Hershey Wildcats

Football club infobox | clubname = Hershey Wildcats


fullname = Hershey Wildcats
nickname = Wildcats
founded = 1997
ground = Hersheypark Stadium
capacity = 15,641
chairman =
manager =
league = A-League
season = 1997-2001
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The Hershey Wildcats were a professional soccer team, based in Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA, that played in the A-League between 1997 and 2001. The team was owned by Hershey Entertainment and Resorts Company,After the 2001 season, the team was folded by the ownership, having decided that the team would not be successful financially. The Wildcats name referred to a popular roller-coaster in Hersheypark.

Their home was Hersheypark Stadium, a facility that overlooks the popular theme park. The stadium seats 16,000, but, in practice, only the east stands were used due to low attendance.

In what turned out to be their last game, they made the A-League final in 2001, losing to the Rochester Raging Rhinos. Players that played for the Wildcats and then went on to play in Major League Soccer include Jon Busch.

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