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Spokane Spiders

Full name	Spokane Spiders Soccer Club
Nickname(s)	The Spiders
Founded	2006
Stadium	Greyhound Park; Post Falls, Idaho (Capacity: 3,500)
Chairman	Alexander Brown
Manager	Jake Moug
League	USL Premier Development League
2009	10th, Northwest did not qualify for playoffs
Home colors Away colors

Spokane Spiders is an American soccer team based in Spokane, Washington, United States. Founded in 2006, the team plays in the USL Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Northwest Division of the Western Conference.

The team plays its home games at Greyhound Park in nearby Post Falls, Idaho, where they have played since 2009. The team's colors are red, black and white.

History

Spokane Spiders entered the PDL in 2007, continuing the tradition of top-level minor league soccer in Eastern Washington that began with Spokane Shadow in the mid-1990s. The Spiders, under head coach Dan Philp, began quite strongly, beating Tacoma Tide 3-2 and Cascade Surge 2-1 in their first competitive games. Spokane were generally strong at home for the duration of their freshman season, enjoying four more victories at Spokane Falls Community College, but their form on the road was abysmal: they conceded 38 goals away from home while scoring just 7, and lost all of their 8 games on their travels. The nadir was a shocking 0-11 defeat to Abbotsford Mariners on the final day of the season, which left the Spiders in 5th place in the standings, 33 points behind divisional champions BYU Cougars. Jake Moug was by far Spokane's dominant player, scoring 11 of their 25 goals himself, while Ben Funkhouser contributed 4 assists.

Things went from bad to worse for Spokane in 2008. Despite the appointment of new head coach Abbas Faridnia, the Spiders lost their first game of the campaign 3-0 at home to Yakima Reds; their next game was an impressive 5-2 win over Tacoma Tide on 'neutral territory' in Idaho which saw Jay Vela score a brace; unfortunately, this was the high point of the season. Spokane took just eight points the entire rest of the season - a 1-1 tie with Cascade Surge, a battling 3-2 win over Yakima again, a 3-3 tie with Abbotsford Mariners, and a surprising 3-0 win over Vancouver Whitecaps Residency at home in their penultimate match of the season. Everything else was a struggle - Tacoma made up for their early season defeat with a 5-0 walloping at the end of May, Yakima put five past them in late June, and Cascade ended Spokane's season on a sour note with another 5-goal drubbing in the final game. Spokane were rooted to the bottom of the Northwest Division for much of the campaign, and finished three points adrift of Cascade in 8th place. Jay Vela was Spokane's top scorer, with just three goals, although Scott Davidson did tally four assists.

Players

Current roster

as at June 19, 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 Jeff Srock 1 GK Seth Baker 2 DF Dan Philp 3 MF Tyler Falco 4 MF Keith Realing 5 FW Tye Perdido 6 DF Tim Muravez 7 FW Grant Falco 8 FW Conor Baranski 10 FW John Prugh 11 FW Jake Moug 13 MF Andrew Mastronardi 14 FW Jay Vela 15 DF Ben Rotert 16 MF Nick Love

No.   Position Player 17 MF Adam Crossingham 18 FW Dustin Allbery 19 DF Blaze Vela 20 MF Mitchell Weller 21 DF Avery Washington 22 MF Zach Smith 23 FW Pete Peterson 24 MF Jesse Dunbar 25 MF Zachary Yeager 27 MF Jesse Retan 00 GK Eric Kurimura DF Rawley Doggett DF Matt Miller GK Joshua Peck DF Jeffrey Wallace

Notable former players

• Austin Washington

Year-by-year

Head coaches

• Dan Philp (2007)
• Abbas Faridnia (2008)
• Jake Moug (2009-present)

Stadia

• Spokane Falls Stadium; Spokane, Washington (2007-2008)
• Plantes Ferry Park; Spokane, Washington, 1 game (2007)
• Greyhound Park; Post Falls, Idaho, (2008-present)

Average attendance

External links

Spokane Spiders

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