Arizona Sahuaros

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founded = 1989
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ground = Grand Canyon University Soccer Complex
Phoenix, AZ
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manager = Petar Draksin
league = National Premier Soccer League
season = 2008
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The Arizona Sahuaros are an American soccer team based in Phoenix, Arizona. The team is a member of the Southwest Conference of the National Premier Soccer League, the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid. From the 1989 season to the present, the Sahuaros have played their home games at the Grand Canyon University Soccer Complex. The club's colors are gold and navy blue.

2008 Roster

History

The club originally started in 1989 as the Phoenix Hearts in the original indoor SISL league. They changed their name to the Arizona Cotton in 1992 and played both indoor and outdoor for one more year in the USISL, before joining the joined the amateur USISL Premier League in 1995. The following year they became the Arizona Phoenix.

In 1997, they changed their name again, this time to Arizona Sahuaros, and moved up to the USISL D-3 Pro League. After the 2002 season, the left the USL D-3 Pro League and helped form the new Men's Premier Soccer League, finishing the season as champions in the first year. The Sahuarhos competed in the NPSL until 2005, after which the club chose to play in a USASA affiliated league. They re-joined the NPSL in 2008.

New Stadium Plans

The Sahuaros are currently securing funds to build the one of the first soccer-specific stadium in the USASA. It is to sit 7,500 spectators complete with luxury boxes, restaurants, training facilities, and office headquarters for the team.

Year-by-year

External links

* [http://www.azsahuaros.com Arizona Sahuaros]