The Chesapeake Dragons were an American
soccer
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team, founded in 2001. The team was a member of the
United Soccer Leagues
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Places
* United, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community
* United, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
Arts and entertainment Films
* ''United'' (2003 film), a Norwegian film
* ''United'' (2011 film), a BBC Two f ...
Premier Development League
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(PDL), the fourth tier of the
American soccer pyramid
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, until 2004, when the team left the league and the franchise was terminated.
The Dragons played their home games at the
Maryland SoccerPlex
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in the city of
Germantown, Maryland
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, 31 miles northwest of downtown
Washington, DC
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. The team's colors were blue, silver and black.
Final Squad
''vs
West Virginia Chaos
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, 14 July 2004''
Year-by-year
Stadia
*
Bowie State Stadium,
Bowie, Maryland
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2003
*
Maryland SoccerPlex
The Maryland SoccerPlex is a sports complex in Germantown, Maryland, although its mailing address is directed to Boyds, Maryland. The facility, completed in 2000 and operated by the Maryland Soccer Foundation (MSF), has 21 natural grass fields, ...
,
Germantown, Maryland
Germantown is an urbanized census-designated place in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. With a population of 91,249 as of the 2020 census, it is the third-most populous community in Maryland, after Baltimore and Columbia, Maryland, Col ...
2004
References
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Soccer clubs in Maryland
Defunct Premier Development League teams
2001 establishments in Maryland
2004 disestablishments in Maryland