Riverside County Elite

Riverside County Elite
Nickname(s)	The Elite
Founded	1998
Dissolved	2000
Stadium	West Valley High School Hemet, California
Ground Capacity	5,000
Owner	Jack Fielding
Head Coach	Rob Manriquez
League	USISL D-3 Pro League

Riverside County Elite were an American soccer team established in 1998 that spent the 2000 season in the USISL D-3 Pro League.

History

In 1998, Jack Fielding founded the Riverside County Elite as a U-21 team with the intention of eventually entering it into the USISL.^[1] He and his wife created the Riverside Soccer Development Corporation and entered into a partnership with the San Diego Soccer Development Corporation which operated the San Diego Flash. Fielding initially owned, operated and coached the team. In late 1999, Jan K. Skwara became the club CEO.^[2] In January 2000, the team hired Tom Evans as head coach.^[3] On April 16, 2000, the team replaced Evans with Rob Manriquez.^[4] In May 2000, it qualified for the U.S. Open Cup.^[5] The team played its home games at West Valley High School in Hemet, California.^[6] Although successful on the field, the team never drew many fans and finished the season deeply in debt.^[7] Owner Jack Fielding folded the club in December 2000.

Roster

Tim Gorman

MF:

Pompeyo Aguillera
Jeremy Baker
Omar Arzo
Jauquin Cubarubias
Sergio Cuevas
Oscar Romo
Juan Carlos Rocha
Alex Gutierrez
Cesar Garcia (Colton CA.)
Danny Christ #17

Neil Armour
Alex Glebou
Danny Macedo
Joe Owen
Craig Dean #4

Donald Laing
Brad Thomson
Mauricio Bertello
Antonio Robles
Danny Mann
William Cummins
Bryan Hill

Staff

Cle Kooiman: Director of coaching
Tom Evans: Head coach
Rob Manriquez: Head coach
Pompeyo Aguillera: Assistant coach
Neil Armour: Assistant coach
Mike Christ: Assistant coach

Year-by-year

Year	Division	League	Reg. Season	Playoffs	Open Cup
2000	3	USL D-3 Pro League	5th, Western	Did not qualify	2nd Round

References