Orlando City U-23

Orlando City U-23

Full name	Orlando City Under-23s
Founded	1998 (as Central Florida Lionhearts)
Dissolved	2016
Stadium	Seminole Soccer Complex (Sanford) Lake Mary, Florida
Ground Capacity	3,666
Home colors Away colors

Orlando City U-23 was an American soccer team based in Lake Mary, Florida, United States. Founded in 1998, the team played in the Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Southeast Division of the Southern Conference. The team was part of the Orlando City SC youth development system,^[1] and played the majority of their home games at Seminole Soccer Complex in nearby Lake Mary, Florida.

The team's colors as the Kraze were blue, white and red, while they also occasionally wore forest green.

History

The team was known as the Central Florida Lionhearts during their first year of existence. From 1999 to 2011, it was known as the Central Florida Kraze.

On November 30, 2011, Orlando City Soccer Club announced that it has purchased controlling interest in the Kraze, and would rename the club Orlando City U-23.^[2] The team also acquired a different youth club, Florida Soccer Alliance, and integrated them as Orlando City Youth Soccer to create a European-style development system.^[3]

Players

Current roster

As of August 10, 2015^[4]

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

No. Position Player 0 GK Braeden Luna 0 GK Mason Stajduhar 1 GK Mitch Thorn 3 FW Ramzey Hassen 4 MF Christian Funes 5 MF Noah Franke 6 DF Michael O'Sullivan 9 DF Bernardo Carabelli 9 MF Nicholas Melo 10 DF Jonathan Coleby 11 MF Andrew Brody 12 FW Freddy Ruiz 13 MF Alexis Martinez

No. Position Player 14 MF Eli Lockaby 15 DF Jeffery George 16 FW Lucas Diniz 17 MF John Nartowicz 19 DF Nicholas O'Callaghan 20 DF Kyle Carr 21 FW Joao Romalho 22 MF Dennis Zapata 23 MF Pedro Codo 25 DF Ian Svantesson 26 MF Jordan Thorpe 27 FW Alexander Norris 28 MF Eli Beates

Notable former players

This list of notable former players comprises players who went on to play professional soccer after playing for the team in the Premier Development League, or those who previously played professionally before joining the team.

Year-by-year

Honors

• USL PDL Southern Conference Champions 2012
• USL PDL Southeast Division Champions 2008
• USL PDL Champions 2004
• USL PDL Southern Conference Champions 2004
• USL PDL Southeast Division Champions 2004

Head coaches

• Joe Avallone (1999–2012)
• Paul Shaw (2013–2015)^[5]

Stadium

• Stadium at Edgewater High School; Orlando, Florida (1999–2002)
• Stadium at Winter Springs High School; Winter Springs, Florida (2003)
• Showalter Field; Winter Park, Florida (2004–2006, 2010–2011)
• Central Winds Park; Winter Springs, Florida (2006) 2 matches
• Kraze and Krush Stadium; Lake Mary, Florida (2007–2009)
• Cahall-Sandspur Field at Rollins College; Winter Park, Florida (2011) 1 match
• Citrus Bowl; Orlando, Florida (2011) 2 matches
• Stadium at The Master's Academy; Oviedo, Florida (2011) 1 match
• Seminole Soccer Complex (Sanford); Lake Mary, Florida (2012–)

Average attendance

Attendance stats are calculated by averaging each team's self-reported home attendances from the historical match archive at http://www.uslsoccer.com/history/index_E.html.%5B%5D

• 2005: 308
• 2006: 271
• 2007: 451 (8th in PDL)
• 2008: 358
• 2009: 261
• 2010: 333

References

External links

• Official page
• Official PDL page