West Michigan Edge
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| Full name | West Michigan Edge |
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| Nickname(s) | The Edge |
| Founded | 1995 |
| Dissolved | 2008 |
| Stadium | EK Stadium |
| Capacity | 6,000 |
| Chairman |
 Bob Dykstra |
| Manager |
Stephen Herdsman
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| League | USL Premier Development League |
| 2008 | 5th, Midwest Division |
West Michigan Edge was an American soccer team based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1995, the team played in the USL Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, until 2008, when the franchise folded and the team left the league.
The team played its home games at EK Stadium on the campus of East Kentwood High School in nearby Kentwood, Michigan. The team's colors were red, white and blue.
The club also fielded a team in the USL’s Super-20 League, a league for players 17 to 20 years of age run under the United Soccer Leagues umbrella.
The team played as Grand Rapids Explosion from 1995 to 1998, before changing names to West Michigan Explosion prior to the 1999 season, and adopting their final moniker in 2000.
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