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Rockford Rampage

Full name	Rampage Futbol LLC
Founded	2005
Dissolved	2013
Ground	Victory Sports Complex
Capacity	1,500
President	Saul Robles
Head Coach	Jeff Kraft
League	Professional Arena Soccer League
Home colors Away colors

The Rockford Rampage was an American indoor soccer team based in Rockford, Illinois, United States. Founded in 2005 as the Rockford Thunder, the team originally played in the American Indoor Soccer League until 2008 then moved to the Major Indoor Soccer League from 2008 to 2010. They were revived to play in the Professional Arena Soccer League for the 2012–13 season but folded after the season ended.

The team played its home games at Victory Sports Complex. The team colors were black and green. Their head coach was Jeff Kraft, assisted by Armando Sanchez.

History

The Rampage were originally owned by Pro Soccer International, a group managed by Michael O'Flaherty and Oscar Albuquerque, a former member of the former National Professional Soccer League's Illinois Thunder and the 1980 Canadian Olympic qualifying team.

On October 7 and 8, 2006, try-outs were held for the then Rockford Thunder at the ISC. 24 players arrived from various soccer backgrounds. Some had played locally with the Rockford Raptors, but other players had played in various leagues including: Segunda división mexicana, Tercera División de México, Primera División Uruguaya, 2 Liga Polska, USL First Division, and Premier Development League (PDL).

On March 10, 2007, after defeating the Cincinnati Excite 5-4 with a late goal by Ante Cop, the Thunder secured a position in the AISL finals to face the Massachusetts Twisters.

On March 31, 2007, the Thunder traveled to West Springfield, Massachusetts for the AISL Championship. The Twisters claimed the championship winning 11-5.

On August 7, 2007, the AISL announced that the Thunder had changed their name to the Rampage. This is most likely due to the Texas Thunder of the National Pro Fastpitch moving to Rockford.

The Rampage finished the 2007/08 AISL regular season with a 12-1 record. They defeated the Massachusetts Twisters 18-5 in the AISL championship game at home on March 15, 2008. ^{[1] [2]}

On September 9, 2008, the Rampage announced they were joining the new National Indoor Soccer League for its inaugural season in 2008-09. They finished with a 10-8 regular season record, qualified for the playoffs, defeated Monterrey in the playoff semifinals, but lost to Baltimore 13-10 in the NISL championship game.

On July 7, 2009, it was announced that the Rockford Rampage acquired the Chicago Magic youth soccer club and its nationally recognized Development Academy and structured them as a non-profit organization. ^[3]

On August 21, 2012, the Rampage joined the Professional Arena Soccer League for the 2012-2013 season. ^{[1] [4]} The team folded after the season.

Players

As of January 13, 2013 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   BRA Cristiano De Oliveira 2 MF   MEX Armando Sanchez 3 MF   JAM Rohan Mckensie 4 DF   USA Eric Lukin 5 DF   POL Peter Kolasinski 6 MF   MEX Victor Sanchez 7 FW   MDA Dorin Oprea 8 FW   SRB Bojan Jovicic 9 MF   MEX Gilberto Alfaro 10 MF   BIH Semir Mesanovic 11 DF   BIH Adnan Ejupovic 12 MF   PAN Almicar Herrera 10 MF   MNE Marko Marojevic 13 DF   USA Fred DeGand 14 DF   USA Eric Lukin 15 MF   USA Joel Del Peiro Dos Santos 16 MF   MEX Alex Pavon 17 MF   MEX Hector Herrera 18 MF   Pawel Otachel 19 GK   USA Ante Cop 20 DF   Bojan Delibasic 66 DF   SRB Branko Savić 21 MF   ROU Radu Giurgiu 25 DF   BIH Alen Ejupovic

Staff

• Saul Robles - President/Majority Owner
• Oscar Albuquerque - Minority Owner
• Jeff Kraft - Head Coach
• Armando Sanchez - Assistant Coach

Year-by-year

Year	League	Logo	Reg. Season	Playoffs	Avg. attendance†
2005–06	AISL		4th AISL, 0-2 (0 Points)	Did not qualify	Not Recorded
2006–07	AISL		2nd AISL, 8-4 (23 Points)	Lost Championship, 0-1	Not Recorded
2007–08	AISL		1st AISL, 12-1 (31 Points)	Won Championship, 1-0	545
2008–09	NISL		2nd NISL, 10-8	Lost Championship, 2-2	1,242
2009–10	MISL III		5th MISL, 7-13	Did not qualify	1,112
2012–13	PASL		4th PASL Central, 7-9	Did not qualify	244
Total			44-37 Win % = .543	3-3 Win % = .500	894†

^† Two seasons not recorded.

Head coaches

Arenas

• Victory Sports Complex 2007–2008; 2012–2013
• Rockford MetroCentre 2005–2007; 2008–2010

References

External links

• Official website ^{[ dead link]}