AZ United General News and Information Thread

AZ United Soccer‏@AZUnitedSC 16m16 minutes ago
We're providing fans a bus to Tucson for our @opencup match! Who's coming with us? Let us know if you're in!pic.twitter.com/ADcGxwQizC

 

June 1
Colorado Springs Switchbacks (USL)
v.
Arizona United SC (USL)
Peoria Sports Complex – Peoria, AZ
9:30m

 

http://www.socceramerica.com/articl...wnership-of-arizona-united.html?edition=16066

A new ownership group has bought Arizona United SC from club founder Kyle Eng.
The chief executive officer of the Kona Grill restaurant chain, Berke Bakay, leads the group of investors that has named David Farca as team president.

 

I have been to a few United games this season, and I was appalled at the Sounders 2 game on July 16th when the LFR 1881 (soccer supporters group) scared and tried to humiliate a Seattle fan in the stands who had come all the way from Seattle to watch the teams play. They were harassing the Seattle goalkeeper and by searching his social media, they used names and information from Twitter to taunt and literally scare this woman who had a similar name to someone they saw on his media. Using the bullhorn as a Bully Horn, she feared for her safety, which was an inexcusable way to treat a guest to our state! Security at the game tried to reassure her, but there was not much for them to do to get the LFR 1881 to stop their attack. In the end, Seattle won the game, and that fan left our state with a horrible memory of her visit to Arizona!


I was back for the United vs. Monarch’s game last month, and was pleasantly surprised to hear the bullhorn was disallowed that night and the drum used by LFR 1881 was locked in a storage locker to which no one could find a key. It made for a much better night of soccer! Peoria Sports Complex is not the best for soccer, but it was more tolerable once the fans got to cheer in a more respectable way. Alas, United lost that night, as well.

 

http://arizonaunited.com/arizona-united-soccer-club-re-signs-forward-chris-cortez-for-2017-season/

Arizona United Soccer Club players under contract for 2017
GOALKEEPERS: Carl Woszczynski
DEFENDERS: Peter Ramage, Uchenna Uzo, J.J. Greer
MIDFIELDERS: Blair Gavin, Miguel Timm, Luke Rooney
FORWARDS: Moses Danto, Jason Johnson, Chris Cortez

 

http://arizonaunited.com/arizona-united-sc-announces-departure-of-david-farca-as-club-president/

PHOENIX (November 22, 2016) – Arizona United Soccer Club, Arizona’s only professional soccer franchise, announced today the departure of David Farca as Club President.

 

How about a rebrand to Phoenix RIsing FC

http://www.empireofsoccer.com/usls-arizona-united-file-trademark-for-phoenix-rising-fc-55901/

 

http://www.phxrisingfc.com/news_article/show/727068?referrer_id=2744045

ARIZONA UNITED SC UNVEILS NEW NAME AND EXCITING IMPROVEMENTS IN ANTICIPATION OF 2017 SEASON
11/27/16
4:15PM MST

 

scrimmage:

Mission Bay Stadium
Sat, Feb 25, 2017
5:00 pm

Albion PROS (NPSL)
vs.
Phoenix Rising (USL)
2475 Grand Ave
San Diego, CA 92109

 

Phoenix Rising FCVerified account‏@PHXRisingFC
PHX Rising's 3-1 loss to @albionscpros.

 

How's the stadium progress? Anyone with pics?

 

For construction timeline perspective, Sacramento had the Bonney Field site prepped and was grading dirt first week of April. Stadium was finished just in time for a June 20th game.

EDIT: there was a delay in late April (can't remember why). Bleacher construction started May 27th

Here is a link to the construction thread if anyone is interested
http://forums.bigsoccer.com/threads/stadium-watch-cal-expo-construction-thread.2001575/

 

Here's a link about stadium progress. Looking good. Very similar to Bonney Field.

http://www.uslsoccer.com/news_article/show/767086?referral=rss&referrer_id=2364194

 

This place is poppin