Columbus Shooting Stars

Columbus Shooting Stars

Full name	Columbus Shooting Stars
Nickname(s)	The Shooting Stars
Founded	2003
Ground	Crew Stadium (Capacity: 22,555)
Chairman	Joe Milano Jr.
Manager	Lesh Shkreli
League	USL Premier Development League
2003	7th, Great Lakes Division
Home colours Away colours

Columbus Shooting Stars were an American soccer team, founded in 2003, and was a member of the United Soccer Leagues Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, for just one season. They remained a franchise during the 2004 season, but did not play a game, and left the league and when the franchise was terminated at the end of that year.

They played their home games at Columbus Crew Stadium in the city of Columbus, Ohio, which they shared with Major League Soccer franchise Columbus Crew. The team's colors were red, white and blue.

Final Squad

vs West Michigan Edge, 20 July 2003 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 Michael Franks 2 MF Sasha Barber 6 MF Bradley Myers 7 FW Mamady Koita 8 DF Daniel Crew 9 FW Jason Goggins 10 MF Peter Withers 11 DF Jared Dombrowski

No. Position Player 12 FW Tiger Fitzpatrick 13 FW Gary Berry 14 MF Jordan Davis 17 DF Chiedu Chukwumah 19 MF Adam Schager 20 DF Matthew McCune 22 MF Joshua Riddle

Year-by-year

Year	Division	League	Reg. Season	Playoffs	Open Cup
2003	4	USL PDL	7th, Great Lakes	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2004	/	/	on hiatus	/	/

Competition History

Notable former players

• Tiger Fitzpatrick
• Oliver Konteh
• Tony Labudovski
• Danny O'Rourke
• Kyle Veris

Coaches

• Lesh Shkreli 2003

Stadia

• Crew Stadium, Columbus, Ohio 2003

Average Attendance