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Sunflower State FC
Full name	Sunflower State Football Club
Founded	January 23, 2017; 7 years ago, as Ozark FC; January 10, 2022; 2 years ago, 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.

History

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]

Staff

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

Last updated: January 10, 2022
Source: NPSL

Seasons

Season	Domestic League											U.S. Open Cup	CONCACAF CL	Average Attendance
Season	League	GP	W	L	D	GF	GA	Pts	Conference	Pos.	Playoffs	U.S. Open Cup	CONCACAF CL	Average Attendance
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

2019 schedule


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

2019 scoring breakdown

May 12 NPSL Heartland Conference	Ozark FC	1–3	Little Rock Rangers	Little Rock, Arkansas
	Alex Buckley 60'	Report	Guadron 7' Benema 54' Watson 87'	Stadium: War Memorial

May 18 NPSL Heartland Conference	Ozark FC	1–3	Tulsa Athletic	Tulsa, Oklahoma
	Matheus Ferreira 53'	Report	Diallo 32', 56' Kazeem 78'	Stadium: Veteran's Park

May 25 NPSL Heartland Conference	Ozark FC	1–1	Demise NPSL	Springfield, Missouri
	Jacob Zamarron 14'	Report	Hernandez 57'	Stadium: Cooper Sports Complex

June 1 NPSL Heartland Conference	Ozark FC	2–1	Little Rock Rangers	Springdale, Arkansas
	Jacob Zamarron 80' Quinton Carey 90'	Report	Doyle 45'	Stadium: Har-Ber High School

June 8 NPSL Heartland Conference	Ozark FC	0–5	Club Atletico St. Louis	St. Louis, Missouri
	0	Report	Lopez 2', 35' Kante 62', 79', 89'	Stadium: St. Louis University High School

June 15 NPSL Heartland Conference	Ozark FC	1–1	FC Wichita	Springdale, Arkansas
		Report	Own Goal 5' Arndt 75'	Stadium: Har-Ber High School

June 19 NPSL Heartland Conference	Ozark FC	0–3	Tulsa Athletic	Springdale, Arkansas
		Report	Nzojyibwami 1' Garcia 14', 44'	Stadium: Har-Ber High School

June 22 NPSL Heartland Conference	Ozark FC	0–0	Demize NPSL	Springdale, Arkansas
		Report		Stadium: Har-Ber High School

June 29 NPSL Heartland Conference	Ozark FC	7–0	Club Atletico St. Louis	Springdale, Arkansas
	Giovani Bejarano 4' Jacob Zamarron 50', 61', 87' Quinton Carey 68', 78' Gonçalo Verissimo 81'	Report		Stadium: Har-Ber High School

July 6 NPSL Heartland Conference	Ozark FC	3–1	FC Wichita	Wichita, Kansas
	Lalo Castro 7' Jacob Zamarron 85' Alex Buckley 90'	Report	Gomes 15'	Stadium: Stryker Soccer Complex

July 10 Heartland Conference Semi-Final	Ozark FC	2–6	Tulsa Athletic	Tulsa, Oklahoma
	Jacob Zamarron 80', 90'	Report	Garcia 15', 44' Habib 52' Ruiz 60' Riveros 89', 90'	Stadium: Veteran's Park

2018 schedule

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

2018 scoring breakdown

May 5 NPSL Heartland Conference	FC Wichita	5–0	Ozark FC	Wichita, Kansas
7:30 p.m.	Landaverde 22', 39' Sosa 75' Robbins 79' Andoh 89'	NPSL Report		Stadium: Trinity Academy

May 12 NPSL Heartland Conference	Tulsa Athletic	3–0	Ozark FC	Tulsa, Oklahoma
	Joe Garcia 5' Damieon Thomas 40', 49'	Report		Stadium: Veteran's Park

May 19 NPSL Heartland Conference	Saint Louis Club Atletico	1–1	Ozark FC	Saint Louis, Missouri
	Walsh 6'	Report	Castro 44'	Stadium: St. Mary's High School

May 26 NPSL Heartland Conference	Ozark FC	1–4	Demize NPSL	Rogers, Arkansas
	Borges 7'	Report	Guelly 9', 50' Rogers 31' Darko 72'	Stadium: Veterans Park

June 2 NPSL Heartland Conference	Ozark FC	0–1	FC Wichita	Springdale, Arkansas
		Report	F. Tayou 68'	Stadium: Jarrell Williams Bulldog Stadium

June 9 NPSL Heartland Conference	Demize NPSL	2–0	Ozark FC	Springfield, Missouri
	Pedro Machado 15' Moore 41'	Report		Stadium: Cooper Stadium

June 16 NPSL Heartland Conference	Little Rock Rangers	2–1	Ozark FC	Little Rock, Arkansas
	Gaudron 45', 47'	Report	Gonzales 67'	Stadium: War Memorial Stadium

June 23 NPSL Heartland Conference	Ozark FC	0–1	Little Rock Rangers	Springdale, Arkansas
		Report	Caba Cordova 68'	Stadium: Har-Ber High School

June 30 NPSL Heartland Conference	Ozark FC	0–1	Tulsa Athletic	Bella Vista, AR
		Report	Ryan Alpers 9'	Stadium: Sugar Creek

July 7 NPSL Heartland Conference	Ozark FC	1–2	St. Louis Club Atletico	Rogers, AR
	Matheus Alves 30'	Report	Pandelis Popgeogiev 3' Eric Lopez 50'	Stadium: Veteran's Park

2022 NPSL roster

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

2021 MASL 3 roster

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

2018 roster


Name	Position	From	University	Games Started	Games Played	Minutes Played	Goals Scored	Caution	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

References

^ "NPSL Realignment affects local teams Ft. Worth Vaqueros and Liverpool Warriors". Dallas News. January 12, 2017. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
^ "Ozark FC Joins NPSL". National Premier Soccer League. January 23, 2017. Archived from the original on February 3, 2017. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
^ "OZARK FC RELOCATES, REBRANDS AS SUNFLOWER STATE FC". NPSL. January 10, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2022.

External links

[1] "NPSL Realignment affects local teams Ft. Worth Vaqueros and Liverpool Warriors". Dallas News. January 12, 2017. Retrieved February 13, 2017.

[2] "Ozark FC Joins NPSL". National Premier Soccer League. January 23, 2017. Archived from the original on February 3, 2017. Retrieved February 10, 2017.

[3] "OZARK FC RELOCATES, REBRANDS AS SUNFLOWER STATE FC". NPSL. January 10, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2022.

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