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Revision as of 16:21, 28 April 2009
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Full name | Hollywood United FC Hitmen | ||
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Nickname(s) | The Hitmen | ||
Founded | 2009 | ||
Ground | Stadium by the Sea | ||
Capacity | 4,000 | ||
Chairman | ![]() | ||
League | USL Premier Development League | ||
2009 | Inaugural season | ||
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Hollywood United Hitmen is an American soccer team founded in 2009. The team is a member of the United Soccer Leagues Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, and plays in the Southwest Division of the Western Conference.
The team plays its home games in the "Stadium by the Sea" at Palisades High School in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles, California. The team's colors are black, gold and white.
Players
Current roster
Year-by-year
Year | Division | League | Reg. Season | Playoffs | Open Cup |
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2009 | 4 | USL PDL |
Competition history
Hollywood United Hitmen was formed as a result of a collaboration between the 2008 USL W-League champions Pali Blues and the Hollywood United organization, who acquired the franchise right from the San Fernando Valley Quakes in 2009.
Hollywood United is an internationally famous Los Angeles-based amateur team which has, for many years, competed in local amateur leagues. Over the years, celebrity players such as actors Anthony LaPaglia, Dermot Mulroney, Brandon Routh, Gilles Marini, Ralf Little, Donal Logue, and Jimmy Jean-Louis, singers Robbie Williams and Ziggy Marley, film director Danny Cannon, Los Angeles Galaxy veteran Paul Bravo, and former international soccer players Vinnie Jones, Eric Wynalda, John Harkes, Alexi Lalas, Richard Gough and Frank Leboeuf have played for Hollywood United.
Head coaches
Stadia
- Stadium by the Sea at Palisades High School; Pacific Palisades, California 2009-present