California United FC

Full name	California United Strikers Football Club
Founded	May 10, 2017; 6 years ago (2017-05-10)
Stadium	Championship Soccer Stadium Irvine, California
Capacity	5,000
Owner	Bronwyn & Pete Capriotti
President	Michael Collins
Head coach	Don Ebert
League	National Independent Soccer Association
Home colors Away colors Third colors

California United Strikers FC is an American professional soccer club based in Orange County, California.

History

The club was founded by Bronwyn & Pete Capriotti and Michael Collins, who have had connections to the adult amateur United Premier Soccer League.

California United FC intended to join the North American Soccer League (NASL) as an expansion franchise for the 2018 season. However, due to the instability of the league, California United withdrew its franchise agreement from NASL in early 2018 and announced that it was exploring all professional league options for the 2019 season. On November 15, 2018, the club was announced as a participant in the 2019 NPSL Founders Cup and as a founding member of a new league to being in 2020.^[1]

On March 2, 2019, the team tweeted out their intention to withdraw from the NPSL and NPSL Founders Cup.^[2] Three months later, on June 10, 2019, the team was accepted into the National Independent Soccer Association (NISA) as a member for the league's inaugural season.^[3]

The club participated in the Western Conference NISA championship in Fall 2019. On November 10, 2019, the team won the 2019 NISA Western Conference championship.^[4]

Players and staff

Current roster

As of April 2, 2022^[5]

No.	Position	Player	Nation
0	GK	Steven Barrera	United States
2	DF	Gonzalo Salguero	United States
3	DF	Aydan Bowers	United States
4	DF	Garrett Hogbin	United States
5	DF	Xavier Ikaika Fuerte	United States
6	MF	Duncan Capriotti	United States
7	MF	Luis Garcia Sosa	Mexico
9	FW	Omar Nuño	Mexico
10	MF	Gustavo Villalobos	United States
11	MF	Shane Kaemerle	United States
12	DF	Marc Bermudez	United States
13	MF	Felipe Liborio Jr.	United States
14	FW	Andy Contreras	United States
16	FW	Christian Thierjung	United States
17	DF	Brady Treinen	United States
18	MF	Leonel Alvarenga	United States
19	MF	Bay Kurtz	United States
20	MF	Caleb Suh	United States
21	MF	Francis Jacobs (on loan from Orange County SC)	United States
22	DF	Kevin Garcia-Lopez	United States
23	MF	Shinya Kadono	Japan
24	DF	Joseph Patrick Pérez	United States
25	MF	Guilherme Farias	Brazil
29	FW	Marcus Lee	United States
30	FW	Bryan Medina	United States
33	GK	Jean Gamain Antoine	Haiti

Year-by-year

Season	League	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	Pts.	Playoffs	U.S. Open Cup	Top goalscorer		Manager
													Name	League
2019–20	NISA	Fall – West Coast[a]	2nd	6	2	3	1	13	9	9	Champions	Second Round	Christian Thierjung	6	Don Ebert
		Spring[b]	2nd	2	1	1	0	1	0	4	Cancelled

California United FC II

California United maintains a second Team which participates in the Pro Premier division of the United Premier Soccer League (UPSL). The team played as the L.A. Wolves FC in the 2017 UPSL Spring Season, then as OC Invicta in the 2017 UPSL Fall Season. Both teams were coached by Eric Wynalda and both were crowned UPSL National Champions in each season. In the Fall 2018 season, under the California United FC II name, the team went undefeated(13–0–0) and won a third UPSL National Championship.^[7][8]

Additionally, as L.A. Wolves FC the team placed third in the United States Adult Soccer Association (USASA) 2017 National Championship in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

The club also maintains an academy team in Irvine, called the Irvine Strikers.