Swope Park Rangers

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Swope Park Rangers
Logo
Full name Swope Park Rangers KC
Nickname(s) Rangers, SPR
Founded October 22, 2015; 9 years ago (2015-10-22)
Stadium Swope Soccer Village
Stadium
capacity		 3,557
Owner Sporting Club
Head Coach Marc Dos Santos
League USL
2016 Inaugural Season
Website Club home page

Swope Park Rangers is a United Soccer League (USL) club affiliated with Sporting Kansas City of Major League Soccer. The Rangers play their home games at Children's Mercy Victory Field at Swope Soccer Village in Kansas City, Missouri.

History

On October 22, 2015, the team was officially announced as the USL's 30th franchise, as were the Swope Park Rangers name, color scheme and logo. The Rangers will replace Oklahoma City Energy FC as SKC's USL affiliate, and are named after a nickname for SKC (then the Kansas City Wizards)'s reserve squad in 2008.[1][2] The team will be Sporting Kansas City's third USL affiliate in the team's history, after previously having partnered with Orlando City SC and Oklahoma City Energy FC.[3] Canadian Marc Dos Santos, who led Ottawa Fury FC to the NASL Soccer Bowl in 2015, was named the first head coach of the Rangers on November 20, 2015.[4]

Location

The team play at Children's Mercy Victory Field at Swope Soccer Village.[1][2]

Current roster

As of March 25, 2016.[5][6] Where a player has not declared an international allegiance, nation is determined by place of birth.

No. Position Player Nation
1 Goalkeeper Jon Kempin (HGP; on loan from Sporting Kansas City)     United States
26 Defender Tommy Meyer      United States
28 Goalkeeper Zac Lubin      United States
30 Forward Dániel Sallói (HGP; on loan from Sporting Kansas City)     Hungary
31 Midfielder Nansel Selbol      Nigeria
32 Midfielder Christian Duke (Captain)     United States
33 Defender Jacob VanCompernolle      United States
35 Midfielder Ualefi      Brazil
44 Midfielder Tomás Granitto      El Salvador
47 Forward Mark Anthony Gonzalez      Canada
49 Midfielder Will Little III      United States
50 Forward Kris Tyrpak      United States
55 Defender Amer Didic      Canada
56 Defender Ezra Armstrong      United States
67 Defender Jaylin Lindsey      United States
74 Midfielder Jimmy Mulligan (on loan from New York Cosmos)     United States
77 Midfielder Tyler Pasher      Canada
81 Defender Oumar Ballo      Mali
88 Midfielder Kévin Oliveira      Cape Verde
90 Defender Johnny Grant      Canada
92 Midfielder Alex Molano      United States
98 Goalkeeper Steven Tekesky      United States
99 Forward Dane Kelly      Jamaica
-- Midfielder Ayrton      Brazil

Staff

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