San Diego Flash

Full name	San Diego Flash
Founded	1998
Stadium	Unknown (Capacity: Unknown)
Chairman	San Diego Soccer Partners
Manager	Jerome Watson
League	USL A-League
2001	2nd West
Home colors Away colors

The San Diego Flash is a Men's Outdoor Professional Soccer Club, based in San Diego, California. The team originally played in the A-League between 1998 and 2001.

The San Diego Flash was a professional men's soccer team, based in San Diego, California, that played in the A-League between 1998 and 2001. Previously, the franchise had existed as the Colorado Foxes. The club's founder and president was Yan Skwara. Head coaches included Ralf Wilhelms, Costa Skouras, Papo Santos, and Colin Clarke.

The club averaged approximately 2500 fans per game and played its home games at Southwest College and Mesa College. The largest crowd for a Flash match was 6500 at Mesa College for a US Open Cup match against Major League Soccer's LA Galaxy in 2000. In 2001, the La Jolla Nomads took over operation of the team and renamed it San Diego FC.^[1]

Flash players that went on to play in Major League Soccer include Joe Cannon, Jimmy Conrad, and Thiago Martins.

In its final year, Mary Kaliff served as the team's general manager. Jonathan Greene was the team's public relations manager and director of communications; by March, 2001, he had moved on to work with a San Diego women's soccer team, the Spirit. Zach Margolis was the teams Director of Community Relations and Gameday Operations.

The club is now reorganized under new ownership of the San Diego Soccer Partners, Inc., which is headed by former Flash owner Clenton A. Alexander who has brought back the previous San Diego Flash name.^[2] The team is planning to resume exhibition play in 2010 with an eye toward returning to league play in 2011. The current head coach of the team is Jerome Watson.

[edit] Year-by-year

Year	Division	League	Reg. Season	Playoffs	Open Cup
1998	2	USISL A-League	1st, Pacific	Conference Finals	Did not qualify
1999	2	USL A-League	1st, Pacific	Conference Finals	3rd Round
2000	2	USL A-League	2nd, Pacific	Conference Quarterfinals	3rd Round
2001	2	USL A-League	2nd, Western	Quarterfinals	2nd Round

[edit] References

1. ^ Makeshift F.C. opens with rousing victory San Diego Union-Tribune, The (CA) - Friday, April 20, 2001
2. ^ [1]

[edit] External links

• San Diego Flash logo with swoops
• San Diego Flash logo with lightning-style letters
• "San Diego Going Strong into it's Fourth Season" by Eric Bekins December 20, 2000, published at a league fan site; backgrounder on team's finances. Accessed February 14, 2007.
• A-League archives including match reports and standings from 2000 and 2001 seasons

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