Tallahassee Soccer Club is an American

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club based in

Tallahassee, Florida Tallahassee ( ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat and only incorporated municipality in Leon County, Florida, Leon County. Tallahassee became the capital of Florida, then the Florida Territory, in 1824. In ...

that competes in the

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. It formerly played in the

Gulf Coast Premier League The Gulf Coast Premier League (GCPL) is a United States Adult Soccer Association affiliated Amateur Elite League that includes teams from Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. The regular season of the GCPL runs May through July. On ...

History

Tallahassee SC was founded on May 3, 2018, by residents of Tallahassee, FL,

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including Chris Petley, Mike Bonfanti and 4 others looking to bring a semi-professional soccer team to Tallahassee. In February 2019, Josh Bruno was named as the first head coach of the team. The club played its first ever match against the

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on May 4, 2019, in front of over 600 fans at the FSU Intramural Fields. Tallahassee Soccer Club GK Hugo Peruzzi was named GCPL Eastern Conference MVP and coach Josh Bruno selected Coach of the Year after TLHSC won the conference in its inaugural season. Additionally, Tallahassee SC had the most players selected to the East's Best XI team. Joining Peruzzi was forward Boneco Bazil and midfielders Johnny Fitzgerald and Aron Wimberly. Hugo Peruzzi, along with Lev Ari from Mobile F.C., were the only players from the Eastern Conference picked up for the ALL-CONFERENCE BEST XI GCPL 2019. On November 12, 2019, it was announced that Tallahassee SC would join the

in a newly formed Gulf Coast Conference that featured Tallahassee,

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, and NPSL mainstays the

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and

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Head coaches

* Josh Bruno (2019-2022) * Joel Di Castri (Current)

Stadium

* Gene Cox Stadium; Tallahassee, Florida (2021-Current) * Florida State University Main Sports Complex; Tallahassee, Florida (2019–2020)

References

External links

* National Premier Soccer League teams Sports in Tallahassee, Florida 2018 establishments in Florida Association football clubs established in 2018 {{Florida-footyclub-stub