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Arizona Sahuaros
Full name	Arizona Sahuaros
Nickname(s)	Sahuaros
Founded	1989
Stadium	Grand Canyon University Soccer Complex; (Capacity: 1,000)
Manager	Petar Draksin
League	National Premier Soccer League
2009	on hiatus
Home colors	Away colors

Arizona Sahuaros is an American soccer team based in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. Founded in 1989, the team is member of the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL), a national amateur league at the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid. The team is currently on hiatus from the NPSL due to a lack of teams in the Southwest Division.

The team plays its home games at the soccer complex on the campus of Grand Canyon University. The team's colors are gold and navy blue.

[edit] History

The club originally started in 1989 as the Phoenix Hearts in the original indoor SISL league. They changed their name to the Arizona Cotton in 1992 and played both indoor and outdoor for one more year in the USISL, before joining the joined the amateur USISL Premier League in 1995. The following year they became the Arizona Phoenix.

In 1997, they changed their name again, this time to Arizona Sahuaros, and moved up to the USISL D-3 Pro League. After the 2002 season, the left the USL D-3 Pro League and helped form the new Men's Premier Soccer League, finishing the season as champions in the first year. The Sahuarhos competed in the NPSL until 2004, after which the club chose to play in USASA affiliated leagues. They re-joined the NPSL in 2008.

[edit] Players

[edit] Current roster

as at June 7, 2009

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Charlie Blase
		MF	Vlastimir Davidovic
		FW	Luke Enna
		DF	Mitchell Garcia
		FW	Philippe Garre
		DF	Carlos Gomez
		DF	Stephen Hollinger
		FW	Imad Id-Deen
		FW	Skelly Kellar
		MF	Davey Lopez
		DF	Mike Moloney

No.		Position	Player
		FW	Dominic Papa
		MF	Kyle Parsons
		GK	Kyle Pearsall
		MF	Jose Ramos
		MF	Daniel Sabillon
		DF	Jake Slemker
		GK	Brady Swenby
		DF	Nick Sykes
		DF	Zachary Thomas
		FW	Minh Vu

[edit] Notable former players

[edit] Year-by-year

[edit] Outdoor Team

Year	Division	League	Reg. Season	Playoffs	Open Cup
1990		SISL	3rd, Western	Quarterfinals	Did not enter
1991		SISL	5th, Southwest	Did not qualify	Did not enter
1992		USISL	4th, Southwest	Did not qualify	Did not enter
1993		USISL	7th, Southwest	Did not qualify	Did not enter
1994	3	USISL	5th, Southwest	Did not qualify	Did not enter
1995	4	USISL Premier League	6th, Western	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
1996	4	USISL Premier League	3rd, Western Southern	Division Semifinals	Did not qualify
1997	3	USISL D-3 Pro League	6th, West	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
1998	3	USISL D-3 Pro League	1st, West	Quarterfinals	2nd Round
1999	3	USL D-3 Pro League	3rd, Western	Conference Semifinals	2nd Round
2000	3	USL D-3 Pro League	6th, Western	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2001	3	USL D-3 Pro League	4th, Western	Conference Semifinals	Did not qualify
2002	3	USL D-3 Pro League	3rd, Western	1st Round	Did not qualify
2003	4	MPSL	3rd	Champion	Did not qualify
2004	4	MPSL	3rd	Runner-Up	Did not qualify
2005	/	/	on hiatus	/	/
2006	5	USASA	stats not available		2nd Round
2007	5	USASA	stats not available		Did not qualify
2008	4	NPSL	2nd, Southwest	Did not qualify	1st Round
2009	5	USASA	stats not available		1st Round

[edit] Indoor Team

Year	Division	League	Reg. Season	Playoffs	Open Cup
1989/90	N/A	SISL Indoor	1st, Cactus	Final	N/A
1990/91	N/A	SISL Indoor	4th, Southwest	Quarterfinals	N/A
1991/92	N/A	USISL Indoor	4th, Southwest	Did not qualify	N/A
1992/93	N/A	USISL Indoor	2nd, Southwest	Final	N/A

[edit] Honors

MPSL Champions 2003
USL D-3 Pro League West Division Champions 1998
SISL Cactus Division Champions 1989/90 (Indoor)

[edit] Head coaches

Petar Draksin (2001-present)

[edit] Stadia

Stadium at Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, Arizona (1989-present)

The Sahuaros are currently securing funds to build the one of the first soccer-specific stadium in the USASA. It would seat 7,500 spectators and come complete with luxury boxes, restaurants, training facilities, and office headquarters for the team.

[edit] External links

Arizona Sahuaros

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