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Swope Park Rangers
Logo
Full nameSwope Park Rangers KC
Nickname(s)Rangers, SPR
FoundedOctober 22, 2015; 9 years ago (2015-10-22)
StadiumSwope Soccer Village
Capacity3,557
OwnerSporting Club
Head CoachNikola Popovic
LeagueUSL
20164th, Western Conference
Playoffs: Championship Final
Websitehttp://www.sportingkc.com/Rangers
Current season

Swope Park Rangers is a United Soccer League (USL) club affiliated with Sporting Kansas City of Major League Soccer. The Rangers play their home games at Children's Mercy Victory Field at Swope Soccer Village in Kansas City, Missouri.

History

On October 22, 2015, the team was officially announced as the USL's 30th franchise, as were the Swope Park Rangers name, color scheme and logo. The Rangers replaced Oklahoma City Energy FC as SKC's USL affiliate, and are named after a nickname for SKC (then the Kansas City Wizards)'s reserve squad in 2008.[1][2] The team will be Sporting Kansas City's third USL affiliate in the team's history, after previously having partnered with Orlando City SC and Oklahoma City Energy FC.[3] Canadian Marc Dos Santos, who led Ottawa Fury FC to the NASL Soccer Bowl in 2015, was named the first head coach of the Rangers on November 20, 2015.[4]

Location

The team plays at Children's Mercy Victory Field at Swope Soccer Village.[1][2]

Current roster

As of March 25, 2016.[5][6]

No. Position Player Nation
31 MF Nansel Selbol  Nigeria
32 MF Christian Duke (Captain)  United States
33 DF Joe Amico  United States
41 MF James Musa  New Zealand
42 MF Lebo Moloto  South Africa
43 MF Robert Mirosavic  Sweden
44 DF Parker Maher  United States
47 FW Mark Anthony Gonzalez  Canada
49 MF Will Little III  United States
55 DF Amer Didic  Canada
58 MF Dakota Barnathan  United States
63 MF Louis Bennett II  United States
66 DF Liam Doyle  Isle of Man
70 GK Darrin MacLeod  Canada
71 GK David Greczek  United States
81 DF Oumar Ballo  Mali
85 MF Felipe Hernandez  United States
88 MF Kévin Oliveira  Cape Verde
90 FW Kharlton Belmar  United States

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Year-by-year

As of October 26, 2016
Year USL Regular season Position Playoffs Top Scorer 1 U.S.
Open Cup
P W L D GF GA Pts Conf. Overall Player Goals
2016 30 14 10 6 45 36 48 4th 9th USL Cup Final Canada Mark Anthony Gonzalez 9 Not eligible (MLS Reserve Team)

^ 1. Top Scorer includes statistics from league matches only.

Head Coaches

  • Includes USL Regular season, USL Play-offs and Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup
Coach Nationality Start End Games Win Loss Draw Win %
Marc Dos Santos  Canada November 20, 2015 November 21, 2016 34 17 11 6 050.00
Nikola Popovic  Serbia November 21, 2016 Present 0 0 0 0 !—

Average Attendance

Year Reg. Season Playoffs
2016 1,753 2,329

Staff

  • Serbia Nikola Popovic – Head Coach[7][8]
  • United States Paulo Nagamura – Assistant Coach[7]
  • United States Gavin McInerney – Goalkeeper Coach[7]
  • United States Joey Harty – Fitness Coach[7]

Honors

References

  1. ^ a b "Sporting Kansas City Awarded USL's 30th Franchise". United Soccer League. October 22, 2015. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
  2. ^ a b "USL expands to Kansas City in 2016 with debut of Swope Park Rangers". October 22, 2015. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
  3. ^ "Vermes, Besler Excited By Rangers' Introduction". United Soccer League. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
  4. ^ "Dos Santos Introduced as Swope Park Rangers' Coach". United Soccer League (USL). Retrieved November 20, 2015.
  5. ^ "Christian Duke returns to KC as Swope Park Rangers' first signing". sportingkc.com. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
  6. ^ "USL's All-Time Scoring Leader Kelly Joins Rangers". United Soccer League (USL). Retrieved December 16, 2015.
  7. ^ a b c d "Nikola Popovic and Alec Dufty join Swope Park Rangers technical staff". Sporting Kansas City.
  8. ^ "Nikola Popovic introduced as Swope Park Rangers head coach". Patrik Bergabo. Sporting Kansas City. Retrieved November 21, 2016.
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