Worcester Kings were an American soccer team, founded in 2002, who were members 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 2003, after which the team left the league and the franchise was terminated.

The Kings played their home games at the John Coughlin Memorial Field on the campus of Worcester State College

Worcester State College

Worcester State University is a public, four-year college founded in 1874 as Worcester Normal School in the city of Worcester, Massachusetts. Although WSC traditionally has an emphasis on education, business, and biotechnology, the College offers Bachelors and Masters degrees in over 20 academic...

 in the city of Worcester, Massachusetts

Worcester, Massachusetts

Worcester is a city and the county seat of Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. Named after Worcester, England, as of the 2010 Census the city's population is 181,045, making it the second largest city in New England after Boston....

.

Final Squad

vs Rhode Island Stingrays

Rhode Island Stingrays

Rhode Island Stingrays was an American soccer team based in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1995, the team played in the USL Premier Development League , the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, until 2009, after which the franchise folded and the team left the league.The...

, 19 July 2003

Year-by-year

Year	Division	League	Reg. Season	Playoffs	Open Cup
2002	4	USL PDL	4th, Northeast	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2003	4	USL PDL	9th, Northeast	Did not qualify	Did not qualify

Notable former players

Jim Cherneski

Jim Cherneski

Jim Cherneski is an American soccer player, currently player-manager for Crystal Palace Baltimore in the USSF Division 2 Professional League...

 Josh Cole Stephen Keel

Stephen Keel

Stephen Keel is an American soccer player who plays for New York Red Bulls in Major League Soccer.-College and Amateur:...

 John Krause

John Krause

John Krause is an American-born Puerto Rican international footballer who currently plays for Carolina RailHawks in the North American Soccer League.-College and amateur:...

 Michael Parkhurst

Michael Parkhurst

Michael Parkhurst is an American soccer player. He plays primarily as center back for F.C. Nordsjælland in the Danish Superliga...