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Tallahassee SC is an American soccer club based in Tallahassee, Florida that competes in the National Premier Soccer League. It formerly played in the Gulf Coast Premier League.[1]

Tallahassee SC

Full name	Tallahassee Soccer Club
Nickname(s)	The Battle Lions
Founded	May 3, 2018; 4 years ago (2018-05-03)
Ground	Gene Cox Stadium
Capacity	5,500
Head coach	Joel Di Castri
League	National Premier Soccer League
Website	Club website

History

Tallahassee SC was founded on May 3, 2018, by residents of Tallahassee, FL, Leon County, FL including Chris Petley, Mike Bonfanti and 4 others looking to bring a semi-professional soccer team to Tallahassee.[2]

In February 2019, Josh Bruno was named as the first head coach of the team.[3] The club played its first ever match against the Savannah Clovers on May 4, 2019, in front of over 600 fans at the FSU Intramural Fields. [4]

Tallahassee Soccer Club GK Hugo Peruzzi was named GCPL Eastern Conference MVP and coach Josh Bruno selected Coach of the Year after TLHSC won the conference in its inaugural season. Additionally, Tallahassee SC had the most players selected to the East's Best XI team. Joining Peruzzi was forward Boneco Bazil and midfielders Johnny Fitzgerald and Aron Wimberly. [5]

Hugo Peruzzi, along with Lev Ari from Mobile F.C., were the only players from the Eastern Conference picked up for the ALL-CONFERENCE BEST XI GCPL 2019. [6]

On November 12, 2019, it was announced that Tallahassee SC would join the National Premier Soccer League in a newly formed Gulf Coast Conference that featured Tallahassee, Port City FC, AFC Mobile, Pensacola FC, and NPSL mainstays the New Orleans Jesters and Jacksonville Armada.[7]

Roster

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 Grant Wollom 23 DF  USA Mark Lescher 13 MF  USA Captain Jacob Schmoker 16 MF  USA Aron Wimberly 17 MF  USA Ian Ward - MF  SLV Jose Rodriguez - MF  HON Bairon Alonso 7 MF  USA Boneco Bazil 8 FW  USA Pete Love 9 FW  USA Sy Fotenot - FW  USA Gavin Mott-Smith 22 FW  USA Ian Hildebrandt

No. Pos. Nation Player 10 FW  USA Daniel Villa 5 FW  USA Corey Osgood - -  USA Jason Loy - -  NGA Olaniyi Joshua Ogunbanwo - -  USA Bryan McDonald 18 -  COL Pablo Osorio 4 -  GER Max Schmidt 20 -  USA Austin Tuna - -  USA Jon Bottomy

Head coaches

• Josh Bruno (2019-2022)
• Joel Di Castri (Current)

Stadium

• Gene Cox Stadium; Tallahassee, Florida (2021-Current)
• Florida State University Main Sports Complex; Tallahassee, Florida (2019–2020)

References

External links

• Official website

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