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Hollywood United Hitmen
Full name	Hollywood United FC Hitmen
Nickname(s)	The Hitmen
Founded	2009
Stadium	Stadium by the Sea; (Capacity: 4,000)
Chairman	Anthony LaPaglia; Ali Mansouri; Rudi Bianchi
Manager	Matt Harold
League	USL Premier Development League
2009	1st, Southwest; Playoff Divisional Finals
Home colors	Away colors

Hollywood United Hitmen is an American soccer team based in Pacific Palisades, California, United States. Founded in 2009, the team plays in the USL Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Southwest Division of the Western Conference.

The team plays its home games in the "Stadium by the Sea" at Palisades High School, where they have played since 2009. The team's colors are black, gold and white.

[edit] History

Hollywood United Hitmen was formed as a result of a collaboration between the 2008 USL W-League champions Pali Blues and the Hollywood United organization, who acquired the franchise right from the San Fernando Valley Quakes in 2009.

Hollywood United is an internationally famous Los Angeles-based amateur team which has, for many years, competed in local amateur leagues. Over the years, celebrity players such as actors Anthony LaPaglia, Dermot Mulroney, Brandon Routh, Gilles Marini, Ralf Little, Donal Logue, and Jimmy Jean-Louis, musicians Steve Jones, Robbie Williams and Ziggy Marley, film director Danny Cannon, Los Angeles Galaxy veteran Paul Bravo, and former international soccer players Vinnie Jones, Eric Wynalda, John Harkes, Alexi Lalas, Richard Gough and Frank Leboeuf have played for the "senior" Hollywood United team.

The Hitmen played their first official PDL game on May 1, 2009, a 1-0 victory over the Fresno Fuego.^[1], with the first goal in franchise history being scored by Armando Ochoa. The first half of the season continued spectacularly for the Hitmen, winning their next four games on the bounce, demolishing Ventura County Fusion and Bakersfield Brigade 4-0 each, and not conceding a goal until their topsy-turvy 4-3 victory over Ogden Outlaws in mid-May. During the early part of the season, Hollywood negotiated a deal with Los Angeles Galaxy whereby some of the MLS team's fringe players would join the Hitmen on loan to keep up their match fitness levels, following the demise of the MLS Reserve Division; Tristan Bowen, Leonard Griffin, Kyle Patterson and Israel Sesay all contributed to the Hollywood cause with several goals and assists during their spells. They suffered their first defeat 1-0 away to BYU Cougars, and endured a rocky spell in June when they went three games without a win, but bounced back to demolish Ogden 7-3 at home thanks to a brace from striker Jaime Chavez. Half way through the season head coach Michael Erush left the team to take up a coaching position with the US national soccer team competing at the 2009 Maccabiah Games in Israel; his position as haed coach was taken over by his assistant, Matt Harold. Despite being involved in an astonishing 0-0 tie with the Los Angeles Legends in early July in which seven players were shown red cards, Hollywood wrapped up the Southwest Division title with a 3-2 come-from-behind victory over the Southern California Seahorses, and secured a bye to the final of the divisional playoffs. Unfortunately, the Hitmen were unexpectedly dropped 3-1 by Ventura County Fusion in extra time, and had to be content with nothing more than the divisional title in their first year in PDL competition. Jaime Chavez was Hollywood's top scorer, with 10 goals, while both Nick Kohlschreiber and Armando Ochoa contributed three assists each.

[edit] Players

[edit] Current roster

as at July 20, 2009

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Laurent Grill
2	MF	Erik Robert (bio)
3	FW	Albert Racca
4	DF	Carlos Morales
5	DF	Ricardo Mendoza
6	MF	Jose Munoz
7	DF	Nick Kohlschreiber
8	DF	Amir Shafii (bio)
9	FW	Jaime Chavez
10	MF	Federico Bianchi
11	MF	Earl Alexander (bio)
12	FW	Armando Ochoa
13	MF	Victor Cerna

No.	Position	Player
14	DF	Peter Hazdovac
15	MF	Diego Barrera (bio)
16	FW	Estuardo Sanchez
17	DF	Rene Corona
18	MF	Ferguson Agwu
19	DF	Nick Blanco (bio)
20	MF	Bryan Hernandez
21	FW	Willie Sims
22	GK	Jose Miranda
23	MF	Missoum Harbouche
24	DF	Anthony Flores
	GK	Tony Peiffer