2014 Rochester Rhinos season
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| Nickname(s) | Raging Rhinos |
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| Founded | 1996 (20 years ago) (on hiatus for 2018) |
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Capelli Sport Stadium Rochester, New York |
| Capacity | 13,768 |
| Owner | David and Wendy Dworkin |
| Head Coach | Vacant |
| League | United Soccer League |
| 2017 | 4th, Eastern Conference Playoffs: Conference Semifinals |
| Website | Club website |
The Rochester Rhinos are an American professional soccer team based in Rochester, New York, United States. Founded in 1996, as the Rochester Raging Rhinos, the team plays in the United Soccer League in the second tier of the United States soccer league system. The club is currently on a one-year hiatus from the league. They changed their name to Rochester Rhinos to start the 2008 season.
The team plays its home games at Capelli Sport Stadium, formerly known as PAETEC Park, where they have played since 2006. The team's colors are black, white and green. The team was coached by veteran head coach Bob Lilley. On November 30, 2017, the team announced that they would not play in 2018 while additional funding was sought.
The club is the only non-MLS team to have won the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup since the league's formation.
Rochester Raging Rhinos was founded in 1996 and played in the now-defunct original A-League until it merged with the USISL for the 1997 season, creating the new A-League. After reaching the championship game in 1996 they won their first league championship in 1998.
In 1999 the club made it to the final of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, where they defeated MLS club Colorado Rapids 2-0, becoming the first team from outside MLS to win the national cup since MLS's inception. This win was followed by two further A-League titles in 2000 and 2001.
A year after the A-League's renaming to the USL First Division in 2005, the Rhinos moved into the newly completed PAETEC Park, a 13,768-seat soccer-specific stadium and again made the championship game. he Rhinos were considered a candidate to be an expansion team at the MLS level when PAETEC Park was in the planning stages.
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