NPSL Announces Addition of Kitsap Soccer Club
The NPSL welcomes its latest expansion club Kitsap SC for the 2017 season that is set to kick off at the beginning of the calendar year. The Washington club joins from the Premier Development League (PDL) and will compete in the West Region’s Northwest Conference.
NPSL Soccer News: The National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) has announced the addition of Kitsap Soccer Club (Bremerton, WA) as the league’s latest expansion team that will compete in the West Region’s Northwest Conference.
“We enthusiastically welcome Kitsap Soccer Club to the National Premier Soccer League,” NPSL Chairman Joe Barone commented. “We look forward to their contributions in the Northwest as we continue to grow and support the sport in this region.”
Kitsap Soccer Club is led by owner Robin Waite, head coach Cameron MacDonald, assistant coach Shaun Scobie, analyst Keith Sargent and goalkeeper coach Liviu Bird.
Waite is a former co-owner of Seattle Sounders II of the USL, and is widely known for his expertise in stadium development with a background in commercial real estate.
MacDonald played professional in both the United Kingdom and the United States, boasting an impressive trophy collection. He was an assistant coach with the Kitsap Pumas during their 2014 PDL National Championship run and led the club to its first undefeated season as head coach in 2015.
Scobie joined the club in 2015 after coaching the Livingston FC professional academy in the U.K. He helped produce over 25 players for the first team and also led the Scottish branch of Coerver Coaching.
Sargent, a Kitsap native, was one of the first coaches to earn a Master’s Degree in Soccer Coaching from Ohio University. He has experience coaching at the collegiate level and brings expert statistician to the club. Bird, a former Kitsap Pumas goalkeeper, is an alumni of Seattle Pacific University. He is an established goalkeeper trainer who has coached at the youth and collegiate levels.
“We were a franchise of the PDL for eight years, and we had some good success there,” Waite added. “We would like to thank the PDL for providing us the platform to develop our club and brand, but we feel that at this point, membership in the NPSL is the best possible direction for the future success of our team.”
Kitsap SC will play its home games at Gordon Field, a 1,500-capacity stadium on the Kitsap County Fairgrounds in Bremerton, Washington, a one-hour ferry ride west of Seattle on the Olympic Peninsula.
In the club’s eight-year history, Kitsap SC won the PDL National Championship in 2011 and advanced to the national final again in 2014. Kitsap has qualified for the U.S. Open Cup six times (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016), advancing to the fourth round in 2016.
“We bring a strong and stable club to the league,” Waite concluded. “Our objective is to bring a high level of competition to the Northwest Conference. We hope to be a catalyst for the advancement of the league. We hope to be able to continue our U.S. Open Cup success.”
Photo Credit: Kitsap Soccer Club
