Memphis Express were an American soccer team, founded in 2002. The team was a member of the United Soccer Leagues

United Soccer Leagues

The United Soccer Leagues is the organizer of several soccer leagues with teams in the United States, Canada and the Caribbean. It includes men's and women's leagues, both professional and amateur. Leagues currently organized are the USL Pro, the USL Premier Development League, the W-League, and...

 Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid

American Soccer Pyramid

The United States soccer pyramid is a term used in soccer to describe the structure of the league system in the United States. The country's governing body for the sport, the United States Soccer Federation , oversees the system but does not operate any of its component leagues—with one temporary...

, until 2005, when the team left the league and the franchise was terminated.

The Express played their home games in the stadium on the grounds of Collierville High School in Collierville, Tennessee

Collierville, Tennessee

Collierville is a town in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, and a suburb located in the Memphis metropolitan area. The town had a population of 43,965 at the 2010 census....

, 31 miles east of downtown Memphis

Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers....

. The team's colors were white, purple and black.

Final Squad

vs Laredo Heat

Laredo Heat

Laredo Heat is an American soccer team based in Laredo, Texas, United States. Founded in 2004, the team plays in the USL Premier Development League , the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Mid South Division of the Southern Conference....

, 22 July 2005

Year-by-year

Year	Division	League	Regular Season	Playoffs	Open Cup
2002	4	USL PDL	1st, Mid-South	Conference Semifinals	Second Round
2003	4	USL PDL	2nd, Mid-South	National Semifinals	Did not qualify
2004	4	USL PDL	3rd, Mid-South	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2005	4	USL PDL	7th, Mid-South	Did not qualify	Did not qualify

Notable former players

Michael Kraus

Michael Kraus

Michael Kraus is an American soccer player.-College and Amateur:Kraus played college soccer at Creighton University, where he was named the Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year in 2006, the same year he served as Creighton's team captain. He was named First-Team All-MVC in 2006 and...

 Cormac McArdle

Cormac McArdle

Cormac McArdle is an Irish soccer player currently playing for Newry City F.C..-United States:McArdle attended the University of Memphis from 2003-2006 where he played on the men's soccer team, the Memphis Tigers...

 Tony McManus

Tony McManus (soccer)

Anthony "Tony" McManus is an American soccer player who currently plays for the Carolina RailHawks in the North American Soccer League.-College and Amateur:...

 Dayton O'Brien

Dayton O'Brien

Dayton O’Brien is an American soccer player, currently without a club.-Youth:O’Brien grew up in Memphis, Tennessee where he played for the Memphis Rangers youth club. O’Brien and his Rangers team mates won the Tennessee state championship in 1998 and 2001...

Stadia

• Mike Rose Soccer Complex
  Mike Rose Soccer Complex
  The Mike Rose Soccer Complex is a complex of 16 soccer fields and one 2,500-capacity stadium located in Memphis, Tennessee.The complex and stadium were completed in 2001 at a cost of around USD$4 million. The complex is home to many clubs in the Memphis area, as well as regional tournaments and the...
  
  , Memphis, Tennessee
  Memphis, Tennessee
  Memphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers....
  
   2003
• Stadium at Collierville High School, Collierville, Tennessee
  Collierville, Tennessee
  Collierville is a town in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, and a suburb located in the Memphis metropolitan area. The town had a population of 43,965 at the 2010 census....
  
  2004-05