Kansas City Brass was an American soccer team based in Overland Park, Kansas, United States, a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri. Founded in 1997, 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.

Kansas City Brass
Full nameKansas City Brass
Nickname(s)The Brass
Founded1997
Dissolved2013
GroundOverland Park Soccer Complex
Overland Park, Kansas
Capacity3,000
OwnersAlan Blinzler, Emilio John
Head CoachLincoln Roblee
LeagueUSL Premier Development League
20134th, Heartland
Playoffs: DNQ

The team played its home games on the Stadium Field at the Overland Park Soccer Complex, where they played beginning in 2011. The team's colors were blue and white.

History

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Kansas City Brass was owned by Kansas City United Soccer, Inc., a Kansas Not-for-Profit Corporation, formed in 1997 by Dr. Emilio John and Alan Blinzler, to serve two missions: to prepare graduating high school seniors for college soccer by introducing them to the level of speed and physical play found at the highest levels of college soccer; and to prepare players for the level of competition found at the First and Second Division levels of professional soccer. Since its beginning John served as President of the Brass and Blinzler acted as Chief Operating Officer.

The Brass assisted over thirty players in their quest to move from the amateur ranks to professional teams. In 2007 the Brass was inducted into the United Soccer Leagues Hall of Fame.

Players

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Year-by-year

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Year Division League Regular Season Playoffs Open Cup
1998 4 USISL PDSL 4th, Central Division Finals 1st Round
1999 4 USL PDL 5th, Heartland Did not qualify Did not qualify
2000 4 USL PDL 4th, Rocky Mountain Did not qualify Did not qualify
2001 4 USL PDL 5th, Rocky Mountain Did not qualify Did not qualify
2002 4 USL PDL 5th, Heartland Did not qualify Did not qualify
2003 4 USL PDL 5th, Heartland Did not qualify Did not qualify
2004 4 USL PDL 6th, Heartland Did not qualify Did not qualify
2005 4 USL PDL 3rd, Heartland Did not qualify Did not qualify
2006 4 USL PDL 3rd, Heartland Did not qualify Did not qualify
2007 4 USL PDL 3rd, Heartland Did not qualify 1st Round
2008 4 USL PDL 5th, Heartland Did not qualify Did not qualify
2009 4 USL PDL 6th, Heartland Did not qualify Did not qualify
2010 4 USL PDL 7th, Heartland Did not qualify Did not qualify
2011 4 USL PDL 4th, Heartland Did not qualify Did not qualify
2012 4 USL PDL 5th, Heartland Did not qualify Did not qualify
2013 4 USL PDL 4th, Heartland Did not qualify Did not qualify

Head coaches

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  •   Robi Goff (1998–1999)
  •   Jim Schwab (2000–2001)
  •   Jefferson Roblee (2002–2010)
  •  Burke Slusher (2002–2013) – associate head coach
  •   Lincoln Roblee (2011–2013)

Stadia

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Average attendance

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Attendance stats are calculated by averaging each team's self-reported home attendances from the historical match archive at https://web.archive.org/web/20100105175057/http://www.uslsoccer.com/history/index_E.html.

  • 2005: 114
  • 2006: 141
  • 2007: 202
  • 2008: 122
  • 2009: 128
  • 2010: 131

References

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