Kalamazoo Kingdom were an American soccer team, founded in 1996. 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

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, until 2006, when the team left the league and the franchise was terminated.

The Kingdom folded their franchise at the end of the 2006 season to re-focus their efforts on youth soccer in the Kalamazoo area, specifically supporting their teams for the Super Y-League

Super Y-League

The Super Y-League is the highest form of American and Canadian youth soccer. It consists of over 100 teams, many of which are operated by clubs from MLS to PDL.- Age groups :The Super Y-League has these following age groups:*U-12*U-13*U-14*U-15...

, as well as their own indoor soccer league.

They played their home games at Mayor's Riverfront Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan

Kalamazoo, Michigan

The area on which the modern city stands was once home to Native Americans of the Hopewell culture, who migrated into the area sometime before the first millennium. Evidence of their early residency remains in the form of a small mound in downtown's Bronson Park. The Hopewell civilization began to...

. The team's colors were red, white and black.

Final Squad

vs Cleveland Internationals

Cleveland Internationals

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, 22 July 2006

Year-by-year

Year	Division	League	Regular Season	Playoffs	Open Cup
1996	4	USISL Premier League	5th, Central Northern	Division Semifinals	Did not qualify
1997	4	USISL PDSL	3rd, North Central	Division Finals	Did not qualify
1998	4	USISL PDSL	3rd, Great Lakes	Division Semifinals	Did not qualify
1999	4	USL PDL	5th, Great Lakes	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2000	4	USL PDL	3rd, Great Lakes	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2001	4	USL PDL	5th, Great Lakes	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2002	4	USL PDL	4th, Great Lakes	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2003	4	USL PDL	4th, Great Lakes	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2004	4	USL PDL	4th, Great Lakes	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2005	4	USL PDL	5th, Great Lakes	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2006	4	USL PDL	4th, Great Lakes	Did not qualify	Did not qualify

Notable former players

Aleksey Korol

Aleksey Korol

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 Jacob Peterson

Jacob Peterson

Jacob Peterson is an American soccer player who currently plays for San Jose Earthquakes in Major League Soccer.-College and Amateur:...

 Stu Riddle

Stu Riddle

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 Robert Ssejjemba

Robert Ssejjemba

Robert Ssejjemba is a Ugandan professional soccer player who currently plays for Charlotte Eagles) in the USL Second Division....

 Josh Tudela

Josh Tudela

Josh Tudela is an American soccer player currently playing for the Los Angeles Blues of the USL Professional Division.-College and Amateur:...

 Cam Weaver

Cam Weaver

William Cameron "Cam" Weaver is an American soccer player who plays as a forward for the Houston Dynamo of Major League Soccer.-High School and College:...

Stadia

• Mayor's Riverfront Stadium, Kalamazoo, Michigan
  Kalamazoo, Michigan
  The area on which the modern city stands was once home to Native Americans of the Hopewell culture, who migrated into the area sometime before the first millennium. Evidence of their early residency remains in the form of a small mound in downtown's Bronson Park. The Hopewell civilization began to...
  
   2003-06
• McCamley Field, Portage, Michigan
  Portage, Michigan
  Portage is a city in Kalamazoo County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 46,292 at the 2010 census. It is the smaller of the two main cities included in the Kalamazoo-Portage Metropolitan Statistical Area, which has a population of 326,589 as of 2010.Portage is adjacent to the...
  
   2003-04, 2006 (4 games)
• Stadium at Mattawan High School
  Mattawan High School
  Mattawan High School is the name of the high school that serves the village of Mattawan, Michigan. The approximate total enrollment for Mattawan High School is 1,200 students....
  
  , Mattawan, Michigan
  Mattawan, Michigan
  Mattawan is a village suburb of Kalamazoo, in Antwerp Township, Van Buren County of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the village population was 2,536.-History:...
  
  2006 (1 game)