Club Xolos USA U-23

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| owner = Robert Lopez-Guardado

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| manager = Shane Shelton

| league = NPSL

| season = 2019

| position = 8th, West-Southwest
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Club Xolos USA U-23, formerly Deportivo Coras USA, is an American soccer team based in Riverside, California{{cite web|url=http://deportivocorasusa.com/content_page_2.asp?QS1=160&F=HTML&QS2=template|title=History of Coras in Los Angeles |publisher=Deportivo Coras USA|access-date=December 27, 2016}} and is affiliated with Mexican side Club Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles de Caliente. The club currently competes in the National Premier Soccer League in the Southwest Conference, having joined the league as an expansion team in 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.npsl.com/news_article/show/469850?referrer_id=2168389|title=Deportivo Coras USA Joins the NPSL |publisher=National Premier Soccer League|access-date=December 27, 2016}}

History

Deportivo Coras began as an amateur, affiliated soccer club in 1966–67, shortly thereafter joining the Belvedere Soccer League in East Los Angeles, where they'd win two championships in the 1967 and 1968 seasons. The club joined the California League in 1969, where they'd play for over 30 seasons before joining So-Cal Premier League. Coras announced they would be joining NPSL on November 20, 2014, and played their inaugural season in NPSL in the 2015 season. The club has an affiliation with Mexican club Deportivo Tepic FC.{{cite web|url=https://www.soccernation.com/riverside-embraces-deportivo-coras-usa/ |title=Riverside embraces Deportivo Coras USA |date=31 January 2016 |publisher=soccernation.com |access-date=June 21, 2017}}

In November 2019, the club rebranded as Club Xolos USA U-23, establishing an affiliation with Mexican side Club Tijuana.{{cite web|url=https://www.npsl.com/13507/ |title=Riverside Coras Rebrands as Club Xolos USA U-23 |website=NPSL |date=7 November 2019 |access-date=November 7, 2019}}

Club honors

Socal Premier U-23 Champions: 2014 {{cite web |url=https://www.socalpremier.org/page/show/4465084-u23-2019-}}

Rivalry

The team has one rival, Temecula FC, commonly known as the Riverside County Derby for the simple fact that both teams are in the same county. The Xolos have typically dominated the derby, beating Temecula for four straight seasons (2015-18). In 2019, the first match which was held in Temecula ended up 0-0, while the second match hosted by Riverside resulted in the Quails first win against Riverside in the NPSL, the score was 2–1.{{cite web |title=Temecula FC Win Riverside Derby with 2-1 victory at Riverside Coras |url=https://www.npsl.com/11255/ |website=National Premier Soccer League |access-date=27 January 2020 |date=28 May 2019}}

In 2016, the two teams began an off-season tournament called the Riverside County Cup which runs through October to November.{{cite web |title=Riverside County Cup |url=http://riversidecountycup.com/ |website=Riverside County Cup |access-date=27 January 2020}} The tournament is an open invitation to local NPSL and UPSL teams within Riverside county and surrounding areas. The Coras won the Cup for the first time on November 10, 2019, when the team defeated two-time defending champion Temecula, 4–0.{{cite web |title=Temecula FC vs Riverside Coras (Nov. 10, 2019) |url=http://temeculafc.com/event/temecula-fc-vs-riverside-coras-4/ |website=Temecula FC |access-date=27 January 2020}}

Notable players

List of players that have gone to play professionally

Player	Position	Club	Nation	Tier
class="wikitable"
Alonso Lara	Goalkeeper	1. FCA Darmstadt	{{flagicon\|Germany}}	7th
Jose Perez	Defender	1. FCA Darmstadt	{{flagicon\|Germany}}	7th
Omar Aguilar Cruz	Defender	Mérida AD	{{flagicon\|Spain}}	4th
Eric Gonzalez	Midfielder	Las Vegas Lights / Oakland Roots	{{flagicon\|USA}}	2nd/3rd
Yosimar Hernandez	Defender	Reno 1868	{{flagicon\|USA}}	2nd
Julio Rabadan	Midfielder	Real Sport Clube	{{flagicon\|Brazil}}	Regional D2

Top goal scorer by NPSL season

Year	Player	Number of goals
class="wikitable"
2019	Adrian Moreno	11

Staff

=Coaches=

Name	Season	W-L-T
class="wikitable sortable"
Gabriel Esqueda	2018	0-4-0
Robert Vidrio	2018	2-4-1
Shane Shelton	2019	1-4-2

=Front office=

{{flagicon|USA}} Robert Lopez-Guardado - Majority Owner
{{flagicon|USA}} Nora Lopez - Director of Business Operations
{{flagicon|USA}} Jose "Chepe" Esqueda - Team Manager
{{flagicon|Mexico}} Robert Vidrio - Sporting Director
{{flagicon|USA}} Steven Ramirez - Director of Media/Writer

{{cite web |title=Staff |url=https://riversidecorasfc.com/staff/ |website=Riverside Coras Football Club |access-date=2018-11-17 |date=8 October 2018}}

References

External links

{{Official website|https://riversidecorasfc.com/}}
[http://twitter.com/clubxolosusa Twitter]

Category:National Premier Soccer League teams

Category:Soccer clubs in Greater Los Angeles

Category:Association football clubs established in 1966

Category:1966 establishments in California

Category:Diaspora soccer clubs in the United States