Ground Capacity 1,700 League Pacific Premier League | Owner Garin Coster Founded 2009 | |
Full name Southern Oregon Starphire FC Stadium US Cellular Community Park
Medford, Oregon Ground U.S. Cellular Community Park | ||
Southern Oregon Starphire FC is an American soccer team based in Medford, Oregon, United States. The team plays in Pacific Premier League (PPL), a regional amateur league based in Northern California.
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The team plays its home games at US Cellular Community Park, where they have played since 2009.
History
Born in 2000 as Southern Oregon Fuego, the club existing as an exhibition team for approximately ten years before joining the NPSL in 2009. Southern Oregon regularly hosted exhibition matches against teams such as the Cascade Surge of the USL PDL, local college teams or collections of area all-stars.
In 2009 it was announced that the Fuego would be playing as a member of the National Premier Soccer League in the Western Division.
In their first NPSL season Southern Oregon Fuego made the divisional playoffs while posting a 4-7-1 record and finishing fourth in the Western Division. Fuego were eliminated in the semifinal losing to eventual NPSL champion Sonoma County Sol 4-1.
The club left NPSL after two seasons, competing in non-league matches.