Full name Joplin Demize Owners Ed and Alison Hershewe Website Club home page Founded 2014 | Ground Capacity 1,000 Head Coach Chris Hanlon Ground Joplin | |
League National Premier Soccer League | ||
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Joplin Demize was an American amateur soccer club based in Joplin, Missouri, which began play in the fourth-tier National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) in May 2014 with the 2014 NPSL season. The club, based at the Joplin Athletic Complex, plays in the North Division of the South Central Conference in the South Region. The other North Division teams are the Tulsa Athletics, Oklahoma City FC, and Dallas-based Liverpool Warriors.
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The team was owned by Ed and Alison Hershewe, who also own a Joplin-based law firm. Chris Hanlon serves as the team's Director of Soccer Operations.
The Joplin Demize, a developmental extension of the Springfield Demize of the third-tier USL Pro league, is composed of local collegiate and other players from the Four State Area. To fill out the opening day roster, the Demize held open tryouts in March 2014.
On March 9, 2017, the Demize announced on its Facebook page that it had ceased operations.