San Gabriel Valley Highlanders
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San Gabriel Valley Highlanders were an American soccer team, founded in 1997 by a group of Armenian American businessmen and soccer fans as a competitive branch of the locally-based Ararat Soccer Club. The team was a member of the United Soccer Leagues
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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
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, until 2001, after which the team left the league and the franchise was terminated, them having suffered a disastrous final campaign where they lost 17 games out of 20. The Highlanders were PDL champions in 1998.

They played their home games at the stadium on the grounds of Glendale High School
Glendale High School (Glendale, California)
Glendale High School is a high school located at 1440 Broadway Avenue East in Glendale, California. The school is the Flagship School of the Glendale Unified School District.-History:...

 in the city of Glendale, California
Glendale, California
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. The team's colors were blue and white.

Year-by-year

Year Division League Reg. Season Playoffs Open Cup
1997 "4" USL PDSL 1st, Southwest Third Did not qualify
1998 "4" USL PDSL 2nd, Southwest Champions First Round
1999 "4" USL PDL 4th, Southwest Did not qualify Did not qualify
2000 "4" USL PDL 4th, Southwest Did not qualify First Round
2001 "4" USL PDL 5th, Southwest Did not qualify Did not qualify
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