FC Miami City

FC Miami City

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Full name	FC Miami City
Nickname(s)	Champions
Founded	January 20, 2014 (2014-01-20)
Ground	Tropical Park Stadium
Capacity	7,000
Owner	Ravy Truchot
Head Coach	Wagneau Eloi
General Manager	Youri Vaisse
League	Premier Development League
2017	2nd, Southeast Division Playoffs: Conference Finals
Website	http://www.fcmiamicity.com
Home colors Away colors

FC Miami City (also referred to as FC Miami or FC Miami City Champions) is an American professional soccer team based in Miami, Florida, United States. Founded in 2014, the team plays in the Premier Development League (PDL), in the Southeast Division as an expansion team in 2015.

The team plays its home games at Tropical Park Stadium in Miami, Florida. The team's colors are blue, white and red.

History

FC Miami City (or FC Miami) was founded in 2014 by Ravy Truchot and Wagneau Eloi, to bring a top-level soccer team in Miami, Florida through the USL Premier Development League (PDL) - considered the second division of the American soccer pyramid, roughly equal to the National Premier Soccer League - while supporting youth development and coaching by former professional players.

The club was originally coached by head coach Wagneau Eloi and assistant coach Eric Rabesandratana; both former professional players with a broad range of experience in coaching for adult and youth players in the highest level such as the Haitian National Team.

Roster

As of May 22, 2017

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	USA	Mehdi Taieb
3	DF	USA	Zakariae Merzouk
4	DF	USA	Ethan Sonis
5	DF	FRA	Kevin Warton
6	DF	FRA	Kevin Coiffic
7	DF	USA	Yerandy Suarez
8	MF	FRA	Rassambek Akhmatov
9	FW	BFA	Joel Ouedraogo
10	FW	CAN	Mohamed Kourouma
11	FW	COL	Bryan Perea
12	FW	MAR	Mohamed Benzakour
14	MF	TUN	Abderraouf Ouled Abdallah
15	MF	USA	Jonathan Padjen
16	GK	USA	Alejandro Santillan
17	DF	USA	Christopher Davis
18	DF	FRA	Hervé Batoménila

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	FW	FRA	Hamza Mourchid
20	DF	VEN	Jon Colino
21	DF	USA	Jonathan Parpeix
22	MF	USA	Carlos Chacon
23	MF	ALG	Mouhoub Naït Merabet
30	GK	ENG	Eric Edge
75	MF	FRA	Fares Mouri
96	MF	USA	Adam Chahti
98	MF	FRA	Naim Hamdi

Notable players

Defenders:

• Hugo Leroux, Defender, 01/07/1992 French. Former club: Montpellier HSC was named Defender of the year by the Premier Development League in 2015.
• Victor Nirennold, Defender

Midfilders:

• Sidney Govou Middle - 27/07/79 French. Former club: Chasselay MDA,
• Marcel Mahouvé Midfielder,
• Bryan Arguez Defensive Midfielder - 01/13/1989. Former clubs: Fort Lauderdale Strikers, Atlanta Silverbacks (loan), Des Moines Menace, Cimarrones de Sonora
• Patrick Lopez Defensive Midfielder

Strikers:

• David Santamaria Forward - 12/15/1990. Former clubs: D.C United Hertha BSC II Hertha BSC Miami FC Fort Lauderdale Strikers, Minnesota United FC, Carolina RailHawks,

Head coaches

• Wagneau Eloi (2014: Head coach)
• Julian Pedraza (2016: Assistant coach)
• Aldo Zilio (2016: Goalkeepers Head coach)

Governance

• Ravy Truchot (2014: President)

Staff

• Youri Vaisse (2014: General Manager)

Year-by-year

Year	Division	League	Regular Season	Playoffs	Open Cup
2015	2	USL PDL	2nd, Southeast	Conference Finals	Did not qualify
2016	2	USL PDL	3rd, Southeast	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2017	2	USL PDL	2nd, Southeast	Conference Finals	Qualified

Honors

Domestic

• Premier Development League
• PDL Regular Season
  • Runner-Up:: 2015, 2017
• Southern Conference
  • Runner-Up:: 2015, 2017
• Southeast Division
  • Runner-Up:: 2015, 2017

Stadium

Tropical Park stadium, which has a capacity of 7,000.

External links

• Official website