Cocoa Expos was an American soccer team, founded in 1993. The team was a member of the United Soccer Leagues

United Soccer Leagues

The United Soccer Leagues is the organizer of several soccer leagues with teams in the United States, Canada and the Caribbean. It includes men's and women's leagues, both professional and amateur. Leagues currently organized are the USL Pro, the USL Premier Development League, the W-League, and...

 Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid

American Soccer Pyramid

The United States soccer pyramid is a term used in soccer to describe the structure of the league system in the United States. The country's governing body for the sport, the United States Soccer Federation , oversees the system but does not operate any of its component leagues—with one temporary...

, until 2007, when the team left the league and the franchise was terminated.

The team played its home matches at the Cocoa Municipal Stadium the city of Cocoa, Florida

Cocoa, Florida

Cocoa is a city in Brevard County, Florida, United States. The population was 16,412 at the 2000 census. As of 2008, the estimated population according to the U.S. Census Bureau was 16,478. It is part of the Palm Bay–Melbourne–Titusville Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:Cocoa was...

, approximately 45 miles from Orlando

Orlando, Florida

Orlando is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States...

. The team's colors were blue and white.

The team also had a sister organization, the Cocoa Expos Women, which played in the women's USL W-League, but which also folded at the end of 2007.

Final Squad

vs Central Florida Kraze

Central Florida Kraze

Orlando City U-23 is an American soccer team based in Lake Mary, Florida, United States. Founded in 1998, the team plays in the USL Premier Development League , the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Southeast Division of the Southern Conference...

, 8 July 2007

Year-by-year

Year	Division	League	Regular Season	Playoffs	Open Cup
1993/94	N/A	USISL Indoor	3rd, Southeast	Did not qualify	N/A
1994	N/A	USISL	1st, Southeast	Sizzling Nine	N/A
1994/95	N/A	USISL Indoor	2nd, North/South	Did not qualify	N/A
1995	N/A	USISL Premier	1st, Eastern	Runner-up	Did not qualify
1995/96	N/A	USISL Indoor	4th, Southeast	Did not qualify	N/A
1996	4	USISL Premier	1st, EASTERN Southern	Premier Six	Did not qualify
1997	4	USISL PDSL	1st, Southeast	Runner-up	Did not qualify
1998	4	USISL PDSL	2nd, Southeast	Regional Finals	Did not qualify
1999	4	USL PDL	2nd, Southeast	Conference Semifinals	2nd Round
2000	4	USL PDL	3rd, Southeast	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2001	4	USL PDL	1st, Southeast	Conference Finals	Did not qualify
2002	4	USL PDL	5th, Southeast	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2003	4	USL PDL	1st, Southeast	Conference Semifinals	Did not qualify
2004	4	USL PDL	2nd, Southeast	Conference Finals	2nd Round
2005	4	USL PDL	1st, Southeast	Conference Semifinals	Qualifying Round
2006	4	USL PDL	3rd, Southeast	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2007	4	USL PDL	8th, Southeast	Did not qualify	Did not qualify

Honors

• USL PDL Southeast Division Champions 2005
• USL PDL Southeast Division Champions 2003
• USL PDL Southeast Division Champions 2001
• USISL PDL Southeast Division Champions 1997
• USISL Premier League Eastern/Southern Division Champions 1996
• USISL Premier League Eastern Division Champions 1995
• USISL Premier League Southeast Division Champions 1994

Competition History

After joining the league in 1994 the Expos became one of the most successful and popular teams in the USL Premier Development League

USL Premier Development League

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. In their first three seasons, from 1994 to 1997, the team lost only three regular season games, and played in the Conference Championship game four times, in 1995, 1997, 2001, and 2004. During their 2001 preseason the Expos played former the Major League Soccer

Major League Soccer

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 franchise Tampa Bay Mutiny

Tampa Bay Mutiny

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 and lost only 1-0. In the year 2005 the Expos qualified for the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup

Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup

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for the third time. However, their final season in 2007 proved to be disastrous, the team losing 13 of 15 matches and scoring just one goal all season.