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Florida Gulf Coast Dutch Lions FC
Full nameFlorida Gulf Coast Dutch Lions
Nickname(s)Dutch Lions
FoundedApril 2015
OwnerErik Tammer Mike Mossel
LeagueUS Club Soccer
Websitehttp://fgcdlfc.com
Orange Shirt with white shorts and blue socks
Home Jersey colours
Trainings Jersey colours

Florida Gulf Coast Dutch Lions FC is an American soccer team based in Cape Coral, Florida, United States.

The club was founded in 2015. In seaon 2015/2016 they had 52 members in the youth academy. This amount of players doubled at the start of season 2016/2017 to 130 members in the Youth Academy.

The Florida Gulf Coast Dutch Lions U9 qualified in June 2016 for the National Open in Orlando, Florida. They finished 3rd in the Silver Bracket during the National Open.

History

The team is supported by Dutch Eredivisie side FC Twente, and is co-owned by Erik Tammer of Tammer Sportmanagement and Mike Mossel of Business and Sports Performance. Tammer is a former professional soccer player in the Netherlands who played for clubs such as sc Heerenveen and Sparta Rotterdam, while Mossel played in Europe for RBC Roosendaal and Turnhout, and in the USL for the Cincinnati Riverhawks following his graduation from Xavier University.

In the summer of 2015 the Super 20 team played in the United Soccer Leagues' Super-20 League.

In the summer of 2016 the men's team played several friendly games in Florida.

The Dutch Lions FC consists of four franchises in the USA: Dayton Dutch Lions FC, Houston Dutch Lions FC, Cincinnati Dutch Lions FC and Florida Gulf Coast Dutch Lions FC.

Colors and badge

Florida Gulf Coast Dutch Lions FC crest is a modified version of Dayton Dutch Lions's logo, featuring the white and blue field, with an orange lion centered on the crest. The script above the vector lion reads the club's name.

Training ground

Jim Jeffers Park, Cape Coral , Florida, United States

Staff

Position Name
General Manager Netherlands Jouko Gorissen
Academy Director Netherlands Daan Uithof
Program Manager Netherlands Vincent de Weger
Academy Manager Netherlands Menno Vermeer
Trainer/Coach Netherlands Davy Hendrks
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