| Full name | Antigua Barracuda Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Barracudas | ||
| Founded | 2010 | ||
| Ground | Stanford Cricket Ground Saint George Parish, Antigua (Capacity: 5,000) |
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| Owner | Gordon Derrick | ||
| Head Coach | Tom Curtis | ||
| League | USL Pro | ||
| 2011 | Regular Season: 9th, American Division: 6th, Playoffs: DNQ |
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| Website | Club home page | ||
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Antigua Barracuda is an Antiguan professional soccer team based in St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda. Founded in 2010, the team plays in the American Division of the new USL Professional Division, the third tier of the American Soccer Pyramid.
The team plays its home games at Stanford Cricket Ground (colloquially known as "Sticky Wicket Stadium") in Osbourn, Saint George Parish. The team's colors are sky blue, white and black. Their current head coach is Tom Curtis.
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The team was originally set to join the USL First Division in 2011[1], but was later announced as being a founding member of USL Pro and its International Division after the USL First and Second Divisions dissolved in 2010 to make way for the new league.[2]
The club's first official game took place in April 2010, a friendly against the Puerto Rico Islanders. Approximately 1,000 people attended the event.[3]
The club arranged two further friendlies with Montreal Impact, the first of which took place on 17 April 2010 at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium[4] with the second scheduled to be held on 4 September at Saputo Stadium in Montreal. They also arranged exhibition matches against Jamaica’s Tivoli Gardens and Harbour View for May.[5] On August 20 2010 Barracuda FC announced the cancellation of the friendly matches because of funding difficulties. Impact President Joey Saputo subsequently made an accusation of a serious lack of professionalism on the part of the Antiguan club.[6]
On 23 September 2010, United Soccer Leagues formally announced that Antigua Barracuda FC would join the newly formed USL Pro in 2011 alongside Sevilla FC Puerto Rico and Club Atletico River Plate Puerto Rico as founding members of the league's tentatively named Caribbean Division, which was later officially unveiled as the International Division.[7]
The team played its first competitive game on April 17, 2011, a 2-1 home loss to the Los Angeles Blues. The first competitive goal in franchise history was scored by Tamorley Thomas[8]
Barracuda play their home games at the Stanford Cricket Ground in the village of Osbourn in Saint George Parish in Antigua. The stadium was originally built to host the Stanford 20/20 cricket tournament in 2006, and has been temporarily converted for soccer usage for Barracudas games. The stadium's nickname, "Sticky Wicket Stadium", comes from the adjoining restaurant complex.
as of June 10, 2011.[9]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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| Year | Division | League | Regular Season | Playoffs | U.S. Open Cup |
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| 2011 | 3 | USL Pro | in progress |
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