Fresno FC
Former American professional soccer club
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Fresno Football Club was an American professional soccer team based in Fresno, California. Founded in 2017, the team was a member of the USL Championship, a second-tier league in the American Soccer Pyramid. Their first game took place on March 17, 2018.[1] The team folded on October 29, 2019, after the ownership group was unable to secure construction of a soccer-specific stadium.[2] On December 19, 2019, team ownership announced that it was searching for a new location in California for the 2021 USL Championship season.[3] On February 1, 2021, the team's franchise rights were transferred to Monterey Bay FC, an expansion USL Championship team based in Monterey County, California.[4]
Los Zorros
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| Full name | Fresno Football Club | |||
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| Nicknames | The Foxes Los Zorros | |||
| Founded | July 26, 2017 | |||
| Dissolved | October 29, 2019 | |||
| Stadium | Chukchansi Park | |||
| Capacity | 10,500 | |||
| Owner | Ray Beshoff | |||
| General manager | Frank Yallop | |||
| Head coach | Adam Smith | |||
| League | USL Championship | |||
| 2019 | 3rd, Western Conference Playoffs: Conference Quarterfinals | |||
| Website | www | |||
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Colors and crest
The team colors were sky blue, San Joaquin navy blue, Fuego red. The logo of the team included the initials "AM", a memorial to the deceased wife of an investor.[5] FFC chose the Fox as their mascot and secondary logo on November 7, 2017. The team was also referred to as The Foxes or Los Zorros in Spanish.[6][7]
Sponsorship
| Period | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
|---|---|---|
| 2018–2019 | Adidas | El Mexicano |
Year-by-year
- As of October 13, 2018
| Season | USL Championship | Play-offs | US Open Cup | Top scorer | Head coach | Avg. attendance | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | L | D | GF | GA | Pts | Pos | Player | Goals | |||||
| 2018 | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 44 | 38 | 39 | 12th, Western | did not qualify | Fourth Round |  Juan Pablo Caffa Jemal Johnson |
9 |  Adam Smith |
4,871 |
| 2019 | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 58 | 44 | 57 | 3rd, Western | Conference quarterfinals | Second Round | Jaime Chavez |
12 | Adam Smith |
4,117 |
