Wikipedia - AFC Mobile
AFC Mobile is an American soccer club based in Mobile, Alabama, that competes in the National Premier Soccer League. It formerly played in the Gulf Coast Premier League.
History
Founding
AFC Mobile was founded in 2015 by Mobile and Baldwin County, Alabama, soccer enthusiasts in order to establish a semi-professional soccer team in the City of Mobile. It was announced on January 3, 2017, that AFC Mobile would join the Gulf Coast Premier League for its inaugural Summer Season. On November 12, 2019, it was announced that AFC Mobile would join the National Premier Soccer League in a newly formed Gulf Coast Conference that featured Mobile, Port City FC, Tallahassee SC, Pensacola FC, and NPSL mainstays the New Orleans Jesters and Jacksonville Armada.
Inaugural season
Prior to their debut season, AFC Mobile announced that it would play its inaugural season's home games at the Archbishop Lipscomb Athletic Complex, located in the Bolton neighborhood of Mobile. For its first two years, the team was managed by Nate Nicholas, a former player for the University of Mobile, former back-to-back state championship-winning coach at UMS-Wright Preparatory School, and current varsity men's coach at McGill–Toolen Catholic High School.
Changes to coaching staff
After finishing the 2018 GCPL season, head coach Nate Nicholas stepped down.
Ultimately, Spring Hill College's men's soccer coach Steve Wieczorek was named as Nicholas's replacement on January 7, 2019.
L'allenatore di AFC Mobile è Ziggy Korytoski, ex allenatore del Jacksonville Armada FC, squadra della United Soccer League (USL). Korytoski ha guidato AFC Mobile a due campionati NPSL consecutivi nel 2017 e nel 2018. La squadra è composta da un mix di giocatori americani e stranieri, tra cui l'attaccante brasiliano Roberto Baggio e il difensore francese Laurent Koscielny.
AFC Mobile è una squadra ambiziosa che spera di raggiungere la USL, il secondo livello di calcio professionistico negli Stati Uniti. La squadra ha un forte sostegno da parte della comunità locale e sta rapidamente diventando una delle squadre più popolari del paese.