Tampa Marauders

The Tampa Marauders are an American soccer club from Tampa, Florida. The club currently plays in the Champions Soccer League USA. Their home games are played in downtown Tampa at the Naimoli Family Athletic and Intramural Complex, on the campus of the University of Tampa.

History

The Tampa Marauders FC joined the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) for the 2012 season. In 2015 the Marauders joined the new Champions Soccer League as a founding member. On January 5, 2017, the Marauders announced that former midfielder Saif Alsafeer would take over as manager.^[1]

Year-by-year

Stadium

Naimoli Family Athletic and Intramural Complex

Club culture

Supporters

Cigar City Corsairs is the main independent supporter group for the Tampa Marauders, established in 2013. The group is known for wearing black, red, and white scarfs and waving the Marauder flags, chanting "Defend our port!" The group is one of the most dedicated fans in the Tampa Bay Area. The group has partnered with the Ralph's Mob, another truly dedicated fan based for the Tampa Bay Rowdies. The partnership has establish both groups as the largest soccer fan base in the Tampa area.

Rivalries

The Marauders' main rivalry is with the Cape Coral Hurricanes. The rivalry began in 2013 in a series contested for the Gulf Coast Cup.

Players

Current roster

as of April 6, 2014^[2]

No.	Position	Player	Nation
00	Goalkeeper	Piagnerelli, GianlucaGianluca Piagnerelli	Italy
1	Goalkeeper	Sims, EricEric Sims	United States
4	Defender/Midfielder	Carmona, OscarOscar Carmona	Colombia
7	Midfielder	Benbow, CardelCardel Benbow	Jamaica
8	Midfielder	Gonzalez, FernandoFernando Gonzalez	United States
9	Forward	Barnett, DwightDwight Barnett	United States
10	Forward	Escayg, KareemKareem Escayg	United States
12	Defender	Washington, RaeshaunRaeshaun Washington	United States
13	Midfielder/Forward	Bukh, JonasJonas Bukh	Denmark
14	Midfielder	Ruiz, ChristopherChristopher Ruiz	United States
17	Midfielder/Forward	Hyde, KennielKenniel Hyde	Jamaica
18	Midfielder/Forward	Alexis, SantiSanti Alexis	England
20	Defender	Rivers III, RobertRobert Rivers III	United States
21	Forward	Hofstetter, ZachZach Hofstetter	United States
22	Defender	Webb, RicardoRicardo Webb	Jamaica
24	Defender/Midfielder	Thompson, JonathanJonathan Thompson	United States
26	Defender	Sullivan, SeanSean Sullivan	United States
28	Midfielder/Forward	DiNapoli, ChristopherChristopher DiNapoli	United States
30	Defender/Forward	Pinciotti, FrankieFrankie Pinciotti	United States
31	Midfielder	Wolfe, TannerTanner Wolfe	United States
33	Defender/Midfielder	Ababio, EddieEddie Ababio	Ghana
35	Midfielder	Rosado, LuisLuis Rosado	United States
37	Defender/Midfielder	Reyes, JPJP Reyes	United States
39	Midfielder/Forward	Peterson, JakeJake Peterson	United States
44	Midfielder	Swan, KarlKarl Swan	United States
60	Forward	King, KevinKevin King	Jamaica

Management

Front Office

• Kevin Hickling – President
• Maria Silva – Vice President
• Jim Pinciotti – Vice President

Coaches

• Saif Alsafeer – Head Coach
• Alex Delgado – Assistant Coach

Head Coaching History

• Maurice Loregnard (2013–2014)

Achievements

• Gulf Coast Cup
  • Winners (2): 2013, 2014

References

External links

• Official site