Arizona Soccer Clubs - Arizona Sahuaros, Phoenix Inferno, Arizona Heatwave, Arizona Sandsharks, Arizona Condors, Arizona Rush, Tucson Amigos (Paperback)

Chapters: Arizona Sahuaros, Phoenix Inferno, Arizona Heatwave, Arizona Sandsharks, Arizona Condors, Arizona Rush, Tucson Amigos, Phoenix Banat Storm, Tucson Tiburons, Arizona Thunder, Northern Arizona Prospectors, Tucson Fireballs, Apache Junction F.C., . Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 40. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Arizona Sahuaros is an American soccer team based in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. Founded in 1989, the team is member of the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL), a national amateur league at the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid. The team is currently on hiatus from the NPSL due to a lack of teams in the Southwest Division. The team plays its home games at the soccer complex on the campus of Grand Canyon University. The team's colors are gold and navy blue. The club originally started in 1989 as the Phoenix Hearts in the original indoor SISL league. They made an immediate impact on the league when they went to the 1989-1990 SISL indoor championship before falling to the Addison Arrows. Heat coach Peter Barali was named Coach of the Year. They changed their name to the Arizona Cotton in 1992 and played both indoor and outdoor for one more year in the USISL, before joining the amateur USISL Premier League in 1995. In 1992, they again went to the final of the USISL Indoor season, losing to the Atlanta Magic. The Arizona coach, Zelimar Antonievic, was named Coach of the Year. In 1996, the team became the Arizona Phoenix. In 1997, they changed their name again, this time to Arizona Sahuaros, and moved up to the USISL D-3 Pro League. In 1998, Suharoes coach Matt Kozul was named USISL Coach of the Year. After the 2002 season, the left the USL D-3 Pro League and helped form the new Men's Premier Soccer League, finishing the season as champions in the fir...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=466341