Denver Kickers

Denver Kickers are an American soccer club, founded in 1956. The club fields a number of teams at the adult and youth levels. The Kickers premier team plays in the United States Adult Soccer Association sanctioned Colorado Adult Soccer Association, formerly the Colorado State Soccer Association. The club is a former member of the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, and played in the Southwest Conference.

Denver Kickers
Full nameDenver Kickers
Nickname(s)Kickers
Founded1962
GroundDenver Kickers Sport Complex
Capacity????
ChairmanGeorge Johnson
ManagerVictor Stumpp
LeagueNational Premier Soccer League
20076th, did not make playoffs

They currently play their home games at the Denver Kickers Sport Complex in Golden, Colorado, 15 miles west of downtown Denver. The team's colors are red, white and blue. When the Kickers won the National Amateur Cup in 1977, 1978, and 1983, their colors were white jerseys, black shorts, and white stockings. The Kickers repeated as National Amateur champions in 1994 and 1995.

The Kickers are part of a larger organization which celebrates the German heritage of the Denver area through sports – mainly soccer and dancing. In addition to the NPSL side, the Kickers organization has over 400 members and sponsors four Men's Adult Soccer teams, one Women's Adult Soccer team, Competitive Youth Soccer teams, and Recreation Youth Soccer teams, as well as Adult and Junior Schuhplattlers (Bavarian Dance Groups). Current management of the Kickers says the club was founded in 1962 and today's team patches carry this date, but there are club banners and patches with the date 1956: According to long-time member and former chairman John Ziel, the Denver Kickers as a soccer team began in 1956, and the Kickers organization was incorporated in 1962.

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
FW Alejandro Alorzo
MF Elio Andrade
MF Pedro Ayara
MF Juan Carlos
DF Guillermo Corcha
MF Jose Cubin
FW Francisco Flores
GK Bennett Hartbrink
No. Position Player
MF Ben Gentatain
MF Alfredo Ochoa
FW Emilio Preciado
MF Juan Ramos
DF Jose Sanchez
DF Andrew Scott
DF Mehdi Sfaine
DF Josh Veryer

Year-by-year
Year Division League Reg. Season Playoffs Open Cup
2006 "4" NPSL 4th, Southwest Did not qualify Did not qualify
2007 "4" NPSL 6th, Southwest Did not qualify Did not qualify
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.