St. Petersburg Kickers
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The St. Petersburg Kickers were an amateur American soccer team which won the 1989 U.S. Open Cup
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Founded by Kurt Herbach in 1957, the Kickers won their first national title, the 1967 Over-30 championship. By 1989, the team had won eleven Sun Coast Soccer League championships and four Florida State Cups. In 1997, the team moved to Land O'Lakes, Florida, eventually taking the name Florida Kickers. That year, the club won both the National Amateur Cup and the National Over-30 championship. In 2008, it won its third national amateur championship.
1989 U.S. Open Cup
-Final:Tournament MVP: Joey Valenti-Sources:*St. Petersburg Times*St. Louis Post-Dispatch*Newsday*The Capital Times*Wisconsin State Journal*Daily Breeze*Chicago Sun-Times*Washington Post*The Dallas Morning News*Los Angeles Times...
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Founded by Kurt Herbach in 1957, the Kickers won their first national title, the 1967 Over-30 championship. By 1989, the team had won eleven Sun Coast Soccer League championships and four Florida State Cups. In 1997, the team moved to Land O'Lakes, Florida, eventually taking the name Florida Kickers. That year, the club won both the National Amateur Cup and the National Over-30 championship. In 2008, it won its third national amateur championship.
Honors
- U.S. Open Cup winners: 1
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- 1989
- National Amateur CupNational Amateur CupThe National Amateur Cup is an American soccer competition open to all amateur teams affiliated with the United States Soccer Federation...
winners: 3
- National Amateur Cup
- 1990, 1997, 2008
- National Amateur CupNational Amateur CupThe National Amateur Cup is an American soccer competition open to all amateur teams affiliated with the United States Soccer Federation...
runners-up: 1
- National Amateur Cup
- 2003
- 1989
Notable players
- Derek BackmanDerek BackmanDerek Backman is a retired U.S. soccer midfielder who played in the USISL.Backman played for the Arcadia Shepherds in his native South Africa before moving to the United States in 1983 to attend the College of Boca Raton. In 1987, Backman and his team mates won the NAIA national men's soccer...
- Perry Van der BeckPerry Van der BeckPerry Van der Beck is a retired U.S. soccer midfielder and manager and a current soccer executive....
- Peter Ward
- Joey ValentiJoey ValentiJoey Valenti was an American soccer midfielder who played on the U.S. team at the 1985 FIFA U-16 World Championship.Valenti attended A. P. Leto High School in Tampa Bay, Florida where he was a 1986 Parade Magazine High School All American soccer player. Valenti and his team mates won the 1985...