St. Petersburg Kickers
The St. Petersburg Kickers were an amateur American soccer team from St. Petersburg, Florida/ Florida State, which won the 1989 National Challenge Cup.
Founded by Kurt Herbach in 1957,[1] the Kickers won their first national title, the 1967 Over-30 championship. By 1989, the team had won eleven Sun Coast Soccer League championships and four Florida State Cups.[2] In 1997, the team moved to Land O'Lakes, Florida, eventually taking the name Florida Kickers.[3][4] That year, the club won both the National Amateur Cup and the National Over-30 championship.[5] In 2008, it won its third national amateur championship.[6]
Honors
- National Challenge Cup winners: 1
- 1989
- National Amateur Cup winners: 3
- 1990, 1997, 2008
- National Amateur Cup runners-up: 1
- 2003
Coaches
- Steve Gogas (1972-)
- Wim Suurbier (1994)
References
- ↑ Kickers play host to top area teams St. Petersburg Times - Friday, January 18, 1991
- ↑ Mixed and matched // St . Petersburg Kickers put many personalities into one national power
- ↑ New home, same results for Kickers St . Petersburg Times - Sunday, March 16, 1997
- ↑ LOL Soccer Team Wins National Title
- ↑ Kickers capture unprecedented 2 soccer crowns in same season The Tampa Tribune - Thursday, July 24, 1997
- ↑ National Cup Finals Recap
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