St. Louis Ambush (2013–)
The St. Louis Ambush is a professional indoor soccer team based in St. Charles, Missouri. They are the second team to use this name. This version of the Ambush play in the Major Arena Soccer League[1] while the original St. Louis Ambush played in the National Professional Soccer League.[2][3]
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| Founded | 2013 |
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| Stadium | Family Arena |
| Capacity | 4,500 |
| Owner | Will and Shelly Clark, Jeff and Heather Locker |
| League | Major Arena Soccer League |
| 2018–19 | 3rd, South Central Division Playoffs: DNQ |
| Website | Club website |
The current ownership group of the Ambush is Shelly and Will Clark, and Jeff and Heather Locker
History
The Ambush originally joined the Major Indoor Soccer League in 2013. In their only season as members of the MISL the Ambush posted only four wins while losing sixteen games.
After the 2013–2014 season, the team announced that it was leaving the MISL along with five other teams and join the Major Arena Soccer League.[4]
At a May 3, 2016 press conference in Lakeland, Florida it was announced the Ambush were moving to the newly established IPL with the Baltimore Blast and expansion franchise Florida Tropics SC.[5] However, on August 29, 2016, it was announced that all IPL teams would be joining (or re-joining) the MASL.[6]
The MASL had a 'free agent' period for the first two weeks of May 2017, where any players who were free agents were free to negotiate with any team in the league. The Saint Louis Ambush failed to sign any players during the 'free agent' period, though few players changed teams in the league during this period in May.
On December 14, 2015, Tony Glavin took over as the head coach of the Saint Louis Ambush and served as the head coach for the remainder of the 2015-2016 season. Glavin continued as head coach in the 2016-2017 season and would finish with a 1-19 record. During the off-season a committee was formed to search for a new coach, with the position expected to be filled by the end of August 2017 prior to team tryouts.[7] On August 28, 2017, the St. Louis Ambush named Hewerton Moreira as their player/head coach.[8]
In the 2017–18 season, the first under Hewerton's leadership, the on field woes continued for the Ambush as they finished the season with a record of 3–19. Nonetheless, Hewerton's contract was extended on April 16, 2018 through the 2019–2020 season where the team ended with a 10-14 record. Hewerton officially retired as a player after the season and now serves as the full time head coach for the team.[9]
In December 2019, Tony Glavin and Dr. Elizabeth Perez sold their interest in the Ambush to St Charles natives, Jeff and Heather Locker and they join Shelly and Will Clark in the ownership of the Ambush.
In the first week of the 2018 off-season the franchise announced that it was bringing back the Ambush Brigade dance team [10] as an "effort to improve game-day entertainment." The Brigade has seen a recent name change and are now known as the Bombshells.
Year-by-year
| Year | League | Reg. Season | Playoffs | Attendance |
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| 2013–14 | MISL | 6th, 4–16 | DNQ | 5,636 |
| 2014–15 | MASL | 5th, Central, 8–12 | DNQ | 6,110 |
| 2015–16 | MASL | 4th, Central, 5–15 | DNQ | 5,301 |
| 2016–17 | MASL | 5th, Central, 1–19 | DNQ | 2,574 |
| 2017–18 | MASL | 4th, Central, 3–19 | DNQ | 2,605 |
| 2018–19 | MASL | 3rd, South Central, 10–14 | DNQ | 2,553 |
| 2019–20 | MASL | 7th, Eastern, 9–12 | DNQ | 3,096 |
| Total | 40–107 (.272) | N/A | 4,657 | |
Players
Active players
As of July 6, 2020.[11]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Inactive players
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Head coaches
Arenas
Note: During the 2013–14 season, the Ambush used both the lower bowl and upper deck of the Family Arena. Since 2014, the Ambush have only used the lower bowl for seating fans. The lower bowl of the Family Arena has a capacity of about 5,000 fans.
References
- http://maslsoccer.com/
- "Indoor soccer to return to Family Arena in St. Charles". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. June 12, 2013. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
- "St. Louis Ambush join MISL". http://boxscorenews.com/. Retrieved June 14, 2013. External link in
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- https://www.facebook.com/FLTropics/videos/1783778395175144
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-09-02. Retrieved 2016-08-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- http://www.stlambush.com/news/ambush-announce-personnel-changes
- http://www.stlambush.com/news/hewerton-named-new-head-coach
- https://www.ksdk.com/article/sports/ambush-head-coach-hewerton-moreira-to-play-one-more-season/63-557846738
- https://stlouisambushbrigade.com
- "Coaching Staff". St. Louis Ambush. Retrieved June 15, 2013.
- "Coaching Staff". St. Louis Ambush. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
http://www.stlambush.com/stats#/player/133881/bio Nick Kolarac
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