Nashville Metros

Nashville Metros

Full name	Nashville Metros
Nickname(s)	The Metros
Founded	1989
Stadium	Ezell Park Nashville, Tennessee (Capacity: 3,500)
Owners	Lynn Agee Ken Premo Ken Renner Martin Sanchez Devinder Sandhu
Head Coach	Ricardo Lopez
League	USL Premier Development League
2011	5th, Southeast Playoffs: DNQ
Website	Club home page
Home colors Away colors
Current season

Nashville Metros is an American soccer team based in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1989, the team plays in the USL Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Southeast Division of the Southern Conference. The Metros are the longest continuously owned and operated soccer club in the country.

The team plays its home games at Ezell Park, where they have played since 1997. The team's colors are red, blue and white.

History

The Metros were founded by Lynn Agee and Devinder Sandhu. They began play in the Sunbelt Independent Soccer League (indoor) in 1990 but, due to a lack of indoor facilities, the Metros played their entire first season on the road, before finding facilities in Smyrna. The Metros continued to play indoors until 1996, but only managed to win six matches in six seasons. They played outdoors in the USL Premier League during much of the same period, with significantly better results.

The Metros then moved to the A-League second division in 1997, and began concentrating more specifically on outdoor soccer. They made their first U.S. Open Cup appearance in 1998, but were forced to reorganize in 1999 due to financial circumstances. The side became the Tennessee Rhythm and moved from Nashville to Franklin, but returned to their original venue in 2001, reverting to their original name at the same time. In 2002 the Metros moved down from the A-League to the PDL, mainly due to their ground’s substandard facilities, such as the lack of a press box.[1]

Players

Current roster

As of June 5, 2011.

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 James Holt 2 DF Sambou Tamba 3 DF Beh Leandre Pacome 4 DF Samba Amadou Bah 5 DF Gift Ndam 6 MF Ebrima Njie 7 MF Elijah Yazdani 8 MF Mandou Bojang 9 FW Jean Tshimpaka 10 FW Francisco Maciel 11 MF Edwin Bryan 12 DF Nick Dykes

No. Position Player 13 DF Jomo Cromwell 14 FW William Dugger 15 MF Osiris Valle 16 MF Stefan Vaziri 17 MF Juan Singhavong 18 MF J. J. Jackson 19 DF Matthew Reed 29 FW Victor Galicia 20 DF Jose Cardenas 21 MF Keegan Terry 23 FW Malang Fatty 30 GK Jordan Werner 29 FW Victor Galicia

Notable former players

• See also: All-time Nashville Metros roster

This list of notable former players comprises players who went on to play professional soccer after playing for the team in the Premier Development League, or those who previously played professionally before joining the team.

• Jay Ayres
• Jon Busch
• Danny DeVall
• Gabe Eastman
• Joshua Hill
• Steve Klein
• Richard Mulrooney
• Daryl Sattler

Year-by-year

Year	Division	League	Regular Season	Playoffs	Open Cup
1990/91	N/A	SISL Indoor	9th, Southeast	Did not qualify	N/A
1991	N/A	SISL	4th, Southeast	Did not qualify	Did not enter
1991/92	N/A	USISL Indoor	4th, Southeast	Did not qualify	N/A
1992	N/A	USISL	5th, Southeast	Did not qualify	Did not enter
1992/93	N/A	USISL Indoor	4th, Southeast	Playoffs	N/A
1993	N/A	USISL	6th, Southeast	Did not qualify	Did not enter
1993/94	N/A	USISL Indoor	6th, Southeast	Did not qualify	N/A
1994	3	USISL	5th, Midsouth	Divisional Semifinals	Did not enter
1994/95	N/A	USISL Indoor	4th, Mid-South	Did not qualify	N/A
1995	4	USISL Premier	3rd, Eastern	Divisional Semifinals	Did not qualify
1995/96	N/A	USISL Indoor	7th, Southeast	Did not qualify	N/A
1996	4	USISL Premier	4th, Eastern Northern	Division Finals	Did not qualify
1997	2	USISL A-League	2nd, Central	Division Semifinals	Did not qualify
1998	2	USISL A-League	1st, Central	Conference Quarterfinals	Quarter Finals
1999	2	USL A-League	6th, Central	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2000	2	USL A-League	5th, Central	Did not qualify	2nd Round
2001	2	USL A-League	4th, Central	1st Round	2nd Round
2002	4	USL PDL	4th, Mid South	1st Round	Did not qualify
2003	4	USL PDL	3rd, Mid South	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2004	4	USL PDL	4th, Mid South	Conference Semifinals	Did not qualify
2005	4	USL PDL	5th, Mid South	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2006	4	USL PDL	5th, South Atlantic	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2007	4	USL PDL	7th, Southeast	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2008	4	USL PDL	7th, Southeast	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2009	4	USL PDL	7th, Southeast	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2010	4	USL PDL	7th, Southeast	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2011	4	USL PDL	5th, Southeast	Did not qualify	Did not qualify

Honors

• USISL A-League Central Conference Champions 1998

Head coaches

• Greg Petersen (1998–1999)
• Brett Mosen (2000–2001)
• Andy Poklad (2002–2004)
• Rico Laise (1999, 2007–2008)
• Richard Askey (2009)
• Obed Compean (2005–2006, 2010)
• Ricardo Lopez (2011–present)

Stadia

• Ezell Park; Nashville, Tennessee (1997–present)
• Siegel Park; Murfreesboro, Tennessee 5 games (2007–2010)

Average attendance

Attendance stats are calculated by averaging each team's self-reported home attendances from the historical match archive at http://www.uslsoccer.com/history/index_E.html.

• 2005: 307
• 2006: 392 (8th in PDL)
• 2007: 361
• 2008: 308
• 2009: 162
• 2010: 215
• 2011: 349

External links

• Official Site
• Official PDL site