Fresno Football Club was an American professional soccer team based in

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. Founded in 2017, the team was a member of the

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, a second-tier league in the American Soccer Pyramid. Their first game took place on March 17, 2018. The team folded on October 29, 2019, after the ownership group was unable to secure construction of a

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. On December 19, 2019, team ownership announced that it was searching for a new location in California for the 2021

season. On February 1, 2021, the team's franchise rights were transferred to Monterey Bay FC, an expansion USL Championship team based in

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Colors and logo

The team colors were sky blue, San Joaquin navy blue, Fuego red. The logo of the team included the initials "AM", a memorial to the deceased wife of an investor. FFC chose the Fox as their mascot and secondary logo on November 7, 2017. The team was also referred to as The Foxes or Los Zorros in Spanish.

Sponsorship

Year-by-year

References

External links

* 2017 establishments in California Association football clubs established in 2017 Association football clubs disestablished in 2019 Sports in Fresno, California Former USL Championship teams Soccer clubs in California {{California-footyclub-stub