Gorilla Elite FC Joins Arizona Conference
Soccer News: The United Premier Soccer League announced its newest member team entry to the UPSL Arizona Conference, Gorilla Elite FC. Gorilla Elite FC are a newly established Pro Development soccer club based in Arizona and are now the second club in the Arizona market to join the UPSL. The UPSL is targeting a 10-12 team conference division to match its team memberships in respective conferences in California.
“We are very excited to become a member of the UPSL,” said Lonnel Baisey, Gorilla Elite FC President. “We know the UPSL has become the top Pro Development Soccer league in Southern California and the UPSL wanted to expand out our way to Arizona and thus we wanted to be a part of that growth. We are excited to expand our soccer program to the Men’s Pro Development side as we have put together a committed team both on and off the field to compete with UPSL competitive standards. We are based in Phoenix and we look forward to our local youth players of tomorrow aspiring to play in our new top flight team.”
“We are very excited to announce Gorilla Elite FC,” said Yan Skwara, United Premier Soccer League Commissioner. “Gorilla Elite FC are going to be a tough club in the newly created Arizona Conference as many teams will find out. Gorilla Elite FC bring a well-organized system of recruitment and talent to the UPSL family of teams as we are excited to have the Gorilla Elite FC become a new member of the UPSL and becoming part of our stable of top local Men’s Pro Development teams which is our league business model.
The UPSL now consists of five conferences spanning across Southern and Central California and Arizona; which include Los Angeles County, Orange County, Ventura County, Santa Clarita Valley, Kern County and the Inland Empire.
