Greenville Lions

For the baseball team, see Greenville Lions (baseball).

Greenville Lions

Full name	Greenville Lions
Nickname(s)	The Lions
Founded	2001
Ground	Sirrine Stadium (Capacity: 15,000)
Manager	Garth Pollonais
League	USL Premier Development League
2003	5th, Mid Atlantic Division
Home colours Away colours

Greenville Lions were an American soccer team, founded in 2001, and was a member of the United Soccer Leagues D-3 Pro League and Premier Development League (PDL), the third and fourth tiers of the American Soccer Pyramid, until 2003, when the team left the league and the franchise was terminated.

The Lions played their home games at Sirrine Stadium on the grounds of Greenville High School in the city of Greenville, South Carolina.

Final Squad

vs Raleigh Elite, 19 July 2003 Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 0 GK Hunter Gilstrap 2 MF Oskar Bringsved 4 DF Brandon Moncrief 5 DF McNeil Cronin 6 FW Haven Bruce 7 DF Todd Ulrich 8 MF Kenny Cutler 10 FW Johnathan Wilson 12 MF Bradley Gibson

No. Position Player 13 DF Scott Mora 14 MF Joel Grisby 15 DF Diego Vacca Buitrago 21 FW Nick Hansell 22 DF Cesar Flores 23 FW Andrew Molina-Benito 24 MF Padraig Ferriter 25 MF Hajime Kato 30 GK Chris Simonsen

Year-by-year

Year	Division	League	Reg. Season	Playoffs	Open Cup
2001	3	USL D-3 Pro League	3rd, Southern	Final	Did not qualify
2002	3	USL D-3 Pro League	2nd, Southern	1st Round	2nd Round
2003	4	USL PDL	6th, Mid-Atlantic	Did not qualify	Did not qualify

Notable former players

• Kyle Brown
• Kenny Cutler
• Hunter Gilstrap
• Anthony Stovall

Coaches

• Garth Pollonais 2002-03

Stadia

• Sirrine Stadium, Greenville, South Carolina 2003