AFC Mobile

AFC Mobile
Full name Association Football Club of Mobile
Nickname(s) Azaleas, Wanderers
Founded June 15, 2015 (2015-06-15)
Ground Archbishop Lipscomb Athletic Complex, Mobile, AL
Capacity 5000
Owner Board Owned
League Gulf Coast Premier League
Website Club website

AFC Mobile is an American soccer club based in Mobile, Alabama. AFC Mobile plays in the Gulf Coast Premier League. [1]

History

AFC Mobile was founded in 2015 by Mobile and Baldwin County, Alabama soccer enthusiasts in order to establish a semi-professional soccer team in the City of Mobile. [2] It was announced on January 3, 2017, that AFC Mobile would join the Gulf Coast Premier league for its inaugural Summer Season. [3]

On March 27, 2017, AFC Mobile announced that it would play its inaugural season's home games at the Archbishop Lipscomb Athletic Complex located in the Bolton neighborhood of Mobile. [4] The team is currently managed by Nate Nicholas, a former player for the University of Mobile, former back-to-back state championship-winning coach at UMS-Wright Preparatory School, and current varsity men's coach at McGill–Toolen Catholic High School. [5]

For their debut game on May 14, 2017, AFC Mobile more than quadrupled the highest ever attendance for the Gulf Coast Premier League. [6] In their second home game on June 10, 2017 against Biloxi City FC, AFC Mobile drew 924 to Archbishop Lipscomb Stadium, which topped the league's previous record. [7] On June 8th, 2017, AFC Mobile became the first team in the Gulf Coast Premier League to break 1,000 people in attendance against CD Motagua of New Orleans [8].


2018 Roster

No. Position Player Nation
— Forward Erik Aispuro Vindaña  United States
— Goalkeeper Ali Alfayadh  Iraq
— Midfielder Abdalrhman Almutairi  Kuwait
— Defender Hugo Aranda  Mexico
— Midfielder Jackson Barber  United States
— Midfielder Ira Bowens  United States
— Midfielder Suleiman Carr  Sierra Leone
— Forward Roman Causse  France
— Midfielder Cameron Cranton  United States
— Defender Andrew Dixon  United States
— Forward KC Espoir  Tanzania
— Midfielder Martin Fiemawhle  Ghana
— Goalkeeper Elijah Gibson  United States
— Midfielder Greg Hosford  United States
— Defender Desmond Ibie  Cameroon
— Midfielder Jan Paul Irakiza  Tanzania
— Defender Dawson Jellenc  United States
— Forward Clairy Kengeye  Tanzania
— Midfielder Tomas Lopez  Mexico
— Goalkeeper Dillon Lowe  United States
— Defender Guillermo Lumbreras Jr  Mexico
— Defender Markos Mallis  United States
— Midfielder Matt Merrill  United States
— Goalkeeper Barou Ndaw  Senegal
— Forward Ibrahima Ndaw  Senegal
— Midfielder Chisom Ogbonna  Nigeria
— Forward Donte Oliver  United States
— Defender Patrick O'Neal  United States
— Forward Alec Peacock  United States
— Defender Laurențiu Pîrvu  Romania
— Defender Pablo Sanjuán Delgado  Spain
— Midfielder David Valverde  Costa Rica
— Defender Dung Vu  Vietnam
— Defender Sherman Winchester  United States

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References

  1. ↑ "AFC Mobile to join Gulf Coast Premier League". AL.com.
  2. ↑ "Soccer enthusiasts hope to bring new team to Mobile". AL.com.
  3. ↑ "Gulf Coast Premier League announces summer season; adds 3 new clubs". Gulf Coast Premier League.
  4. ↑ "AFC Mobile announces Home Field for Inaugural Season". AL.com.
  5. ↑ "Mobile Finally Has A Soccer Team". 99.5 The Jag.
  6. ↑ "AFC Mobile game breaks attendance records". Local 15.
  7. ↑ "Late Goal Sinks AFC Mobile In 2-1 Loss to Biloxi City FC". AFC Mobile.
  8. ↑ "AFC Mobile wraps up home schedule in front of record crowd".
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