Sunflower State FC

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Sunflower State FC

Full name	Sunflower State Football Club
Founded	January 23, 2017; 7 years ago (2017-01-23), as Ozark FC January 10, 2022; 2 years ago (2022-01-10), as Sunflower State FC
Stadium	Blue Valley Northwest High School (Outdoor) Soccer Nation KC (Indoor) Overland Park, Kansas
Owners	Joey Lipoff Andrew Lentell Salvatore Sesti Charles Salazar Nick McDonald
Head Coach	Nick McDonald
League	NPSL MASL 3
2022	Heartland: 3rd
Website	https://www.sunflowerstatefc.com/

Sunflower State FC is a semi-professional soccer team based in Overland Park, Kansas that competes in the National Premier Soccer League as a member of the Heartland Conference and in the Major Arena Soccer League 3 as a member of the Midwest Division. The club was founded in Northwest Arkansas as Ozark FC in 2017, before merging with Sunflower State FC and moving to the Kansas City, Kansas area in 2022. The team colors are yellow, black, and white.

Sunflower State FC was founded as Ozark FC on January 23, 2017, as a National Premier Soccer League expansion team joining the newly formed Heartland Conference.^[1][2]

In the 2017 NPSL season Ozark finished with a 2–8–0 record and last in their conference, missing the playoffs. Home games were played at John Brown University in Siloam Springs, Arkansas.

Ownership interest of Ozark FC transitioned to an ownership group led by Todd Carrigan, Scott Marksberry, and Oddvar Naustvik on March 29, 2018.

In the 2018 NPSL season Ozark finished with a 0–9–1 record, once again finishing last in their conference and missing the playoffs. Home games were played at Veteran's Park in Rogers, Arkansas, Springdale High School in Springdale, Arkansas, and Har-Ber High School in Springdale, Arkansas.

In the 2019 NPSL season Ozark finished with a 3–5–3 record, finishing 4th in their conference and making the playoffs. They lost 2–6 in the first round at Tulsa Athletic. Home games were all played at Har-Ber High School.

Ozark's rivalry with Little Rock Rangers, called the Downriver Derby by Rangers fans, was their main rivalry each season. Out of the six games the clubs played, Ozark won 2 and lost 4.

On January 10, 2022, the NPSL announced the club had come to an agreement with Sunflower State FC to merge clubs, relocate to Kansas City, Kansas, and keep the club name of Sunflower State FC. Games will be played at Blue Valley Northwest High School in Overland Park, Kansas starting in 2022.^[3]

Position	Staff
President	Joey Lipoff
Vice President	Salvatore Sesti, and Charles Salazar
Director of Marketing	Salvatore Sesti
Director of Finance	Charles Salazar
Director of Coaching/Head Coach	Nick McDonald

Season	Domestic League											U.S. Open Cup	CONCACAF CL	Average Attendance
	League	GP	W	L	D	GF	GA	Pts	Conference	Pos.	Playoffs
2017	NPSL	10	2	8	0	12	36	6	Heartland Conference	6th	Did not qualify	Did not qualify	Did not qualify	50
2018	NPSL	10	0	9	1	4	19	1	Heartland Conference	6th	Did not qualify	Did not qualify	Did not qualify	400
2019	NPSL	11	3	5	3	18	24	12	Heartland Conference	4th	vs Tulsa	Did not qualify	Did not qualify	400
2022	NPSL	12	5	4	3	19	20	18	Heartland Conference	3rd	vs OKC 1889 FC	Did not qualify	Did not qualify	100

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Record (W–L–D)	Type
May 12, 2019	7:00 p.m.	Little Rock Rangers	War Memorial Stadium – Little Rock, Arkansas	L 1–3	0–1–0, 0 points	NPSL Heartland Conference
May 18, 2019	3:00 p.m.	Tulsa Athletic	Veteran's Park – Tulsa, Oklahoma	L 1–3	0–2–0, 0 points	NPSL Heartland Conference
May 25, 2019	7:30 p.m.	Demize NPSL	Cooper Sports Complex – Springfield, Missouri	D 1–1	0–2–1, 1 points	NPSL Heartland Conference
June 1, 2019	7:30 p.m.	Little Rock Rangers	Har-Ber High School – Little Rock, Arkansas	W 2–1	1–2–1, 4 points	NPSL Heartland Conference
June 8, 2019	6:00 p.m.	Club Atletico St. Louis	St. Louis University High School – St. Louis, Missouri	L 0–5	1–3–1, 4 points	NPSL Heartland Conference
June 15, 2019	7:30 p.m.	FC Wichita	Har-Ber High School – Little Rock, Arkansas	D 1–1	1–3–2, 5 points	NPSL Heartland Conference
June 19, 2019	7:30 p.m.	Tulsa Athletic	Har-Ber High School – Little Rock, Arkansas	L 0–3	1–4–2, 5 points	NPSL Heartland Conference
June 22, 2019	7:30 p.m.	Demize NPSL	Har-Ber High School – Little Rock, Arkansas	D 0–0	1–4–3, 6 points	NPSL Heartland Conference
June 29, 2019	7:30 p.m.	Club Atletico St. Louis	Har-Ber High School – Little Rock, Arkansas	W 7–0	2–4–3, 9 points	NPSL Heartland Conference
July 6, 2019	7:30 p.m.	FC Wichita	Stryker Soccer Complex – Wichita, Kansas	W 3–1	3–4–3, 12 points	NPSL Heartland Conference
July 10, 2019	5:30 p.m.	Tulsa Athletic	Veteran's Park – Tulsa, Oklahoma	L 2–6	3–5–3, 12 points	Playoff – Heartland Conference

All times are Central Standard unless otherwise stated

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Record (W–L–D)	Type
May 5, 2018	7:30 p.m.	FC Wichita	Trinity Stadium – Wichita, Kansas	L 0–5	0–1–0, 0 points	NPSL Heartland Conference
May 12, 2018	2:00 p.m.	Tulsa Athletic	Veteran's Park – Tulsa, Oklahoma	L 0–3	0–2–0, 0 points	NPSL Heartland Conference
May 19, 2018	6:00 p.m.	Saint Louis Club Atletico	St. Mary's High School – Saint Louis, Missouri	D 1–1	0–2–1, 1 point	NPSL Heartland Conference
May 26, 2018	7:00 p.m.	Demize NPSL	Veteran's Park – Rogers, Arkansas	L 1–4	0–3–1, 1 point	NPSL Heartland Conference
June 2, 2018	7:00 p.m.	FC Wichita	Jarrell Williams Bulldog Stadium – Springdale, Arkansas	L 0–1	0–4–1, 1 point	NPSL Heartland Conference
June 9, 2018	7:30 p.m.	Demize NPSL	Cooper Stadium – Springfield, Missouri	L 0–2	0–5–1, 1 point	NPSL Heartland Conference
June 16, 2018	7:00 p.m.	Little Rock Rangers	War Memorial Stadium – Little Rock, Arkansas	L 1–2	0–6–1, 1 point	NPSL Heartland Conference
June 23, 2018	6:00 p.m.	Little Rock Rangers	Har-Ber High School – Springdale, Arkansas	L 0–1	0–7–1, 1 point	NPSL Heartland Conference
June 30, 2018	7:00 p.m.	Tulsa Athletic	Sugar Creek Soccer Park – Bella Vista, Arkansas	L 1–2	0–8–1, 1 point	NPSL Heartland Conference
July 7, 2018	7:00 p.m.	Saint Louis Club Atletico	Veteran's Park – Rogers, Arkansas	L 1–2	0–9–1, 1 point	NPSL Heartland Conference

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 00 GK  USA Noah Reuscher 0 GK  USA Noah Simbeck 1 GK  USA Grant Calvert 2 DF  USA Damon Young 3 MF  USA Grant Peters 4 MF  USA Caden McClagen (captain) 5 DF  USA Derrick Carson 6 MF  USA JP Pascarella 7 MF  USA Yahel Anderson-Gonzalez 7 MF  USA Jackson Million 8 DF  ENG Ope Obakin 9 FW  USA Tim Smith 10 FW  USA Gabe Porras

No. Pos. Nation Player 11 FW  USA Nick McDonald 12 DF  USA Connor Brummett 13 MF  IRL Ruari Cotter 13 MF  USA Maclain Petri 14 DF  USA Dakota Okwuone 15 DF  USA Jack Austin 16 FW  USA Jack Souder 16 MF  USA Cooper Forcellini 17 MF  ENG Joseph Wainwright 18 MF  USA Tre Smith 19 DF  COD Bryan Kalaka 21 DF  USA Tate Lancaster 23 MF  USA Colin Innes

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 00 GK  USA Noah Reuscher 1 GK  USA Noah Simbeck 3 MF  USA Jack Austin 4 MF  USA Caden McClagen 5 DF  USA Cameron Caldwell 6 MF  PLE Montaser Mansi 7 MF  USA Tate Lancaster 8 MF  SOM Abdirahim Adan 9 FW  USA Girma Kassa 10 FW  USA Kegan Lammering 11 MF  USA Jacob Kisner

No. Pos. Nation Player 12 GK  USA Chris Guldenpfennig 13 FW  USA Chandler Givler 13 DF  BRA Jose Ramos 14 FW  NGA Akolade Gbadebo 15 MF  USA Sammy Showers 16 DF  USA Derrick Carson 17 DF  USA Dakota Okwuone (captain) 18 DF  USA Bryan Clark 19 DF  MEX Isaias De La Torre 20 DF  USA Zaki Mosavy 21 FW  COL Alex Acuna

Name	Position	From	University	Games Started	Games Played	Minutes Played	Goals Scored	Caution	Send Off	Notes
Lucas Almeida	D	São Paulo, Brazil	Sacred Heart	5	5	450		1
Matheus Alves	F	Salvador, Brazil	Sacred Heart	6	7	511	1	2
Leo Araujo	F	Springdale, AR	Neosho County Community College		2	43				Did not finish season
Erol Banuelos	M	Rogers, AR	Rogers State University	4	6	329
Guilherme Barbosa	M	São Paulo, Brazil	John Brown University	5	7	462		1		Heartland Conference All Conference Team Second XI South Region Conference Starting XI
Joel Barroso	GK	Springdale, AR	Crowder College	1	2	135
Giovanni Bejarano	D	Medellin, Colombia	John Brown University	3	3	250				Injured
Hunter Brunson	GK	Baton Rouge, LA		1	1	90				Did not finish season
Alex Buckley	D	Liverpool, England	Oklahoma City University	6	6	540
Marco Cardona	F	Medellin, Colombia	John Brown University
Lalo (Jose) Castro	M	Bentonville, AR	Oral Roberts University	4	6	451	1	3
Jarrod Cooper	F	Owasso, OK	Rogers State University	1	6	167		1
Vitor Cositorto	M	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Neosho County Community College	2	5	215
Alejandro Dominguez	M	San Jose Guayabal, El Salvador	Neosho County Community College	2	2	152				Did not finish season
Leonardo Gomes	F	Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Neosho County Community College	6	8	518	1
Amilcar Gonzalez	F	Springdale, AR	John Brown University	9	9	729	1	1
Orsy Gonzalez	D	Springdale, AR	Eastern Illinois University							Injured
Manuel Heredia	GK	Lima, Peru	Allianza Lima	6	7	540
Adam Holt	GK	Tulsa, OK	John Brown University	3	3	225
Shameus Jaegar	D	Springdale, AR	Huron University	4	7	323		1
Tucker Johnston	M	Ft. Smith, AR	Ouachita Baptist University	1	3	133		1		Injured
Daniel Marulanda	M	Medellin, Colombia	John Brown University	3	5	237
Hazeley Pyle	D	St. John's, Antigua & Barbuda	John Brown University		1	32				Did not finish season
Cobi Rivera	D	Rogers, AR		2	2	128
Daniel Rivera	D	Rogers, AR	Eastern Oklahoma State College	8	10	740
TJ Rodriguez	M	Ft. Smith, AR	Central Baptist College	4	7	389
Vinicius Sanchez	D	São Paulo, Brazil	Oklahoma Wesleyan University	7	9	701
Irvin Sosa	D	Fayetteville, AR	John Brown University	2	3	200				Did not finish season
Tre Thomas	M	Wichita, KS	Southwestern College	2	5	247				Did not finish season
Santiago Vanegas	D	Rionegro, Colombia	John Brown University	10	10	900				Heartland Conference All Conference Team Second XI

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