St. Petersburg Kickers

The St. Petersburg Kickers were an amateur American soccer team from St. Petersburg, Florida/ Florida State, which won the 1989 National Challenge Cup.

Founded by Kurt Herbach in 1957,^[1] 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.^[2] In 1997, the team moved to Land O'Lakes, Florida, eventually taking the name Florida Kickers.^[3][4] That year, the club won both the National Amateur Cup and the National Over-30 championship.^[5] In 2008, it won its third national amateur championship.^[6]

Honors

• National Challenge Cup winners: 1

1989

• National Amateur Cup winners: 3

1990, 1997, 2008

• National Amateur Cup runners-up: 1

2003

Coaches

• Steve Gogas (1972-)
• Wim Suurbier (1994)

References

1. Kickers play host to top area teams St. Petersburg Times - Friday, January 18, 1991
2. Mixed and matched // St . Petersburg Kickers put many personalities into one national power
3. New home, same results for Kickers St . Petersburg Times - Sunday, March 16, 1997
4. LOL Soccer Team Wins National Title
5. Kickers capture unprecedented 2 soccer crowns in same season The Tampa Tribune - Thursday, July 24, 1997
6. National Cup Finals Recap