Ajax America Women is an American women's

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team, founded in the mid-1970s by Fred Van Soest. Fred Van Soest went to the Netherlands and spoke with the Amsterdam Football Club Ajax (AFC Ajax) and asked if he could use their name and logo for a US women's soccer team and they agreed. Ajax is historically one of the most successful clubs in the world, according to the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS). In 1985, Ajax women's team was the first women's team to play in international companion in Brazil; they took 2nd to West Germany. They are also the most successful team in the history of the USASA National Women's Cup, taking the title five times over a ten-year period, their most recent win being in 2007. The team is now a member of the

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, the second tier of women's soccer in the United States and Canada. The team plays in the South Division of the Pacific Conference, their home stadium being Nansen Field in the city of

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, 15 miles south of downtown

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. The team's colors are navy blue and white.

Players

Current roster

Year-by-year

Honors

* WPSL Champions ** Winners (2): 2001,

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** Runners-up (2):

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* USASA National Women's Cup ** Winners (5): 1998, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2007 * USASA National Women's Amateur ** Winners (2): 1992, 1993 *2012 Las Vegas Silver Mug Champions *2013 Las Vegas Silver Mug Champions

Coaches

*1996-2010 Brian Boswel *1998-2012 Kenyon Lohn *2016 Romeo Aguinaldo *2017–Present Jack Gidney

Stadia

* Nansen Field;

2000–present

External links

* * * Association football clubs established in 1975 Women's soccer clubs in California 1970s establishments in California Soccer clubs in Los Angeles {{California-footyclub-stub nl:Ajax America