Reading United AC
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Reading United AC is an American soccer team based in Reading, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1995, the team plays in USL League Two, the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid.
Full name | Reading United Athletic Club | ||
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Founded | 1995; 29 years ago (1995) as Reading Rage | ||
Stadium | Alvernia University | ||
Owner | Berks Professional Sports | ||
Head coach | Casey Moore | ||
League | USL League Two | ||
2023 | 3rd, Mid Atlantic Division Playoffs: DNQ | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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The club plays its home games at Alvernia University. The club's colors are white, black, gold, and navy blue. United formerly fielded a team in the Super-20 League, a league for players seventeen to twenty years of age under the United Soccer Leagues umbrella.
Prior to the 2010 season, the team was known as the Reading Rage. On December 21, 2009, the Rage organization announced its agreement with Major League Soccer's Philadelphia Union to become their official minor league affiliate, and re-branded as Reading United A.C. with immediate effect.[1]
Reading United is one of only three teams in USL League Two history to reach consecutive league finals - reaching in 2018 and 2019.
The team has had a great deal of success promoting amateur players to the professional ranks, with over 130 former players having gone on to either play professionally, cap for their country in international play, or be drafted by an MLS team.[2]