded in 1995. The team is a member of the United Soccer Leagues Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, and play in the Midwest Division of the Central Conference against teams from Chicago, Fort Wayne, Kalamazoo and South Bend.

The team played as Grand Rapids Explosion from 1995 to 1998, before changing their name to West Michigan Explosion prior to the 1999 season, and adopting their current monicker in 2000.

The Edge play their home games in EK Stadium on the campus of East Kentwood High School in the city of Kentwood, Michigan, around 10 miles south of downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan. The team's colors are red, white and blue.

The club also fields a team in the USL’s Super-20 League, a league for players 17 to 20 years of age run under the United Soccer Leagues umbrella.

2008 Roster

Year-by-year

Competition History

Notable former players

* Neathan Gibson
* John Michael Hayden
* Stephen Herdsman
* Greg Janicki
* Anthony Maher
* Stu Riddle
* Josh Tudela

Coaches

* Joey Barone 2005-06
* Mark Bell 2007
* Stephen Herdsman 2008-date

tadia

* Holland Municipal Stadium, Holland, Michigan 2004
* Stadium at Forest Hills Central High School, Grand Rapids, Michigan 2005-07
* Stadium at Mona Shores High School, Muskegon, Michigan 2005 (1 game)
* Stadium at Cornerstone University, Grand Rapids, Michigan 2007 (4 games)
* East Grand Rapids Memorial Field, Grand Rapids, Michigan 2007 (2 games)
* Stadium at Crestwood Middle School, Kentwood, Michigan 2007 (1 game)
* EK Stadium, Kentwood, Michigan 2008-date

Average Attendance

*2008: 125
*2007: 89
*2006: 298
*2005: 412

External links

* [http://www.EdgeSoccer.com West Michigan Edge]


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