Willamette Valley Firebirds
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Willamette Valley Firebirds were an American soccer team that played in Corvallis, Oregon
.
They began as the Palo Alto Firebirds based in Palo Alto, California
. They moved to San Jose, California
in 1994 and became the Silicon Valley Firebirds. They were renamed the Portland Firebirds after they moved to Portland, Oregon
in 1995. The next year they moved to Corvallis and became the Willamette Valley Firebirds.
Corvallis, Oregon
Corvallis is a city located in central western Oregon, United States. It is the county seat of Benton County and the principal city of the Corvallis, Oregon Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Benton County. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 54,462....
.
They began as the Palo Alto Firebirds based in Palo Alto, California
Palo Alto, California
Palo Alto is a California charter city located in the northwest corner of Santa Clara County, in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, United States. The city shares its borders with East Palo Alto, Mountain View, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Stanford, Portola Valley, and Menlo Park. It is...
. They moved to San Jose, California
San Jose, California
San Jose is the third-largest city in California, the tenth-largest in the U.S., and the county seat of Santa Clara County which is located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay...
in 1994 and became the Silicon Valley Firebirds. They were renamed the Portland Firebirds after they moved to Portland, Oregon
Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...
in 1995. The next year they moved to Corvallis and became the Willamette Valley Firebirds.
Year-by-year
| Year | Division | League | Reg. Season | Playoffs | Open Cup | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | N/A | USISL | 1st, Pacific | USISL Premier League | 5th, Western Northern | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | |
| 1997 | On hiatus | |||||||
| 1998 | On hiatus | |||||||
| 1999 | "4" | USL PDL | 1st, Northwest | 3rd Place | Did not qualify | |||
| 2000 | "4" | USL PDL | 6th, Northwest | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | |||