Wikipedia - Shreveport Rafters FC
Shreveport Rafters FC was a soccer team based in Shreveport, Louisiana. Founded in 2016, the team most recently played in the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL), a national semi-professional league at the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid. The team plays its home games at Independence Stadium. The team's colors are blue, white, and yellow, based on the city's flag.
History
In 2015, Shreveport-based brothers announced they would be bringing the first professional soccer team in the history of the city. The team is named for the infamous Great Raft log jam which clogged the Red and Atchafalaya Rivers from the 1100s to early 1900s.
Rafters FC played their inaugural season in 2016, garnering an 8–7–3 record.
Rafters FC debuted a customized jersey that became a viral sensation in soccer media as it featured a printed seersucker jacket and pink bowtie.
Rafters vyhrali Gulf Coast Conference (GCC) NPSL v roku 2019 a 2021. Tiež postúpili do druhého kola U.S. Open Cup 2022, kde prehrali s Major League Soccer (MLS) tím FC Dallas.
Klubu trénuje Patrick Juckem a jeho súčasným kapitánom je obranca Desmond Dennis. Kľúčovými hráčmi tímu sú stredopoliar Mark Anthony Gonzalez, útočník Samuel Oboh a brankár Gabriel Werdann.
Shreveport Rafters FC sú ambiciózny a rastúci klub s cieľom postúpiť do vyšších divízií amerického futbalu. Klub je podporovaný silnou fanúšikovskou základňou a teší sa z pozitívnej odozvy zo strany miestnej komunity.