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2020–21 Stumptown AC Season
The 2020–21 Stumptown AC season was the club's second in the National Independent Soccer Association (NISA), second overall, and first under this name and management. Roster Players Staff * Rod Underwood – ''Head coach'' * Erik Imler – ''Assistant coach'' Competitions 2020 Fall season Initial details for the NISA Fall 2020 season were released on June 4, 2020. Prior to the season, the league announced both Stumptown Athletic and San Diego 1904 FC would go on hiatus for the fall. In early March 2021, NISA announced Stumptown AC would play in the Spring season with new ownership. American soccer executive Fred Matthes and Carrie Taylor were named team president and head of operations, respectively. 2021 Spring Season NISA Legends Cup NISA announced initial spring season plans in early February 2021, including starting the season with a tournament in Chattanooga, Tennessee with a standard regular season to follow. The tournament, now called the NISA Legen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stumptown AC
Stumptown AC, formerly Stumptown Athletic, is an American professional soccer team that plays in the National Independent Soccer Association (NISA). The club is based in Matthews, North Carolina, a suburb of Charlotte. History Following an initial bid in late 2017, the team was first announced by the National Independent Soccer Association on October 23, 2018 with plans to begin play in the inaugural 2019–20 season. Originally referred to in league press releases simply as "Charlotte", the name Stumptown Athletic was officially unveiled in June 2019. The name came from an early nickname for Matthews derived from the fact that farmers cut down so many trees to clear land that the town was left full of tree stumps. The team was originally owned by Christopher Clarke of Atlanta, a lawyer specializing in wealth management, and Casey Carr, a former college soccer player with the DePaul Blue Demons and an entrepreneur based out of Mecklenburg County. Carr also served as the club's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finley Stadium
W. Max Finley Stadium is the home stadium for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga American football, football team and Chattanooga FC (National Independent Soccer Association, NISA), a professional Division 3 soccer team. The stadium also hosts various high school sports and musical concerts. It is located in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States. The stadium, which opened in 1997, has a current capacity of 20,412, and hosted the NCAA Division I Football Championship, NCAA Division I National Championship Game from its opening season through 2009 NCAA Division I FCS football season, 2009, after which the game moved to Pizza Hut Park in the Dallas suburb of Frisco, Texas. The stadium will host the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association, TSSAA Football Championships in 2021 and 2022. The stadium is named in honor of W. Max Finley, former chairman of the Rock Tenn Corporation, who was an alumnus and active supporter of the University of Tennessee system. The playing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Kafari
Michael Kafari (born October 30, 1991) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder. Career College and Amateur Kafari played college soccer at the University of New Mexico between 2010 and 2013. While at college, Kafari appeared for Premier Development League side Austin Aztex in 2012. Professional Vancouver Whitecaps FC selected Kafari in the third round (No. 51 overall) of the 2014 MLS SuperDraft. However, he wasn't signed by the club, instead joining USL Pro side Charleston Battery. Kafari left Charleston without making a league appearance, but was later signed by Major League Soccer side Sporting Kansas City. After two years away from the professional game, Kafari signed with North American Soccer League side Puerto Rico FC in July 2016. He was released at the end of the 2017 season. On 22 April 2018, Kafari joined Swedish fourth-tier club Motala. On 27 August 2019, he joined New York Cosmos. In April 2021, Kafari joined National Independent Socce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diego Barrera
Diego Barrera (born March 25, 1987 in Bogotá) is a Colombian-born American soccer player. Career College and amateur Barrera is a professional american football player from California. He attended Thousand Oaks High School, and played three years of college soccer at Loyola Marymount University, where he was named to the College Soccer News All-Freshman Third Team, the All-WCC second team and the WCC All-Freshman Team in his debut year in 2004. He transferred to the University of New Mexico prior to his senior year in 2007. During his college career and beyond, Barrera played extensively with numerous Southern California teams in the USL Premier Development League, including the San Fernando Valley Quakes (twice), Hollywood United Hitmen and Ventura County Fusion (twice). He also made a Walmart TV commercial for the Fifa World Cup year 201Mom Knows Walmart Professional Barrera signed his first professional contract in March 2011, joining USL Pro club Wilmington Hammerheads. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Chaney
Christian Eric Chaney (born September 8, 1994) is an American soccer player who currently plays for Forward Madison FC in USL League One. Career Chaney played college soccer at Fresno City College between 2011 and 2014. In the summer of 2012, Chaney played with Mexican side C.D. De los Altos as an amateur player. Chaney has also played with Premier Development League side Fresno Fuego, where was a candidate for the League MVP in 2016, after scoring 13 goals in 12 appearances. After appearing in a friendly for Fresno Fuego against Armenian side Ararat Yerevan, Chaney was signed by the Armenian Premier League club. Chaney returned to the United States when he signed with United Soccer League club Sacramento Republic on August 12, 2016. In September 2016, Chaney appeared for San Jose Earthquakes in a friendly match against C.F. Pachuca. Chaney signed with newly hometown USL club Fresno FC on December 6, 2017. Following a stint in Malta with Mosta F.C. Mosta Football C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles Force
Los Angeles Force is an American professional soccer club based in Los Angeles, California, that plays in the National Independent Soccer Association (NISA). History On August 2, 2019, the National Independent Soccer Association announced the addition of Los Angeles Force ahead of the league's inaugural 2019 Fall Showcase. The club is affiliated with NISA Nation side FC Golden State Force. Stadium For the 2019 NISA Fall Showcase, the team played its home matches at Rio Hondo College in Whittier, California. Starting with the 2020 Spring season, the team moved to Los Angeles, and is using the newly renovated stadium on the campus of California State University - Los Angeles. During the 2021 fall season, the Force primarily used Valley High School's facility in Santa Ana, except for two matches at Championship Soccer Stadium in Irvine. For the 2022 season, the Force are using 6 different stadia, including Championship Stadium (1 match, plus another at Great Park's turf field ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germantown, Maryland
Germantown is an urbanized census-designated place in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. With a population of 91,249 as of 2020 U.S. Decennial Census, Germantown is the third most populous place in Maryland, after the city of Baltimore, and the census-designated place of Columbia. Germantown is located approximately outside the U.S. capital of Washington, D.C. and is an important part of the Washington metropolitan area. Germantown was founded in the early 19th century by European immigrants, though much of the area's development did not take place until the mid-20th century. The original plan for Germantown divided the area into a downtown and six town villages: Gunners Lake Village, Kingsview Village, Churchill Village, Middlebrook Village, Clopper's Mill Village, and Neelsville Village. The Churchill Town Sector at the corner of Maryland Route 118 and Middlebrook Road most closely resembles the downtown or center of Germantown because of the location of the Upcount ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maryland SoccerPlex
The Maryland SoccerPlex is a sports complex in Germantown, Maryland, although its mailing address is Boyds, Maryland. The facility, completed in 2000 and operated by the Maryland Soccer Foundation (MSF), has 21 natural grass fields, 3 artificial turf fields, and 8 indoor convertible basketball/volleyball courts. In the park there are also two miniature golf courses, a splash park, a driving range, an archery course, community garden, model boat pond, a bike park featuring a linked jump line and a pump track, tennis center, and a swim center. Planning and funding The Maryland SoccerPlex was completed in 2000 with $15 million raised by a group of Montgomery County, Maryland soccer parents led by Discovery Communications chairman John Hendricks and his wife Maureen (also co-founders of Washington Freedom soccer team) through private donations and government-backed bonds. It was built as a private-public partnership between the Maryland Soccer Foundation, created in 1997 to build and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kay Banjo
Olakunle "Kay" Banjo (born December 3, 1992) is an American soccer player who currently plays for Maryland Bobcats FC. Career Youth and college Banjo played four years of college soccer, three year at Towson University, before moving to University of Maryland, Baltimore County in 2014. Banjo finished his degree at Towson after the university's soccer program was dissolved and enrolled at UMBC as a graduate student. In 2013, Banjo scored two goals for the Screaming Eagles of the Maryland International Soccer League as the team defeated the Maryland Bays 4–2 in the Rowland Cup final, Maryland's qualifying tournament for the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. The victory put the club within two wins of the tournament proper. The team defeated the Aegean Hawks 1–0 in the next round to put them within one win of the tournament. However, the Screaming Eagles were determined to have fielded multiple players who were not cleared by the USSF and the victory was given to the Hawks prio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maryland Bobcats FC
Maryland Bobcats FC, formerly World Class Premier Elite (WCPE), are an American soccer team and academy based in Montgomery County, Maryland, which was founded in 2016. The organization's professional team competes within the National Independent Soccer Association in the third division of U.S. Soccer. The Bobcats also field teams in both the Maryland Super Soccer League and Eastern Premier Soccer League. History Local and national amateur leagues The club began as a men's amateur team as a way for friends to continue to stay in touch and for players to stay match fit when looking for potential professional playing opportunities. It went through name multiple name changes, settling on World Class Premier Elite as the club was gaining prominence. The club ended up having two men's teams playing in separate areas of the metro Washington D.C. area. WCP were the 2018 Spring Season champions in both the Washington Premier League (WPL) and Maryland Major Soccer League (MMSL). Both leagu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Amsterdam FC
New Amsterdam Football Club is an American professional soccer club based in Hempstead, New York. The club competes in the National Independent Soccer Association, the third tier of American soccer. New Amsterdam FC was established on April 20, 2020, and began play in July 2020. The club was founded by both Laurence Girard and Maximilian Mansfield, with Mansfield serving as sporting director. History In November 2019 it was revealed by some journalists that a possible New York-based group had applied for a team in the National Independent Soccer Association, a new third division soccer league. It was then further reported in January 2020 that the investor involved in the New York group was rumored to be Laurence Girard, the CEO of Fruit Street. The name "New Amsterdam FC" was also rumored to be in consideration. A few months later, on April 20, it was officially announced that New Amsterdam FC would be the name for the New York based NISA side. The name is in reference to New A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Bryant (soccer)
Michael Bryant (born April 2, 1995) is an American soccer player who plays as a defensive midfielder or defender for Detroit City in the USL Championship. Career College & Amateur Bryant played college soccer at Elmira College in 2013, where he played three seasons for the Soaring Eagles – missing the 2014 season. In 2017, Bryant transferred to Northwest Nazarene University in Idaho to play his final college season. Professional Following college, Bryant captained NPSL side Orange County FC in 2017, 2018 and 2019. In September 2019, Bryant signed for NISA side California United Strikers ahead of the league's inaugural season. He appeared in six of the team's regular season games during the Fall 2019 season and scored his first goal on October 20 against San Diego 1904 FC. In the West Coast Championship against Los Angeles Force Los Angeles Force is an American professional soccer club based in Los Angeles, California, that plays in the National Independent Soc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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