SEMI-PRO SPORTS
KICKING AND
HEADING
Soccer finally returns to the community
with the goal of staying and growing
Semi-professional soccer is back after a two-year
hiatus.
The Treasure Coast Tritons will play seven Saturday
home games at South County Regional
Stadium in St. Lucie West. The team will live and train
at Club Med.
In 2016 the South Florida Surf won 12 games with
one loss and one tie in Port St. Lucie before the team
moved to Martin County. The Tritons are a brand-new
United Soccer League Two team with new players and
coaching staff.
Tritons coaches hope they will be able to use young
players from the academy at Club Med. “I want to
see Major League Soccer take its rightful place among
American professional sports,” says Thomas Durkin,
Tritons head coach and Club Med director of soccer.
“My career has been dedicated to player development.”
Durkin is well-known in professional soccer circles >>
20 Port St. Lucie Magazine
GREG GARDNER PHOTOS
BY GREG GARDNER
Fundamentals are stressed at the
Club Med Soccer Academy. Taking
a shot on goal is T.J. Theodore
from the U.S. following a pass
from Tessho Kobayashi of Japan.