West Michigan Edge

Full name	West Michigan Edge
Nickname(s)	The Edge
Founded	1995
Stadium	EK Stadium (Capacity: 6,000)
Chairman	Bob Dykstra
Manager	Stephen Herdsman
League	USL Premier Development League
2008	5th, Midwest Division
Home colors Away colors

West Michigan Edge was an American soccer team based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1995, the team played in the USL Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, until 2008, when the franchise folded and the team left the league.

The team played its home games at EK Stadium on the campus of East Kentwood High School in nearby Kentwood, Michigan. The team's colors were red, white and blue.

The club also fielded a team in the USL’s Super-20 League, a league for players 17 to 20 years of age run under the United Soccer Leagues umbrella.

[edit] History

This section requires expansion.

The team played as Grand Rapids Explosion from 1995 to 1998, before changing names to West Michigan Explosion prior to the 1999 season, and adopting their final moniker in 2000.

[edit] Players

[edit] Final squad

No. Position Player 0 GK Jeremy Clark 3 DF Ryan Emerson 4 MF Adam Mena 5 FW Efrain Hernandez Miranda 7 FW Anes Suhonjic 9 DF Christopher Allen 10 FW Domenico Barone 12 FW Elfid Kovacevic 19 DF Ryan Robleske 20 MF Luke Norman

No. Position Player 22 MF Mark Barone 23 MF Spencer Thompson 24 DF Doug Ferner 30 DF Peter Hill 33 FW Louis Stephens 34 MF Tony Deakin 35 DF Joshua Rogers 37 MF Benjamin Pirmann FW Abderrezak Berkia

[edit] Notable former players

• Joel John Bailey
• Brady Bryant
• Neathan Gibson
• John Michael Hayden
• Stephen Herdsman
• Dave Hertel
• Neil Holloway
• Greg Janicki
• Anthony Maher
• Stu Riddle
• Josh Tudela

[edit] Year-by-year

[edit] Head coaches

• Joey Barone (2005-2006)
• Mark Bell (2007)
• Stephen Herdsman (2008)

[edit] Stadia

• Holland Municipal Stadium; Holland, Michigan (2004)
• Stadium at Forest Hills Central High School; Grand Rapids, Michigan (2005-2007)
• Stadium at Mona Shores High School; Muskegon, Michigan 1 game (2005)
• Stadium at Cornerstone University; Grand Rapids, Michigan 4 games (2007)
• East Grand Rapids Memorial Field; Grand Rapids, Michigan 2 games (2007)
• Stadium at Crestwood Middle School; Kentwood, Michigan 1 game (2007)
• EK Stadium; Kentwood, Michigan (2008)

[edit] Average Attendances

• 2008: 125
• 2007: 89
• 2006: 298
• 2005: 412

[edit] External links

• West Michigan Edge

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