Baton Rouge Capitals

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clubname = Baton Rouge Capitals


fullname = Baton Rouge Capitals
nickname = The Capitals
founded = 2007
ground = Olympia Stadium
capacity = 9,000
chairman = flagicon|USA James S. Vilas
manager = flagicon|Brazil Helio d'Anna
league = USL Premier Development League
season = 2008
position = 5th, Mid South Division

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Baton Rouge Capitals are an American soccer team, founded in 2007. 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 Mid-South Division of the Southern Conference, against teams from Austin, Dallas, El Paso, Houston, Jackson, Laredo and New Orleans.

They play their home games at Olympia Stadium in the city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The club's colors are red, black and white.

2008 Roster

Year-by-year

Competition History

Baton Rouge entered its first ever soccer franchise into the PDL in 2007, under the leadership of Bo Cassidy, a veteran coach and collegiate player at UMass Amherst. The Capitals started their inaugural season with three straight defeats, failing to pick up their first win until the fourth game of the season, 1-0 over fellow new boys Mississippi Brilla. The rest of the season followed a similar pattern: a sequence of defeats, followed by an impressive victory which seemed to signal a turn in fortune, only for the defeats to continue. Their highlight was a superb see-saw 3-2 win over the experience El Paso Patriots that featured a brace by striker Anthony Judice, but their inconsistency eventually left them in sixth place in standings, 15 points behind divisional champions Laredo Heat. Judice was the Capitals' top scorer, notching 5 goals; Irish international striker Joseph Lapira also made a valuable contribition, with 3 goals and 1 assist to his name.

Notable former players

* Joseph Lapira

Coaches

* Bo Cassidy 2007
* Helio d'Anna 2008-date

tadia

* Olympia Stadium, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 2007-date

Average Attendance

*2008: not yet available
*2007: 552

External links

* [http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2007/6188317.html Baton Rouge Capitals page on USLSoccer.com]
* [http://www.brcapitals.com/ Official Website]