Chesapeake Dragons

Chesapeake Dragons

Full name	Chesapeake Athletic Dragons
Nickname(s)	The Dragons
Founded	2001
Ground	Maryland SoccerPlex (Capacity: ????)
League	USL Premier Development League
2004	6th, Mid-Atlantic Division
Home colours Away colours

Chesapeake Dragons were an American soccer team, founded in 2001. The team was a member of the United Soccer Leagues Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, until 2004, when the team left the league and the franchise was terminated.

The Dragons played their home games at the Maryland SoccerPlex in the city of Germantown, Maryland, 31 miles northwest of downtown Washington, DC. The team's colors were blue, silver and black.

Final Squad

vs West Virginia Chaos, 14 July 2004 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 1 GK Zak Thompson 2 FW Mark Murphy 3 MF Jonathan Bernard 4 DF Samuel Hale 5 DF Jeremiah Burke 7 MF Matt Allen 10 MF Kwame Steede

No. Position Player 12 DF Derek Phillips 14 MF Jamil Decker 16 MF Matthew Waddell 17 MF Raymond Beach 18 MF Hayes Wolfe 20 DF Kurt Borel 21 FW Ibrahim Diane

Year-by-year

Year	Division	League	Reg. Season	Playoffs	Open Cup
2001	4	USL PDL	7th, Northeast	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2002	4	USL PDL	4th, Mid-Atlantic	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2003	4	USL PDL	4th, Mid-Atlantic	Did not qualify	Second Round
2004	4	USL PDL	5th, Mid-Atlantic	Did not qualify	Did not qualify

Competition History

Notable former players

• Raymond Beach
• Michael Dello-Russo
• Dan Gargan
• Mike Lookingland
• Amir Lowery
• Trevor McEachron
• Noah Palmer
• Derek Phillips
• Brian Rowland
• Kwame Steede
• Abe Thompson
• Zak Thompson

Coaches

Stadia

• Bowie State Stadium, Bowie, Maryland 2003
• Maryland SoccerPlex, Germantown, Maryland 2004

Average Attendance