Before folding, the team played its final season in the USL D3 Pro Soccer League in 2001.

[2] The first year in the A-League was fraught with financial problems and lack of a regular training facility.

Boulton resigned following the completion of the first year to take up the State Director of Coaching position in Mississippi.

The Wildfire were the official 'farm team' for the New England Revolution of Major League Soccer.

Notable former players on the Wildfire/Bulldogs roster include Jon Busch (1997) (who played for the US National Team in 2005) and Steve Nicol, (a legend with Liverpool FC in England, and the Scotland National team) both of whom have also found success in Major League Soccer.