Sunflower State FC

Sunflower State

Full name	Sunflower State Football Club
Founded	2020 (2020)
Stadium	The Pembroke Hill School
Owners	Joey Lipoff Andrew Lentell Salvatore Sesti Charles Salazar Nick McDonald
Head Coaches	Men's Coach: Nick McDonald Women's Coach: Jose Ramos
League	USL2 WPSL
2025	Men's Great Plains: 3rd Women's Heartland: 3rd
Website	sunflowerstatefc.com
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Sunflower State FC is a men's and women's semi-professional soccer team based in Overland Park, Kansas whose men's team competes in the USL League Two as a member of the Great Plains Division and whose women's team competes in the Women's Premier Soccer League as a member of the Heartland Division.

The club was originally founded in Kansas City, Kansas in 2020 and competed in the United Premier Soccer League and the Major Arena Soccer League 3. The club eventually merged with Ozark FC in 2022, taking its place in the NPSL.

The team colors are yellow, black, and white.

Originally the founding members began playing in Kansas City adult leagues as Queso Blanco. Over the first two years competing in the most competitive amateur adult leagues and tournaments in the area the club found substantial success, winning 10 first and second place trophies. Throughout the years interest in the team began to grow. This led to the development and transition to Sunflower State FC and beginning semi-pro competition in the MASL 3 and UPSL in 2020-2021.

The clubs first season saw them competing in the Midwest South conference in the United Premier Soccer League. They finished their season with a 3-2-3 record finishing in 3rd place with 11 points.

On January 10, 2022, the NPSL announced that Ozark FC had come to an agreement with Sunflower State FC to merge clubs, relocate to Kansas City, Kansas, and keep the club name of Sunflower State FC.¹

In early 2022 the club announced that it would be starting a women's team. The team was to be coach by Jose Ramos who had previously played with the men's team in the Major Arena Soccer League 3. The club played their first season in the UWS League 2 Central Conference winning the conference title with a record of 4-1-1.

In the club's debut season in the NPSL they moved their home field to Rockhurst University and played in the Heartland Conference finishing the regular season with a 5-4-3 record finishing in 3rd place with 18 points and qualifying for the playoffs for the first time in their history. They were knocked out of the playoffs in the first round losing 4-2 against OKC 1889 FC.

On January 11, 2023 it was announced that Sunflower State FC's women's team would be joining the Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL) for the 2023 season.²

For the men's 2023 season, Sunflower State was moved to the Gateway Conference. They finished their season with a record of 4-5-1 finishing in 3rd place with 13 points and missing out on the playoffs.

The women's debut season in the WPSL saw them competing in the Central Heartland Division. They finished the season with a record of 3-1-6 coming in 4th place with 10 points.

For the club's men's 2024 season they once again competed in the Gateway Conference. This season saw the beginning of the short lived KC derby between Sunflower State and the KC Sol who had joined the conference for this season. Sunflower State finished the season with a record of 3-4-3 coming in 5th in their conference with 12 points and missing out on the playoffs by one position.

The women's 2024 season saw Sunflower State finish with a record of 4-3-3 coming in 4th place with 15 points.

On November 25, 2024 it was announced that the club's men's team would be joining the USL League Two. The club will also be playing their home games at The Pembroke Hill School.³

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  USA Noah Reuscher — GK  USA Charlie Duske — DF  USA Brady Robins — DF  USA Bryson Gosch (captain) — DF  USA Carter Santa — DF  USA Charlie-Finn Barrett — DF  USA Wesley Cribb — DF  USA Cameron Ayoade — DF  USA Tanner Hollenbeck — MF  USA Coby Jones — DF  USA Sam DeLong — DF  USA Will Hunter — MF  BRA Augusto Militão — MF  USA Barrett Kitts

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  USA Braden Yows — MF  USA Kael Drummond — MF  USA Edgar Bazan — MF  USA Dylan Willingham — MF  USA Liam Dean — FW  USA TY Jacob Sisler — FW  IRQ Khudhur Abdulameer — FW  USA Geremi Onentia — FW  USA Jack Lucas — FW  USA Dalton Visconti — FW  USA Immanuel Wayoro — FW  USA Crew Alvarez — FW  ARM Dylan Mirakian

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  AUT Fiona Popetschnig — GK  USA Hannah McFarlane — GK  USA Avery Young — DF  SWE Lillja Lidstrom — DF  USA Ann Hope (Captain) — DF  JPN Momoka Kinoshita — DF  ARG Emilia Zolesio — DF  USA Megan Watson — DF  USA Gracie Fitzgerald — DF  USA Achaia Day — DF  USA Maddie Lalman — MF  BRA Thayline Teixeira — MF  USA Megan Snyder — MF  USA Alexis Mitchell

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  USA Jules Wardlaw — FW  USA Natalie Jones — FW  ENG Luna Etienne — FW  MEX Adrianna Lara — FW  ARG Delfina Zolesio — FW  USA Brecklyn Hardman — FW  USA Charlotte Woodward — FW  USA Genevieve Hull — FW  USA Allie Workman — FW  USA Ximena Arnau — FW  COL Laura Torres — FW  JPN Kanon Ozaki — FW  MEX Sara Cortes