Sacramento Knights (NPSL)

This is an article about the former outdoor team. For the original indoor team, see Sacramento Knights.

Sacramento Knights

Full name	Sacramento Knights Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Knights
Founded	2003
Dissolved	2009
Stadium	Folsom High School
Capacity	2,500
Chairman	Laureate Gholar Jr.
Manager	Ron Preble
League	National Premier Soccer League
2007	2nd, Northwest Division
Home colors Away colors

Sacramento Knights was an American soccer team based in Folsom, California, United States. Founded in 2003, the team played in the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL), a national amateur league at the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, until 2008, when the franchise folded and the team left the league. It has been announced that the team will play its 2009 season at Folsom High School as part of the United Soccer League.

The team played its home games in the stadium at Cosumnes River College, and will play its 2009 season at Folsom High School. The team's colors are maroon, navy blue, gold and white.

The team had spent the 2008 season on hiatus while the club's finances and infrastructure are reorganised, but did not return to full competition in 2009.

Players

2007 roster

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

No. Position Player 0 GK Nickolas Clark 1 GK Mark Torguson 2 MF Ralph Cazel 3 MF Matt Scammaca 4 DF Raymond Harris 5 DF Dario Cordova 6 MF Donald Ribaudo 7 MF Scott Lucky 9 FW Anthony Chimienti 10 FW Jimmy Frazelle 11 FW Patrick Nelle 12 MF Marco Ramirez 13 FW Jeff Neuner 14 MF James Micah Howser 15 FW Alfredo Renteria 16 DF Michael Elenz-Martin

No. Position Player 17 DF Jason Martin 19 MF Pedro Lupercio 21 FW Chris Ciampa 22 DF Eliseo Lopez Jr. 23 FW Jorge Fernandez 24 FW Elliot Ricks-Chambers 25 MF Levi Henson 26 FW Arturo Barragan 27 DF Utodi Madu 29 DF Jorge Lama 31 DF Todd Simmons 36 MF Ozzie Perez

Year-by-year

Year	Division	League	Reg. Season	Playoffs	Open Cup
2004	4	MPSL	7th	Did not qualify	Second Round
2005	4	NPSL	1st, West	Semi Finals	Did not qualify
2006	4	NPSL	1st, Northwest	Champions	Did not qualify
2007	4	NPSL	2nd, Northwest	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2008	4	NPSL	on hiatus

Honors

• NPSL Champions 2006
• NPSL Northwest Division Champions 2006
• NPSL West Division Champions 2005

Head coaches

• Ron Preble (2003–2007)

Stadia

• Stadium at Cosumnes River College; Sacramento, California (2003–2007)
• Stadium at Folsom High School; Folsom, California (2009–present)

External links

• Sacramento Knights