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Valley United FC
Valley United FC was an American professional soccer club based in Phoenix, Arizona that played in the National Independent Soccer Association, in the 3rd tier of the US soccer pyramid, from 2022. History Valley United FC was founded in 2020 as Atletico Olympians FC and joined UPSL in the same year, as played in the Southwest Conference, Arizona Division. In the summer of 2021, the team also participated in 2021 NISA Independent Cup, as played in Southwest Region. In September 2021, the team announced they rebranded into the current name and then they joined NISA for the 2022 season. Valley United FC will be the first Latinos-owned National Independent Soccer Association club. The club will also take part for their first ever U.S. Open Cup for the 2022 edition. Valley United FC will be the third professional soccer team in Arizona alongside USL Championship side Phoenix Rising FC and USL1 club FC Tucson FC Tucson is an American soccer club based in Tucson, Arizona that pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bell Bank Park
Arizona Athletic Grounds (formerly known as Bell Bank Park, Legacy Park) is an American multi-purpose sports complex in Mesa, Arizona. It opened on January 7, 2022, before its Grand Opening on 4 February 2022, headlined by musician Lindsey Stirling. History Bell Bank Park is situated on the site of a former General Motors testing facility. In 2018, Mesa voters voted against a bond request for a state owned sports facility nearby and that paved the way for this facility. Ground was broken on the project in October, 2020. The facility is the vision of Legacy Sports, and was known as Legacy Sports Park before a 10-year naming rights deal was struck with Bell Bank. The facility was estimated to have cost $280million. Prior to completion, events were booked including the Jam On It amateur basketball tournaments, who committed to hosting events at the facility until 2032. Bell Bank Park opened with an event hosted by the Association of Pickleball Professionals Tour on 4 January ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Cáceres
Samuel Cáceres (born 20 March 1989) is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays for the New York Renegades in the United Premier Soccer League as a centre back. Career Cáceres began his career playing for the club "Real Luján" in Argentina. In 2006, he traveled to Portugal to play for Benfica. But having no passport had he was forced to return to Argentina and began playing for Atlético Independiente. Cáceres made his professional debut with Independiente in 2009 for the reserve team. Spending his entire career with Independiente and Nueva Chicago, Caceres is on loan to the New York Cosmos. In 2023, Cáceres played for the Hicksville-based New York Renegades FC in the United Premier Soccer League, also featuring for the team in their 2024 U.S. Open Cup qualifiers. Teams * Independiente 2009–2012 * Nueva Chicago 2012 and 2014 * Independiente 2012–2014 * New York Cosmos 2015–2016 * JDT II 2017 Titles * Independiente 2010 Copa Sudamericana The CONM ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sports In Phoenix, Arizona
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National Independent Soccer Association Teams
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Association Football Clubs Established In 2020
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Soccer Clubs In Arizona
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposition by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular framed goal defended by the opposing side. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45 minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries, it is considered the world's most popular sport. The game of association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 with the International Football Association Board (IFAB) maintaining them since 1886. The game is played with a football that is in circumference. The two teams compete to get the ball into the other team's goal (between the posts and under the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricardo Velazco
Ricardo Velazco (born May 26, 1993) is an American professional soccer player. Club career Youth, college and amateur Velazco spent two years with the Real Salt Lake AZ Academy before beginning his college career at Cal State San Bernardino. In his only season with the Coyotes, he made 14 appearances and tallied six goals and one assist. After his freshman year, he transferred to the University of Louisville. In his first year with the Cardinals, he made 20 appearances and recorded seven goals and nine assists on his way to being named First Team All-American Conference and First Team and First Team All-Midwest Region. In 2014, he made 22 appearances and recorded six goals and five assists. Velazco also played in the Premier Development League with FC Tucson. He was named PDL Young (U21) Player of the Year and was selected to the All-League and All-Western Conference Teams in 2014. Professional On March 7, 2015, Velazco signed a professional contract with Real Monarchs SLC, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyle Nelson (soccer)
Kyle Nelson (born January 7, 1997) is an American soccer player who currently plays for Flower City Union in the National Independent Soccer Association. Career Nelson played fours years of college soccer at Wofford College between 2015 and 2018, making 73 appearances, scoring 10 goals and tallying one assist. While at college, Nelson played for USL PDL side The Villages SC. On March 7, 2019, Nelson signed for USL Championship side Charleston Battery. On July 9, 2022, just hours after signing to play for the Michigan Stars, Nelson scored his first professional goal, a game winning header in the 89th minute of play. In total, Nelson saw 10 appearances with the Michigan Stars in 2022 en route to the NISA championship. Internationally, Nelson is eligible to represent the United States through birth, as well as Canada and Jamaica through ancestry. He is the son of Canadian-Jamaican sprinter Karen Nelson, who represented Canada in the women's 100 metre hurdles at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeffrey Otoo
Jeffrey Otoo (born 21 January 1998) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Valley United FC in the National Independent Soccer Association, and for the Rome Gladiators in the National Indoor Soccer League. Career On 1 June 2016, Otoo signed with Major League Soccer side Atlanta United FC from second division Ghanaian side Charity Stars. He spent the 2016 season on loan with United Soccer League side Charleston Battery. Otoo was released by Atlanta on 20 November 2017. On 27 August 2020, Otoo was named UPSL The United Premier Soccer League (UPSL) is an American soccer league that was founded in Santa Ana in Southern California, with teams in regionalized conferences throughout the United States, and recently Canada and Mexico. The league was foun ... National Player of the Week while playing for Ginga Atlanta. References External linksProfile at Atlanta United [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Diosa
David Diosa (born 4 December 1992) is a Colombian footballer who currently plays for Valley United FC in the National Independent Soccer Association (NISA). Personal Diosa was born in Medellin, Colombia and moved to the United States with his mother and sister when he was 11 years old. Diosa grew up in Jackson Heights and attended Martin Luther King High School. Club career In 2010, Diosa was a member of the New York Cosmos Academy Under-18 team. Diosa scored the first goal for a Cosmos side in 25 years when he scored for the U-18 team in a U.S. Soccer Development Academy match against Connecticut's South Central Premier. Diosa also scored in a match against Newtown Pride FC. In 2011, he was a member of the New York Cosmos Under-23 that participated in the Premier Development League. Professional career Diosa signed with the New York Cosmos on July 5, 2013 and made his professional debut in the Cosmos’ 1–0 victory over Atlanta on November 2, 2013, when he played 38 mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Gil (soccer)
Luis Miguel Gil (born November 14, 1993) is an American professional Association football, soccer player who plays for Union Omaha in the USL League One. Youth The son of Mexican immigrants, Luis Gil grew up in Garden Grove, California, where he started playing at the age of three. Gil attended U.S. Soccer Development Academy member IMG Soccer Academy in Bradenton, Florida in 2008 as a youth player. Career Club Gil turned professional when he signed a Generation Adidas contract with Major League Soccer in February 2010, spurning interest from major European clubs such as Premier League side Arsenal F.C., Arsenal. Having signed a GA deal after the MLS draft, Gil was placed in a weighted lottery to allocate him to an MLS club. The Kansas City Wizards won the rights to Gil despite the player having stated his preference before the lottery to play for a western-based club. MLS helped engineer Gil's trade to Real Salt Lake in exchange for an MLS International Roster Slots, internati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Howard (soccer)
Samuel O'Connell Howard (born December 23, 1992) is an American soccer player who currently plays as a goalkeeper for Hartford Athletic in the USL Championship. Career Howard attended La Salle University from 2013 to 2015. He graduated in 2015 and spent a graduate year at Howard University, making 92 saves in 18 appearances during the 2015 season. Howard also competed in the National Premier Soccer League for the ASA Charge in 2015. Howard spent the 2016 and 2017 seasons with IFK Åmål in the Swedish lower leagues. He made 68 appearances for the Swedish club, compiling a 48–15–5 career record that included 16 total clean sheets. Howard was signed by Fresno FC of the United Soccer League on April 13, 2018, for the remainder of the USL Season. Howard was signed after trialing with the Chicago Fire prior to the start of the 2018 Major League Soccer season. Howard was re-signed for the 2019 season, which was announced on 29 November 2018. Howard made no USL Championship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
