KC Athletics

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KC Athletics
Full name Kansas City Athletics Football Club
Founded 2001
Head Coach Kyle Perkins
League USASA

KC Athletics is an American amateur soccer team based in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Founded in 2001, the team plays in Region II of the United States Adult Soccer Association, a network of amateur leagues at the fifth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid.

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The team's colors are white and sky blue.

History

Founded in 2001 as a merger of the Kansas Legends Soccer Club and the Kansas City Football Club, the KC Athletics won regionals in its first year competing in the Snickers Nationals, and ended up finishing third nationally in the competition. The following year, their Under-20 team won a national championship, but then the club went on hiatus with many of the players joining nearby PDL clubs like the Des Moines Menace and the Kansas City Brass. In 2004, the KC Athletics were reborn. [1]

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The Athletics entered the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup for the first time in 2010, and qualified for the tournament at the first attempt, beating USOC mainstays AAC Eagles 5-3 on penalties in their final qualification game. They lost in the first round of the tournament proper, 4-2 to USSF Division 2 Professional League side NSC Minnesota Stars. The Athletics' goals were scored by Stephen Hoffman and Kyle Perkins. [2]

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On April 14, 2012, the Athletics traveled to Chicago to play in the "Win and You're In" Region II Qualification match to earn a berth in the 2012 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. The Athletics defeated the Cincy Saints 10-2 to qualify for their second U.S. Open Cup berth since 2010. [3]

Players

2012 USASA roster

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

FIFA's eligibility rules also demand that in men's competitions, only men are eligible to play, and that in women's competitions, only women are eligible to play.

No.PositionPlayer
Flag of the United States.svg DF Oran Andrews
Flag of the United States.svg GK Steven Grow
Flag of the United States.svg DF Ben Hicks
Flag of the United States.svg DF Stephen Hoffman
Flag of the United States.svg MF Martin Johnston
Flag of the United States.svg DF Coady Andrews
No.PositionPlayer
Flag of the United States.svg MF Josh McDaniel
Flag of the United States.svg FW Garrett Webb
Flag of the United States.svg FW Kyle Perkins
Flag of the United States.svg MF Peter Kariotis
Flag of the United States.svg MF Chris Markey
Flag of the United States.svg DF Brian Williams

Year-by-year

YearDivisionLeagueRegular SeasonPlayoffsOpen Cup
20105USASAFirst Round

Head coaches

Stadia

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