Los Angeles Highlanders FC are an American

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team. They play their home games at Moyse Stadium on the grounds of Glendale High School in the city of

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History

The Highlanders were founded in 1997 by a group of Armenian American businessmen and soccer fans as a competitive branch of the locally base
Ararat Soccer Club
to compete in the nationwide

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soccer league, the

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. The club rose to the pinnacle of the league quickly, becoming playoff champions in only their second season in 1998, having defeated the previously unbeaten

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3–2 in the PDL Championship game and ensuring a Southwest Division champion for the third straight season. Following the 2001 season the team ceased operations. After a 15-year absence the club announced their return in January 2017 joining the United Premier Soccer League.

Season-by-season

References

{{Reflist Soccer clubs in Los Angeles County, California Defunct Premier Development League teams Glendale, California 1997 establishments in California 2001 disestablishments in California