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Los Angeles Highlanders FC
Soccer club
Los Angeles Highlanders FC are an American soccer team. They play their home games at Moyse Stadium on the grounds of Glendale High School in the city of Glendale, California.
| Full name | Los Angeles Highlanders FC |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | The Highlanders |
| Founded | 1997 |
| Ground | Glendale Sports Complex Glendale, California |
| Capacity | 10,000 |
| Chairman | Misak Tebelekian |
| Manager | Philip Hacopians |
| League | United Premier Soccer League |
The Highlanders were founded in 1997 by a group of Armenian American businessmen and soccer fans as a competitive branch of the locally based Ararat Soccer Club, to compete in the nationwide amateur soccer league, the USL Premier Development League. The club rose to the pinnacle of the league quickly, becoming playoff champions in only their second season in 1998, having defeated the previously unbeaten Jackson Chargers 3–2 in the PDL Championship game and ensuring a Southwest Division champion for the third straight season.[1][2][3]
Following the 2001 season the team ceased operations.
After a 15-year absence the club announced their return in January 2017 joining the United Premier Soccer League.[4]
| Year | League | W-L-T | Reg. Season | Playoffs | Open Cup |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | USL PDSL | 12–4 | 1st, Southwest | Third | Did not qualify |
| 1998 | USL PDSL | 11–5 | 2nd, Southwest | Champions | First Round |
| 1999 | USL PDL | 13–3 | 4th, Southwest | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2000 | USL PDL | 4–14–0 | 4th, Southwest | Did not qualify | First Round |
| 2001 | USL PDL | 1–17–2 | 5th, Southwest | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
- "1998 PDL Season in Review". www.USLsoccer.com. Archived from the original on 22 July 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
- "PDSL: 1998 Championship Results (Aug. 14–15)". Soccer America. 16 August 1998.
- "The Year In Soccer, 1998". American Soccer History Archives. Archived from the original on 2015-11-05.
- "UPSL Announces Los Angeles Highlanders FC As New Expansion Team". United Premier Soccer League. 25 January 2017.