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2008: PA Classics starts
Lancaster Inferno, a women's team playing in the WPSL (Women's Premier Soccer League), along with a men's team playing in the
National Premier Soccer League, also called the
Lancaster Inferno. The women are coached by Doug Harris. The home field is
Hempfield High School's athletic stadium in
Landisville. •
2011: Inferno is no longer under the PA Classics umbrella, and plays under the sponsorship of the Penn Legacy Soccer Club. The team's name is changed to "Penn Legacy Inferno". •
2013: Inferno becomes independent, no longer associated with PA Classics or Penn Legacy. The team's name reverts to its former name, "Lancaster Inferno". •
2014: Lancaster Inferno is sold to Francisco Cleaves, who also begins operations as head coach. •
2015: Inferno changes its home field to
Millersville University's Pucillo Field in the
Lancaster suburb of
Millersville. •
2016: Lancaster Inferno leaves WPSL and joins
United Women's Soccer (UWS). •
2018: The team enters an agreement with Rush Soccer, to be recognized as the club's top level women's team. The team's name was changed to Inferno Rush, branding under the Rush Soccer brand, along with the
USL's
Penn FC. The Inferno became both the UWS East Conference Regular Season Champions, as well as beating the Connecticut Fusion to become the East Conference Playoff Champions. The Inferno went to the UWS National Championship held in
Grand Rapids, Michigan and defeated
Grand Rapids FC in the semi-final match. In the final match, Inferno faced the
Houston Aces and lost 1-0 in
extra time. •
2019: The agreement with Rush Soccer was terminated and the team reverted to its former name, "Lancaster Inferno". •
2024: The Inferno join the
USL W League as part of an expansion. •
2025: The Inferno plays 5 games at the
Lancaster Stormers' artificial turf stadium,
Penn Medicine Park. Lines on the field can be removed using water for baseball games. The new mascot, Fern, first appears at Inferno home games and was created by Keystone Mascots. ==Players==