NPSL Expansion Continues with Spokane Soccer Club Shadow
Consistent and remarkable growth — the NPSL keeps announcing expansion teams one after another. Here is the latest NPSL addition to the impressive men’s soccer league:
Spokane SC Shadow will join the NPSL as the latest expansion club set to join theWest Region’s Northwest Conference. Spokane is a youth club consisting of 85 teams, including premier, select, and recreational youth soccer as well as senior men and women adult teams.
NPSL Soccer News: The National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) announced Spokane Soccer Club Shadow (Spokane, WA) as its latest expansion team set to compete in the West Region’s Northwest Conference.
“We are very excited to see our Northwest Conference continue to grow,” NPSL Chairman Joe Barone commented. “The Pacific Northwest has always been a hotbed of American soccer and we’re excited to have Spokane Soccer Club Shadow leading the way in the region.”
Spokane Shadow is led by Technical Director Abbas Faridnia, President Barrett Scudder, and head coach Chad Brown.
Faridnia oversees 85 teams within Shadow from U9s to senior teams. Scudder is an officer on the club’s Board of Directors. Brown will serve as the head coach of the NPSL first team.
“Our team has won two of the last three championships in our current league,” Faridnia noted. “After winning the championship there is not another step. We are ready to take the next step. The opportunity, if we are lucky enough, to play for a national title and also compete in the U.S. Open Cup is exciting.”
SSC Shadow serves Spokane’s premier, select, and recreational youth soccer players and senior men and women adult teams. Shadow is the only Inland Empire member of the Regional Club League (RCL), which consists of the top 20 clubs in Washington Youth Soccer.
“We are looking forward to a raise in the completive level and are hopeful that we will be competitive in the NPSL,” Faridnia concluded. “We do want to provide our area of players and fans the opportunity to watch soccer live at the highest level we can provide. We are a small market team that has a great fan base in one of the hotbed areas of the United States.”
Spokane will play its home matches at Spokane Falls Community College Stadium (Spokane, WA). The facility seats 4,000 with a natural field surface that measures 72 yards by 115 yards.
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