Los Angeles Force

Los Angeles Force

Full name	Los Angeles Force
Nickname(s)	LA Force
Founded	2019
Stadium	Veterans Memorial Stadium
Capacity	11,600
Owner	Bob Friedland
Head Coach	Dekel Keinan
League	NISA
Fall 2021	3rd Place
Website	Club website
Home colors
Current season

Los Angeles Force is an American professional soccer club based in Long Beach, California that plays in the National Independent Soccer Association (NISA).

History

On August 2, 2019, the National Independent Soccer Association announced the addition of Los Angeles Force ahead of the league's inaugural 2019 Fall Showcase. The club is affiliated with NISA Nation side FC Golden State Force.^[1]

Stadium

For the 2019 NISA Fall Showcase, the team played its home matches at Rio Hondo College in Whittier, California. Starting with the 2020 Spring season, the team moved to Los Angeles, and is using the newly renovated stadium on the campus of California State University - Los Angeles.

During the 2021 fall season, the Force primarily used Valley High School's facility in Santa Ana, except for two matches at Championship Soccer Stadium in Irvine. For the 2022 season, the Force used 6 different stadiums, including Championship Stadium (1 match, plus another at Great Park's turf field 10 adjacent), one match at Garey High School in Pomona, one at Yates Field in Chino, two at Covina District Field in Covina, and 4 at LA Harbor College's stadium.

During the 2023 season, the Force primarily used Championship Soccer Stadium in Irvine.

In 2024, the Force announced that they will be playing at Veterans Memorial Stadium at Long Beach City College.

Players and staff

Roster

As of November 13, 2023

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  USA Hugo Gomez 2 DF  USA Erick Villatoro 3 DF  USA Edward Salazar 4 DF  USA Gonzalo Salguero 5 DF  USA Jake Serpa 6 DF  USA Ronaldo Lomeli 7 FW  BRA Arthur Korek 8 MF  COL Óscar Correa 10 FW  USA Gustavo Villalobos 11 FW  USA Alex Vedamanikam 12 GK  PUR Joel Serrano 14 MF  COL Pedro Hernandez 15 MF  USA Leopoldo Plascencia 16 MF  USA Justin Jovel 17 FW  USA Moja Hale 18 MF  UKR Kostyantyn Domaratskyi 19 MF  USA Alex Juarez 20 MF  USA Oscar Delgado

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 DF  ISR Dekel Keinan 22 DF  USA Ari Claro 23 FW  MEX Aldo Quintanilla 24 MF  USA Edin Hernandez 25 FW  USA Franck Tayou 26 MF  USA D'Morea Alewine 29 FW  COL Santiago Echavarría 30 DF  ENG Chuka Aruh 72 GK  USA Jakob Hansen 80 DF  USA Ivan Hernandez 92 FW  GUA Edwin Rivas 96 DF  USA Clayton Torr 99 FW  USA Francis Avoce - MF  USA Diego Casillas - MF  GUA José Sosa - FW  USA Alexander Filian - FW  USA Danny Darelli

Statistics and records

Season-by-season

Season	League	Div	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Position	Playoffs	U.S. Open Cup	Top Scorer
													Player	Goals
2019–20	NISA	Fall	6	3	2	1	8	7	14	1st, West Coast	Conference Final	Cancelled	Alvaro Madrigal-Zavala Marvin Merlano	2
		Spring	2	0	1	1	1	3	1	7th	Cancelled
2020–21	NISA	Fall	3	2	0	1	5	5	6	1st, Group B	Fall Semifinials	Cancelled	Christian Chaney	6
		Spring	8	6	0	2	11	6	18	2nd	Spring Final

References

External links

• Official website

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