| Clubname: | LRVI FC |
| Fullname: | Laraza Virgin Islands Football Club |
| Nickname: | The Castaways |
| Ground: | Castaways Park Sapphire Beach, U.S. Virgin Islands |
| Chrtitle: | President |
| Chairman: | Joseph Limeburner |
| Mgrtitle: | Manager |
| League: | U.S. Virgin Islands Association Club Championship |
| Website: | https://www.lrvifc.com/ |
LRVI FC is a United States Virgin Islands professional soccer club based in Saint Thomas. The club competes in the U.S. Virgin Islands Association Club Championship, the top tier of USVI soccer. Founder Joseph Limeburner is the current club president.[1] LRVI FC was the first club in the United States Virgin Islands officially licensed by CONCACAF.[2]
The club was founded as Laraza FC in 2006[3] by Joseph Limeburner who has also served as the coach for the under-17 and under-20 national teams and assistant coach of the under-23 national team.[4] [2] The senior team originally began playing in the St. Thomas League for the 2006/2007 season.[5] By the 2018–19 season, the team was competing in the Premier League as the St. Thomas League and St. Croix League combined for the first time.[6]
In 2019 four LRVI FC players, including senior internationals Connor Querrard and Jimson St. Louis, went on trial at the academies of seven professional clubs in Spain.[7] Since 2013 the club's youth sides have been participating in numerous competitions abroad including the Disney Cup.[8]
The club's stadium, Castaway Park, has the first artificial turf surface on St. Thomas.[9]
| Season | League | Notes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | P | ||
| 2018–19 | 1st | 10th | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | |
| 2019–20[10] | 2nd | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |
| 2020–21 | N/A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 | N/A | |||||||