Swope Park Rangers
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| Full name | Swope Park Rangers KC |
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| Nickname(s) | Rangers, SPR |
| Founded | October 22, 2015 |
| Stadium | Swope Soccer Village |
| Stadium capacity |
3,557 |
| Owner | Sporting Club |
| Head Coach | Nikola Popovic |
| League | USL |
| 2016 | 4th, Western Conference Playoffs: Championship Final |
| Website | Club home page |
Swope Park Rangers is a United Soccer League (USL) club affiliated with Sporting Kansas City of Major League Soccer. The Rangers play their home games at Children's Mercy Victory Field at Swope Soccer Village in Kansas City, Missouri.
On October 22, 2015, the team was officially announced as the USL's 30th franchise, as were the Swope Park Rangers name, color scheme and logo. The Rangers replaced Oklahoma City Energy FC as SKC's USL affiliate, and are named after a nickname for SKC (then the Kansas City Wizards)'s reserve squad in 2008. The team will be Sporting Kansas City's third USL affiliate in the team's history, after previously having partnered with Orlando City SC and Oklahoma City Energy FC. Canadian Marc Dos Santos, who led Ottawa Fury FC to the NASL Soccer Bowl in 2015, was named the first head coach of the Rangers on November 20, 2015.
The team plays at Children's Mercy Victory Field at Swope Soccer Village.
As of March 25, 2016.
^ 1. Top Scorer includes statistics from league matches only.
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