Bay Area Ambassadors

Full name

Bay Area Ambassadors Football Club

Nickname(s)

Ambassadors

Founded

2009

Stadium

Gladiator Stadium
Hayward, California

Capacity

1,000

Owners

Arif Khan

Tony Igwe

Head Coaches

Ajit Rana

Roland Tillak

League

National Premier Soccer League

2010

4th, West-Northern Conference
Playoffs: Divisional Semi Finals

Home colors

Away colors

Bay Area Ambassadors was an American soccer team based in Hayward, California, United States. Founded in 2009, the team played in National Premier Soccer League (NPSL), a national amateur league at the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Northwest Division.

The team played its home games at Gladiator Stadium on the campus of Chabot College, where they played since 2009. The team's colors were white, black and red.

Players

2011 roster

Source:

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Sergio Valle
2	MF	Stefan Clemens
4	MF	Kamran Khan
6	DF	Dannylo Ayllon
7	FW	Pedro Osorio (soccer)
12	FW	Aneesh Rana ^[1]
14	MF	Jordan Keyes ^[2]
16	DF	Mohammed Samy
14	DF	Yusef Samy
18	DF	Jordan Grider ^[3]
19	MF	Francis Lopez
20	FW	Sylvester Kaar ^[4]
22	MF	Jasko Begovic

No.	Position	Player
24	DF	Jadid Khan
00	GK	Harris Smiler
	FW	Mark Araujo ^[5]
	MF	Ernesto Benitez
		Jorge Hernandez (soccer)
	FW	Zlatan Kuckovic ^[6]
	GK	Derek Leslie
	MF	Imone Mohanta
		Ricardo Ramirez (soccer)
	GK	Zlatan Sahmanovic
		Avninder Sohal

Year-by-year

Year	Division	League	Regular Season	Playoffs	Open Cup
2009	4	NPSL	3rd, Western	Divisional Semi Finals	Did not enter
2010	4	NPSL	4th, Northwest	Divisional Semi Finals	1st Round
2011	4	NPSL	4th, West-Northern	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2012	4	NPSL	1st, West-Northern	TBD	Did not qualify

Head coaches

Paul McCallion (2009)
Ajit Rana (2010–present)
Roland Tillak (2010–present)
Mohammed Mohammed (2010–present)

Stadia

Gladiator Stadium at Chabot College; Hayward, California (2009–present)

References

National Premier Soccer League

Northeast Region

North Atlantic	Brooklyn Italians Greater Lowell United FC New York Athletic Club S.C. New York Cosmos B Rhode Island Reds FC Seacoast United Phantoms Seacoast United Mariners

Keystone	Buxmont Torch FC Clarkstown SC Eagles Electric City Shock SC Greater Binghamton FC Hershey FC Junior Lone Star FC

Mid-Atlantic	ASA Charge Chesterfield United FC Fredericksburg FC Legacy 76 Virginia Beach City FC

South Region

South Atlantic	Carolina RailHawks U-23's FC Carolina Discoveries Myrtle Beach FC Upward Stars

Sunshine	Jacksonville Armada U-23 Kraze United Miami United F.C. Storm FC

Southeast	Atlanta Silverbacks Reserves Chattanooga FC Georgia Revolution Knoxville Force Nashville FC New Orleans Jesters

South Central	Corinthians FC of San Antonio Dallas City FC FC Wichita Fort Worth Vaqueros FC Houston Regals Joplin Demize Liverpool Warriors Tulsa Athletics

TBD	Birmingham Hammers Little Rock Rangers Soccer Club Memphis City FC

Midwest Region

Great Lakes East	AFC Cleveland Erie Commodores FC FC Buffalo Fort Pitt Regiment

Great Lakes West	Dayton Dynamo Detroit City FC FC Indiana Lions Indy Eleven NPSL Lansing United Michigan Stars FC

West Region

Southwest	Deportivo Coras USA FC Hasental San Diego Flash North County Battalion Albion SC Pros Temecula FC

Golden Gate	CD Aguiluchos USA Real San Jose Sacramento Gold San Francisco Stompers FC Sonoma County Sol

Northwest	FC Tacoma 253 Spartans Futbol Club

Other Topics

Soccer in the United States

Overview	U.S. Soccer USASA USCS League system History Hall of Fame Clubs Champions Venues (stadiums by capacity, SSS) Women's soccer in the United States

Men's national teams	Senior (statistics) U23 U21 U20 U18 U17 U15

Men's outdoor leagues	MLS Playoffs MLS Cup NASL Soccer Bowl USL PDL NPSL ASL USL Super-20 U.S. Development Academy

Men's indoor leagues	MASL PASL-Premier WISL

Cup competitions	Open Cup National Amateur Cup Women's Cup

Men's college soccer	NCAA Division I NCAA Division II NCAA Division III NAIA Championship

Women's national teams	Senior U23 U20 U17

Women's leagues	NWSL WPSL UWS

Women's college soccer	NCAA Division I NCAA Division II NCAA Division III NAIA Championship

Defunct men's outdoor leagues	AFA (1884–1924) American Cup (1885–1924) ALPF (1894) NAFL (1895–98) AAFA Cup (1912–13) ASL (1921–33) ASL (1933–83) NASFL (1946–47) USA (1967) NPSL (1967) NASL (1968–84) USL (1984–85) LSSA (1987–92) ASL (1988–89) WSA (1989) USL 2nd (1990–2010) A-League (1995–2004) USL 1st (2005–10) D2 Pro League (2010)

Defunct men's indoor leagues	NASL (1975–76, 1979–84) MISL (1978–92) NPSL (1984–2001) CISL (1993–97) EISL (1997–98) WISL (1998–2001) AISL (2003–08) MISL (2001–08) XSL (2008–09) AISL (2003–08) MISL (2008–14)

Defunct women's leagues	WUSA (2000–03) WPS (2007–12) WPSL Elite (2012–13) W-League (1995–2015)

Sports teams based in the San Francisco Bay Area

Baseball	MLB Oakland Athletics San Francisco Giants CL San Jose Giants PA Pittsburg Diamonds San Rafael Pacifics Sonoma Stompers Vallejo Admirals

Basketball	NBA Golden State Warriors ABA Bay Area Matrix San Francisco Rumble

Football	NFL Oakland Raiders San Francisco 49ers

Hockey	NHL San Jose Sharks AHL San Jose Barracuda

Roller derby	WFTDA B.ay A.rea D.erby Girls Silicon Valley Roller Girls Sonoma County Roller Derby

Soccer	MLS San Jose Earthquakes NPSL CD Aguiluchos USA Real San Jose Sonoma County Sol San Francisco Stompers FC PDL Burlingame Dragons FC San Francisco City FC

Intercollegiate	NCAA Division I California Golden Bears Saint Mary's Gaels San Jose State Spartans Santa Clara Broncos Stanford Cardinal USF Dons

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