Pirate website http://www.piratesoccerclub.com/
Owner and head coach Brendan Keyes - 832-748 1001
email coach@brendankeyes.com
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Galveston Pirate SC is a semi professional American soccer team based in Galveston, Texas, United States.
Founded in 2010, the team currently play in the Houston Football Association (HFA), a Houston area Men's amateur soccer league affiliated with the Texas State Soccer Association-South (TSSAS) and the United States Adult Soccer Association.
The side will be joining the NPSL in season 2012.[1]
The team plays its home games at Weis Middle School, owned by the Galveston Independent School District. The team's colors are white and yellow.
History
Galveston Pirate SC has a long history from the Galveston area going back to the original soccer team of 1916. The team came back in the 1960s and 70s, but lost momentum.
Pirate SC joins NPSL (www.nationalpremiersoccerleague.com/)
On June 1, 2010, the National Premier Soccer League introduced Galveston Pirate SC as the thirty-fifth team to join the league and the second team to join the Texas Division (Regals FC the first, Corpus Christi Fuel the third, and FC Tulsa the fourth). Pirate SC, Regals FC, Corpus Christi Fuel, and FC Tulsa would have made up the Texas Division of the National Premier Soccer League and would have begin play in the 2010–2011 season in October 2010 and continued into March 31, 2011.
The Winter League would have complimented the already existing NPSL Premier Season which runs yearly from April 1 – August 1. Pirate SC announced they would play its home games at Kermit Courville Stadium (owned by the Galveston Independent School District). NPSL named Jim Perkins as the owner with Brendan Keyes as General Manager and Head Coach of Pirate SC.
Pirate SC, NPSL South Central create SPSL
Before the NPSL Winter League could start, FC Tulsa left the division at the last minute. National Premier Soccer League's remaining three South Central teams, Galveston Pirate SC, Regals FC, and Corpus Christi Fuel, joined with Texas Lonestrikers, Tulsa Lobos FC, and Houston-based Club América Academy, left to form the Southern Premier Soccer League to play later that year for the 2010-11 SPSL Winter Season.
Change of league
Galveston Pirates decided to leave the SPSL on February 12, 2011. Pirate SC decided to withdraw from the SPSL and joined the Houston Football Association on March 3, 2011.[3]
Rise to Division 4
On October 12, 2011, the National Premier Soccer League announced that five new teams, including Galveston Pirate SC, would join the league for the 2012 season in the Southeast Division in the Western Conference.[1]
Crest & Jersey
The colors of Pirate SC crest are yellow and white. The Est. 1916 ribbon in the crest is a nod to the original Galveston Pirate Soccer Club first formed in 1916.
Admiral Join as Kit Supplier
In January 24, 2012, the Pirates were proud to announce a 5 year deal with UK Sports apparel giant, Admiral, that would see the company supply the clubs kit.[4]
