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| Full name | Hershey Wildcats | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | Wildcats | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Hersheypark Stadium (Capacity 15,641) |
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| League | A-League | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997-2001 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Hershey Wildcats were a professional soccer team, based in Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA, that played in the A-League between 1997 and 2001. Football club names are a part of the sport 's culture reflecting century-old traditions This is a of lists of the use of Nicknames in football (soccer. See also Big 33 Football Classic Hershey High School Star Pavilion The following is a list of Association football stadia. They are ordered by their capacity, that is the maximum number of spectators that the History In 1996 the United Systems of Independent Soccer Leagues established the new Select League consisting of its strongest teams from its professional FIFA Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( often colloquially referred to as PA (its abbreviation by natives and Northeasterners is a state located in the Northeastern The United States of America —commonly referred to as the History In 1996 the United Systems of Independent Soccer Leagues established the new Select League consisting of its strongest teams from its professional FIFA The team was owned by Hershey Entertainment and Resorts Company,After the 2001 season, the team was folded by the ownership, having decided that the team would not be successful financially. Hershey Entertainment and Resorts (aka HE&R and HERCO is a privately owned company of the Hershey Trust Company. The Wildcats name referred to a popular roller-coaster in Hersheypark. The Wild Cat is the name of a Wooden roller coaster previously located in Hersheypark, Hershey Pennsylvania. Hersheypark is an Amusement park located in Hershey Pennsylvania, in close proximity to the Hershey Chocolate Factory
Their home was Hersheypark Stadium, a facility that overlooks the popular theme park. See also Big 33 Football Classic Hershey High School Star Pavilion The stadium seats 16,000, but, in practice, only the east stands were used due to low attendance.
In what turned out to be their last game, they made the A-League final in 2001, losing to the Rochester Raging Rhinos. Rochester Rhinos is an American professional Soccer team founded in 1996 Players that played for the Wildcats and then went on to play in Major League Soccer include Jon Busch. Major League Soccer ( MLS) is the top-flight professional Soccer league in the United States and Canada with 14 teams 13 in the U Jon Busch (born 18 August 1976, in Queens, New York) is an American soccer goalkeeper who currently plays
| Year | Division | League | Reg. Season | Playoffs | Open Cup |
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| 1997 | 2 | USISL A-League | 1st, Atlantic | Division Semifinals | Round of 16 |
| 1998 | 2 | USISL A-League | 2nd, Atlantic | Conference Semifinals | 2nd Round |
| 1999 | 2 | USL A-League | 1st, Atlantic | Conference Semifinals | Did not qualify |
| 2000 | 2 | USL A-League | 3rd, Atlantic | Conference Quarterfinals | Did not qualify |
| 2001 | 2 | USL A-League | 1st, Northern | Final | 3rd Round |