Little Rock Rangers
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| Full name | Little Rock Rangers Soccer Club | ||
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| Founded | 2015 | ||
| League | National Premier Soccer League, Women's Premier Soccer League | ||
| Conference | Heartland Conference (NPSL), Southeast Conference (WPSL) | ||
| Based in | Little Rock, Arkansas | ||
| Stadium | War Memorial Stadium (54,120) | ||
| Colors | Red and Black | ||
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| Website | Club home page | ||
The Little Rock Rangers Soccer Club is an American soccer team based in Little Rock, Arkansas. The team was founded in 2015 and played their inaugural season in 2016. The team plays in the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL), a national semi-professional league at the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid. In 2016 a team for the Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL), a national women's soccer league in the United States and Puerto Rico at the second teir of women's soccer in the United States soccer pyramid, was founded and played their inaugural season in 2017. The team plays its home games at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock.
The Little Rock Rangers were accepted to play in the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) in 2015 and in 2016 the Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL). The players will mostly be made up of college aged players, therefore the team is entirely amateur in order to preserve the college players' NCAA eligibility. The Little Rock Rangers Soccer club is a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation and have a goal of improving soccer in the greater central Arkansas area by bringing in top quality players and coaches. The club has a goal of being able to provide local soccer club scholarships to underprivileged but motivated children in the area. The club plans to do this through extra revenue from ticket sales and donations received.
The deer and pine tree is a representation of all that is natural in the state of Arkansas. The white tail deer is the Arkansas state mammal and the loblolly pine is the state tree. The number "16" represents the year that the club will start play in the NPSL and it also represents the sixteen founders of the Little Rock Rangers Soccer Club.
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