Ajax America Women

Ajax America Women

Full name	Ajax America Women Ajax Sportsklubben Fram
Founded	mid-1970s
Stadium	Nansen Field
League	Women's Premier Soccer League
2012	3rd, Pacific South Division
Home colors Away colors

Ajax America Women is an American women's soccer team, founded in the mid-1970s by Fred Van Soest. Fred Van Soest went to the Netherlands and spoke with the Amsterdam Football Club Ajax (AFC Ajax) and asked if he could use their name and logo for a US women's soccer team and they agreed. Ajax is historically one of the most successful clubs in the world, according to the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS). In 1985, Ajax women's team was the first women's team to play in international companion in Brazil; they took 2nd to West Germany. They are also the most successful team in the history of the USASA National Women's Cup, taking the title five times over a ten-year period, their most recent win being in 2007.

The team is now a member of the Women's Premier Soccer League, the second tier of women's soccer in the United States and Canada. The team plays in the South Division of the Pacific Conference, their home stadium being Nansen Field in the city of Rolling Hills Estates, California, 15 miles south of downtown Los Angeles. The team's colors are navy blue and white.

Players

Current roster

Year-by-year

Year	Division	League	Reg. Season	Playoffs	National Cup
1998					Champions
1999
2000					Champions
2001	2	WPSL		Champions
2002	2	WPSL
2003	2	WPSL			Champions
2004	2	WPSL			Champions
2005	2	WPSL	2nd, West
2006	2	WPSL	1st, West
2007	2	WPSL	1st, West	National Semifinals	Champions
2008	2	WPSL	2nd, Pacific South	Champions
2009	2	WPSL	1st, Pacific South	National Final
2010	2	WPSL	1st, Pacific South	National Final
2011	2	WPSL	3rd, Pacific South	Did not qualify
2012	2	WPSL	3rd, Pacific South	Did not qualify
2013	2	WPSL	4th, Pacific South	Did not qualify

Honors

• WPSL Champions
  • Winners (2): 2001, 2008
  • Runners-up (2): 2009, 2010
• USASA National Women's Cup
  • Winners (5): 1998, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2007
• USASA National Women's Amateur
  • Winners (2): 1992, 1993
• 2012 Las Vegas Silver Mug Champions
• 2013 Las Vegas Silver Mug Champions

Coaches

• 1996-2010 Brian Boswel
• 1998-2012 Kenyon Lohn
• 2016 Romeo Aguinaldo
• 2017–Present^[when?] Jack Gidney

Stadia

• Nansen Field; Rolling Hills Estates, California 2000–present

References

External links

• "Parent club's site". Archived from the original on 2012-04-24.
• "Official site". Archived from the original on 2009-06-23.
• "WPSL Ajax America Women page". Archived from the original on 2009-03-02.