Fort Wayne Fever

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Fort Wayne Fever
Full name	Fort Wayne Fever
Nickname(s)	Fever
Founded	2003
Ground	Hefner Stadium (Capacity 2,000)
Chairman	Tom Lapsley
Manager	Bobby Poursanidis
League	USL Premier Development League
2008	in progress
Home colours 　 Away colours

Fort Wayne Fever are an American soccer team, founded in 2003. The team is a member of the United Soccer Leagues Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, and play in the Midwest Division of the Central Conference against teams from Chicago, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo and South Bend.

They currently play their home games at Hefner Stadium in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The team's colors are white and black.

Contents 1 2008 Roster 2 Year-by-year 3 Notable former players 4 Fort Wayne Fever Academy 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] 2008 Roster

as at June 4, 2008

No. Position Player 0 GK Jonathan Bilinski 1 GK Michael Munroe 2 DF Misiko Bonivenger 3 DF Aaron Tulloch 4 DF Jamal Robinson 5 MF Nick Wilson 6 FW Jesse Sharp 7 MF Jacob Capito 8 DF Josh Sommers 9 MF Adrian l'Esperance 10 MF Gary Boughton 11 DF Robert Lynch 12 DF Tom Mangotic 13 MF Joshua Meier 15 DF Michael Walbridge

No. Position Player 16 MF Tyler McCarroll 17 MF Rich Balchan 18 DF Mark Weigand 19 MF Byram Muteshi 20 DF Trevor Peaslee 21 FW Philip Wilson 22 FW Harrison Heller MF Kegan Harkenrider DF Chase Jones DF Cameron Jordan FW Erick Oduor GK Rudy Ramirez DF Josh Scott FW Frederick Were

[edit] Year-by-year

Year	Division	League	Regular Season	Playoffs	Open Cup
2003	4	USL PDL	3rd, Great Lakes	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2004	4	USL PDL	2nd, Great Lakes	Conference Semifinals	Did not qualify
2005	4	USL PDL	4th, Great Lakes	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2006	4	USL PDL	6th, Great Lakes	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2007	4	USL PDL	7th, Great Lakes	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2008	4	USL PDL	in progress		Did not qualify

[edit] Notable former players

• John Michael Hayden
• Alex Hazelet
• Josh Tudela

[edit] Fort Wayne Fever Academy

The Fever Academy has some of the best club teams in the region in each age group, but the most known team from the academy is the '91 boys who are ranked 13th in the nation. The '91 boys have very talented players such as: Mark Weigand, Adrian L'esperance, Michael Walbridge, Jesse Sharpe, Kegan Harkenrider, and Gavin Chura.

[edit] See also

• History of sports in Fort Wayne, Indiana

[edit] External links

• Fort Wayne Fever
• Fort Wayne Fever Academy

USL Premier Development League – Midwest v • d • e Chicago Fire Premier • Fort Wayne Fever • Indiana Invaders • Kalamazoo Outrage • West Michigan Edge
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Competitions in American Soccer
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Cup Competitions in American Soccer
Open Cup MLS Cup Southwest Cup George F. Donnelly Cup

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