Santa Ana Winds FC

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Winds FC
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Full name Santa Ana Winds FC
Nickname(s) Winds, Vendavales, Gales
Founded 2011
Stadium Santa Ana Stadium
Santa Ana College
Orange County Great Park
Lake Forest Sports Park
Ground Capacity 0-9000
Owner United States Leonel Lopez
General Manager United States Cesar Reyes
League United Premier Soccer League
Current season

Winds FC is a soccer team founded in Santa Ana, California, currently playing in Lake Forest, California. The team was established in 2011 and played in the National Premier Soccer League West-Southern Conference. Santa Ana Winds FC left the NPSL to form a startup development league called the United Premier Soccer League, which was also founded in Santa Ana. The team has been playing in Lake Forest, California and or Irvine, California consistently in the last few years, while attempting to find a home field in Santa Ana as a major goal. Winds FC played all of their 2016 league matches at the Lake Forest Sports Complex in Lake Forest, approximately 17 miles away from the City of Santa Ana. Winds FC held an exhibition match at Santa Ana Stadium on the night of Tuesday, May 3, 2016, in which they lost to fellow UPSL side Ozzy's Laguna, which is also based in Santa Ana.

Santa Ana Winds FC have played most of their regular season matches at the Orange County Great Park and the Lake Forest Sports Park. Winds FC have also held occasional playoff matches at Santa Ana College, and occasional exhibition games at Santa Ana Stadium, namely a match against a Chivas USA U-18 squad in January of 2011, a match against a Club Atlas U-20 squad in March of 2011, and a match against a Chivas de Guadalajara U-20 squad in November of 2011.[1][2][3] The club continues to try to get a home field in Santa Ana proper, for the length of a full season.

Current Season

Santa Ana Winds FC recently completed their 12-game, 2016 Spring season in the United Premier Soccer League, finishing 7th and not qualifying for UPSL postseason.

Winds FC are currently in preseason, with matches scheduled with 2016 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup entrants La Máquina FC and L.A. Wolves FC. Santa Ana Winds FC faced La Máquina at Mater Dei High School (Santa Ana, California) on April 27, 2016 at 8 pm, and are scheduled to face L.A. Wolves FC in Manhattan Beach.

Club Crest

The current Santa Ana Winds FC crest was redesigned in 2014 by sports logo artist Slavo Kiss for Sigma Kappa Brands, based in the Slovak Republic. The crest features the Santa Ana water tower, visible from the Santa Ana Freeway, also known as the Interstate 5 Freeway, which connects the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, and connects at the Mexico-United States border to the city of Tijuana.

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The first Santa Ana Winds FC crest dates to 2011 and features the Spurgeon Building's clock tower, located in downtown Santa Ana and named after city founder William H. Spurgeon.[4]

Sponsors and Current Partners

Admiral Sportswear

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Players

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

No. Position Player
0 United States GK Adrian Urquizo
1 United States FW Alex Heilman
2 United States DF Gabriel Moreno
3 United States DF Zach Bryan
4 United States DF Kenny Cruz
5 United States MF Justin Burroughs
6 Argentina FW Alexis Diaz
7 Brazil DF Antonio Perez
8 United States FW Joey Allemand
9 United States MF Robert "Casey" McNeil
10 Mexico MF Richard Lopez
11 Brazil MF Tiago Saint Clair
12 United States MF Manuel Juarez
13 United States MF Julien Sperling
14 United States FW Javi Curiel
15 United States DF Hector Leon
16 United States MF Ronny Cruz

Year-by-year

Year Division League Combined Season Playoffs Open Cup
2011 4 NPSL 2nd, Southwest Division Semifinals Did not qualify
2012 USASA UPSL 1st, Southeast Champions Did not qualify
2013 USASA UPSL 1st, Southeast Champions Did not qualify
2014 USASA UPSL NA NA Did not qualify
2015 NA NA NA NA Did not qualify
2016 USASA UPSL Winter 7th, Southeast Did not qualify Did not qualify

Head coaches

Home Fields

References

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External links

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