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Western Mass Pioneers is an American professional soccer team based in Ludlow, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1998, the team plays in the USL Second Division (USL-2), the third tier of the American Soccer Pyramid. The team plays its home games at Lusitano Stadium, where they have played since 1998. The team's colors are red, black and white. Their current head coach is Pole Leszek Wrona. The team has a sister organization, the Western Mass Lady Pioneers, who play in the women's USL W-League.
[edit] HistoryIn August 1997, the USISL announced it had awarded an expansion franchise to Gremio Lusitano, an amateur soccer club based in Ludlow, Massachusetts. The USISL had set a condition for new teams which prohibited ethnic team names which prevented the club from using the name Gremio or Lusitano. Therefore, the town's two newspapers, the Union-News and Sunday Republican, held a week long "name the team" contest which resulted in the selection of Pioneers.[1] In October 1997, general manager Rick Andre named Leszek Wrona, who had both played for and coached Gremio Lusitan, as head coach of the Pioneers.[2] In September 1999, the Pioneers expressed an interest in moving up to the A-League after winning the USL D-3 Pro League.[3] However, the team elected to remain in the D-3 Pro League. In 2001, John Voight replaced Wrona has head coach. Wrona would return in 2005, leave in 2007 and return again in 2008. By 2003, the team was fielding ten Junior Pioneer youth teams which competed in the Super Y-League.[4] Through all these years, the team has remained under the ownership of Gremio Lusitano. [edit] Players[edit] Current rosteras at October 11, 2009
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