Club Xolos USA U-23, formerly Deportivo Coras USA, is an American
soccer
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team based in
Riverside, California
Riverside is a city in and the county seat of Riverside County, California, United States, in the Inland Empire metropolitan area. It is named for its location beside the Santa Ana River. It is the most populous city in the Inland Empire an ...
and is affiliated with Mexican side
Club Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles de Caliente
Club may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* ''Club'' (magazine)
* Club, a ''Yie Ar Kung-Fu'' character
* Clubs (suit), a suit of playing cards
* Club music
* "Club", by Kelsea Ballerini from the album ''kelsea''
Brands and enterprises
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. The club currently competes in the
National Premier Soccer League
The National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) is an American men's association football, soccer league. The NPSL is a semi-professional league, comprising some teams that have paid players and some that are entirely amateur. The league is officially ...
in the Southwest Conference, having joined the league as an expansion team in 2014.
History
Deportivo Coras began as an amateur, affiliated soccer club in 1966–67, shortly thereafter joining the Belvedere Soccer League in East Los Angeles, where they'd win two championships in the 1967 and 1968 seasons. The club joined the California League in 1969, where they'd play for over 30 seasons before joining So-Cal Premier League.
Coras announced they would be joining NPSL on November 20, 2014, and played their inaugural season in NPSL in the 2015 season.
The club has an affiliation with Mexican club
Deportivo Tepic FC.
In November 2019, the club rebranded as Club Xolos USA U-23, establishing an affiliation with Mexican side
Club Tijuana.
Club Honors
* Socal Premier U-23 Champions: 2014
Rivalry
The team has one rival,
Temecula FC, commonly known as the Riverside County Derby for the simple fact that both teams are in the same county. The Xolos have typically dominated the derby, beating Temecula for four straight seasons (2015-18). In 2019, the first match which was held in Temecula ended up 0-0, while the second match hosted by Riverside resulted in the Quails first win against Riverside in the NPSL, the score was 2–1.
In 2016, the two teams began an off-season tournament called the Riverside County Cup which runs through October to November. The tournament is an open invitation to local NPSL and
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 ...
teams within Riverside county and surrounding areas. The Coras won the Cup for the first time on November 10, 2019, when the team defeated two-time defending champion Temecula, 4–0.
Notable players
''List of players that have gone to play professionally''
''Top goal scorer by NPSL season''
Staff
Coaches
Front Office
* Robert Lopez-Guardado - ''Majority Owner''
* Nora Lopez - ''Director of Business Operations''
* Jose "Chepe" Esqueda - ''Team Manager''
* Robert Vidrio - ''Sporting Director''
* Steven Ramirez - ''Director of Media/Writer''
References
External links
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Twitter
National Premier Soccer League teams
Soccer clubs in Greater Los Angeles
Association football clubs established in 1966
1966 establishments in California
Diaspora soccer clubs in the United States
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