Motagua New Orleans

Motagua New Orleans
Full name CD Motagua of New Orleans
Nickname(s) Blue Eagles
Founded 1984
Ground Muss Bertolino Field
Kenner, LA
Capacity 5,000
Owners John Hamide, Tony Martinez
Manager Tony Martinez
League Gulf Coast Premier League
Website Club website

Motagua New Orleans is an American soccer club based in New Orleans, Louisiana that plays in the Gulf Coast Premier League. The team was founded in 1984 and competes in both the ISLANO and Louisiana Premier League.

History

Motagua New Orleans was founded in 1984 by a collaboration of three family of brothers, the Serrano, Martinez and Diaz brothers. The team was managed by the Serrano brothers from 1984-1999 where they competed in the ISLANO and SELASA leagues in New Orleans. In 1999 current team manager and part owner, Mario "Tony" Martinez, gained rights as the sole owner of the team.

In 2010, Dr. John Hamide, acquired part ownership of the team and formed an alliance between PDL team, Baton Rouge Capitals, which he also owned, and Motagua. Motagua New Orleans provided year round high level competition that allowed local Baton Rouge Capital players to stay fit for the PDL season.

In the most recent years Motagua has enjoyed success competing at both a regional and national level. They won the 2015 USASA Region III National Cup[1] which qualified them for the 2015 USASA National Cup where they lost 1-0 to RWB Adria in the semi finals.[2]

On February 3, 2016 Motagua New Orleans qualified for the 2016 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. Being the first amateur team from Louisiana to do so in the US Open Cup's current format.[3]

Summaries

Team's performance at Gulf Coast Premier League.

SeasonRecordGoalsFinish
2014–157–0–148:14Winners
2015–165–2–120:7Winners
2016–1710–2–045:13Winners
20176–1–433:21Semifinalist

Current Roster

Roster submitted May 12, 2018 for the 2018 Gulf Coast Premier League Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Honduras GK Donaldo Morales
2 England DF Stuart Hayers
3 United States DF John Hamide
4 United States DF Scott Burris
5 United States MF Brandon Chagnard
7 Honduras MF Steven Morris
8 Honduras MF Samir Arzu
9 England FW Reese Wilson
10 Brazil FW Leonardo Ferreira de Barros
11 Honduras MF Fernando Vargas
12 Honduras DF Carlos Palacios
No. Position Player
13 United States DF Hisham Abdelaziz
15 England MF Kier Hannity
16 Honduras MF Carlos Ramos
17 United States DF PJ Lynch
18 United States FW Carlos Martinez
19 United States FW Carson Gorecki
20 United States FW Gino Ray
21 United States GK Pepe Serrano
23 Brazil MF Caio Cruz
32 United States DF Anthony Peters
99 Iraq MF Saad Garadi

Notable former players

This list of notable former players comprises players who went on to play professional soccer after playing for the Motagua New Orleans, or those who previously played professionally before joining the team.

Honours

Official website

References

  1. ↑ "Kings of the South!!!". Louisiana Soccer Association. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
  2. ↑ "RWB Adria Chicago - News: Bend it like MEŠA! Adria Advances to National Finals!!". rwbadria.com. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Motagua New Orleans qualifies for the 2016 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup". Louisiana Premier League. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Motagua New Orleans qualifies for the 2016 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup". Louisiana Premier League. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
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