Kansas City Brass

Kansas City Brass

Full name	Kansas City Brass
Nickname(s)	The Brass
Founded	1997
Dissolved	2013
Stadium	Overland Park Soccer Complex Overland Park, Kansas
Capacity	3,000
Owners	Alan Blinzler, Emilio John
Head Coach	Lincoln Roblee
League	USL Premier Development League
2013	4th, Heartland Playoffs: DNQ
Home colors Away colors

Kansas City Brass was an American soccer team based in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. 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.

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

History

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

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.

• Coady Andrews
• Taylor Bowlin
• Levi Coleman
• Edson Edward
• Kevin Ellis
• Kyle Greig
• Alex Horwath
• Jack Jewsbury
• Will John
• Kyle Miller (soccer)
• Bryan Pérez
• Ryan Raybould
• Lucas Rodríguez
• Michael Thomas

Year-by-year

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

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

Stadia

• Greene Stadium; Liberty, Missouri (2003–2010)
• Stadium at Liberty High School; Liberty, Missouri 2 games (2003)
• Blue Valley District Activity Center; Overland Park, Kansas 2 games (2003)
• Stadium at Excelsior Springs High School; Excelsior Springs, Missouri 3 games (2005–2006)
• Overland Park Soccer Complex; Overland Park, Kansas (2011–2013)

Average attendance

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

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

References