Arizona Impact

Arizona Impact is an American indoor soccer team, founded in 2013. The Arizona Impact presently compete in Major Arena Soccer League 2 and play their home matches at the Arizona Sports Complex in Glendale, Arizona.

Arizona Impact
Founded2013
GroundArizona Sports Complex
Glendale, Arizona
Capacity500
OwnersPatrick Fisher & Craig Meyer
Head CoachMike Cudmore
LeagueMASL2
WebsiteClub website

Former indoor soccer professional player Rick Soderman was named the first Arizona Impact head coach in October 2013. Soderman had a seven-year career (1993–2000) playing with six teams. Soderman resigned as head coach on November 16, 2015 and was replaced by team captains Ryan Hays and Ami Hanan on an interim basis. [1] Mike Cudmore was named head coach on January 27, 2016. [2]

Women

The club also fields a women's team, Impact FC to which Rick Soderman was named head coach of in May 2014. In the 2014 PASL Summer National Tournament[3] Impact FC won a four-team tournament to be crowned summer national champions.

Year-by-year
Year Win Loss Tie League Reg. Season Playoffs
2013-14 5 2 1 Premier Arena Soccer League 3rd, Southwest Did not qualify
2014 Summer 7 1 0 Premier Arena Soccer League 1st, Southwest National Semifinal
2015-16 4 3 1 Premier Arena Soccer League 2nd, Southwest Did not enter
2016-17 5 1 2 Premier Arena Soccer League 1st, Southwest National Quarterfinals
2017-18 3 9 0 Major Arena Soccer League 2 5th, Western Did not qualify
2018-19 On Hiatus
Total 24 16 4

Current squad

As of December 20, 2015.[4] 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 Eric Tate
3 MF  USA Eddie Hertsenberg
5 DF  SKN Craig Tyrrell
6 DF  USA Matt Marcum
7 DF  USA Matt Marek
8 FW  USA Zac Hawthorne
9 FW  USA Josh Albers
10 MF  USA Aaron Mendez
11 DF  USA Jonathan Atencio
12 FW  ENG Phil Jackson
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 FW  USA Brandon Swartzendruber
14 FW  USA Erik Andersen
15 FW  ENG Declan Fulton
16 DF  USA Carlos Delgado
17 FW  ISR Ami Hanan
18 MF  USA Dominic Iovino
19 DF  USA Ryan Hays
21 MF  USA Ryan Martin
22 MF  USA Jake Morales
32 FW  USA Clayton Zelin

Honors

Men's Team
  • PASL 2014 Summer Season Southwestern Division Champions
  • PASL 2016-2017 Southwestern Division Champions

Women's Team
  • 2014 PASL Women's Champions
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References
  1. "Coaching Change". Arizona Impact. November 16, 2015. Retrieved December 12, 2015.
  2. "Ex-Pro Indoor Player Brought On As Head Coach". Arizona Impact. January 27, 2016. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
  3. "Premier Arena Soccer League - Women Summer 2014". PASL. Archived from the original on August 14, 2014. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-01-25. Retrieved 2016-01-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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