Charlotte Lady Eagles

Charlotte Lady Eagles

Full name	Charlotte Lady Eagles
Nickname(s)	Lady Eagles
Founded	1993
Ground	Charlotte Christian Stadium (Capacity: ????)
Chairman	Pat Stewart
Manager	Lee Horton
League	USL W-League
2010	2nd, Atlantic Division
Home colours Away colours

Charlotte Lady Eagles is an American women’s soccer team, founded in 2003. The team is a member of the United Soccer Leagues W-League, the second tier of women’s soccer in the United States and Canada. The team plays in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference against the Atlanta Silverbacks Women, Dayton Dutch Lions FC, Fredericksburg Impact, Hampton Roads Piranhas, Northern Virginia Majestics.

The team plays its home games at Charlotte Christian Stadium on the campus of Charlotte Christian School in Charlotte, North Carolina. The club's colors are orange, sky blue and white.

The Lady Eagles are a division of Missionary Athletes International (MAI), an organization committed to sharing the message of Christianity through sports ministry. They are a sister organization of the men's USL-2 franchise Charlotte Eagles, and the men's PDL team Southern California Seahorses.

Players

Current Roster 2009

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 Katherine Forbis 1 GK Laura Armstrong 4 FW Christine Rife 5 MF Julie Gailey 6 MF Tina Murphy 7 MF Beckah Brady 8 FW Nikki Lyons 10 DF Shelley Lyle 11 DF Ashleigh Gunning 12 MF Lulu Quigley 13 DF Tamires Gomes 14 FW Abby Crumpton

No. Position Player 15 FW Leticia Da Silva 16 MF Carrie Lorenz 17 DF Cory Alexander 18 DF Ashley Swinehart 20 DF Heather Dittmer 21 FW Laura Novikoff 22 DF Danielle Jordan 23 DF Jordan Elizabeth Edwards 24 DF Holly Rider 25 FW Hannah Gmerek 26 GK Shannon O'Brien

Notable former players

• Abby Crumpton
• Keely Dowling
• Kelly Schmedes
• Lydia Vandenbergh
• Annemieke Griffioen
• Hieke Zijlstra

Year-by-year

Year	Division	League	Reg. Season	Playoffs
2003	2	USL W-League	2nd, Atlantic
2004	1	USL W-League	2nd, Atlantic
2005	1	USL W-League	1st, Atlantic	Conference Finals
2006	1	USL W-League	1st, Atlantic	National Semifinals (4th Place)
2007	1	USL W-League	3rd, Atlantic	Did not qualify
2008	1	USL W-League	2nd, Atlantic	Conference Semifinals

Honors

• USL W-League Central Conference Champions 2006
• USL W-League Atlantic Division Champions 2006
• USL W-League Atlantic Division Champions 2005

External links

• Charlotte Eagles website
• Charlotte Eagles on USL Soccer