Riverside County Elite were an American

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team established in 1998 that spent the 2000 season in the USISL D-3 Pro League.

History

In 1998, Jack Fielding founded the Riverside County Elite as a U-21 team with the intention of eventually entering it into the USISL. He and his wife created the Riverside Soccer Development Corporation and entered into a partnership with the San Diego Soccer Development Corporation which operated the San Diego Flash. Fielding initially owned, operated and coached the team. In late 1999, Jan K. Skwara became the club CEO. In January 2000, the team hired Tom Evans as head coach. On April 16, 2000, the team replaced Evans with Rob Manriquez. In May 2000, it qualified for the

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. The team played its home games at West Valley High School in Hemet, California. Although successful on the field, the team never drew many fans and finished the season deeply in debt.''Elite saddled with debt, litigation'' Press-Enterprise, The (Riverside , CA) - Wednesday, December 6, 2000 Owner Jack Fielding folded the club in December 2000. :* Tim Gorman MF: :*Pompeyo Aguillera :*Jeremy Baker :*Omar Arzo :*Jauquin Cubarubias :* Sergio Cuevas :* Oscar Romo :* Juan Carlos Rocha :* Alex Gutierrez :* Cesar Garcia (Colton CA.) :* Danny Christ #17 DF :*

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:*Alex Glebou :* Danny Macedo :* Joe Owen :* Craig Dean #4 :* Cody Freas :* Ryan Meinhart FW :* Donald Laing :*Brad Thomson :* Mauricio Bertello :* Antonio Robles :* Danny Mann :*William Cummins :* Bryan Hill

Staff

* Cle Kooiman: Director of coaching * Tom Evans: Head coach * Rob Manriquez: Head coach * Pompeyo Aguillera: Assistant coach * Neil Armour: Assistant coach * Mike Christ: Assistant coach

Year-by-year

References

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External links

USISL Division III (D3) Professional League: Riverside County Elite

Defunct soccer clubs in California USL Second Division teams Hemet, California Sports in Riverside County, California 1998 establishments in California 2000 disestablishments in California Soccer clubs in California Association football clubs established in 1998 Association football clubs disestablished in 2000