RENEGADES HISTORY

During 2019, our president, Boris Linares, was managing the “Soccer for Fun” club. This Project was designed for those people who played soccer for the simple fact of loving the sport. While Boris was performing his tasks as a manager, he began to realize that there were many players who had a lot of potential, but did not have the resources to make themselves visible. As a result of this, Boris began to think about how to help players, and how he could give opportunities to these teenagers who had the desire and ability to play footy. It is then, while Boris was looking for an option to solve this “problem”, that he met David Lawrence.

David is the trainer and head coach of the team. But, how? When did they start working together? Well, by mid-2019, David was coaching Boris’ son Justin, until one day they realized that they shared the same passion. After several conversations, they decided to start by putting together a team. They organize friendly games against existing teams playing in known leagues in Long Island, NY. Both came together and empowered each other. Boris would take the “Soccer for Fun” teens to the games and David would take the teens that were training with them who wanted to make the jump to professionalism.

After a couple of months, they realized that not only could they be a bridge through these friendlies, but they could also be a known team where people come to see the potential of their players. When they realized this, they had to give it a name. This is where Nalda Ramos, the club’s current manager, appeared. She’s the one who came up with the Renegades F.C idea. As I said before, from the first moment the idea was to help teenagers with few resources with the desire to play, therefore the idea was to help the renegades. And the name was perfect.

Once the name was created and knowing that Renegades F.C. was much more than a team that played only friendlies, tournaments and leagues began to appear. And after so many victories players wanted to play in Renegades *instead of  *Renegades looking for players. After 2 years of pure success, today you talk about Renegades in Long Island and all the world knows that it is one of the most powerful teams.

Everything was formed from the heart and from the desire to help. Today, both Boris and David want their players to make the jump and fulfill their dream. That’s worth a lot more than a tournament to them. That describes Renegades. Family, love and passion.

Welcome to the best team in New York, and as you can see, we are unique and we highlight the good things. “Stand from the rest” and become a Renegade.