Las Vegas Mobsters

Las Vegas Mobsters

Full name	Las Vegas Mobsters
Nickname(s)	The Mobsters
Founded	2013
Stadium	Green Valley High School Stadium Las Vegas, Nevada
Stadium capacity	1,000[1]
President	Board of Trustees
Chairman	Martin Melendrez
Head Coach	Paul Barron
League	Premier Development League
2016	5th, Central Pacific Division Playoffs: DNQ
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Las Vegas Mobsters is an American soccer team based in Las Vegas, Nevada. Founded in 2013, the team plays in the Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Central Pacific Division of the Western Conference. Their inaugural season was in 2014, competing in the Western Conference. The Mobsters finished 4th in the Mountain Division their first season. ^[2][3][4]

Year-by-year

Year	Division	League	Regular Season	Playoffs	Open Cup
2014	4	USL PDL	4th, Mountain	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2015	4	USL PDL	3rd, Mountain	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2016	4	USL PDL	5th, Central Pacific	Did not qualify	Did not qualify

Players

Current roster

As of May 18, 2015.^[5]

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

No. Position Player 0 GK Alex Clewis 0 GK Daniel Diaz 0 GK Hector Casillas 0 GK Angel Alvarez 0 GK Cesar Valverde 1 DF Sebastion Hernandez 2 DF Robert Hines 3 DF Griffin Mallas 4 DF Eric Bojado 5 DF Forrest Smith 6 DF Cobi Hunt 7 DF Luis Ponce Hernandez 8 DF Roberto Rivera 9 MF Julian Portugal

No. Position Player 10 MF Milan Popovic 11 MF Carlos Lara 12 MF Jackson Collins 13 MF Mathew DeQuiroz 14 MF Oscar Velasquez 15 MF Jordan Jones 16 MF Fausto Urrutia 17 FW Naia Graham 18 FW Esteban Berumen 19 FW Mario Erpal 20 FW Robert Garcia 21 FW Gouedan Halley 22 FW Joshua Guzman 23 FW Ruben Duran

Current staff

As of May 2015^[6][7]

• Martin Melendrez - Chief Financial Officer
• Paul Barron - Head Coach
• Ronny Charry - Assistant Coach
• Tyler Scull - General Manager
• Forrest Smith - Director of Player Development
• Matt McKane - Director of Game Day Operations
• John Fayeghi - Director of Hospitality and Entertainment
• Tyson Johnson - Director of Marketing
• Theresa Lloyd - Club Administrator
• Christian Soler - Director of Social Media and Media Relations

Club Culture

Supporters

Local chavs organized a Las Vegas Mobsters supporters group called the Mob Squad during the Mobsters inaugural season .^[8]

Rivalries

In 2015 the members of the Mob Squad along with FC Tucson supporters Cactus Pricks, and Albuquerque Sol FC supporters the Sandianistas announced the Copa Frontera, an annual series with Las Vegas Mobsters, FC Tucson and Albuquerque Sol FC, all current PDL teams in the Western Conference's newly-formed Mountain Division. The club earning the most points in the 6 regular-season meetings is awarded The Copa Frontera Trophy for the following year.^[9]

References

1. http://nl.women.soccerway.com/venues/united-states/green-valley-high-school-stadium/v25246/
2. Straus, Brian (10 October 2013). "Las Vegas to get amateur soccer team in 2014 with the PDL's Mobsters". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
3. "PDL Expands to Las Vegas for 2014". United Soccer Leagues (USL). October 10, 2013. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
4. 2014 PDL season
5. http://www.uslpdl.com/teams/2015/66638046.html#ROSTER
6. "Administrative Staff". lvmobsters.com.
7. "Coaching Staff". lvmobsters.com.
8. "Mob Squad About Us". www.mobsquadlv.com.
9. "Copa Frontera". mobsquadlv.com. May 6, 2015.