Saint Louis FC U23

Saint Louis FC U23

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Full name	Saint Louis FC U23
Founded	2006
Ground	Cooper Sports Complex Springfield, Missouri
Capacity	2,500
Owner	SLSG Pro LLC
Head Coach	Kevin Stoll
League	Premier Development League
2016	4th, Mid South Division Playoffs: DNQ
Website	Club website
Home colors Away colors Third colors

Saint Louis FC U23 is an American soccer team based in Springfield, Missouri, United States. Founded in 2006, the team plays in the Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Heartland Division of the Central Conference.

The team plays its home games at the Cooper Sports Complex, where they have played since 2011. The team's colors are maroon and sky blue. Saint Louis FC purschased the team on May 16, 2016 and renamed Saint Louis FC U23.

History

The club was founded as the Springfield Demize out of the ashes of the old Springfield Storm franchise, which had relocated to Glendora, California to become Los Angeles Storm at the end of the 2006 season. The ownership group of the Storm franchise, which included local businessman Doug Fiester and former professional players Chris Hanlon, Armen Tonianse, and Brett Thomas, launched the new team in early 2007, and began play that year.

The club rebranded as Springfield Synergy FC for the 2015 season before its sale to Saint Louis FC in 2016.

Players

Current roster

As of May 25, 2016.

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	USA	Kyle Dal Santo
—	GK	USA	John Robinson
—	GK	GER	Benjamin Lundt
—	DF	USA	Nicholas Caruso
—	DF	SCO	David Cross
—	DF	USA	Jake Laird
—	DF	CMR	Barth-Luther Mouafo
—	DF	USA	Jason Pesek
—	DF	USA	Jaytoe Teh
—	DF	JPN	Yuta Yamamoto
—	DF	USA	Aedan Stanley
—	DF	USA	Jackson Patillo
—	DF	ERI	Ezana Kahsay

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	USA	Wan Kuzain Wan Kamal
—	MF	USA	Jack Mathis
—	MF	USA	Tariq Akeel
—	MF	EIR	Ross Fitzpatrick
—	MF	USA	Brian Groark
—	MF	USA	Mike Lightbourne
—	MF	ENG	Jake Buckle
—	MF	USA	Austin Panchot
—	FW	USA	Daniel Gardner
—	FW	USA	Desmond Dolphy
—	FW	USA	Faik Hajderovic
—	FW	PAN	Emmanuel Forbes
—	FW	USA	Brett Hodges

Notable former players

This list of notable former players comprises players who went on to play professional soccer after playing for the team in the Premier Development League, or those who previously played professionally before joining the team.

• Nikola Katic
• Cody Reinberg
• Kashif Siddiqi
• Emmanuel Adewole

Year-by-year

Year	Division	League	Regular Season	Playoffs	Open Cup
2007	4	USL PDL	6th, Heartland	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2008	4	USL PDL	6th, Heartland	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2009	4	USL PDL	7th, Heartland	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2010	4	USL PDL	6th, Heartland	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2011	4	USL PDL	7th, Heartland	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2012	4	USL PDL	4th, Heartland	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2013	4	USL PDL	6th, Heartland	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2014	4	USL PDL	4th, Heartland	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2015	4	USL PDL	4th, Heartland	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2016	4	USL PDL	4th, Mid South	Did not qualify	Did not qualify

Head coaches

• Armen Tonianse (2007-2008)
• Chris Hanlon (2009)
• Logan Hoffman (2010)
• Julio Reyes (2011)
• Chris Hanlon (2012)
• Sean Fraser (2013)
• Ian Henry (2014)
• Andrew Bordelon (2015)
• Kevin Stoll (2016-Present)

Stadia

• Cooper Sports Complex; Springfield, Missouri (2007-2009, 2011–present)
• Harrison Stadium at Drury University; Springfield, Missouri (2010)

Average attendance

Attendance stats are calculated by averaging each team's self-reported home attendances from the historical match archive at http://www.uslsoccer.com/history/index_E.html.

• 2007: 224
• 2008: 224
• 2009: 138
• 2010: 193

External links

• Official Site
• Official PDL site