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Wilmington Hammerheads
Full name	Wilmington Hammerheads
Nickname(s)	Hammers
Founded	1996
Stadium	Legion Stadium; Wilmington, North Carolina; (Capacity: 6,000)
Chairman	Chuck Sullivan
Manager	David Irving
League	USL Second Division
2009	Regular Season: 1st; Playoffs: Semi Finals
Home colors	Away colors

Wilmington Hammerheads was an American professional soccer team based in Wilmington, North Carolina, United States. Founded in 1996, the team played in the USL Second Division (USL-2), the third tier of the American Soccer Pyramid. The team ceased operations after the 2009 season.^[1]

The team played its home games at Legion Stadium, where they had played since 2003. The team's colors were sky blue and white. Their final head coach was Englishman David Irving.

[edit] History

The Hammerheads had one championship under their belt from 2003 and were a finalist in 2002, losing to the Long Island Rough Riders 2-1. Wilmington had found great success in the US Open Cup in their later years regularly drawing MLS teams in the late rounds. Their most famous result occurred in 2003 when they drew the Dallas Burn, an MLS team, in the middle of a particularly bad year. They shocked the soccer world by defeating the Burn 4-1 at Legion Sports Complex before bowing out to DC United 1-0 in the quarterfinal round. The Hammerheads regularly drew well over 2,000 fans per game, and had drawn nearly 5,000 for playoff games. On June 30, 2009, the Hammerheads upset the Chicago Fire in the third round of the 2009 US Open Cup 1-0 at home.

[edit] Players

[edit] Final roster

No.	Position	Player
0	GK	Chris McClellan
1	GK	Daryl Sattler
3	MF	Rusty Pierce
4	DF	Tim Karalexis
6	DF	Dame Walters
7	MF	John DeVae
9	DF	Kenny Bundy
11	FW	Philip Hufstader
12	FW	Steven Curfman
13	FW	Chris Murray

No.	Position	Player
14	MF	Jyler Noviello
15	MF	Zeke Dombrowski
16	MF	Jeritt Thayer
17	MF	Ryan Solle
18	MF	Graham Tatters
19	DF	Aaron Parker
20	MF	Trey Alexander
23	MF	Jamie Franks
30	GK	Kyle Polak
33	FW	Chris Bagley

[edit] Notable former players

Brian Cvilikas
Jamie Holmes
Glenn Murray
John O'Hara
Jamie Watson
Junior Zarate
See also: All-time Wilmington Hammerheads roster

[edit] Year-by-year

Year	Division	League	Reg. Season	Playoffs	Open Cup
1996	3	USISL Pro League	3rd, South Atlantic	Semifinals	Did not qualify
1997	3	USISL D-3 Pro League	5th, South Atlantic	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
1998	3	USISL D-3 Pro League	6th, Atlantic	Division Semifinals	Did not qualify
1999	3	USL D-3 Pro League	2nd, Atlantic	Conference Finals	2nd Round
2000	3	USL D-3 Pro League	2nd, Southern	Conference Quarterfinals	2nd Round
2001	3	USL D-3 Pro League	1st, Southern	Conference Finals	Did not qualify
2002	3	USL D-3 Pro League	1st, Southern	Final	Did not qualify
2003	3	USL Pro Select League	2nd, Southern	Champion	Quarterfinals
2004	3	USL Pro Soccer League	2nd, Southern	Quarterfinals	3rd Round
2005	3	USL Second Division	4th	Semifinals	3rd Round
2006	3	USL Second Division	8th	Did not qualify	4th Round
2007	3	USL Second Division	7th	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2008	3	USL Second Division	7th	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2009	3	USL Second Division	1st	Playoff Semifinals	Quarterfinals

[edit] Honors

USL Second Division Regular Season Champions 2009
USL Pro Select League Champions 2003
USL D-3 Pro League Southern Division Champions 2002
USL D-3 Pro League Southern Division Champions 2001

[edit] Head coaches

David Irving (2006-2009)

[edit] Stadia

Legion Stadium; Wilmington, North Carolina (2003-2009)

[edit] References

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[edit] External links

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