Real Colorado Foxes were an American soccer team based in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, United States. Founded in 2008, the team played in the USL Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Heartland Division of the Central Conference.
The team played its home games at Shea Stadium from 2009 to 2015. The team's colors were red, black and white.
History
The Foxes joined the PDL in 2009,[1] and played their first ever game on May 9, 2009, against Kansas City Brass. The Foxes won the game 3–2, with the first goal in franchise history being scored by Chris Salvaggione.[2]
In 2011, the team qualified for its first Lamar Hunt US Open Cup by winning the first 4 games of the regular season. The Foxes then advanced to the second round by knocking out USASA's DV8 Defenders of Redwood City, California with a 5–0 convincing victory to fall short to Kitsap Pumas, another seasoned PDL side in Bremerton, Washington, by a score of 3–1.[citation needed]
Players
Notable former players
This list of notable former players comprises players who went on to play professional soccer after playing for the team in the Premier Development League, or those who previously played professionally before joining the team.
Attendance stats are calculated by averaging each team's self-reported home attendances from the historical match archive.[3]
2009: 114
2010: 80
2011: 191
2012: 268
2013: 165
References
^"Real Colorado adds PDL for 2009" (Press release). United Soccer Leagues. April 2, 2008. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved June 6, 2023.
^United Soccer Leagues (USL) Archived 2011-06-10 at the Wayback Machine
^"United Soccer Leagues (USL)". Archived from the original on January 5, 2010. Retrieved December 14, 2009.
Tesho Akindele
Joseph Chipolina
Chris Salvaggione
Leigh Davies (2011–2012)
