United States Arsenal FC

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United States Arsenal FC is an English football club. Founded in 2005, it is one of the oldest and highest-rated clubs in England. Its manager is USArsnl. The club, commonly known as US Arsenal, or the "Yanks" is based in North London. Home matches are played at the 19,000 capacity Constitution Ground.

[edit] History

US Arsenal can trace its history back to December of 2005. The club's first match was a 0-1 away win to now-defunct FC Pleb on Saturday, December 17, 2005. Several players who played in that first match would later become famous. Stanford Sackville, Brendon Rey, and Merlin Kersey would each go on to make over 100 appearances for the club, while Kersey and Lucian Bell would go on to represent England internationally.

Before competitive competition, US Arsenal made shockwaves around the D-O world when the club purchased Romanian striker Vali Zmeu from FC Prazilia for the then world record transfer fee of £1.000.000, the first million figure sum in the history of the game. Zmeu would go on to become club captain and set several club scoring records.

A strong showing in the pre-season tournaments saw the club placed in the English Premiership for the first season, where the club has remained ever since, one of only a handful of clubs to do so. In the first season, the club contested the first ever English National Cup, losing in the final minutes.

Despite showing early promise, the club has never won any silverware, and has gained a reputation for under-performing.

[edit] Squad

No	Pos	Name	Age	Cou	Rat
1	GK	Korey Patterson	28	ENG	36
2	DR	Wilfred Lane	18	ENG	29
3	LB	Tomas Ginga	25	POR	34
4	CM	Stanford Sackville	30	ENG	34
5	CB	Perry Jeffers	28	ENG	37
6	CB	Salih Sehic	22	BiH	30
7	RM	Kennedy Hodson	29	ENG	36
8	MC	Jefferson Arthurson	28	ENG	32
9	ST	Burton Armistead	24	ENG	39
10	ST	Vali Zmeu	32	ROM	37
11	ST	Merlin Kersey	23	ENG	32
12	CM	Davin Shine	19	ENG	25
13	LB	Leopold Wortham	19	ENG	26
14	CM	Alexandre Darras	27	FRA	33
15	LM	Royston Donaldson	19	ENG	30
18	CB	Glenn Stephens	18	ARG	26
20	CM	Buddy Swankomtorn	17	ENG	23
21	GK	Gyles Rush	28	ENG	36
22	GK	Neville Masters	23	ENG	29