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 (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, until 2009, after which the franchise folded and the team left the league.
The team played its home games at Robert J. Black Stadium on the campus of Rhode Island College. The team's colors were blue, white and yellow.
Year-by-year YearDivisionLeagueRegular seasonPlayoffsOpen Cup19953USISL Pro League5th, CoastalDid not qualifyDid not qualify19963USISL Pro League3rd, NortheastConference SemifinalsDid not qualify1996/97N/AUSISL I-League2nd, EastDid not qualifyN/A19973USISL D-3 Pro League2nd, NortheastDivision SemifinalsFirst Round19983USISL D-3 Pro League1st, NortheastDivision FinalsDid not qualify19993USL D-3 Pro League9th, NorthernDid not qualifyDid not qualify20003USL D-3 Pro League8th, NorthernDid not qualifyDid not qualify20013USL D-3 Pro League5th, NorthernDid not qualifyDid not qualify20024USL PDL3rd, NortheastDid not qualifyDid not qualify20034USL PDL4th, NortheastDid not qualifyDid not qualify20044USL PDL4th, NortheastDid not qualifyDid not qualify20054USL PDL7th, NortheastDid not qualifyDid not qualify20064USL PDL3rd, New EnglandDid not qualifyDid not qualify20074USL PDL8th, NortheastDid not qualifyDid not qualify20084USL PDL5th, New EnglandDid not qualifyDid not qualify20094USL PDL6th, NortheastDid not qualifyDid not qualify
Honors USISL D-3 Pro League Northeast Division Champion 1998
Head coaches Mario Pereira (2003–2009)
Stadia Pierce Memorial Field; East Providence, Rhode Island (2003–2008) Stadium at Kickemuit middle school; Warren, Rhode Island, 1 game (2005) Robert J. Black Stadium; Providence, Rhode Island, (2006, 2009) Stadium at Bryant University; Smithfield, Rhode Island, 1 game (2007)
Average attendance 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, and at Kenn.com https://kenn.com/blog/soccer/all-time-usl-league-two-attendance/, https://kenn.com/blog/soccer/all-time-usl-third-division-attendance/.
1995: NA 1996: 700 1997: 1,452 Playoffs: 1,505 Overall: 1,456 1998: 1,213 Playoffs: 1,368 Overall: 1,237 1999: 730 2000: 624 2001: 731 2002: 410 (14th in PDL) 2003: 632 (13th in PDL) 2004: 257 (37th in PDL) 2005: 332 (27th in PDL) 2006: 310 (29th in PDL) 2007: 305 (34th in PDL) 2008: 297 (39th in PDL) 2009: 181 (53rd in PDL)
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