SOCCER
soccer leagues, offering to set up clinics. A
season ticket for all seven home games at South
County is $20, with individual game tickets $5.
Team owner Global Sports Network and
generous sponsors will cover the estimated
$300,000 for the first 14-game season. The
players live together at an apartment complex
in Palm Beach Gardens, an arrangement common
in the PDL. “It is a great environment
and they have to learn how to live by themselves,
budget their meal money and cook for
themselves,” Fuller says. “Some know each
other as opponents and now they know each
other as teammates. We have 10 to 12 future
pros on our team.”
Players have three different options to give
back for the team, Fuller says. They can work
in the owner’s office, help market the team in
the community or work at clinics and camps.
Management ensures the team complies with
all NCAA regulations.
Fuller, Arbuzow and assistant coach Trevor
Adair are responsible for the final makeup of
the 30-man roster. Having 31 years’ experience
coaching NCAA Division I teams, Adair
was named Coach of the Year twice. With a
keen eye for talent, he has coached 57 players
who have signed professional contracts.
“We find college players from Florida, Ohio,
New Jersey, California,” Adair says. “They
(colleges) know we understand how much
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Lucas Countinho, a Palm Beach Atlantic College student from Brazil, scores the first goal in Surf
franchise history April 23 against Miami United. The goalkeeper can only look on in horror as
the celebration begins.
Goalkeeper Andres Ruiz gives a special pep talk after the Surf’s first win in an exhibition game against Miami United. Ruiz is from Medellin, Colombia,
and there are 11 other teammates from South America and Europe.
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